Snuggle Bunny Monday

Oreo is a busy bunny! She enjoys nibbling on her willow tent. Sometimes I imagine rabbits to be part beaver cos they can chew on wood.

Occupational Hazards 11 - Hong Kong & China

I'm leaving on a work trip to CHINA...today! This will be the second time I've gone to China for work this year, and my fourth time in under two years. Unfortunately, Missy won't be coming with us on this trip, so she'll be holding things down at the Ranch, gearing up for the holiday craft season. We (me and a handful of our co-workers) are leaving from Atlanta this afternoon, switching planes in TOKYO, and then arriving in HONG KONG before heading onto mainland China. I'll be back just in time for HALLOWEEN, and I'll be sure to have images and stories from the trip. In the meantime, Missy will be here, so check back often to see what she's got cooking...see you in a couple of weeks! - R A O U L

Clearance Aisle

I'm clearing some space on my camera's MEMORY CARDS, downloading images that, for one reason or another, never got used in a blog post. I decided to post a few of those photos here, in a mish-mash that I'm going to call the CLEARANCE AISLE - a veritable potpourri of images that never got an official showing...

The SADDEST-LOOKING SPINACH MAKI IN THE WORLD:



SAMURAI DAVIS JR. posing with all the single ladies at the SUPER MEGA HAPPY FUN TIME SHOW at DAD'S GARAGE, in Atlanta:



Missy getting some cold treats from the ICE CREAM MAN in front of our house, one last time before the end of summer:



ELITE THA SHOWSTOPPA getting ready to do something crazy at the FLAGPOLE MUSIC AWARDS:



CUPCAKES from THE DARKSIDE, courtesy of PUBLIX:



Taking the CNN STUDIO TOUR at the CNN CENTER in Atlanta, Georgia:





Missy trying on her mother's BI-FOCALS:



The vintage NICKELODEON T-SHIRT that Missy won in the 5th grade by entering some contest they did...she still fits in it!



Late nite hanging out at CINE in downtown Athens, Georgia, during ATHFEST:



WOODEN FOOD...a gift from the SWEETIE PIE PRESS:



HONG KONG MAGNET from our travels, Missy's SEBADOH MAGNET from back-in-the-day, awesome POSTCARD FROM PANAMA sent by our globetrotting friend Peter:



The Rancho Cocoa ONE-INCH BUTTON FACTORY in repose:



BIRTHDAY CARD WITH ATTITUDE from Steve and Cara, decorating one of our shelves:

Nilla One-Hundred

Kokeshi Girls Visit the Botanical Garden

Raoul took me to the BOTANICAL GARDEN to take some photos of my Kokeshi dolls I made. I think they look like the girls from SHONEN KNIFE, so I named them Naoko, Atsuko, and Michie! These dolls will be in PLUSH YOU! in Seattle. The opening is Friday, October 8 and you can view (and buy) my plush in NANCY! Please have a look at all the great plush if you are in the area.