The one on top is my restored Illustrated History circa 1930, bought at an estate sale and a test run for what I’ll do to revamp the leviathan on the bottom. That gorgeous dictionary has been in my family since the 20s and it’s one of the reasons I feel almost obligated to use words like leviathan!

Can you see the skinny one in between? Can you make out Mertins on it’s spine? That’s the surprise! But I need just a minute more to reveal thanks to other FAIR-ly pressing matters.

oh, I guess there’s a mystery in this post too…

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That’s the name of this Tim Burton style fig. You have to see it in all it’s glory because this photo doesn’t do it justice! Those insides are positively magenta. And the green and yellow stripes — YOWZA!

Best part is they are as delicious as they are gorgeous. Growing right down the street at the organic cherry orchard and only $1.00 for 5!

Go Eat Local!

And look for this image artified here at Life Illustrated (ad nauseum prolly…)

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Can there be any place on earth with a lovelier full moon?

Happy weekend from the hot, far west.

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Here’s what I did to scrape the tech off of me…learned Saturday to make three books in one day with Wendy Poma at UCR.

I know I’m not the only one out there that gets calm when their hands are making.

More, with diagrams, when I perfect my technique without a supervisor. Because when I tried to restore (I won’t say alter because it’s against my religion and I won’t say “upcycle” because that hip term will never pass my lips) an old book I have, I broke the most important rule; no matter the temptation, DO NOT touch the book for 24 hours.

Had to redo said restored. Sheesh. You’d think I could follow the rules ONCE in awhile…

So, all my robots are back to work and humming. Meanwhile, my head spins at the bookmaking possibilities.

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Because after a week of sitting in front of this computer — sometimes for over 12 hours (for reasons I’ll spare you from) — anything other than sweet talk and I swear, I snap…

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