Whitney died, and that made us sad. However we learned something out of this experience. It’s that “I will always love you” wasn’t written by Whitney Houston, but in fact by our much loved DOLLY PARTON. Yes, it’s true. She wrote it after breaking up with her mentor and partner Porter Wagner. Here she is in 1973 singing this song on the Porter Wagner show. It’s just lovely. Dolly forever.
So, our studio is cold. We assume 3+layers and just grin and bear it until about noon every day when it warms up, assuming the sun comes out. But the other morning, it was really cold. See, we killed the electricity in the entire studio for 15 hours when we tried to plug 4 space heaters in to take the edge off of the 45degree temperature. Yes, we were reprimanded by the {friendly} electrician. He scolded us while holding a handful of blown fuses, his tool belt slung low. “The problem is heat. You can’t have heat.” Sigh…how long till spring?
Mark took a lovely shot of one of our shop typewriters as an ode to Valentines day. Nice work huh? Be sure and check his other images on his blog.
Turns out we know a lot of Tim’s that can’t eat gluten. That’s fine though, more cake for the rest of us right? This card is perfect for those poor saps that can’t eat the cookies and cakes and doughnuts and fry bread and waffles and pancakes and sandwiches like the rest of us can. It’s also great for anyone who has a sense of humor. That rules out my high school architecture teacher. He can’t purchase this card. Sorry Mr. Brown.
A bit dated, but we had a crunch before Christmas for some totes. These are for the J. Paul Getty Museum in LA. Had to burn some midnight oil to get them out in time. Those up there are waiting for grommets and handles. That down there is one getting stitched up.
Photos by Ross.
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It took her awhile..but Iola finally did it..she found her forbidden fruit, all spiny and prickly, but looking as fresh as can be despite her sour attitude about it all. Lucky for her, and us, it’s never too late to find your own Forbidden Fruit. Our newest addition to our Birthday Cards, get it here… Etsy
It’s that time of year, the time when parades of cattle go tromping through downtown Denver streets headed to the National Western Complex for a 3 week long event of the highest magnitude of good ole American ranching. The National Western Stock show in the historic stockyards and Coliseum. It’s rodeo’ing, bargaining for heifer semen, weighing swine, swilling soda, auctioning steer, shaving cow legs, riding sheep and competing for walls of ribbons. We love it. We never want to miss the opportunity to get poop and straw on our shoes and corndogs in our bellies. We hope it never ends because truly it reminds us that there people out there still living life making a honest days work out of running cattle and raising goats. This year we brought back some photos. Hope you enjoy. Be sure you click to enlarge and view em the way you would out on the back of a horse..well..not exactly, but they are bigger….
