Happy Mother’s Day
me + ruby
2005
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impressionism with chalk + paint
I had the pleasure of taking our Girl Scout troop down to the
Cleveland Museum of Art for a lesson in Impressionism.
Our favorites were Monet’s Water Lilies and Degas’ Frieze of Dancers.
We followed up our lesson with an art project
by painting a landscape using chalk dipped in tempera paint.
When the chalk is combined with the paint, it looks like reflected light
found in the Impressionist style of painting.
Our Girl Scouts really got into it.
Pic Collage App
cleveland museum of art: gallery one
A week ago our very own Cleveland Museum of Art opened up Gallery One,
a brand new one-of-a-kind interactive gallery that lets you create your own tour and explore art throughout the museum. With its 40′ multi-touch screen,
you can download pieces you are interested in on your own (or rented) iPad.
We are the first to get anything like this. Museums all over the country have their eye on us.
Before you check it out, download the artlens app to your iPad, update it,
then get your chip and code at the museum and you’ll be ready to download and tour.
The new atrium that opened this past fall is the centerpiece of the museum’s 7-year expansion and was designed to be a bridge between the old and new sections. It’s a great place to hang out with all of the light and space and amazing acoustics. It’s the largest free public space in the city.
My daughter Ruby enjoying the atrium.
With her friends checking out the smaller kid version of an interactive wall.
view from up there
The view (made cooler by Instagram), as we headed into Cleveland from a lovely holiday down south.
instagram ease
It took me a while to start using Instagram, a way to easily modify (make much cooler!)
photos with filters and share through a social network you make public or private.
Already on Facebook, actively posting on my blog – I thought it would be too much.
But it makes my photos much better than the original…
and now I am addicted!
Love this of my daughter, Ruby who snatched up my camera.
quick enhance on Instagram
original photo
labor day swim
Labor Day…the end of summer.
Great day for a swim with my sister & our kids.
Photos enhanced with Instagram.
ballet dress rehearsal
My daughter Ruby was in a ballet this past weekend.
They have been working on it for months with
rehearsals every day leading up to the big performances.
It’s amazing how patient the girls can be when it’s something they love.
Ruby as a crow in the Fall of ‘Seasons’.
The amazing Gail.
What a show she turned out!
Oh the little girls…so incredibly sweet waiting their turn.
The finale.
Chagrin Falls, Ohio
blossom time
My husband + daughter at the Chagrin Falls Blossom Time Parade 5 years ago.
One of my all-time favorite photos.
2007
happy memorial day weekend!
bright + bold in florida
My daughter Ruby wore her bright striped dress the other day paired with neon shoes (notice she selected one of each color).
I couldn’t resist using the bright colors of an
artsy downtown Sarasota neighborhood as a backdrop.
How great is the color in the middle of a construction site?
I’m sure she tolerated the photographing longer than usual
since she had her buddy Sophie with her.
Ruby’s dress + shoes, Target
Top photos, iPhone Shake it Photo App
Bottom photos, iPhone Hipstamatic App
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