Sights from the Levee Trail
I’ve tied up my laces and taken to the trails once again on the Kansas River levee. Working on getting up to par for a 5k trail run in central Kansas next month. It’s been awhile since I’ve gone running consistently because of my crazy summer schedule, but it sure feels good to be back out there. I think it keeps me sane (though I’m sure others would disagree). And there’s always neat things to see. Here’s a couple finds from this morning:
Music Festival T-shirt & Poster Design
Project: 2014 Porcupine Mountains Music Festival, presented by Friends of the Porkies. I was asked to create a design around their guitar shaped logo, and this is what I came up with- inspired by wildflowers found in upper Michigan, where the festival took place. The design was used on t-shirts, handbills, program guide, and posters.
Country Drive
My summer schedule has pretty much come to an end and now I’m catching up on all my email and a zillion other things that fell to the wayside while I was on the road. One thing I haven’t done in awhile that I used to do ALL the time is get out on some local rural roads with my camera. I didn’t have much time out there and the corn is so high right now that there’s not a whole lot to see past it, but it was a good time nonetheless. 
Hard Working Americans Summer Tour Artist Edition Posters
The Hard Working Americans’ summer tour has come to an end (so glad I got to see them play in Boulder!!) and I have an Artist Edition of 45 signed & numbered posters that will be for sale starting at 10am CST on Friday, Aug. 8, at this link: https://ruralpearl.com/blog/?page_id=7836
Cecropia Moth Larva – Nature in my yard
I was sitting on my deck enjoying the cooler temps when I looked over and saw this gargantuan thing crawling (errr, podding?) along on my deck. Its huge – about 5 inches when walking and stretched out. Thanks to my trusty Butterfly & Moth identification guide, I determined that this alien was the larva of the Cecropia Moth.
New Oklahoma Retailer: Okie Crowe
You can now find my greeting cards and prints at Tulsa, OK, retailer Okie Crowe! Many thanks to Kelli of Okie Crowe for the super sweet write up, which you can read here: http://www.okiecrowe.com/rockin-concert-poster-royalty/. You can visit Okie Crowe at the Philcade Building, 501 South Boston Ave #101B, in Tulsa, OK.
Star Thought
Star Thought
By Frances Shaw
I SHALL see a star tonight
From a distant mountain height;
From a city you will see
The same star that shines on me.
’Tis not of the firmament
On a solar journey bent;
Fixed it is through time and weather;—
’Tis a thought we hold together.
Colorado…
I’m home after several terrific days in Colorado. Thanks to the kind folks of Boulder for a great weekend at OpenArts Fest. Here’s a few pics from a day spent in Rocky Mountain National Park.
Joy
By Carl Sandburg
LET a joy keep you.
Reach out your hands
And take it when it runs by,
As the Apache dancer
Clutches his woman.
I have seen them
Live long and laugh loud,
Sent on singing, singing,
Smashed to the heart
Under the ribs
With a terrible love.
Joy always,
Joy everywhere—
Let joy kill you!
Keep away from the little deaths.
Boulder OpenArts Fest this weekend!
Bird in a Bowler Cap. 5 x 7 inch paper cutting.
Come visit the Open Arts Fest this weekend in Boulder, CO!
Saturday, July 19, 10 am – 7 pm
Sunday, July 20, 10 am – 5 pm
Pearl Street Mall between 10th Street and 15th Street and 14th Street 1 block north and south of Pearl. I’ll be near the corner of 13th and Pearl.