A Sort of Pioneer Dream

I love my friend and her child for obvious reasons. I love them more because they're willing to try things for the sake of my art.

Sun Flare

Spring Brings Summer

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The BART station where I pick my husband up from work.

Tea at Cafe Leila, Berkeley

Deeper at the Rockit Room, Saturday January 17

Borstal Holiday 1.16.08 at the Uptown, Oakland

The Girl and Her Cookie

My Nephew's Snowflakes

Project 365 1.1.09 (1)

Andy And Katie: Engagement

Vegas

Jewelery

Here's a few more pictures of the jewelery I've been creating.
I will be posting on Etsy soon.

Anyone else doing the Hand Made Holidays as well? I would love to hear about the gifts you'll be sharing.

Photo: Mountain View Cemetery, Continued

Photos: Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California

The Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California is definitely the most beautiful I've ever seen. While some people find graveyards creepy, I find them peaceful and more importantly, full of amazing contrast. This particular resting place holds the tombs and crypts of some of the area's most affluent families, including those who laid the foundation for the Bay Area, California Governors, Senators, the founder of Folger's Coffee, and the Ghiradelli Chocolate Family. There is an incredible amount of history and legend asleep among the hills.

We walked for hours, peeking in to the large patina doors built at the beginning of the last century. Here's a few shots from our visit today:

Sammi

Stairs near Elizabeth Short's Grave

Angel protecting the Bradbury Crypt

The Neoclassic Egyptian/Roman Crypt of influential Oakland resident David Colton. Easily the most splendid and dramatic of all

Brass Door among the Crypts

Nicola Sammi, with Oakland in the background

Strolling through the Oakland Zoo