Tuesday, September 30, 2008

What I been workin' on ....

I did this mosaic well over a year ago, on a plexi glass piece. It was part of a crafting thing set up by one of the talented women in the hood. We went to her house one evening and all did a piece, she had the whole thing really set up nice in her basement, with all the cutters, grout, glue, tiles, etc and her help of course. I think we paid $5, which is what we toss in for Bunko...but I gotta say I surely enjoy this much more then Bunko.

I finally cleaned it up, and bought one of those put together frames and stuffed in in the frame, and dragged it into my art gallery, eh, I mean my office :-)....more prettyness to look at to keep me from the mayhem of government contracting !



From my desk calender above, ...and yeah I AM draggin ass. So be patient if I seem pre-occupied, ok?

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Office Decor -

Photo number two of the 'Chairs at Peace' series. Once I get a good print and photo, that will go up for sale on my Etsy site as well. But for now, this one and the other are up on my wall, reminding me of summer, days long ago, and bright times, and hope for the future. Namaste.
You know that big blue sun i was messing with, well here is what happens when you mess with canvas size and image size in Photoshop....I love it...I create all by accident!
Ok, this is a crappy shot but you get the idea, I am once again hanging, removing and moving the art on my wall in my office. It's my own little private art gallery to keep me happy when the government negativity starts to wash over my physche.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Namaste -" I honor the devine in you"

A scribble of how I felt on my flight down to Huntsville last week, when once again I was stuck with a seat mate who was a tad larger than the seat. I got so frustrated, I drew a pissed off Scooter...and scribbled the following next to it in my sketchbook..

"When you're frazzled , pissed off, scared, hurt, missing someone badly,and/or need a hug and everything is twirling around in your brain.....remember, Take Deep Breaths..."

Good advice ...and live in the moment, since what you do in the moment affects the future you are worried about now.

Note pad Art

this was an exercise on seeing if I could draw something on a notepad that already had pix and stuff on it, and try and blend them seamlessly into one pix....OR
doodling while talking on the phone...

Monday, September 22, 2008

Sunday, September 21, 2008

can you see them? all the planes in line out there?

ok, doesn't look like much, but trust me, there is a huge line for take off out there in line at JFK. Which is why I am sitting here in the Red Carpet Lounge at JFK after my flight has been delayed 2 hours and now i won't get in till 11 PM! and guess who had their spousal unit drive them to the airport coz the clutch and transmission in her jeep is fried? and guess who is whining about how early they get up and now have to stay up? talk about the me generation.

Friday, September 19, 2008

More Shoes -My Vaughn Bode~ Cheech Wizards sneaks

Cedric Jr didn't travel with me this time since he has already been to huntsville....but the sneakers made the trip...they look familiar? i have an exact pair only in red :-0
I have to do these simple things and funny stuff while i travel or i think i will go mad! travel is getting old now, and the only good thing is getting to see friends.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

my shoe on the dresser knob


my shoe on the dresser knob
Originally uploaded by KrabieK and the Thrashman

foot toss and getting hung up....

can you believe that i just kicked the shoe off toward the direction of the dresser and it got caught on the drawer knob? If i tried to do that again, it wouldn't happen in a million years!

Sunday, September 14, 2008

cedric JR on mantle at the lake


cedric JR on mantle at the lake
Originally uploaded by KrabieK and the Thrashman

yoh ho ho and some rum or something ....arggg matey..see more on flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/krabiek/

little boz on couch


littleboz on couch
Originally uploaded by KrabieK and the Thrashman

he was starting to get pouting about having to leave the lake and go back to work....ha...no wait, that was tim doing that.

Friday, September 12, 2008

When you can't take notes, DOODLE !

Sitting in discussions that contain classified material limits the amount of distractions you can have with you. No phones, no PDAs, crackberry's, crackapples, etc. So I just continue to doodle to hone my techniques and keep my promise to my self to draw something each and every day. Sometimes the 'something' comes out good, sometimes it hits the garbage can. But I am doing what I love and focusing on it.

Monday, September 08, 2008

a political cartoon


Yeah , all 143 days of experiance and 45 "presents"....and ok, i can't spell "executive" either, but i bet he can't as well

Yumm Yumm- NutriSystem Advanced!

As I was about to dig into this for lunch, I had a revelation...these look like MREs, as in Meals, Ready to Eat, good old Army chow. Ha.


for those of you who have had the pleasure of a gourmet meal of these tasty delectables, you understand my stomach's horror upon this revelation. For those of you who haven't had the pleasure...you don't know what you're missing. And you really don't want to know

Just because.....


I am tired of preachy celebrities. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, and who they want to support or not support. But that doesn't make anyone right or wrong, or anointed with extraordinary wisdom - each one of us, famous or not, has a vote-one vote per one person. So let's use it.

Friday, September 05, 2008

My snuggly buggly..Thrash


Do I take too many pix of my little boy? I use the Mac Photo booth again [ as if you couldn't tell] to try and capture his mood. we were chair dancing, but he was overly mushy.

This is the part that makes it so hard to go on travel, or for that matter, get out of the bed in the morning. I highly recommend a bundle of snugly fur - it will lift your soul and brighten event he cloudiest of days!

Cedric Jr - havin' a smoke waitin' for the Plane

And watching CNN in the Huntsville Airport Lounge -----ready to go home!

Wednesday, September 03, 2008

On the road yet again...

Cedric Jr [thanks Joyce and Bill ] waiting at Dulles for the flight to Huntsville.
frustion on the airplane, with my knee still hurting and trying to read work stuff, I started doodling. Driving home from the lake, next day on an aircraft, I just hope that i get back home before Hanna gets to VA. I got art work to finish ! and i can't do it on the road, for sure.

Monday, September 01, 2008

the last dog days of summer

i hate the next to the last boat ride of the season.....

calm, no wind, and fitting of the last days of summer,,,,,, i hate it, but it is so peaceful, almost too peaceful.but it is what is it, the end of summer and the passing of another year

labor Day 1 Inspiration for Art and new water sports

Chairs at peace number two, initial working for the next photo in the series :-)
Yeah, I know I look fat and I am, but there is nothing more satisfying than enjoying water sports with m y little boyz, Thrash. He likes the slower pace of the kayak as much as the jet ski, but we just can't get to the ducks yet, no matter how we try to sneak up