Weekend Fun

  My grandma had her 90th birthday party this weekend.  It was a blast!  My cousin Kate took this picture and I just think it completely captures the moment.

Hope you had a fun and exciting weekend!  The husband and I  just got back to Cleveland this evening to find almost all of the nursery furniture we had ordered had arrived!  He spent most of the evening putting the crib and bookshelf together.  It looks great!  Tomorrow our bedding and changing table are supposed to come.  When we get it all together I will post some photos:)

Cleveland Botanical Gardens 2

Yesterday I told you that the Husband and I were going to the Cleveland Botanical Gardens.  Well we went and had a lovely time despite it being overcast and VERY humid! 

I just love how these flowers are growing in these rocks!

 

The hydrangeas were my favorite!  I am planning on planting a ton in my backyard now:)

 

The husband also enjoyed the hydrangeas!

 Did I mention that I LOVE hydrangeas?!

I would love to have a gate like this in my garden!

 

We had a great day at the Botanical Gardens in Cleveland!

Return to blogging!

I am back. I have not been blogging for a couple of weeks in order to gather my thoughts and ideas together. Life has been very crazy and I kind of needed a break from my computer in general.

So...Hello again! How have you been?

Happy Labor Day weekend...I hope you are enjoying it, I know I am!

Yesterday the husband and I went kayaking in Lake Erie...it was such a beautiful day!
We had a cookout last night. I honestly made nothing...I was just along for the food:)
The husband made: Asparagus, Corn on the Cob and Shrimp....yum!



Aren't my napkins cute?! I think adorable napkins are a necessity in dining! They just make everything look great:)


Art-wise, I have been focusing on drawing and painting more realistically. Since school is back in session, I find that I need to be on top of my game more when helping students. Before school started I completed the following artworks (not realistic at all!):

A cafe painting that hangs in my kitchen:


3 Vase Series:





Well I hope your weekend is fantastic! I am off to go running now and then the husband and I are taking a train downtown Cleveland for an Indians game! I am not much of a baseball fan but love to go into the city and sitting in the sun sounds great:)

Cleveland Art Museum

Yesterday the husband and I went to the Cleveland Museum of Art to view two exhibits and some of the collection of the museum. The museum had been closed for a while because they were and still are doing extensive renovations to it. More of the collection will open this summer and I am psyched to go when it reopens!

One of the exhibits we saw was an extensive collection of photographs taken by Lee Friedlander. His photos of family members and his multiple self portraits were so cool! He played around with reflections and shadows in his photographs and often produced very surreal looking images. My favorite photograph is called Mount Rushmore and I love it because Friedlander took pictures of the people looking at Mount Rushmore, an exquisite site, instead of Mount Rushmore (even though you can see it in the reflection.) I love watching people and it seems like Friedlander does to! If you get a chance check out more of his art here.

Anyways...The husband and I enjoyed our day walking around the museum and then had a lovely lunch at a fun Italian restaurant. We watched an interesting movie based on a true story last night about how the California wine industry made it big in the wine world. The movie is called BottleShock with one of my favorite actors, Alan Rickman.

Well here are some pictures from yesterday. I hope everyone has a relaxing weekend! I start back to school on Monday...oh how I am dreading waking up at 5 a.m again! Oh well...summer is on its way!


The husband going into the museum.


Sweet sculpture room closed off until summer...I wish I could have the sculpture of the head in my backyard...very festive for summer get-togethers:)


This was cool...armor from the 1500's...very impressive!

Another great thing is for us to get to the museum we have to drive through Little Italy...and this is where I saw...


This great mural!

Yay for art:) Have a great weekend!

New Art and Random Adventure!

Hello all..just a quick post before bed...

Here is a new artwork I did for my best friend, (bff if you will) Tiffany. This is for her birthday and I am putting it into a black frame with a white mat to give to her! So excited:) I don't think she usually looks on this blog but if she does...Happy Birthday Tiff! You will get this on Thursday!



How was your weekend by the way? Mine was pretty fun for the most part....The husband and Jack Henry relaxed on the couch on Sunday....



I thought it was cute how Jack had his paw up like that...precious


The husband and I are trying to eat healthy so we bought lots of fruit and veggies...I thought they looked pretty in my bowl (wedding present!)



Too bad the whole eating healthy idea went out the window when the husband and I went to Tower City in downtown Cleveland. We found the most magical store in all of the land...called:


The Sweet Factory!



I took pictures! Check out all of those m&ms! So pretty:)


I got a bagful of delicious candies...


And definitely ate the whole bag on the way home on the train! So much for healthy eating...

Also I saw graffiti when I was downtown and thought it was so cool!



Kind of a bad picture but the husband was yelling at me for looking like a tourist (I was a little camera happy that day!)

Hope your weekend was great! I need to make it through this week...next week is my SPRING BREAK! I am ever so excited:)