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"Mae felt light headed every time she saw a de Kooning."

I've been experimenting with packing tape image transfers and gel medium these days. And I couldn't resist these images of mischievous monkeys atop their candelabras.

Love this beautiful work of art, but couldn't resist adding the electric streetlamp!

Barbie in 1812? Definitely an anachronism!

Made for a friend of mine who is going on a meditation retreat in a few weeks.

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His new glasses changed his whole world.

The Royals visit Tiny Town where they notice a friend.

May 30-31, 2011. Two mail art cards for the last two days in May. One
was sent to Holland, where I was hoping to be for the Maastricht
exhibit, but had to cancel. And the other card was sent to Sweden!

Confession: Every morning, I stop by Dunkin Donuts for my coffee. Their slogan is "America Runs On Dunkin".

I have been thinking of this card for a while now. Just yesterday, a map came in the mail, and I thought "This is what I need for Dunkin Runs On America".

Apparently I like photographing people with cameras in their hands.

The vikings, a weary looking bunch, were part of a viking festival in York, England back in 1988.

"Oh," said Greta, stunned by the size and color of the pansy.

Hank enjoyed the drive-in Modern Art Museum in his hometown.

Frank & Marcello liked to look at Modern Art on their lunch break

"I see you hiding in the bouquet," said Ann.

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I'm trying to play catch up. I'm three weeks behind in sharing mailart365 postcards. The top two are brand new, but the ones below that are all postcards I made years ago but never sent out until now.



Postcard No. 71/365 - The list on the back "Patterns"



Postcard No. 75/365 - Things I can see outside my window



Postcard No. 69/365 - Things I can see on my work table



Postcard No. 70/365 - Things I've done in the last 24 hours



Postcard No. 72/365 - A few things about myself



Postcard No. 74/365 -Things I do every day



Postcard No. 73/365 - 10 Great Movies

-Robyn

This cute little fellow enjoys his fishing in a Biblical scene.

They could only wish for one of these!

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Not quite sure how to class this one. The cats were in charge. They wanted to send some fun to Greece.

She was just told puppies don't stay puppies forever

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#145. He felt like the big bad water was all around him

May 29, 2011. Two "tulips" were sent for today, both to the same
address. One card is for Jennifer (jjalltheway) and the other is for
CrisisPanty, where Jennifer's mail art is to be sent. Spring
tulips...like mirror-images, or twins!

Farmers markets are appearing everywhere now, even downtown in the city. We walked over to one at lunch on Thursday. The actual fresh produce is still quite thin, but once the harvesting starts in earnest, I'll be stocking up on all the farm fresh goodies I can. I predict healthier eating for the next few months.

A few years ago we participated in Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). The deal is you pay a subscription fee to a local farm, along with many others, and the farm provides you with a trunk load (boot load for those of you in UK) of fresh produce each week. Subscribers pick up the produce at a central location, usually at another subscriber's home, where they have a covered area that is out of the sun, for the farmers to leave the produce. It is a nice way of helping out local farmers. They get the money up front, and we got great produce, and a weekly email letting us know what was happening on the farm that week.

The trouble was, we couldn't keep up with the produce. It was going bad in our fridge. We are only two people, and even the smallest subscription was too much food for us. And neither of us are good about preserving food for winter use. Also, since the produce was a surprise each week, we sometimes got foods neither of like, for example, beets. We did learn to like lots of foods via the CSA, but not beets.

We stopped participating last year and started going to farmers markets instead. It is a bit more of a hassle, and sometimes we get there too late for the best of the best, but at least there are no beets in our fridge.