4.01.2008

because my happiness needs some reinforcing these days...

Wanted to write about my adoration of "The Annunciation" in artwork, but just haven't fully fleshed out my whys and the perfect examples, so instead I am jotting down my recent additions to my "Happy List":


• My NEW gorgeous supply cart at work
• Little whistles, flags, ribbons, and baskets on bicycles
• Pianos
• “Starman” by David Bowie and the cover by Mates of State
Once soundtrack
• Compressed gas dusters in a can
• Little shrubbery in model railroad sets, or any model town displays
• Teeth marks on No. 2 pencils
• Woodshavings
• Museum giftshops
The Curiosity Shoppe in San Francisco
• Picasso’s
Guitar sculpture
• How Pamela ADORES Botticelli
• How Nicole ADORES Raphael’s smooth line
• How Jennifer LOVES Andy Warhol
• How Jacob LOVES those gorgeous Van Gogh trees
• Fields of California poppies
• Ranunculus
• Peonies
• Hobo wallets
• Hyacinths
• Lilies
• Blowing the whispery filaments of a dandelion clock into a sunny sky
• Laying on a hillside staring at cloud shapes
• My craftroom
• When people use the word ‘crafty’ as a synonym for clever
• Well-loved stuffed animals: Nicole’s David, Corduroy in Corduroy, and the Rabbit in Velveteen Rabbit
• “The Annunciation” in art
• Daydreaming about getting a dog
• How long FishyBoy is when he stretched out
• Cribbage
• Smirking when winning
Harry Potter books
• Finding the perfect stuffed animal
• My NEW square stamp
• Do you like me? (with squares next to 'Yes' and 'No')

• Fantastic folding of notes passed in school

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