Lapdog?

My brother and his lapdog, Finnie! Aren't they adorable? Taken Christmas evening after the chaos subsided.

Christmas Jugglers

I made this for Dan's Christmas present. Using sculpey clay, jewelry findings, gold beads, wire hanger, epoxy resin, super glue, plastic thread, acrylic paint, spray varnish, gold spray paint, leather cord. Hmmmmmmm. Is that all? Oh, yes; the oven and a bit of time! I enjoyed being creative again! The best is when a project is all finished, though. You get a real feeling of "TAH-DAH!!!" These could be called acrobats or jugglers. Either way, they definitely belong in the circus! Have a great Christmas! God bless us every one!

StreetArt, Paris, France

StreetArt, Paris, France, originally uploaded by balavenise.

I was just invited to post one of my cat photos from the Speed Museum to a "Cats in Art" flickr group. So I did. While I was browsing the other images, I saw this very cool street art piece. Subtle. Creative. Cool!!!

Churchill Downs

What a wonderful little trip! To the horsiest city in the world! I saw the jockey's quarters, the announcer's booth, the winner's circle. . .and even drove by Curlin's barn. Watching the exercise riders/horses on the backside was really cool, too! I recommend going and taking all of the tours available. But you have to go on a non-racing day to see the real "inside" view!