Archive for

May, 2007

IF: Signs

May 20th, 2007 by Rena

heart = love
When I was a kid I loved to play with dolls. Stuffed or Barbie dolls, it didn’t matter. My toys helped me to go into that creative happy place in my head where I was at peace. Sadly as an adult I don’t go to that place as much. So this post is dedicated to my dolls, which I loved (the heart symbol is a sign of love for all you Illustration Friday folk) so much in my childhood. And here’s a wish to all, that we can find our way to our creative happy place even once in a while :) Dolls rock!

The Quetzal of Costa Rica

May 15th, 2007 by Rena

Quetzal
This is a portion of an acrylic painting I did a little while back of the beautiful Quetzal (which I have yet to see here in Costa Rica). The full picture has a teary woman watching the bird. I gave this painting to my good friend Anna, from Switzerland, who was just married…yay. My husband Pedro and I were the witnesses, a great honor indeed…and we ate loads and loads of Japanese food. Ricisimo!

With approximately 850 recorded bird species, the country boasts one-tenth of the world’s total. More than 630 are resident species; the remainder are occasionals who fly in for the winter. Birds that have all but disappeared in other areas still find tenuous safety in protected lands in Costa Rica, though many species face extinction due to deforestation. The nation offers hope for such rare jewels of the bird world as the quetzal and the scarlet macaw, both endangered species yet commonly seen in protected reserves.

from http://photo.net/cr/moon/birds.html

Googlism for Rena

May 4th, 2007 by Rena

My friend Noodles pointed out this site, Gogglism. Punch in your name and get very fun results. Try it, it’s fun!

Of course not all of the following are true to me exclusively, but rather encompass the entire Rena race… I’ve moved some of my favorites and most complimentary one’s to the top because obviously I want to impress you my fellow readers.

Googlism for: rena

rena is a very beaytiful woman
rena is a young girl who feels she is different from the others in her village because she is the only one who can use healing magic
rena is a hotty
rena is the best
rena is the only authorized dealer of her patented reciprocating floats and head supports
rena is awesome
rena is still in the design phase
rena is a very powerful actor and she was the only person who i ever had in mind for the role
rena is also a much sought
rena is a mixed breed shepherd
rena is particularly interested in developing innovative and advanced conflict resolution training modules
rena is a strong magic user
rena is a pistol

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Man, that guy has some monster gas!

May 2nd, 2007 by Rena

monster gas