Off to Sante Fe

my first stop in sante fe..after stopping at Danny's girlfriend Jill's house with pizza..was this museum.   He, the warrior is supposed to be warding off evil spirits..he looked very evil!!! ..but beautiful. This museum is for Folk Art and Indian Art..but my category is more like..contemporary..sooooooo

 on the second day..I went to Canyon Rd..to see ALLLLLLLLL the art!  I ran into the
Dancing Ladies!  This women designed clothes, then moved to Sante Fe and needed something original to display the clothes..and created the dancing ladies.  This is one of them. CUTIE!!
What I was most interested in was..how to get the wire thru the wood..and at the top are some holes..
so she winds the wire thru the holes..and designs the hair..one had pigtails..another had black black hair that was designed in a bun.soooo cute.  clever! ( yes she then painted the faces herself)

 Well I went for danny's birthday. yes he looks sober and quiet..but we had a great time at this
restaurant in Nob Hill in Albuquerque..and he was not so quiet!!!  infact..we laughed ( jill was there) as we went thru all his 'ladies'. in his life.....ha!!!  Yes there have been quiet a few...but Jill..seems to
have caught this guy!!!

 Before leaving..Sandy and I made a trip to Sweet Salvage.  It is addicting!!! Always wonder what we will find...I told sandy ' look for anything with cherubs!  So..she found 3.  This is one of the angel plant sticks..there were 3..all different and I bought them all.  They are very very heavy..and for sure not from the 5 and dime...love them!  GOOD EYE SANDY!

 Lately i have been communicating with Golden Products directly.  I am surprised and happy that they talk to me...send me information..and even tell me about new products.  In my conversation with a technical person in the ' new products lab"...he asked me just which mediums i have tried...so i sent him this picture.!  He called be back..said..wow..let me tell you about 4 new ones!  And ..yes i bought them in a trial size.  I decided way back when..i would use a good product incase the project didnt' turn out like i planned..i could not blame it on the product!!

Jill, dannys girlfriend is an artist and has one of her painting in a gallery on Canyon Rd.  SOOOO
I took a picture of it!  As you can see..its a very special technique she has..and this picture doesn't really do it justice..the lighting wasn't that great in the gallery that day...but the colors are vibrant and beautiful.

sooooooo  danny is working on a music album.  I was there 3 nights..and 3 nights he worked on the back art part of the album cover..and me?????????...well...I tried Zintangle for a while but then turned to my Free Cell.  Such a quitter.  Dan does not have a tv...but has a zillion music pieces in him home.  OK not a zillion but at least 6 guitars..amps..speakers..piano..whatever...never a dull moment.

So home again. Great trip as usual.  Lots of ideas from Canyon Road.  Lots of fun for Dannys birthday dinner...thanks danny!!
oh yeah, and thank you john for agreeing to be the night guard for mom so i could go overnight!
love ya.