something from last year
I never got the chance to show you those scarves I weaved from last year. I send them to"Reform School" and next thing I knew was they were all sold out. I regret that I didn't save one for myself.
It's getting chilly now. Time to weave more!!

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Jockum Nordström

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Swiss Fondue_
New linen tea towel from flea market.


I made rosemary flat bread/pizza for Sunday breakfast.





I also made organic rose and goji berry tea.



Lunch time, I made garlic pizza. It was thinner crust. It turned out very good.
(I used my vintage pyrex glassware lid as bread stone. I use the square glassware for baking no-knead bread due to my very compact oven. The pretty pot is totally abused.)



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one of my favorite blogs now_ anna gleeson

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Inspiration
from the book called " Moorish Style"



We got several books from library. They are all about Moorish style.
I'm so fascinated with all the details and patterns. Can't stop look at it. Just too beautiful.


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my best friend, yuko's apartment.

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a blog filled with nice children's books

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The place I want to be now.
I need seriously cool and clean air!!






I took these photos back in May While we were in Portland.

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I admire Makoto Kagoshima. Click on clay squirrel so you can see the making sequence.

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Smoky air+ Heat+ Vietnamese coffee

Although we are not that closed to those wild fires, we still can see the smoke clearly and sometimes we can see the fire lighting up the mountains at night.
Air quality is really bad and heat makes me dizzy and sleepy.
Only thing can save me now is Vietnamese coffee and I am going to make another one now.









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wilkintie _ beautiful letterpress art prints.
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summer table



no knead bread + homemade pineapple compote+ yogurt + pecans




tomato from friend's garden+ delicious plums from market ( it smells like rose)



tomatoes from our garden

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I have a big deadline coming up in a week so bear with me. I will come back soon.

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Leaves printing workshop with Mitsuru koga at Tortoise



we went hunting for leaves which we thought we were going to do leaf cutouts but actually we were printing with leaves and not cutting them.

Koga san demostrated how to print with leaves.






These are the envelopes he made with the leaves printed paper. He let us pick one as a gift from him. Sweet! His prints are so delicate and so nice. It captures the most beautiful grain and texture of leaves.





These are the ones I made, and I love the ones with grass.




In tortoise you still can see some of the sea stone vase and sculptures by Koga san. The are so fine!


(see it bigger)


(another view)

The leaf cutout art from Koga san.







It was a very nice work shop!! I'm glad that I went. It was so nice to meet Koga san.

Carving & carving is
what I have been doing!







It's a carving and watermelons summer for me. That's why I don't post enough lately!

LEAF CUTOUTS -Mitsuru Koga Exhibition in tortoise.
I will go check this show and also attend the leaf cutouts workshop.

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A simple Sunday morning breakfast. it was a gray day. not much light and no shadows.

Since we have a California native plans garden so we don't have any flowers are blooming now. All the popies are dried out and waiting another reborn next spring. Sage's flowers are so subtle. They bend in the whole landscape. This makes me a little bit sad. I want some colors!!

Thanks to the newly planted herbs, dills and Asian basil. Some flowers are blooming in our back yard. They are still very tiny but I think next year they will grow bigger and better.






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like to read through small stump photo dairy , so many beautiful flower arrangements...

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summer colors




colors in my kitchen_Popsicle (Caribbean flavor).



and a nice shop in Brentwood country mart.

We didn't spent too much time there just browsed the windows and next time I will make sure that I check this beautiful shops. Love all the woodblock printing fabrics there!

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summer breakfast



We are in our high 90 degrees everyday now! unbearable heat! hot! hot! hot!

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baden baden_ a lovely shop in japan.

oh, also a new bread recipe, soft and buttery.
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Sage tea for summer


I was a bit overwhelmed by work this morning. I need some fresh air and a little break so I picked some sage leaves from our back yard.



I made a pot of sage tea with sugar and lime.(+ sugar or a couple drops of honey)




It was really good!




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These Japanese match boxes from Meiji period are so inspiring.

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summer heat!


The sky above our deck!
It's so hot these days! I think it's time to dine out in our back yard now.

How is your summer?? Mine is busy and busy. I hope I will have time to blog more.
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Summer/
shadow










Best thing to do in Summer is chasing shadow.

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His work reminds me the days in University ( in Taiwan)...................................
Masahiro Karino

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