So Sylvie

A big thank you to those of you who stick around and check in on me, even though I’ve been missing in action. I would say you’re real troopers, but what a horrible thing to call someone! You’re my guardian angels, how ’bout that.

The truth is I’ve been absorbed, consumed, engaged, submerged, and immersed in my block printing experiments. Here are my latest aquisitions from India that I will be working with:

I have taken some time to enjoy myself in other ways. We recently went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium with another blog family. That’s my Marcel on the right…

And after, we stopped at a café where bellydancers prowl. I guess I shouldn’t say we "stopped"; as you can see, they were in perpetual motion…

Other pleasantries…discovering M.Ward, an indie musician from Portland Oregon…

You can check out a sweet little video of his song Chinese Translation at this link.

And finally (gotta get back to block printing!)…a lovely shop in Amsterdam called Het Grote Avontuur. I discovered it on Sonia’s Flickr. She also has an interesting blog. Here are some photos from the shop…

I have a really hard time accepting all that goes along with air travel these days, the pollution, the unhealthy air and food, the uneccessary stress. It’s all so inhumane to me, and wasteful. The energy sapping computer maybe isn’t the best alternative if I’m being honest, but it’s a way that I can discover a shop in Amsterdam without having to leave home and not doing quite as much damage as air travel.

Happy daydreams. Love, Sylvie