What a stressful sad week. There is always hope for tomorrow... but some weeks just hit to hard. My best friends dad died over the Thanksgiving day weekend. They were also celebrating their 44th anniversary. I was not able to get back to him right off as my computer had been slaughtered with a really bad virus. I feel so bad I can't be there for him.

I am still waiting to hear back from him. I know he's busy now... but I worry about him.

The house is coming a long. Things are going very well out here... except the computer thing. My new security software has been locking me out of my ftp. So until I get that resolved this is the only place to get my new work. LOL OK here and my DA account. Anyhoo.. here is my new winter work. Took starting over 3 times after getting half done and deciding I didn't like the pose. Fourth time was the charm. :)

Jack Frost Conceptual Illustration:


Full pic here: http://spiritonparole.deviantart.com/art/Jack-Frost-105720629

Tequila Label!!

Help a girl out and vote/rate my label here. Just click on the number of stars you give the design. If you want to see the full pic first check it out at my DA account here

A vote would be very very much appreciated! Spread the word to. Here is a link to the code to embed this. Again thank you to everyone who votes and helps support my artistic endeavors. :)

The Triangle Complex Fire

Yes I was actually on my walk/run at just after 9 am and saw the first wispy plumes of smoke. I thought it was another house fire. We've had a couple this year locally. Which has made me paranoid as heck. Anyhoo....who knew it was gonna grow into the howling monster it became. We were about 4 mile from the eastern flank. Which made for a great view... and a few terrifying nights hoping the wind didn't shift. Here so pics, I didn't take these... but I do have a couple from my street. I'll post those soon. :)!

Cards up

I have some new cards up at the Zazzle store for the holidays. Stamps too. Don't know where I found the time.

Good Riddence!

They raise taxes and blame the dems
They screw up the economy and blame the dems
They start a war and blame the dems
They increase the debt and blame the dems
They kill education and blame the dems
They kill all moral values and blame the dems

Seriously... during both past elections I read more crap from conservatives saying it was all just "sour grapes" from the liberals. Telling us to get over it and accept Bush was my president too. I just shook my head and waited. Like all things everything comes in waves and I knew the Democrats would come to power again soon. And on that day I knew all those conservatives who told liberals to shut it and accept it would be parroting back our words to us ( as they wouldn't be able to come up with their own.)

They would like to blame the dems for the downturn in the economy since we controlled the senate for the last 2 years (But they only controlled by a slim margin starting in 07). But we all know... whether we like it or no... that this downturn was in the works for far more years that that. With seriously lousy conservative leadership.

Smartest thing America has done in 6 years!

This woman has got to be the most self absorbed, self centered, power monger of the female persuasion I have ever seen. The only platform I've seen her run on is doing her level best to point out the foible of those she is against in hopes it will overshadow her own woefully inadequate abilities. All I get from her is a strong desire to force her way of life, her ethics her morals and her lifestyle on everyone. She is blatantly holier than thou. She is the exact kind of close minded, set in her way, lord it over all, I'm better than you elitist we need to make every effort to keep OUT of the White House and indeed out of any place of power. This woman is Horrifying in her ignorance, frightening in her intolerance and unacceptable in her experience! I was a McCain supporter when he ran against Bush... but now he just seems old and addled.. and picking this poor example of woman as his VP simply is verification that his days of being a force for the people is well and truly dead and buried. Looks like I stay with the dems again.

Yeah. :)

Sarah Palin: Alaska's Dead Wolf Pups Demand Justice!
Target: Alaska Governor Sarah Palin
Sponsored by: Care2.com

This summer, Alaska wildlife agency personnel reportedly staked out a known wolf denning site – a practice that is illegal under Alaska law – and, using helicopters, gunned down 14 adult wolves from the air.

When they landed, they found 14 helpless pups in the nearby dens – infant wolves just weeks old – and methodically shot each one in the head. 28 wolves gunned down in all.

Due to a loophole in federal law, Alaska is the only state in the U.S. where a few hunters still use aircraft to shoot wolves or chase them to exhaustion before landing and shooting them point blank. But the practice of "denning" – the killing of wolf young in the den – is prohibited even under Alaska law. This killing of 14 wolf pups disturbs even longtime hunters in Alaska.

During her two years as governor, Sarah Palin proposed a $150 bounty for the severed foreleg of each killed wolf and introduced legislation to make it even easier to use aircraft to hunt wolves and bears. But it's time that Governor Palin call for a thorough investigation into the killing of these 14 wolf pups, and bring any Alaska employees who acted illegally to justice.

Governor Palin presents herself as a pro-ethics reform politician. Please sign our petition to hold her accountable to her promises and send an email to your friends to spread the word.

Time to Vote!

OK.. I'm all done. How bout you?

Rock Angel Gallery Relaunches!

Well it's finely happened! After 2 months 2 weeks the complete revamping of rockangel. com is complete! Including both our stores and our art and music community The Last Bastion.
We relaunched it last night and so far it's been a beautifully smooth transition!

We have a heavy emphasis on art and writing (both fine and graphic art and short stories and poetry). I will be looking for people interested in Moderating some of these forums. Writers who plan to post more than a single chapter will get their own forums for each of their "series" they want to post. And by the new year we will be offering prizes for contest winners in the art forums.
I will be migrating the forums to the rockangel.com servers in the next 3 months as well. It will make them run far smoother. But I am hiring help wit that. TLB has been around a while but I shut it down for a bit while I was working on the art business. Now I'd love to get it going again but don't wan tto mess up and lose the threads there during migration.

Hopefully by Feb Rock Angel Gallery will be launching our new Skateboard line as well. I've always kinda wanted to do snowboards... but skateboards are the next best thing. I'll also be offering some of my work on some interesting items in the new year.

Thanks to everyone who has supported me in this endeavor. I could not have done it without the support of my friends and family over the last 10 years.
Here is to many more!