Thursday, February 28, 2013

One year later I was a my parents' home

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Happy birthday Susan!

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

La Rosa


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Felíz cumpleaños Mom. Te deseo bendiciones de paz y gozo. I love you very much.

Saturday, February 23, 2013

Dance!

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Happy Birthday Desiree!

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Do you know the way to Santa Fe?

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Happy Birthday Pamela. Wishing you blessings of peace, health and love!

Sunday, February 17, 2013

A new journey begins

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Happy Bday Maureen! Love your insights and humor!

Thursday, February 14, 2013

BIG, BOLD

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Happy day of love and friendship.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

blue bird

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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

artic

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Sunday, February 10, 2013

Happy Year of the Snake


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Happy Lunar New Year! 
新年快樂!
Chúc mừng năm mới해피 뉴 이어!
新年あけましておめでとうございます!

Saturday, February 9, 2013

Ezra Jack Keat's The Snowy Day



The Snow Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats exhibit at the Contemporary Jewish Museum was simply delightful. Work from his classic children’s book “The Snowy Day was on view. As an elementary school teacher, the book is part of the canon of US children’s literature. I remember the vivid color of the book, but on closer inspection I was reminded that the book is created entirely in collage. He used scraps of magazine and newpaper, as well as marbled and patterned paper in this art. A seminal work, The Snowy Day (1962), was the first children’s book that depicted a young African-American boy as a protagonist who explores the wonders of in a city after a snowfall.

Growing up in Brooklyn, the exhibit points to Keats formative years as the son of poor immigrant Jewish parents, who discouraged him from pursuing art as a career. His parents warned him that he would starve. His experiences as a minority gave him a compassionate view of other oppressed groups in society. 

Thursday, February 7, 2013

mother & child


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Felíz cumpleaños Nina. Soy dichoso en tener una linda, santa abuela!

Saturday, February 2, 2013

red guitar


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Happy Birthday Marco!