New Garden

They were having a sale at my local florist on their starter plants, so I got some new friends. I got a bunch of cute peppers, I hope they can deal with diffused light plus my DIY grow lights.



My good friend Marion Cowings, jazz singer extrodinaire and experienced urban gardener said "...well, you only know a plant after you've killed it four times..."

farmin', part two

Got the seedlings for the garden box, the drainage works! I made a "watering can" by drilling small holes in the lid of an old water bottle. Much better than the full on dumping method.

Farmin', queens style

Most recent IKEA hack are the Ivar shelves left behind by the old tenants, cut down with casters leftover from an IKEA file cabinets assembly freelance gig. The recycling bins and soil beds are cut from extra shelves and the storage really cleared up the storage area, AKA "the back 40."



Gravel/rocks from the neighborhood for drainage, cheesecloth, then potting soil.


Drainage spout into a cut 2 litre bottle, H2O can be put back into bed.



I made out like a bandit at the farmer's market at 43rd St. and Skillman, one of the cenyc markets. Hudson Valley Farmhouse was out of the kick-ass cheese ravioli I had last week, so I'm trying the spinach pasta instead.

New Kitchen/New Lease

The deep clean worked its way up onto the kitchen stage, made myself a fabulous lunch to go with the new lease under "Softbox LLC." I stopped by NY Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts to get my membership and make an appointment to start the process. My Suzie Secretary alter ego is twitching in anticipation

Spring Clean!

Did the spring cleaning last night, got a bit carried away. Even the plants got a new clean home.
Took these dreamy pics of the vespa and column with Photobooth

Studio Rat

I've been super busy at school this month, up for mid-program review so softbox construction got put on hold until May. I'm still dreaming of her though, you can see by the pod-models.


Softbox pipe dreams translated into site specific piece for my review.

Momo's green

Check out my project inspired by looking for greenspace for Momo, my neighbor's pup, around Softbox.

New Toy: Seafoam Vespa

I got a great new prop for the space/dream come true.

I've wanted this exact bike since I saw a woman in Florence in 1998 riding one with matching riding gloves. I have fantasies of riding the backroads out to Montauk, but they may have to wait til the spring (as will the necessary repairs, insurance, and lessons!). I got it from a neighbor who brought it over from Vietnam. It is in great exterior condition but unknown mechanical condition.