What a treat!

I came home last night to find a bright yellow package on my counter, and proceeded to tear it open...without even taking a picture of the unopened box. Yup, this was the PIF present from Kerstin - awaited since she posted about sending out these boxes. Inside was a beautiful box, some wonderful postcards of Kerstin's original art ( notice the wonderful portrait...it's me!) and inside the box - delicious candied almonds, which I nibbled on all night.

Do you read Kerstin's blog? If not, go over and take a peak, this woman does not bat her eyes at anything new! I've learned new poetry on her blog, watched her artwork bloom, and am amazed at the information that she can find, post about and bring the rest of us along on her interesting and unusual journeys. Kerstin, Casey and I are slowly working on the "100 things" project - a no pressure project that we all love.

K - thanks for the box, but most of all - thanks for your friendship and inspirations.

Friday night June 29th

My first EVER portrait - thanks for Kerstin Klein for the swap. Fun but extremely nerve-wracking for me, swamped with "am i good enough" and "what if mine is the WORSE PORTRAIT EVER DONE IN THE HISTORY OF ART". You get the picture. Here's a link to is her's of me, she has terrific attention to detail. I think mine made her a little mad looking which is weird, as she is a very nice person, helpful as can be. She wasn't holding that blue ball, it was a camera - but I tried for a globe (Kerstin is from Germany) so I wanted to depict the global thingy - but it sort of looks like a blue grapefruit. Anyway - thanks Kerstin - this has been fun

Oy - what a week!