Saturday was my birthday and it was a lovely day... I went to Borders and got the Martha Stewart Halloween magazine and a chai tea. **lovely**

Sat. afternoon we went mt biking and then camped at the lake. Two of my most favorite things! The weather was lovely, the sky was clear and we could see lots of stars. Pooch slept in the tent with us and he was really good. I got up in the night to go to the restroom and he sat up, on high alert. :) Then in the morning when I woke up he must have been getting restless, cuz he slithered over C and started his licking and kicking hi jinks. haha!














This little pretty is a new painting. Maria Quite Serene - 12" x 12" Acrylic

Wednesday

Pan's Labyrinth
Originally uploaded by hjw223.

We watched Pan's Labyrinth last night... I gotta say it was not what I expected. It was not so much a fairy tale, as a war movie with a smidge of fairy tale. I don't know quite what to say about it! There were some very disturbing, violent scenes in it, that I thought were unnecessary and gratuitous. *sigh*

C & I sold my '98 Honda Civic last night. It's fun to have a new (to me) car, but last night I realized, I'll miss the Civic. Goodbye Pebbles.

I'm in the midst of making a wee Halloween tree. I'm having a blast. I'll post pics when I'm done. I'm also redesign the website for my cousin's yoga studio. Hopefully it will all come together nicely. I find web design to be tedious, at least the way I do it. Wish me luck!

C & I, cracking ourselves up

This is a crazy cool drawing my coworker did. It's the monkey version of me!

C and I were having a lively discussion the other night and the end of it went as follows:

C: Your logic's all messed up, Johnny Cochrane.
Magpie: You're a crazy crack head, OJ.

heh hehh hehhheheheheh. :D

Magpie @-/----------

Some more wedding...

Here's a small vignette of our wedding... Not all the important peeps are shown, but that would be a much larger picture. :)

My mom made my beautiful dress and the luminaries were my handiwork.

And a quote for the day:
We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same." Carlos Castaneda

Magpie @-/-------

'Coon days

Here's a new little painting of mine... Quite a summery feel to this one, suitable for today. 86 degrees, quite a change after the cool weekend we had. Brrrr, chilly. :)

Magpie @--/---















And a quote for the day: "Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, but until they speak to the imagination, not yet beautiful." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson