So far this summer...

Quite a bit of my projects are still on hold due to some pending stuff tied up with stuff, let's say overseas, including funds and issues involving delays, and so on, and some greedy, arrogant, pompous jerks. Quite frustrating, really. But, whatever...

I wouldn't wish this onto anyone, what I've endured. Just managing my stress, and doing better now.

I blogged about quite a bit of the exercise stuff I've been up to all summer on my other blog here.

I'm going somewhere next week. Gonna be gone for a while... not too long.

I just hope my other stuff doesn't interfere with it. Hopefully, it won't... on the other hand, in a way, I wouldn't mind, but, it'll make make work for me...

Sorry, to be cryptic, but I have legal reasons to considder.

But, I do know for a fact, there's quite a lot of good things going on. I just can't disclose what those are, nor how I know, nor why.

Anyways, It's been a pretty musical summer for me. I keep getting popular on 8Tracks. Every day I get several likes or followers, and I have a wide list of "albums" of "mixes" now. I've been doing quite a bit of ambient, New Age, ethnic, and bohemian stuff this summer... but, also still do lots of TECHNO... I just haven't made a techno list in a while.

I thought I'd share some of my newer mixes:

Fathoming Oubliette from BlackUniGryphon on 8tracks Radio.

The Rogue Gypsy from BlackUniGryphon on 8tracks Radio.

Fairies o' The Wood from BlackUniGryphon on 8tracks Radio.

I actually haven't done much photography this year...

But, I do have some new stuff on Flickr.

But, I frequently vacillate from a 90s Nostalgia Generation X kick, to Bohemian flavor or fantasy, or SciFi.

Whatever... gotta do my artist thing...

I will be posting some of my photography to my Photo blog.  I mostly only did some flowers & lake/pond study/focus stuffs... nothing major.

I've also been sketching this summer with my daughter, but it's crap. :-/



Oh, and I LOVE plants!

I finally got stuff to grow on my overly shady so-called balcony (on the first floor). Blueberries!!!




I'm also growing lemongrass,greens, lentils, aloe vera, parsley, and herbs.

Cold Summer

This is probably THE coldest summer EVER! Last summer wasn't exactly all that hot... but it was at this time of the year for about 2-3 weeks... then, kept having boomerang warmth in the Autumn...

I heard that in other parts of the nation it's been having record breaking highs, and heat waves... but, that's not really happening much in the North East, let alone Greater Boston...

Slow Ambient North African Arabesque from BlackUniGryphon on 8tracks Radio.

Anyways.... I DID get a new hat.
here I am at the pool... it's mostly too cold to go in the pool, but I have gone in this week & last week almost every day. At least today & yesterday were actually SUMMER WEATHER!


Most of the spring, and summer so far I'm usually wearing a sweater... or, it it's a bit too warm for a sweater, I still felt a chill and would wear my robes. They look like Japanese kimonos, but they're actually vintage robes from Frederick's of Hollywood.






This was in the end of May & early June, when we suddenly had a warm burst of weather, which abruptly ended after a few days and became a chilly nonstop downpour..





yep... me with no makeup in the late spring...


I actually got some makeup last month... I barely paid that much for these. I collected my coupons, and shopped sales, and saved coins like pennies, nickles, etc. and got these. I paid NOWHERE near full price, and NOT even half price total for all of these new gel eyeshadows.

As far as a drugstore brand, I actually like Maybelline, Covergirl, and Physician's Formula. Sometimes I like Revlon, Rimmel, and Milani, and if anyone carries "Wet N Wild" I love those! But, it's hard to find around here.
"Hard Candy" is good also at Walmart.

Well, I LOVE these Maybelline gel eyeshadows so much! The formulas have improved since they first came out also. They really last all day, or all night, and I love using them.

One is a rose-gold colored called "Caramel Color" and the other one is a white mother-of-pearl nacre color called "Too Cool"



Here's my whole collection so far...


Then, I went and got this one, which is a loose pigments, and I think I paid LESS than $2 with my coupons! ^,^
It's a Duo Chrome Pink/Magenta color with an iridescent shift of blue or purple opal.




Me at the pool this week!




I also got lucky n got some moeny end of may, and I bought this pair of falsies at Ulta, which was my first time ever shopping there.




And, I also went to Sephora, and got something from Urban Decay. It's a primer & pore filler.




My sister-in-law gave me this gift:




And, since I've been having an issue with thinning hair, I used my gifted money to get stuff to help try to fix that problem.









Oh, and I finally finished this necklace... but, it looks too November/December-ish, and I think I might redo it as a belt someday...

Black & White Boho

Since I lost my sunlight, I went for some black and white.

Robed Bohemian 003

My sister-in-law came to visit, since the end of May, all the way from China. She gave me a "hong bao" (red envelope) which was a gift, so i spent my money at Target buying nutrition stuffs like products made of Moroccn argan oil... otherwise my hair would look incredibly dull & dingy...
So, I'm happy with these...

Bohemian Portraits (in Nature) 002

Just a favorite motif of mine... I like natures, and tress, and all that... since I was in middle school, my nickname was "Pocahontas". Some folks still actually call me that! ^,^

Robed Bohemian 001

Depending upon whatever your definition of "kimono" means I guess you COULD say: Yeah, that's a Kimono.

From my limited understanding of whatever "kimono" was supposed to mean,is that it means "clothes" or "clothing" in Japanese... but, despite my having watched hundreds of hours of Japanese films, movies, TV shows, I don't actually speak the language...

So..... I just call these my robes, because i have 2 of them. they are both vintage 2000/2001 robes made by sexy designer "Frederick's of Hollywood" which usually makes lingerie & sleepwear, among other things. And, I believe this was among the VERY first thing I'd EVER purchased with a bank card online, when online shopping was often considered risky, since the 1990s.

I used a secured service called "Yahoo Wallet" which encrypted your online translations. believe it or not, my first robe I purchased was the magenta/hot-pink robe, even tho' I hate pink... but, I felt the colors went well together, on the graphic printing. I also wrote my VERY first online customer review with them, and the vender was very professional, friendly, and polite, and even wrote me a personal thank you note/e-mail. So, i went back and purchased the 2nd, robe, which is the cyan/electric blue one.

Both robes were"Made In USA". Can u believe that? I still wear them all the time, and the quality is STILL excellent! Never fell apart, never wore out!

They don't make 'em like they used to....

Anyways, I'd been wanting to do something with my robes... but, I just can;t get down to play artsy-fartsy photography stuff with my friends in PA, yet... So many set-backs in my plans. Much to my frustration!

So, I desided to try a Bohemian flavor here... I'm on a bohemian theme kick still...

Boho Chic: Left Over Photos 001

Some left-overs... not the best... but,whatever...