college

Another weekend, another college visit.  The flowers were a highlight for me.

o hi o

My favorite parts of a recent trip to Cleveland, Ohio would probably be the Cleveland Museum of Art and an orange from a dining hall.  Above is a photo of Steven McCallum's painting, "City Skip."

stained glass

 

It was quite cold out today.  A bit of rain while walking around campus, and even some snowflakes when driving through the mountains.  The warmth within the heated buildings was welcoming.  On the way out, these jewel tones bedazzled the doorway.

rock

 

Saw this painted rock while walking around a city campus this past weekend.

april showers

 

April showers and flowers

a hill and the sun

 

Happy Spring!  Pretty soon the daffodils will bloom.  Their leaves are already out of the ground and growing taller.

fortune cookie

 

9. heart earrings

 

If I recall correctly, these were from Hong Kong, from 30 years or more ago.  I don't normally wear jewelry.

notebooks

 

I have lots of notebooks, and take lots of notes.  The Kokuyo paper (e.g. in the Campus and Soofa notebooks) is really smooth.

washi tapes

I have too many washi and decorative tapes.  I also have too many stickers, but we'll focus on the tapes for now.  Today I finished up the pennant flag banner one.  That was one of my favorites, so it makes sense that it's the first to go.  All these tape pieces feel like a giant pile of clutter, but I like them too much to just toss out.  I plan on using them up and then perhaps not purchasing anymore for a long time.

Google Translate helped me make sense of the Japanese phrases from Hobonichi's Deco Rush - "Theme of the Day" tape.  Although, I could be wrong on some of them.

1. Today's delicious food - kyo no oishi (today's yummy)
2. Today's discovery - kyo no hakken
3. Today's best achievement / 'Do your best' - kyo no ganbari
4. Today's sadness 
5. Today's cuteness
6. Today's beginning - kyo no hajimete (the first time today)
7. Today's phrase - kyo no ikku
8. Today's fashion - kyo no oshare
9. Today's MVP
10. Today's hit song - kyo no hitto songu
11. Today's laughter - kyo no waratta 
12. Tomorrow's big ambition - ashita no yabo
13. Today's want - kyo no hoshi
14. Today's lucky - kyo no rakki