A winter picnic at Brighton Beach

We're in Brooklyn eating pelmeni from a Russian restaurant. It's 45 and cloudy. We have hot tea in our thermoses.

Freedom Tower

The Cloisters Museum

More origami stars

http://www.origamispirit.com

And a Little More Christmas

A Little Bit More Christmas

We need a little Christmas

O Tannenbaum

ESOL students learned to make origami 3-D stars!

The 2nd and 8th graders made a total of 96 stars, some with glitter glue, and fancy foil papers. We estimated the total number of stars, and the closest estimator will get a prize.

Sasha studies origami

Lullaby from today's winter concert

A new poster

Comfy Winky Cat

Making snow

There's a lot going on in the workshop tonight

These pictures remind me of the I Spy books. Can you find an origami crane, a pencil sharpener, four stars, a jar of paste, and a calendar?

Three years ago

My neighbor's friendly turkey went visiting.

Cat in the window

Paper Stars

Don't make these. They take over your life. Addiction to paper crafts is a terrible thing.
Danger! WikiHow link.

From Shizuka's origami paper!

November in ESOL

From a Second Grade Perfectionist

More Vocabulary Parade

Vocabulary Parade

Pensive

I used to do these embroidery things...

This was published in Somerset Studio, and it exemplified my life at that time. I wonder what I would stitch if I did a project like this today?

Note to Self

Sasha sits by the knitting bag, waiting for something fun to appear

Finally Buttoned Down and Finished

Blocking the knitting projects

A Second Grade Portrait of Rochester

One of my little students created this masterpiece!

I took a Turkish cooking class

We have a great secret here in Rochester, the Turkish Cultural Center. Once a month they host classes, and share their warm hospitality.

My friend, Gabrielle, is Egyptian, so the Turkish food feels almost like home to her.

I Went to Minnesota

First to Minneapolis/St. Paul, then to Ikea (very important), and then to beautiful Lindstrom with the cutie patootie water tower.

Geometric

#makeartinpublic

Went to Starbucks on Sunday, IG'd this. Thank you to Alissa Burke for the mandala.