something is better than nothing

joe leaving to go camping with a friend in joshua tree, some rejected paintings unstretched and in a pile in joe's studio, tina in her studio early february, tricia's 30th birthday lunch celebration, detail image from tina's installation cleave,  joes studio early february

day trip to Portland

we spent a day our of seattle vacation in Portland visiting with our friend Julia: breakfast at tasty n sons, running errands with Julia at a fixtures store, the Frocky Jack Morgan shop is up and running located at 811 E Burnside Suite #122 open Wed-Sat 12-6pm (this is Julia showing us some clothing and a picture I lifted from the frocky jack morgan facebook page because my own pictures were lacking), a field trip to Deschutes for a rundown on the art of beer making with Julia's brother, lastly we couldn't leave Portland without a pink box of voodoo doughnuts, not pictured: our adventures at Powells books and the Portland art galleries of Elizabeth Leach and Newspace..

Hopefully we will be back again soon..

lloyd christmas: part two

christmas finale at jim and margaret lloyds house: feet, a red rose centerpiece this year, the hosts, joe's brothers, photographers (our best photo of the 2011 lloyd holidays)

a linville christmas

Christmas day at my grandparents house: the dining room, the christmas tree, at the table with dad and liz, teaching my grandma and dad how to play settlers of catan, another view of dining room, Dad and Grandpa with tree, fireplace heater, and eagle lamp.

2011 lloyd christmas: part one

Christmas eve with the Lloyds: a little christmas decor, the heads of Sue and Dennis Franklin behind a pile of gifts, when christmas cards arrive Joanne is excited to add them to her christmas card tree, some christmas present opening lloyd style (read the card out loud to the group, pass it around, if your gift is wearable, put it on immediately to model for the group), Daniel and Shawna with the Christmas tree in the background, Christmas dinner (note the festive tablecloth), a sleepy Emma, and the aftermath.

ps. our christmas card: if you didn't receive one, please contact us because we need your current address.

getting to seattle

home for the holidays: the saab parked and patiently waiting for our return under the poinsettia tree (thanks again Krista!), Joe in the backseat on the way to the airport, the most crowded we ever seen our favorite airport (Long Beach Airport) on the way to board the plane, southern california out the airplane window...see you again in a few weeks

its been too long

finals week is now and we are excited to finish up the fall 2011 semester and get back to seattle to spend some down time with our family and friends...action shot of joe carving our coffee table with a diamond pattern, paper snowflakes drying in the studio window, joe and tina as shadows on the la river in culver city