AMY SEDARIS TV APPEARANCES THIS WEEK

Amy Sedaris will be on the boobtube this week to promote her new book I LIKE YOU. I just got my copy Yesterday and it is OUTRAGEOUS! It really is full of helpful entertaining tips. Here are a few of the paintings I did for the book.

SCHEDULE:
TODAY SHOW - Monday October 16th.
JON STEWART - Tuesday October 17th
MARTHA - Monday October 23rd.

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John and I had the great honor of seeing the HAWAIIAN MONK SEAL up close and personal in it's natural habitat on the island of Kauai.
Most of the time we scame upon while walking along a beach. All of a sudden we would be within feet of one and not even know it. They come ashore and nap throughout the day and look like boulders on the beach.
Status: Monk seals, although totally protected, remain one of the most endangered of all seals. It is estimated that fewer than 1500 Hawaiian monk seals exist today. The Hawaiian monk seal was officially designated endangered November 23, 1976 and is protected by the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. It is illegal to kill, capture or harass monk seals. The law is that you are not allowed within 100 feet of one. state and federal laws. Harassment or disturbance of a Hawaiian Monk Seal can incur fines exceeding $25,000 and up to 5 years imprisonment.

AMY SEDARIS ON "MY NAME IS EARL"

Amy Sedaris is guest-starring on the October 12th episode of “My Name Is Earl”: Larceny of a Kitty Cat.

Randy pursues a romantic relationship with a cat lover named Judy (Amy Sedaris) even though he’s very allergic to kitties, and Earl prepares to pick up the pieces of his little brother’s broken heart once Judy learns how Randy really feels about felines.

*photo: conn brattain

BEAUTIFUL BACKGROUNDS

I've been a fan of Amid Amidi's Cartoon Modern for a while now. He has a great eye and is chock full of knowledge about old cartoons. He recently blogged about Walt Peregoy. Now I know, thanks to Mr. Amidi, that Walt did the backgrounds for Disney's Paul Bunyan animation that I caught once on the Disney Channel and instantly admired. It inspired me to fill my drawing pad full of trees! Of course, they didn't come close to these wonderful scenes.

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Nothing but pictures of orchids on today's nature post.

WE LOVE CHARLEY HARPER

Here are a few pics from the CHARLEY HARPER EVENT AT THE TODD OLDHAM BY LA-Z-BOY STORE Thursday night.
Charley was on hand to sign art and view the textile collection inspired by his art. At 84, Charley is still making art with his latest , a new poster for Cape May just being completed.

A TODD OLDHAM BY LA-Z-BOY CHAIR with Charley Harper inspired Ladybug fabric.
GRAND CANYON
WHITE SANDS NEW MEXICO

The birds of Charley also grace the packaging of COFFEE FOR THE BIRDS. Check out this entire website.

LINKS
CHARLEY HARPER BIO
TREADWAY GALLERY
NATURE'S NICHE
TODD OLDHAM BY LA-Z-BOY

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SPOTLIGHT ON FERNS AND FRONDS







The above ferns begin as dark purple fronds which turn green when they unfurl.


Here I am walking along a fern coverd ridge in Maui's Iao Valley which started out as the purple fronds.



These ferns actually begin as fire red fronds and change to green as they mature.

I LIKE YOU...UPDATE

The highly anticipated book "I LIKE YOU...HOSPITALITY UNDER THE INFLUENCE " by Amy Sedaris is set to hit the stores on October 15th. Here is a link to the I LIKE YOU VIDEO SPOT on Amazon. The link to watch the video is kinda hard to find... but it is on the top half right under the photo. Look for Amazon.com Exclusives tag line. Order your copy TODAY!

CELE-PRETTIES

Here are some fantastic celebrity portraits form my good friend Bonnie Bryant. We met at THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO way back in 1985/86. We got to hang out in New York for a few yaers before she headed back to New Mexico. She has done work for British Vogue, Gemma Kahng, Janovic and Harpers Bazaar. She is AMAZING at capturing the likeness of people as you can see here. Can you guess who they are?

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One of our favorite things on TV is the nature segment on CBS SUNDAY MORNING. So as an homage to that show, we are going to start a Sunday morning nature post.

Not usually the first to like ANY reptile of ANY KIND... it is odd that I would post these little guys first. There is just something about these gecko's... as they are called in Hawaii, that make me laugh. They have this tough guy attitude yet would not harm you at all. All images were taken in the Hawaiian Islands of Kauai, Maui and the Big Island.
I love the blue around it's eyes. It reminds me of my 8th Grade English teacher... her eyeshadow looked just like this.




Above is a Jackson Chameleon. After 6 trips, this is the first one we saw in June 2006.


This one just reminds me of an old man. It looks as if it were about to say..." Get out of my yard".

CALIFORNIA FREAKOUT (IN PARIS?)

Ok you gotta make it through the slow part, then it kicks into full-on 60s high-gear with what seems like Rachel spacing out into an acid trip set in a bizarre gargantuan sculpture park. Thanks Chad!

OLD, NEW, BORROWED, BLUE..... ER UH RED

Again I found myself organizing stuff and ran across these wedding photo's from the 60's / 70's that I bought from a thift shop in Santa Monica. Don't ask me why I bought them... I just had to have them. They couldn't be more dull if they tried. Look at the sad curtains on the windows and the shot with Dad is just creepy with that small bit of door showing. Mom looks like she had a doll or two and the Bride and Maid of Honor look as if they are the ones getting married.

USE IT OR LOOSE IT

As I was organizing a stack of pages I had torn out of magazines, I came across this link to
THE MUSEUM OF USEFUL THINGS. I am looking forward to ordering this needle threader from The MUT. I just hope they are still around since the last exhibit they had was in 2003. In any case, I think it's a great stop for useful gifts.

ONE RINGY DINGY....

As we find ourselves with no hi-speed internet service this week, we are FORCED to use a DIAL UP ACCOUNT and will not be doing any new posts until after Thursday September 7th. That is if the cable company can correct the problem. Please bear with us.

*photo from oldphones.com