We are the village green preservation society

I had an explosion of extra succulent babies this winter.  All the babies had babies.  So now I am painting the cutest little 4” pot sets to plant the grandplants in.  I love you, cute little baby cacti 🌵 , but now I will sell you.

The pots will be sealed with polyurethane to protect the vibrant colors. There are currently 6 matching pots.

My potted grandplants will be for sale, if you're in the Kitsap or King County area (DM me).

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#succulents #cacti #cactus #terracotta #terracottapots #paintedpots #handpainted #teal #green #houseplants #diy #folkartpaint #plaidcrafts

Gammera the Invincible

I am such a nerd for Godzilla and Gammera movies, and lucky for me they're always being shown on Comet tv.  📺  I just had the pleasure of watching Gammera the Invincible the other day (I love you, Gammera).  The middle of the film features this groovy song.  Feast your ears on this. Now!

(*My husband suspects that the American voice actor who dubbed the part of the little boy shown in the screenshot below is the same person who voiced Spritel in Speed Racer.  Watch the movie. You be the judge.)

Sunny Day Girl by Wayne Newton

I had the singular pleasure of seeing an honest to goodness Wayne Newton Las Vegas show in the early 80s.  And wow, what a spectacular treat.  His opening song was Comin' to America, by Neil Diamond.  As a surly Gen X teen, I tried to resist enjoying the show which was clearly meant for an older crowd and full of loungey songs like Danke Shoen, but you know... Wayne Newton is just so uniquely fancy and unironically amazing.  He won me over by the end.

Here's a link to a quick video I made, where I was putting some finishing touches on my painted 45.  https://youtu.be/Btm3loWBB5c

You can also check out this Sunny Day Girl update on Facebook

Painting this record brought back Vegas memories and gave me reminiscent joy.

Sunrise, Sunset...

It's no secret that I love colorful and dramatic sunrises and sunsets.  I take a lot of pictures of them, especially being somewhat elusive in my pacific northwest climate.  Each and every one us special to me.  Here's today.

Rach and Jay's Superstitious Rules for New Year's Eve/Day

1. Top off your larder.

2. Kiss at the stroke of midnight.

3. Your first footer (or Lucky Bird) of the year must be tall, dark, and handsome (blonde or red headed is bad luck). Lucky Bird must come inside bearing a coin, some bread, and some salt.  They have to knock and be invited in.

4. Nothing should leave the house on January 1st, not even garbage.

5. Eat black eyed peas on New Years Day.

6. Do not do laundry or bathe on New Years Day.

7. Make a loud noise and let the old year out through an open door at midnight on New Years Eve.

8. Have a baby on New Years Day, if possible.

9. Watch The Hudsucker Proxy on New Years Eve.

"You know...for kids.. "

Emotional Interpretation of Easter Egg

This is my emotional interpretive dance GIF of a plastic egg, awakening to its chocolate destiny on Easter.  (I am the egg.)

https://www.instagram.com/p/BS92vN4AsfL/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=19hxt61qnzvcu

Click the link above to see the full GIF.

With a love so rare and true

My husband and I were having an intense and profound conversation about the consequences of substituting the word SHMOO for the words "blue", "new", and "you" in song titles...or really, you could try it with any word that has the oo sound.

My Aim is Shmoo
Peggy Shmoo
Behind Shmoo Eyes
Folsom Prison Shmoo
Shmoo Moon
Tangled Up in Shmoo
Runaround Shmoo

You know, like that.  Try it.  It's fun.

*I invite you to do an internet image search for The Shmoo, in case you don't remember what Shmoo is.

Can't. Stop. Laughing. At. This.

Because it's true.

There's a lot going on

I have added a lot of new things to one of my other creative blogs, Records by Rachro.

Lately, I've been infatuated with creating tiny landscapes, poured paintings, alcohol ink, resin, electricity, dominoes, and all kinds of crazy stuff.

You are cordially invited to come and see for yourself.
Go now!  Come back soon!

Cattiwampus

Here's a fun video that we (mostly Jay, but I helped) made to go with one of his awesome songs with his band, Cheek.  It doesn't seem like slow motion, but it actually is.

We lucked out with the timing and weirdness of that ending.

CATTIWAMPUS

It's true.  Faces are everywhere.
This one was in the bathroom stall at Mt. Rainier National Park.

Pritchard Beach

This is what Seattle looks like in January.

Originally posted 01/13/14

Craving Sun

Lots of days like this.  I crave sunshine. My LA friends crave rain.  That's how it works.

Originally posted 01/15/14

The Road Not Taken

Exploring my neighborhood.  I found this.

Always nice to find new perspectives to old situations.

To Bowl-dly Go

Congratulations, Seahawks, on winning today and good luck at the Super Bowl!
We've got some frenzied sports love in this fine city.

I raise my Captain Kirk glass of Chardonnay to you, Hawks.

Originally posted 01/19/14

I am a Jedi.

Let me just say, for the record, that I am a badass when it comes to roasting teeny tiny fingerling potatoes.

Crispy on the outside, creamy on the inside.

I Miss You, Fun Forest.

Today, I miss the Fun Forest.  I wonder where all these rides  got dismantled and shipped off to.  Billions of happy butts sat in those seats.  Billions of decibels of happy screams, all gone now.  Replaced by an overpriced, ego-driven glass museum whose artist is already ubiquitous in the northwest and has his own museum elsewhere.  I sincerely love fine art, but kids really don't have nearly enough places to hang out for good clean fun in this city.  What a shame.

The children were robbed.

I'm thankful to have had the time I had with this place.  3 birthday parties for my kid, many afternoons with friends and family, and many 15-minute breaks while working at EMP.

Brief, sunny, loud, happy music memories.

Originally posted 01/28/14

Auspicious Finding

Cleaning up, I found a hammer that happened to say "12".   I took this as a good sign for our Seahawks in the Superbowl.  I was right.

Originally posted 02/01/14

Thankful for old Buildings

Here's the malt house section of an old brewery in Georgetown.

At least the whole thing didn't get torn down (but come on---BEER lived here.).

Artists live and work here now, thankfully. So that's something.

Originally posted on 02/03/14

Sacred Geometry on my Car

This morning, I was able to catch this on my windshield.  This is the first time I've ever witnessed tiny, 2 mm snowflakes forming their 6-sided geometric brilliance with my naked eyes.  Often, we miss amazing things that are right under our noses.

But not today.