Year of the Ox Carvings

I carved both -the sketchy piece is the front, and the gray toned Ox is the back side of my page for the Year of the Ox swap.

Snickers

I would like to introduce you to the newest member of our family. This is Snickers. He is a 3 month old chocolate lab. He is housebroken (thank goodness). He is a very quiet pup so far-but I expect in a new home, he may keep me awake for a few days. Yikes!! Isn't he the cutest thing??

B D Wong

I spent the morning with this guy at a diversity conference. I sat in the first row, so am positive I blinded him with the flash trying to get his picture! He palys Dr, George Huang on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. Very interesting man-good story-between 2 sessions, I spent 3 hours with him-he used no notes, no cards-he spoke from the heart during not only a break-out session, but during the keynote address as well. Warm, funny, sincere-a good way to start a day!

ISU Parent's Day

Alex and I went to Iowa State University's Parent's Day on Saturday. We chose not to go to the game, but instead walked around campus for a while-visited her new dorm room, and drove by her sorority. If you would like to see more pictures, they are on my Picasa album at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/goddess.di.arte/ISUParentSDayOctober42008#

Drop in Gas Prices

On July 12, 2008 I paid $3.959 a gallon. Today, I paid $3.079. Now if we could squeak it down another 50 cents a gallon or so!! Today, life in Des Moines, Iowa is not so bad!

Windows of Downtown Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines

I went to the Farmer's Market the past couple of Saturdays. These are a few of the interesting buildings and windows in the area.

Banners

Eight artists joined to make banners that would spell 'Artistic.' I am doing the "r." Each artist chose colors and we created around those choices. These are my offerings.

Collage Sheet Giveaway

Kristin Hubick is having a contest on her blog for a collage sheet. Go enter!!
http://krishubick.blogspot.com/2008/09/digital-collage-sheet-giveaway.html

Enjoy her wonderful artwork, too!

Puzzle Pieces

After a long delay due to a postal package gone astray and family issues, I finally worked on two more puzzles. I did two pieces each and finished Heather's (top), got Lisa's (middle) ready for Heather to finish and mine came back home finished!