Archive for the ‘Arty’ Category

drawings

Posted on September 13th, 2012 by mountain girl  |  6 Comments »

Luceros as Cowboys: Family Portrait Dancing Princess Zebra Being Chased by a Lion (unfinished) Owls She draws all the time, that girl. When the room is quiet, I look behind the furniture, and there she is on the floor, drawing. Here are a few I snatched up before she crumpled them. (Yes, she’s a dreadful […]



bellies

Posted on July 23rd, 2012 by mountain girl  |  12 Comments »

The belly cast is finished–plastered and primed, painted and sealed! Notice that Zia gave me a hand with it. Here it is next to the one I made while carrying Zia. Both were cast 3 weeks before my due date, and they are almost identical, but not quite. Zia’s appears larger because I plastered a […]



baby belly cast

Posted on July 16th, 2012 by mountain girl  |  8 Comments »

On Wednesday, with 3 weeks till my due date, my midwife and I made a belly memory cast. Zia handed the plaster of Paris strips to Kristine to wet and shape to my Crisco-covered belly. The baby wasn’t quite sure what was going on, and gave me a couple of good kicks as if to […]



mouse found

Posted on June 13th, 2012 by mountain girl  |  3 Comments »

On a rare cleaning spree, I found this little guy in the drawer of Zia’s kitchen. Hiding from the cat, no doubt…just look at those terrified eyes and quivering whiskers!



kitty by zia

Posted on June 11th, 2012 by mountain girl  |  6 Comments »

There was also a drawing of a mouse, which has strangely disappeared. That cat does seem to be looking hungrily at something…