cherry blossoms

spring is finally here and i'm lucky enough to live in a neighbourhood where the streets are covered with cherry blossom trees...when i'm not at home crafting and taking care of aya we're usually out on one of our long walks...when i walk down the streets here i usually walk looking up, it is so beautiful it inspired me to make a short film, it's like a meditation tape but visuals instead, i'll be posting a link soon.

i love when the grass and streets turn pink with cherry petals...

 aya loves cherry blossoms too!

  out on one of our walks

jamie and i discovered a photo booth down the street from where we live so we'll be making family photo booth pictures a tradtion

 

oh yah, someone has started crawling!

enjoy the rest of spring!!! ♥  

art fusion

jamie and i finished our art fusion piece! its acrylic and ink on a 48" x 30" canvas. the sunset was referenced from a sunset on the coast of napoli italy, the tree was inspired by the old trees in sherwood forest england...the trees there all look like they have faces. and the swans..because swans are beautiful..so why not. here's the finished piece and a couple of in progress shots

i've  got a few other large scale paintings in the works right now. solo, so way less challenging. the most challenging part of painting at this point in my life is finding the time, hopefully pictures will be posted soon! 

inverno bel bambino

before we left for our hawaii trip me and aya did a mini photo shoot. it was this winter and we were having a lazy day inside. here's some of the pictures from that day...

this hat was one of my first knitting projects

hawaii

aya & i went to hawaii!! we stayed on maui with relatives and spent two weeks relaxing & exploring. there was a beach called baby beach which was our favourite because of all the shade and low water protected by a reef. we also drove the road to hana and went up haleakala volcano to watch the sunrise. one of my favourite places on the island was the lavender farm. here are some photos of our adventure….

the road to hana

sunrise at haleakala volcano (10,000 ft elevation)

baby beach

the lavender farm where we had lavender scones and lavender tea

  

nostalgia

i've been going through old photographs and reminiscing...i'm good at that. i've also been throwing together real albums because nothing can compare to real life photos. people seem to be getting so removed from them, it's kind of sad. so i'm working on a huge album of my favourite pictures from mine and jamies travels as well as a family album. there's something nostalgic about a big leather bound album full of memories. anyway, just because nothing can compare to the real deal doesn't mean i'll give up on online photographs! so here's a few of my faves (mostly of aya of course, my new little muse!)

 i found this picture in my cell not that long ago from when she was only two days old, she was so teeny!!     

we go for lots of walks in the forest

 

my two favourite people ever

love her smile

little bear ♥