be careful

mosquito masks, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

there's drought and wind and fire out in california (see the map) just a few miles from where i lived and where all the vintage vantage t-shirts are warehoused, and it's a terrible mess for thousands of people out there. all the kitshickers are safe and breathing in horrible smoke and ash. pray for the winds to die. in extreme cases, wear mosquito masks. in the words of jerry springer, take care of yourselves...and each other.

my old computer

the purple line down the screen is there all the time

honest

make new friends, keep the old

greenhearts 2, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

one is silver the other is gold.

after a few months the silvers are gold too really.

went to lunch today with jill & stewart & had so much fun catching up on the last 4 years.

guess who got a new bed

new bed, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

i hate yerba mate

yerba mate, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

yerba mate is a kind of tea that tastes like ashtray, dirty ashtray. or more like smoked dirt. and if you drink a cup of it at noon on monday, you might find yourself still wide awake monday night clear into tuesday morning, and then everything gets screwy.

i will not forget this next time i think to buy this crap, drawn in by the lemon & the ginger which are great but do not overpower the taste of smoked grass. and not the good smoked grass. i've had circulation problems forever, my hands & feet will go numb in the cold, and i just found out that ginger (like eating 30 ginger chews a day) sets a fire inside & keeps my extremities toasty warm.

happy birthday bobby huntington!

puppy, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

here's hoping your day is full of shrimp & puppy!

princess cheney

princess cheney, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

gnarly2

gnarly2sh, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

a photo of trees reflected on its side, this is soooooo jay archibald

she was pure like snowflakes

library stacks, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

i snapped this at the library last week for part of a 'day in the life of asheville' photo project & then i got home & saw what she was 'reading' & my blood runs cold, my memory has just been sold

(click the photo for a closeup)

blue ridge falling

blue ridge falling, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

betsy originals

the kitshickers' very own b-laZe has a new website with her beautiful art, some of it is for sale.

betsy originals

i have "the Right Way" (under "browns") up in my house now and i love it. i like thinking you'll find fluorescent if you scratch the surface.