RIVERFRONT FUN YESTERDAY….and some awesome garden shots

ABOVE IS ME IN MY INSANELY TALL GARDEN LAST NIGHT..CLICK TO SEE LARGER I was so tickled..Steve called me about 2:30PM yesterday and said…we are going for a walk downtown. Woo Hoo!! Playing hookie in this city in the summertime is one of lifes little pleasures!! I had a sore foot from the weekend incident of dropping a heavy object on my footie…so Steve dropped me of at the fountain... [Read more]

BREWS,BLUES,and ZAZZLE NEWS…a Monday Chow pendant special too

Hello my friends!! Did you all have a super weekend?  Steve and I and Bling took some time out and hit a Brews and Blues Festival in Washington State which was sooooooo much fun. Small locally owned micro breweries were featured which are VERY abundant in the Pacific NW.  Notice how Bling and I  enjoy our  beer?????? YES THATS RIGHT…with a glass of wine!!   As much as I love good microbrews…..they... [Read more]

PENDANTS,TSHIRTS and 2 recent interviews

Well this has been quite the busy and productive week in the studio to say the least!!!  The photos you see are a few of the latest Bindi Birds and Flower bouquets which are available at the website. CLICK IMAGES OR.. CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE STOREFRONT NOTE…for a limited time there is FREE U.S. SHIPPING ON ALL JEWELRY AT THE SITE!! AND BELOW: My latest design at the Teahouse Market. ... [Read more]

CHUBBY CHICKADEE and BINDI BIRD pendants

My kiln is all aflutter with new hatchlings and I could hardly wait to show you all!!!  Check out this adorable stylized chickadee, inspired by my new family of chickdees fledglings below.  Mama and daddy have been working tirelessly feeding these adorable babies in my tin can birdhouse This little cutie had me giggling the entire time I worked on her!!! Inspired by a chickadee family teaching... [Read more]

FEATURE OF THE DAY at ZAZZLE….and a floral pendant special!

YIPPIE!! I’m so excited!!! I was up all night working on finishing this design to make available on Tshirts etc at Zazzle, and lo and behold, no more than 2 hours after I submitted my design I got this letter from Zazzle below!!  Considering how many kazillions of submissions they get daily, I thought this was pretty darned cool ! SHIRT BELOW IS PRINTED ON BOTH THE FRONT AND BACK CLICK THE... [Read more]

GRAFFITI GOSSIP NEWSLETTER June 2009

Oh my goodness it’s been a busy one around here these days!! The garden has me hopping 24/7 and believe it or not, I even got some glass work into the mix.  Some adorable floral “vase” pendants will be showing up this week on the blog!!! Above you see a screenshot of the homepage to my new photography portfolio site for GRAFFITIMAGERY.  This website has been my pet project... [Read more]

A MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND STEVE WANTS TO FORGET

ABOVE:  A BEAUTIFUL KING CHARLES CAVALIER SPANIEL I MET AT THE ROSE GARDEN This weekend was going to be our Oregon Pinot wine tasting extravaganza, but instead poor Steve got a NASTY tummy bug and the entire weekend he spent in bed.  In an almost conscious moment on Saturday, I had him drop me off at the Portland International Rose Garden , which is usually in full bloom this time of year but... [Read more]

A GARDEN STROLL…and Memorial Day wishes

GARDEN SCULPTURE I PAINTED CALLED “ONE GOOD TERN, DESERVES ANOTHER” Hello my friends!! I’ve been so busy these past couple of weeks and am just now getting caught up on my blogs and journals. When spring hits in Portland…..the garden doesn’t wait!!! CLICK THE ARROW ON THE VIDEO BELOW TO SEE MY GARDEN YESTERDAY!! ABOVE: A  STUNNING ROSE THAT IS PRIZED FOR IT’S... [Read more]

A visit to Al’s garden center and my garden video today

ABOVE…A FLEDGLING  “VARIED THRUSH” IN THE GARDEN YESTERDAY Yesterday my friend Jan picked me up and we took the short trek out to AL’S GARDEN CENTER to see how much botanical trouble we could get into. The ultimate  goal was to pick up fertilizer for our gardens but we of course found tons of fun things to look at and purchase! ABOVE IS THE VIDEO I TOOK TODAY OF MY GARDEN... [Read more]

REMEMBERING….my birthday..and the Sichuan Earthquake

Who will ever forget May 12, 2008………..certainly not me.  I woke up last year to my 50th birthday and the horrendous news that the place I had just visited 2 months prior…….Sichuan, China was devistated by an earthquake.  People and pandas displaced, killed and injured.   This day was a pivotal moment in my life for many reasons.  YOu can hear the podcast below to... [Read more]

SHOPPING FOR MOTHERS DAY…Farmers Market opener

Talk about an appropriate photo to celebrate Mothers Day with.  As I stood outside taking pix this afternoon, I felt something hit my head…literrally a “Chicken Little….the sky is falling” episode!  This is what hit my head and landed next to my feet.  A new life had come into the world and Mama Robin was cleaning house so her new babies would have a clean bed to sleep... [Read more]

PORTLAND CHINESE GARDEN…taking the video camera on a field trip

CLICK THE ARROW ON THE IMAGE BELOW TO START THE VIDEO AND TURN ON YOUR AUDIO PORTLAND OREGON CLASSICAL CHINESE GARDEN 4/03/09 from Sandra Miller on Vimeo. This video has audio as well. Yesterday, Steve and I went for a long walk downtown….well Steves walk was longer than mine for sure. As we passed Chinatown and with my new video camera in hand……I insisted Steve go on his longer... [Read more]

GRAFFITI GOSSIP NEWSLETTER: May 1, 2009

ABOVE IS MY MOST RECENT WATERCOLOR CALLED “BUMBLE BEATRICE THE CHOW” AVAILABLE SOON HAPPY MAY DAY MY FRIENDS!! I hope all of you are having beautiful spring weather and receive tons of May baskets full of goodies today!!! OMG…am I SO OLD?????  Oh how I long to do a May pole dance and eat those terrible M&M peanut mixtures out of paper cupcake liners ….with a colored... [Read more]

STEVE’S BAILOUT PLAN…His surprise to me on Friday’s roadtrip

We had such a super time at the coast today. I can’t believe how much we fit in in a day’s time. Steve shocked me at lunch….find out what it was about mid video. More photos from the day below!  Turn your volume on.!!! CLICK THE ARROW ON IMAGE ABOVE TO VIEW THE VIDEO! Above is Steve in a WWII plane cockpit. His “bail out” from work “theme” today carried... [Read more]

FEELIN’ BLUE TODAY…and that’s a good thing!

As I was lying on my back in my garden today…daydreaming about 10,000,00 things all at once, I suddenly heard a shrill cackling about 2 feet from my head.  Well I am never without my camera when I am outside and as luck would have it, this STELLERS JAY had landed on my suet feeder !!  I couldn’t help myself…I had to shoot him (with the camera that is) This is such a fantastic... [Read more]

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