Jones Jam Session

Jones Jam Session

Serious music making is happening at Studio 818. Jonesiac on the tom drum, Frances on the bongos, and Cyrus on the vibes. Special thanks to our recording engineer Jennifer Blue. Keep Rockin!!!

Oh my chilly tomatoes.

The temperature is dropping, and our final harvests are upon us. We had our first snow in the valley today, and look forward to the early mysterious winter months. Costumes are looming. And I am dreaming of giant pumpkins. I think I'm falling for Fall.

Centrifugal force.

Centrifugal force.

Children in a laundry basket traveling in a circle behave as if experiencing an outward force. This force, known as the centrifugal force, depends on the mass of the children, the speed of rotation, and the distance from the center. The more children, the greater the force; the greater the speed of the object, the greater the force; and the greater the distance from the center, the greater the thrill.

A magician in the garden

Poor Yorick fall open studio.

A tiny sample of the Poor Yorick fall open studio.

Photo update

Here are some cute photos of our children.

Cruisin the hood.

Cyrus is such a daredevil. He loves to sit on the crossbars of my chopper and cruise around the hood, all the while squealing with delight.

Airports.

The Jones family just returned from a lovely getaway at Donner Lake. This was our fist airline trip with both of our children. The flight into Reno was pretty smooth; that is with the exception of our baggage. We had 2 car seats, 3 suitcases, 3 carry ons, a collapsible cradle and a stroller. And that was packing light. Buy the time we made it to the gate the A group was just boarding.
On the return flight we ran into a lengthy delay, but thats just how flying is these days. At least that equates to free cocktail service.
Cyrus tells us that when you drag your carry on it is called " mowing". Quite funny. He was a little spooked on our departure, but he soon warmed up to his etch a sketch. And I to my Heineken. He slept the whole way on our return. The delay at Reno was long and right through his naptime.
Frances on the airplane is like a baby piggy. Loud squeals and to wiggly to hold onto. Not that into sleeping at all.
All and all we were happy with our flight on Southwest and look forward to more flights to come.

Our new friend

Wow. Look at that cute baby raccoon. I am surprised to see such a foresty little tyke ramblin through our neighborhood. Cyrus, Jen and I followed him around for a bit while he was looking for his family. So sad. I wanted to give him a snack, but we were afraid the lil rascal could become a permanent guest. Not a great idea with our part cat part gargoyle tabby Nutter Butter. We said "Sianara" as he ambled down the dark lonley street.
Good luck lil rascal. Thank you for stopping by.

Greetings

What a busy spring. Art shows, birthday tea parties, lil baby Frances and doctor appointments galore (surgery this Friday) have kept us running. Here are some pics of the plates I created for the Art Access 300 plates fund raiser exhibit.