on rural northeast foliage

I know the dreamy flower thing has been done to death, but these are Vermont flowers, you see.

 And therefore exempt from the rules of jaded photographers everywhere (including myself)

 Because, in Vermont...

 Flowers are just...

Perfect.

 Textbook.

 Magical.

PSA over.

on stretchy synthetic fabrics and their contribution to the world of art.

On September 2, my theater company is opening our second ensemble developed show at the 2011 Chicago Fringe Festival and needless to say, we are pretty stoked. SPANDEX evolved from a conversation that took place waaaaaay back when Wishbone was not even in its infancy yet. My friends and I were discussing the role of superheroes throughout history and how the story-lines of many of these heroes paralleled what was going on in the world at the time. We began to wonder what a modern superhero would look like and became quite fascinated with the idea.

We've workshopped this on and off since that initial conversation and now for the first time get to present it to an audience. Pretty exciting. The absolutely wonderful thing about developing new plays is that this is just the beginning. This play will continue to grow and change and evolve and I am excited to see it on the first leg of its journey.

If you live in Chicago and are in town for the next two weekends, we will be pleased as punch if you come and see the show. 

If you feel like benefacting (is that a word?) is more up your alley, and are interested in free three-line poems of the 5,7,5 variety, I humbly invite you to visit this page and show your support (and then leave me a comment here with your email and preferred haiku topic :)

Cheers and curtain calls!

stripes

Just some stripes for Wednesday. Still working on sifting through a massive pile of Vermont photos, but this one stands out because of it graphic-ness (is graphic-ness a word?)

Sometimes...

you just need to wear a purple dress with red shoes...

and have a little twirl.

On the beauty of fabric

I received this adorable bag from Fog Linen Work for my birthday and am in love with it.

When I first heard of Fog Linen a few years ago I fell pretty hard for pretty much everything they sell and after having a serious talk with myself in which phrases like 'need to exercise restraint' and 'maybe you shouldn't put everything in the store in your cart' were used I decided to quietly lust from afar.

Since then I've received several pieces from them and all are so lovely and well made. I can already tell that this bag will be getting a lot of use.

Balancing act

One of the recent projects I've been working on is taking engagement photos for my lovely friend Erin and her fiancee, Josh. I am still working through all the shots, but wanted to post this one because it makes me so very happy.

Aren't they cute?

This year...

Summertime and the living is cheesy

Vermont is the best. Cheese. Ice Cream and PYGMY GOATS.

Having just returned from a trip to this glorious dairy-infused fantasyland and finding myself with a project list that holds approximately two million items I am afraid that I have been quite the negligent blogger but am trying to reform and will be back soon with a slew of recent work and photos.

For the present, I leave you with my fly-infested, lovable little friend.

Happy Monday!