Third Grade Rules

Years ago I bookmarked a cute illustration on Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast. It looked something like this:

Little did I know that one day I would be helping promote the artist's work! Sasquatch Books is publishing two adorable board books illustrated by the fabulous Kate Endle. She uses decorative paper glued to stretched canvas to make her collages.

One of the books she's publishing with us is about colors and one is about animals. The animal one, Who Hoo Are You? is my favorite, with characters like "Tipped-over Turtle" "Humpy Bumpy Camel" and "Pretty Prancing Pony." For a while we had some dummies laid out on the table outside my office, and every time pass I'd look at the pictures and go "awwwwww!"

Artopia and Georgetown

Yesterday I took a two-hour bus ride to Georgetown to experience the much-touted Artopia art and music festival. Not worth it; especially when I waited an hour for the bus coming back. They had power-tool derby races, some garage bands, and a couple booths selling things. The coolest thing there was ARTOPIA painted in blue letters on the ground. At first it looked like this:



But then the letters became uniform when you stood at a certain point:


Georgetown itself was interesting. Lots of crumbly brick factories and hairy hippies.

I made a headband!

Anthropologie's: $42
My cost: $2

This morning I went to the Ballard farmer's market and bought some radishes, apples, lettuce, and snap peas. I love the music they have there - both times I've gone it's some combination of fiddlers, banjo players, harmonica, and other supercool instruments. I couldn't help stopping and watching a couple of fiddle players with a group of toddlers dancing in front of them.

Later on, Linnea (my roommate) and I drove the short distance to Fremont to visit our other roommate Andrea at work at Starbucks.

Wouldn't you like to walk into a Starbucks and see this smile?

Today was the Fremont street fair, so afterward we walked around part of the HUGE fair, perusing the wares, sampling, and even participating in an open-to-anyone painting project (walk up, grab a brush, and get to work). That was the highlight of my day. I was inspired by all the foxgloves around the neighborhood: