Gabrielino hike

This weekend I hiked 8 miles of the Arroyo Seco canyon, Gabrielino trail. It was beautiful.

Truth and Salvage Co.

http://truthandsalvageco.com/

This is a great band. Please check 'em out.

Sam played drums with them for a year when he first moved to Los Angeles, under the old band name of Scrappy Hamilton. Eventually, their old drummer moved out to CA. But we always had a great time at the shows and they are a marvelous load of fun. They are now signed and touring, and I'm so happy to see them succeed after years of hard work.

The last 2 months....

My car got broken into, passenger window shattered, ipod stolen.

My good friend Courtney got engaged; I get to be in her wedding.

I have a lot of dreams about people dying.

I'm training people at work. My job has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life.

Sam is a really good man with a lot of character.

I am proud of his band's new album that was released at the beginning of this month, such amazing music.

We are selling our land because the cost to build is getting too expensive.

I really want a dog soon.

We got a new rug, curtains, desk, and bookcase, and our home looks and feels so much better.

The month of February, my favorite icecream in the world comes to Baskin Robbins. It is called Love Potion #31. I had a few scoops today.

Growth and self-realization can be painful.

Today I listened to Ryan Adam's albums: Love is Hell and Easy Tiger.

Music

http://www.wearephoenix.com/

Cool new music from one of my favorite bands, Phoenix. Their new album comes out May 25th. I really like some of the new songs I've heard.


http://www.myspace.com/idyllists

My husbands band, The Idyllists just came out with a new record. It's amazing. I love going to their shows. You should come out and dance with me.

Things I like

More Paintings

the getty pictures

Photography at the Getty.

My dear friend Renee, in fingerpaint.

Yellow Rose of Love

I painted twice at my church yesterday. They like to have people paint during services and the topic was fingerprints. So I chose to paint with my fingers. It was so much fun. I loved getting messy and I think I might do it more often with my paintings.

So it was my second time painting and I didn't know what to paint. I just decided to paint the picture on the front screen of my phone. It was of a pinkinsh/purple rose, a picture I had taken about a year ago. There was no red paint so I decided to paint a yellow rose instead. It didn't turn out that great, but it was fun. Afterwards a woman wanted to buy my painting. I heard her story and felt compelled to give her the painting. Here were the details she shared with us:

Claudia's son had just died 3 months prior. He looked to be in his late 20's from the picture she showed me. He loved the color yellow and the color reminded her of him. When he passed away, she went out and bought dozens of yellow roses and gave them to all his "at-risk" friends, which she had always invited over to her house. She took them for the last few weeks to church at Mosaic (at the Mayan downtown) because the service reminded her of him. She thought that they might enjoy the service and it was the thing she wanted to do to help her son's friends in remembrance of her son. This particular service, none of the kids she had invited had shown. She decided to stay anyways. She said when I started painting the yellow rose she was captivated and didn't really hear much of the message. But she felt peace and comfort by the painting and wanted to have it framed in her living room. She felt that it was God's sign of love to her. It was so touching that God used me to show her love. I didn't even want much to paint that night and had no idea what to paint. I was not expecting God to use me that night. I was reminded of how God connects things in ways he sees best fits, regardless of what we want. It was a blessing to me, as well as to Claudia.

I'm a proud aunt.

The adorable Audrey Sofia Zerger.

A new Day. A new Year.

Wine is good.

Union Station

Until June

These are some good friends of mine who have a rockin band. Check them out on myspace. www.myspace.com/untiljune

Portland pics (cont.)

Portland's Pioneer Square Panoramas

Camping Pics continued

Little Lizard on Horse Dung, Shroom growing on tree, Racoon thieves' evidence, and Banana Slug:

Camping Panoramas