Paris to the Moon

visit paris for the day.....at paris to the moon, 1720 santa ana ave Costa Mesa Ca. phone 949-642-0942. this is the closest you will get to being in paris for special gift shopping. many local artists sell their wonderful work here. you will find vintage specialities in many areas of the store. this weekend was the summer artists market, and if you are visiting southern calif, be sure to stop here, you will find delights your never imagined.

summer artist market/paris to the moon

the event that took me to Paris on Saturday was the artist market....it was delightful, to say the least, some treasures we found. they have this market every 6 months....i hope to tell you in advance. we missed Pam Garrison, but many fine artists attended in her absence.

wedding bliss

special wedding planning, games,gifts, ideas...

Dancing ballerinas

if you are looking for assemblage pieces, or just a topping for your cupcake they are it here.

paris to the moon, statues

every corner of Paris to the Moon is like being on a mini adventure in Europe. this little cove held precious vintage religious statues.

the dollies of all ethnic races are from france, they are reproductions, that look very vintage. in the black case are handmade dolls with very amazing details.

sammys favorite beach

Sampson in big surf at Huntington Beach

This video was taken of Sampson last winter (if you call 80F in January winter)...It shows him retrieving his ball in some pretty high surf.

...Here's another video of our 14-year old golden.

We took Sampson to the beach this weekend...

We took our dog Sampson to the beach this weekend. He's the best swimmer there is, bar none.

Long day. Sammy back home from the beach.

After a tough day of swimming, Sampson snoozes to the music of Mick Jagger.

this is my beloved....sammy

this is my beloved and this is my friend. song of solomon

anahata inspritation

this is another poster i did anahata inspired. see her blog linked under my favorite places to visit.. www.anahata.typepad.com i have to take your class when i go to artfest.... her blog is so much fun, you will love her artwork

russian camera from the real ussr

my russian friends gave me this incredible russian camera.....kostie, what does this say, of course i can't make out the letters, so i dont even know what it says. i am very interested in russian cameras because tracie moore has been a serious lomograph camera artist. i get regular emails from www.lomography.com the russian camera company, they make really cool cameras with fish eyes, 4 lenses, 6 lenses, pineye cameras, and have vintage lots of cameras from the old ussr. and this is one of them from 1991. all russian instructions. i will be researching more on this....kostie, in the meantime, what does this say..... thanks alex....baboshka and grandpa.

anahata style

excuse my computer inability to rotate this....while at artfest this last year, my roommate had anahata for teacher....the artwork from her class was beyond divine. the very last nite we begged our roommate to give us a quick lesson....we all picked up the energy from the class and made some wonderful things. this is one of the ones that will be featured on music c.d. (and i can't believe, (pinch) i did it.) i hope to take her class this year. next year she will be teaching at artfest... be sure to look at artfest classes. www.teeshamoore.com under workshops.

in the pureheart studio

these are some of my creations for the coming pureheart season. i should be in this studio much more, but find myself wanting to do some many art projects, so i get side tracked, but our busy season is coming up....these are the copper first stage creations, and they will be cast into silver... below you will see my work station...it looks like lunatic quarters, how do i make sense out of that mess....but i do know where everything is...and i clean it up but the next second it looks like that....scarrrryyyyyy

open the door

"the Door" miroslav holub, czech poet

this morning while reading a book on Buddhist meditation, it said all of us seek happiness, but most of us look outside ourselves to find it. we look for it in other people, in our work, in our leisure. as we grow older our dreams slowly fade. we become less idealistic, more pragmatic. our lives settle down into predictable patterns ....the czech poet urges us to have the courage to take a fresh look at our lives: go and open the door. maybe outside there's a tree, or a wood, a garden, or a magic city. go and open the door. maybe a dog's rummaging. maybe you'll see a face, or an eye, or the picture of a picture. go open the door. if there's a fog it will be clear. go and open the door. even if there's only the darkness ticking, even if there's only the hollow wind, even if there is nothing is there, and go open the door..... the door he speaks about is the door that opens inwards to revel our deepest needs and highest aspirations. Meditation is a means of opening that door. excert from "a practical guide to buddhist meditation" by paramananda.

a day at leo carillo beach

only 1 hour from my home, is the magnificent beach called leo carillo in malibu california. if you are ever in the neighborhood, be sure to visit this treasure of a beach. we went today to explore the tide pools, but the low tide was really a low high tide. you can find star fish, octopus, crabs, sea anemones amongst the rocks. there are caves at this beach, and wonderful rocks to climb. to access this beach you go under pacific coast high bridge. because of it's diverse landscapes they film many movies here. children love this beach, because they can search for sea animals, climb rocks and hunt for caves. it also has a camp ground, that has been our gathering now for 10 years with dear friends and children. today we took lisa from chicago, you can see she climbed rocks that she had to be rescued from by connor....

connor help.......get me off this rock

lisa decided she want to climb this rock, i couldn't save her, so of course she called out for connor....and her brought her down safely.