How I Frame My Posters

Y'all know how much I love Propaganda posters, and you may or may not remember I ordered some modern day propaganda posters from Victory Garden of Tomorrow. Well they came and The Ikea Ribba Frames I selected with a mat built in didn't show the whole poster The mat opening wasn't big enough) So off to the store I went and got some different mats. Same problem. Then I remembered a trick one of my Teacher friends showed me when framing childrens art:

I cut colored poster board the size of the frame, and took a glue stick and glued the poster onto the poster board. Then I framed the whole thing. Looks good. Or rather good enough. I also framed a few other posters, one from the BIAS Art Space (I love my giant metal lady) to remember all the good times when it was around, and a poster from an MG Show I participated in.

I only party down with the best at:

Day of The Dead, Burien Style

The Day of the Dead, Burien Style. Burien has a large Latin population, so combining this traditional Latino day of celebration with a "wasp" twist was great. IT was also The Night of 1,000 Pumpkins- an event that stood to get the citizens of Burien out with their Jack 'O Lanterns from the night before to light them one more time then they go to be composted
The following is a slide show since there way to many pics to post:

Trio Lucero del Norte

Pyrosutra-Apparently these guys and gals never had their grandma tell them you play with fire you'll get burned (or as my grandma said "Play with matches you will wet the bed")

It was a nice evening in the South Seattle area (aka not raining) and the giant fireplaces kept all warm. As for the community garden, we (the Sustainable Burien Community Gardeners) said goodbye to the plots, glad that we produced over 50 pounds for the food bank, hoping someone at City Hall takes us serious when we say we want a P-Patch in Burien- looks like we might get one (within walking distance of the house, no less)

Boooooooo!

Just a little spook time for ya.

I found these candy buckets in the trash. You know I grabbed them.

These skulls are for day of the dead tomorrow at the BIAS. Even thought they are plastic they have LED lights built in, for a neat light effect. The cape on one is the cloth from an old umbrella. The other is recycled from an old Halloween decoration.
As usual my permanent Jack 'O Lanterns are used again this year.

The Gourd 'O Lanterns are something new. I decided to carve gourds in stead of pumpkins. I rather eat the pumpkins. The gourds will be used at the BIAS tomorrow, then composted by the city.

Arf...I mean Arrgggh!!!

No Romeo is not trying to horn in on Blitzkrieg's Pirate Dog action... Romeo is trying on his new Pirate Shirt today. Aye Matey- he be a pirate dog. All for Halloween and The Day of the dead festival at the BIAS. I just need to teach him to say Ahrrrgh instead of Arf.

ROB'S RANT:Why Do Cities have a problem with P-Patches?

I was taking Romeo on our daily walk around the Bias, and I had an epiphany! (Yes it happens even to old Agnostics like me) Why do Cities have a problem seeing the answers right before their eyes? What I am ranting about is P-Patches, community gardens call them what you will. I was watching the city contractors mow, and trying to fix the sprinkler systems around the new Burien Town Square Park. And then it came to me- if they would allow community garden spots in some of these areas, they could save the costs of contractors, maintenance and having something interesting growing. Contractors wouldn't be needed, maintenance would be no problem - p-patch subscribers do the maintenance, and the only cost for the city would be water.
Seems pretty simple to me- And since I am a patriotic rant here about community gardening-Why plant all those trees along the street. Now I am all for trees, this area traditionally plants Oak. elm and other trees that are susceptible to disease and generally have to be removed, but why not plant some fruit trees? And the grass strips along streets could be p-patches as well. I don't mean to get on a rant here, but it seems to me that all the city managers, mayors and collective council folks should be embracing community gardening- in public places. Saves tax dollars, helps with city budgets. And while I am at it, the schools in our area aren't taking care of the landscaping around the school yards... I say let the students put in plots and then they could raise veggies for their lunch in the cafeterias. A lot healthier than "Mystery Meat", and probably tastier too (although I have a penchant for the pizza that my grade school use to make)
Maybe they are afraid it will make the city look like Mayberry, but then whats wrong with that?
Mayberry seems like a nice place, everyone helps each other. Only problem is that vixen Aunt Bea yelling all the time- "Opie!" "Andy!" Could be worse places to live.

Community gardening on the B/ias

Get a group of people together on a Sunday afternoon, add some dirt, some raised beds and what do you get? A COMMUNITY GARDEN! People working as teams on one of four gardens. Folks from sustainable Burien aka SuBu are trying to create something great.

Romeo in front of "my" garden

Here is mine. I call my plot My garden as I am the one who adopted it. If someone else can come up with a better name that promotes community, gardening, and ending hunger feel free to comment. And BTW- I am looking for team members to give me a hand- so if you are local (Burien-South Seattle Area- email me at robj98168@yahoo.com and lets garden play in the dirt!) All produce grown from the gardens will be donated to area food bank. The "Rob" Bed has fennel, tomatoes, radishes, chard, cucumbers, basil, peppers, hot peppers (kung pao), lettuce, and peas. The idea I hope to promote is you can grow a lot of food with a small plot of land. And have some fun.
As for the B/ias (Burien Interim Art Space) It is a temporary home to a bunch of art, not without controversy:
This gal and her child will be watching over the community garden

Artwork from kids, made from old pop bottles and such adorn the community garden space.
This is a neat addition that just seemed to pop up!

The naked lady statue that is stirring so much controversy. IMHO She is a great statue, and is most definitely art, and is quite beautiful. I think the naysayers saying she doesn't belong where folks can see should go home, turn on the 700 club, and take their bottom lips pull it over their heads and swallow. The Interim art space started by Kathy Justin and Dane Johnson ( no relation) is a temporary home to the fantastic pieces of art, awaiting the construction of phase two of the condos and retail space to be built.
Finally a look at all four beds. One bed will have all native plantings, one bed will feature edibles like flowers and such, And I forget what the other beds will have. Thanks to Kathy and Dane for letting us set this up!