"garden in transit" art project

Garden in Transit is a beautiful art project I read about in the NY Times earlier this week. I am inspired & in awe of what they're doing - inviting children to help make colorful art that covers all the taxi cabs in New York city. What a way to brighten a city & bring joy to people!

[Check out the other projects Portraits of Hope have done too - airplanes, blimps, towers, boats and buildings. Very cool! Keep up the great work!]

a heavenly trip

wild flowers over the alps
Originally uploaded by raondo

Last month I went on a trip to Europe – the south of France and Switzerland. It was amazing! I spent hours of quality time with friends – playing, relaxing, meeting, planning, thinking, swimming, biking, hiking, and enjoying life. It was wonderful to meet friends over there that could show me the ropes of getting around in Europe (without knowing much French). I enjoyed it so much! I took this photo on a hiking/camping trip to the top of some of the Swiss Alps. What a fantastic view!

Now I'm back in Texas so refreshed and rejuvenated. I'm ready for new things and looking forward to new adventures this fall.

Behold - beautiful note cards

My friends Jeanette & Sam opened up a business - Behold Cards selling beautiful note cards with photography that Jeanette has taken. ... joyful, special, unique, colorful, travel, latin american, mexican, brazilian, spicy, bold, playful, intimate, grand, beautiful views & perspectives on life.

If you're looking for colorful, joyful, artistic note cards to send out - as thank you cards, invitations or personal note cards, check their site out. They're reasonably priced & they would love to be connected with people who might enjoy their cards. If you like any of Jeanette's photos & would like to use them for a project, you can contact her too. She's a talented & wonderful photographer.

Humanities Texas website

The Humanities Texas website that I helped develop working for the great folks at Action Figure is finally live. It took awhile to devleop (as most websites do) and I'm glad that it's now live where people can see & use it. I think it's a great design that Kevin came up with - modern but down-to-earth, young but very functional, solid but also friendly & easy to read.

I learned a lot on this project - more CSS, XHTML, Dreamweaver, Contribute & some basic PHP code. It was the first big website I worked on and am grateful for the opportunity that Eric at Action Figure gave me. He's a great designer & developer. It was a pleasure working with him.

Humanities Texas does some great work too. They help connect people with good ideas for their communities & various projects with grant money to make it happen. If you have an idea for a project that would help people out in the community somehow, you should definitely check their website out. :)