Winter Wonderland

This year we decided to go to the Christmas lighting festival in Leavenworth Washington.  It always looks so magical, the Bavarian themed village deep in the snow capped mountains on the northwest. Thanks to mother nature, my skills in finding an enjoyable private condo with all the extra amenities one could want, and the christmas spirit that leavenworth has, it was a true winter wonderland experience & great memory.

winter wonderland drive
winter wonderland drive to Leavenworth
icicle village resort deep in the mountains
icicle village resort deep in the mountains
Leavenworth during day during lighting festival
Leavenworth during day during lighting festival

It's just something you ought to do while in a bravian village, esp in the winter , you eat a bratwurst.

Leavenworth @ night during lighting festival
Leavenworth @ night during lighting festival
two perfect pizza pies
two perfect pizza pies
wintery mountains
wintery mountain drive back home

High comedy festival in Seattle for hempfest

Next weekend in Seattle will be pulsing with hemp advocates, consumers, and the curious…with Seattle Hempfest  happening, the Highlarious comedy festival and the Hempfest Business Trade show. Pick one or indulge in all 3, but if you;re in Seattle next weekend and know a lil about cannabis, why not learn a little more and have a unique fun time while do it!  I Love to laugh, so I’ll be checking out the comedy fest fo sho.  🙂

a high comedy festival in Seattle
a high comedy festival in Seattle

Marriage equality was declared for all 50 states today!

It’s pride month and pride weekend here in Seattle and several other cities across the nation and this ruling will make the celebrations endearing this year.  The glbt rights movement has been visibly ongoing since stonewall and now, 40 something years later we as a nation of diverse people are embracing our differences and allowing people to be who they are, without so much forced conformity to fit into an idea of who we should be and how we should act, especially when it comes to ones gender. We have assigned so many roles based on gender, those roles are finally being questioned and adapting to the current era of civilization, which has room & desire for love and kindness.

Today is a victory for humanity. 

Same-sex marriage is now a constitutional right in all fifty states! Sexual orientation isn’t a choice, but supporting equal rights is.

Happy Pride, #lovewins in  2015
Happy Pride, #lovewins in 2015

Marriage Equality

Painting done on canvas with acrylics, photo filtered with cartoon lens on gimp.
Painting done on canvas with acrylics, photo filtered with cartoon lens on gimp.

The supreme court is hearing arguments for and against  the idea of marriage equality, an idea  that  says same sex couples have the same rights granted by the constitution and straight couples do, hence the term marriage equality.  The definition of what is marriage is being examined and defined.  I always believed marriage was linked to love and commitment…..though I have been hearing some people say marriage was always about child rearing and nothing more.  Well we live in a different era than when we needed to procreate to contribute here.  The world is populated and i say let people be together for love, rather than only to bring children into the world. That is great if you want to do that, but we shouldn’t exclude people who chose not to, and if you are in love with someone and it is mutual, why shouldn’t you be allowed that joy of love.  Support marriage equality between consenting adults.

It’s 4/21, the day after 4/20 ;-)

420 art on 4/21, i'm about to paint this
420 art on 4/21, i’m about to paint this

As a hemp activist, 4/20 is an ideal day to gather to celebrate & educate others about the benefits of the hemp plant.  So wear your hemp shirts, skirts, and shoes … create art about hemp or even better using hemp products….change your social networking photos to a pro hemp image and/or write a post about industrial hemp, link to sites that promote hemp knowledge and industrial hemp products.

Help others Rediscover Hemp this year!

I am a 12 ;-)

It’s blue Friday, playoffs, and the divisional tittle game this Sunday…Seattle is alive with the eclectic energy of the #12’s  the 12th man.  The feeling here in Seattle is electric and jovial, truly something beautiful to witness and be a part of. Yes, I said beautiful in reference to gridiron football,  when you see how the community joins together for a common cause, smiling, helping, saying hi to strangers and having conversations with people who on the surface you may not ever have an ice breaker to say hi or realize that we all have things in common despite some apparent differences, well that is beautiful my friends.  Some people are shocked I am such a football fan,  just as sometimes I am shocked at how eco friendly and liberal some of the pickup truck driving, buzzcut wearing, fisherman can be. 🙂  The 12’s break all boundaries, social stereo types  and brings us together.


12th woman

Happy Blue Friday fellow 12's! Go Hawks!
 Go Hawks!