Since our move back to the upper west side, my husband and I try to go to central park as often as we can. Walking around the reservoir is my favourite morning activity. I often see few brown swans there. They remind me of a childhood memory where my grandparents had 2 pairs of black and white swans in the ponds. I remember the beauty of wide wings and elegant shapes. Sadly some breeds are still in endangered category. So, I decided to create “Swan Swing in The Pond” for my ecopatterns 2010 collection.

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“We are Hyacinth, too.” is the new member of ecopatterns 2010 collection. My hubby will be adding art print, note card and mounted print into our online shop ecopatterns and my etsy soon, so stay tune!

This feels like revisiting my baby from 2009. If you are fans of ecopatterns, you are probably familiar with this tall animal that I designed last year, the giraffe. I’d like to re-introduce my giraffe with another little one in a pair for the 2010 collection. I adjusted it a little bit here and there from the original line art that I made for t-shirts adding the little cutie to keep the big one company. I guess the big one must’ve told some kind of joke that make the new little friend giggle up there.

This past weekend I spent most of my time with my hubby in Central Park and I watched the little girls play, laugh, show their innocence, their jealousy… yea I am talking about the  ”first jealousy moment” of their little lives. I saw the big sister sitting in the stroller, sucking her thumb while the younger sister who just started walking, was trying to feel the ground as long as she could. That little moment brought back memories of when I was young when I didn’t want to be the older sister because parents pay more attention to the baby sister who can’t help herself. I’m sure there must be some way to communicate to the first child how precious they are and how it’s just not worth imitating their little siblings for attention. I think I’m not the only one who had that thought.

I finally finished my sea otters painting on a rainy day because I couldn’t go play anywhere. When I started researching sea otters, I automatically thought that these little guys really like to play while they are swimming and napping in the water. Unfortunately, people hunt them so often for fur and they have to run away from the predators in the sea. That’s the reason they are still categorized as endangered.

I feel a little giddy that today is actually Friday because I feel like my schedule has been really tight this week. The most relaxing moment begins friday night and this today my little endangered animals notecards are featured on the first FRIDAY GIVEAWAY on http://www.gorjuss.co.uk/blog/. So, I just want to let you guys know that it’s easy to give it a shot for awesome free stuff. I’ll share this type of good news here and there, so stay tuned!  :)…happy friday

hahaha…I know, this is such a dork things to do by posting my new kitchen toys. Mr. Greenie is really new for me. I thought about buying it over a year and I finally own it. Like I mentioned before, I’m not a professional cook, so I got new mixer replacement from my misusage. Thank you KitchenAid again for the generous warranty that they have. So, now I can experiment cooking more, and have to remind myself about the advice from customer service “miss, make sure you read the manual this time”.

Swirls of fun may not happen often because of man’s greed. The number of their population shocks me the most and it also inspired me to create this piece. I have moments in my head when I think about “whales”; but I also continue research about them to learn more. The movement underwater of these mammals are as beautiful as ballerinas performing under the sea. I hope whaling people rethink how they are treating the largest mammals on earth.