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.

he thinks it's not kosher

lockin the taskbar, lock the taskbar

true story

he: you live here alone?

she: no i have roommates...two roommates...guys...they're out of town for the weekend...on tour...they're in a band...called...The Invisible Roommates.

he: oh.

viva la diferencia

asheville





park guell, barcelona, spain

i dig cats

hola barcelona

looks like it's spain foto week here at skippy haha



hola barcelona, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

from the exit row, that didn't recline hola espana media dia

sagrada familia, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

architect extraordinaire antoni gaudi's body is in this cathedral la sagrada familia still being built after almost 100 years

olives deliciosos, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

olives y clara y fanta y wiley

james & the giant cellphone tower, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

at olympic stadium waiting for the police concert cellphone tower modeled after torch

roooooxanne, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

the police and 55.000 people jumping

mas fotos aqui

espana viva

just got back from spain where i went to jessica and jay's beautiful wedding in cadaques, mediterranean fishing village of the eccentrics, and then spent a couple fun days in barcelona. i still have muchos, muchos photos to go through but here are a couple major ones.

cadaques

bride & groom

how i'm feeling

you're getting sleepy

very sleepy...verry verrry sleepy




i won't be here for a while...for a long-ish short while...for a short-ish long while...like a week or so...




you are getting sleepy...siesta forever...sleepy...

but i'll be back when the day is new, and I'll have more ideas for you. and you'll have things you'll want to talk about. i will too

award tour

blog asheville is a site that has a huge list of the blogs of all ashevillans, along with some current events updated regularly, and all kinds of good links on the side. some really interesting people have sites in asheville - hangover journals and edgy mama and ashevegas make me laugh regularly. i emailed blogasheville last month to see if they would add me to the list and they did and i just saw skippy haha is nominated for "best design" at next week's blog asheville awards. how about that. so thank you to whoever nominated me. there's not much to it, here's the post about the header.

the second asheville modelfest!

another slew of hilariously talented models worked their burros off yesterday modeling t-shirts for vintage vantage. they won't be online for another few weeks, so here are a few preview snaps to demonstrate.

batshit crazy

batshit crazy, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

a bat & his droppings

kinda reminds me of this batshit crazy

hello rocky

hello rocky, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

a nightly visitor to the birdfeeders at the pine crest b&b

light reading, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

more nightly visitors to the pinecrest b&b

gators i, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

and one more nightly visitor

nacho pants

nacho pants, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

fried green tomatoes

fried green tomatoes, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

fried green tomatoes & grits from tupelo honey cafe

nobody ordered the shrimp & grits, we're waiting for bobby huntington to come back for that

dog puke ruined the rug

everything is breaking and falling apart and leaking and descending in and i don't see any end in sight. i can't wait til october when i'm back here done with traveling and can breathe and maybe figure things out

BCN

my trip is coming right up and i have a couple days to spend in barcelona, Cataluña , España, espana viva. anybody with advice on where to stay or not to stay, what to do or not to do, what to see or not to see, if you would be so kind as to leave a comment here or email me, i'd be much obliged, gracias.

in the spirit of cheap travel, here is william o. johnson's poem-

"DADDY ALWAYS SAYS WE'RE ON A BUDGET"
"Can we buy three"?
"No only one!"

I want some pizza, Daddy you are no fun!"
Disneyland, Knots Berry Farm, The San Diego Zoo
and anywhere we go,
Daddy always packs the car full of food
because we are on a Budget.

On a cross country trip to visit family and friends, he had a
calculator to track every penny that we could spend. We
brought our own juice, and numerous healthy snacks,
he said we're saving money,
and you know what followed that!
"We are on a Budget!"

We go to the drive-in, so that we can bring our own food.
Dad gets all excited, and he's in a great mood,
as we take our place in the movies,
he pulls all of the food out of the trunk
and as the movie starts
we begin to munch and crunch.

I heard dad lean and whisper,
"It's a good thing we're on a budget,
we can come to the movies every weekend."
Why?
"BECAUSE WE ARE ON A BUDGET!"

hanging shoes

hanging shoes, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

near the skatepark, can't be good for the wires.

falling

DSCN4683, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

it's a beautiful day in the neigborhood, easy to see fall is on the way

putt putt party

jolie's birthday at tropical gardens mini golf


birthday girl, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

tropical gardens mini golf, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

zebra family, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

snow cones, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

sweet!

i came in last place out of 9. it's ok i think i had the best form. i just didn't get any holes in one and i blew up on #12 which had 3 layers of holes you had to go through.

shooting bricks

shooting bricks 3, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

shooting bricks 2, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

shooting bricks 1, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

peace haiku 44 - 50

sip peppermint tea
hot cold hot cold spread hot cold
frosty warm heart balm

if we're all divine
then to believe in yourself's
to believe in god

structure & focus
doesn't let you add fluff fluff
haiku will you write

not so much lotion
as the act of applying
that promotes good health

respect goes both ways
& with it dances kindness
when they're gone they're gone

if you try you can't
fight the inevitable
you can quit the dread

this blow you've dealt will
end up being the best thing
that could've happened

picture pages picture pages

had a splendid weekend with my fluffy brother henry & his parents, communing with nature, touring asheville, going to festivals, dining in little switzerland, the whole works. i just put up scores of photos on flickr, here are a few of the wilder ones -

a bat! living between the screen and the glass of a window in my house! a bat! with bat toes!


mystical reflected henry


the la zoom purple bus tour of asheville, so very entertaining and informative, here a nun eats fire


patches' birthday party!


rocking in little switzerland


lexington avenue arts and fun fest - LAAFFest


justin's booth (justin's also a model)


finally here's henry (& holden & nacho) waiting for some peanut butter on his last night right before he jumped on my bed & slept all night on my pillow



and last but not least - happy birthday graham (yesterday) and phil (two days ago)!