Tree a Day #15: up UP & away

happy to see how far I've come
to the same place it began
my dreams and imagination perfectly at peace
so I move along a bit higher
(kid cudi)

Divisoria Market FTW!

(1) yard of fuzzy fur

(1) yard of velvet

(1) yard of lace

(1) yard sparkly gold spandex

(12) headbands

(24) embroidery floss thingies

(3) packs of googly eyes

(8) fancy buttons

(12) hot glue gun stix

(5) yards of elastic

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grand total: >$25 :)

if anyone wants a very fuzzy monster with a gold, shiny belly, I'm your girl! Oh how I love the Philippines! :D

MONKEY!

Everyone, this is my cat, Monkey. I lost her in a custody battle in a break-up with an ex, but we're on good terms so I'll be seeing her in June (along with Wayne Coyne hopefully!). Gaahhhhh... look at that FACE! Just pure love! OK, that's all. I woke up with this picture in my inbox and I had to share :)

I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, I sound my barbaric YAWP over the roofs of the world.

YAAAAAAAWP!

Walt Whitman is a genius. I love those moments when you feel energy boiling, simmering, marinating, welling deep inside you and the only thing to do to release it--to do it justice--is YAAAAAAAAAAAWP.  It's like lion's breath in yoga... this deep heavy release from the pit of your gut. We spend so much time whispering our lives with our voices low & our bodies confined. Just let it allll out. Wiggle and dance and shine out that energy! :D

My lola is awesome

I hadn't been to my lola's house since the holidays so my visit this weekend was super duper. She's so funny!!! My fave moments:

• She refused to let me cut the mangos because she didn't want me to hurt my fingers. Then I asked her about her hands. She looks them over, fingers spread. Pause.... CLAPS her hands and says, "I'm EXPERT!!"
  
  
• Like a little kid modeling their new shoes, she came shuffling out of the kitchen waving around a water pitcher, "Look look! Babbot (my aunt) gave this to me in the mail. It's my new pitcher!! She said that I have to throw away the others but NO! She thinks she's smart but I'm smarter." Aaaand walks away.
  
  
• A relative recently passed away and my aunt jokingly asked my lola if her ghost had visited her. My lola scoffed and said, Ghosts... I'm not afraid of them. They're afraid of ME!!
  
  
• I was getting ready for bed & asked her for toothpaste. After spending much time clarifying that I was asking for toothpaste and not toothpicks, she shuffles over to her "office" and takes out a bright, floral lunch bag. And then takes out a GIANT box of toothpaste. I'm thinking, oh ok new box of toothpaste. Nope. It's very much used. Hahaha. So I ask her why she has essentially two containers for her toothpaste and her simple reply: so I don't lose it. I don't get it, but I think it's wonderful that she keeps her toothpaste in a lunch bag and not anywhere near the bathroom. 
  
  
• Best random outburst ever.... "I'm SHRINKING!!!" 

cutting the cake on her 87th birthday :)

My Amazing Weekend...

at my lola's house & our family's restaurant in the province :)

organic produce freshly picked from our garden

delicious green mango (it's mango season YAY!!) & chili sauce

freshly picked squash flowers for our pizzas

a little bottled goodness to take home

omg look at that two-week old FACE!!

I feel rejuvenated and alive again, ready to start working. 

There's nothing a little family time can't heal.

Progress Report #2: lil eles FINISHED!

soft & squishy very petit elefants

for the newborns lily & henry :)