Water Art

I got board and wanted to try something new. When I was a kid I used to take the hose and spin it. Making circles & loops. I would spin it so fast and that I could create a full circle of water around (like a lasso) that I wouldn't get wet. I always found it amusing and had a kick on Friday showing my girls how to do. I also decided to try something a little different. It took a lot of patience and trial and error. But in the end I am happy :D  Hope you enjoy _B

 

 

 

 

Homework

 Well I think Mother Nature decided that I had enough and gave me a break. As much as I appreciate it, I wish she would not have given me the stomach flu! Especially after taking care of the little ones. "Mommy Law" kicking in I think. Cruel joke or much needed break? Not sure. Either way, I decided to put up some of the blogs I have been working on during my breaks from homework. Even if this is of my homework ;) Hope you enjoy _B

Geology 101 - The Study of Earths History, Origins and Structure
5 hours of Lab & Lecture  ... I also get to play with rocks! :) 

 

 

 

Art History - Prehistoric through Gothic Arts
I created many projects that I found both fun & exciting for 5 weeks

 

 

 

 

My little project work & art station .. Will definitely come in handy during the next week for my Geology Science poster assignment.

Randomly Random Things To Enjoy

Time for some randomness. Wish I had more time for pictures these days! Only 3 more weeks and summer classes are over. O, idea: Homework photo set? Our den is messy enough. I'll put that one in the think tank to get back to. For now here are this weeks randoms. Hope you enjoy them :) _B

Tee Hee. I thought this little hidden jem (inside another picture) was hilarious. My Headline: Man leaves wife after she whines to much during fishing trip.. What do you think?

 

These two pictures I love. You think you are looking at a toy (1), when really its the reflection of the toy on the table above in the puddle below(2).

 Sitting at my table looking up and over into the sky. I really do hate these wall dividers. Lost my view of the White Tank Mountains :( But I will enjoy my little oasis in the West Valley just the same.

 

 

pool water flooding my patio

 towels are necessary during summer

I love the illusion of this. You can see the dinosaur, the dinos reflection (so still and clear like its lying on glass) and then the ring on the bottom of the pool underneath.

Kiddie Pool

 

 Today: I cleaned out the kiddie pool (thanks haboob!). They filled it. Then we played and enjoyed the summer. I got lost in my kids happyness and crazyness and splashyness ... Until there was fighting. And even then I did not care. I gave them ovals & water (ovals are M&Ms according to my 2yo) We were not couped up in the house! I dont even care that it was 106! I didnt even know it, the humidity was down from yesterday (37% to 25%). So Canon and I got some cute shots of the kids and some nice random shots of nothing in particular. Of course most are blurry or have splash marks, but that's what you get with 5y, 2y & 8m olds! We all ended the day with some color. Mine would be Red; fair skin is no friend of AZ. My kids however are tanner then normal (thanks to daddy's complexion). They are now all passed out. Happy and ready for tomorrows pool time. Hope you enjoy these few randoms and that you had a great Saturday too :) __B

 Pool is NOW OPEN!!

 My Jade & Babies Feets .. So cute

 

 Pool is NOW closed ... Daddy needs to "pump it" with air for tomorrow- Jade

 Abandoned pool toys finding refuge in the little remaining water

Around The Yard..

Things I found around the yard today. I needed to clean up. It pretty embarrassing out there right now! Ugh. My house is just as bad. My mother would be ashamed. I literally hid my face in shame. I had to hire a yard guy! Ah! A yard guy! Because school and Hubby's work and the kids are leaving no time to clean. Like right now. I'm taking a break from cleaning, because all day I took care of babies and half-ways cleaned up outside in the blow dryer of death heat. Hubby was gone by 2 and wont be home until near midnight. Poor guy out there in 117 degree weather all day.   ....So anyways, I was cleaning up because the yard guy is coming on Tuesday and I would like things to be as UN-embarrassing as possible. I found a few cute things while putting up kids toys, cleaning out the pirate ship water table and the bone dry duty filled kiddie pool, giving the dead flowers and 2 our orchid trees a deep watering... I do not know how many mini hair scrunchies I picked up but if it was one it was 100 AND chunks of chalk... Sigh. Kids never escape me. When they move out we will probably still have chalk and hair scrunchies in the yard :D Enjoy my mess_B

My Take of the Arts

Here is the second post from my trip to Phoenix Art Museum. Except that this is a bit of a spin. Take a tour of my imaginations version of these wonderful artists art ... XO_B

 The Last Scattering Surface

 Nephrite Jade Disk With Recumbent Dragons

 Freestanding Wardrobe, European Exhibit

 Portrait of Our Lady, The Pilgrim of Quiet

 Ornamental Chest, European Exhibit

 Total Reflective Abstraction, Joshia McElheny

 Total Reflective Abstraction, Joshia McElheny 

Money Art, Contemporary Exhibit

 Mass (Colder Darker Matter), Cornelia Parker

 Abstraction, Hananiah Harari

Tri-Circle, Theodore Roszak