13th of March.  SO! Today, we were supposed to get up at 8, be gone by 9 to go to the armory museum. Well, I got up at 8, thought I probably misremembered the time and maybe we were supposed to be up at 9. And 9 rolls by, 9:15, it gets to 9:30 and I figure maybe I’ll wake her up, then I hear her talking (and it doesn’t sound like sleep talking) So  around 9:45 she comes out and apologizes profusely. apparently there is a transportation strike so she has been on the phone with John for the last 45 minutes trying to figure out transportation, as he is in Rome and needs to figure out how to get back to Torino. We don’t end up leaving until 11 because he keeps calling back with questions. We get to the square (after realizing that the tram we wanted wasn’t running due to the strike had to take an alternate tram) and it is filled with police with riot gear and protesters in favor of the strike… After a brief look and a WHOA WTF? Moment we found a empty way to get to the museum and got in. So – since I am under 25  I got in as a student (2 Euro) and Kaity was 4, the lady was very apologetic. I was thinking REALLY! Even 4 Euro is a fabulous price for a decent museum. And this was FANTASTIC! The entryway was all marble and frescoes and lovely and then we saw the no photos sign! SAD! So the gallery was filled with fabulous taxedermied horses, rows upon rows of swords/armor/guns/etc. and it was all SO intricate, and elaborate and beautiful. Then we saw one of the guys who worked there talking to a man who was taking pictures with his son and figured cool… well. He let us take a couple and then told us no Sad. And annoying. The other man took a TON of photos. Boo. Anyhow. When we left (around 1:30) the museum was supposed to be closing at 2. But I guess they were tired of working, the old man and his buddy followed us out and locked the doors ?? Weird. We were about to go into the royal palace and john called and needed Kaity to go back to the house to get some paperwork ready so they could go to the courthouse to get one last thing finalized. So we go back, spend about an hour and realize that the courthouse closes at 1:45 on Fridays so no way. Oh well. At this point we just have some lunch and wait for John to get home. Once he did, we went out, and visited Kaity’s favorite statue, tortured souls looking to climb this huge mountain of rock to the pinnacle where an angel is. Very pretty. Then perused some shops in the piazza – I got a small ball of cheese, and Kaity got some calligraphy pens. Took lots of pictures of a cool museum, some light posts, and tons of architecture, and headed home. Ran to the grocery store for supplies for dinner (spinach and mushroom lasagna) Made dinner (OMNOMNOM) and watched big bang theory.

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So today I finally got chickens in my Chicken arc, or chicken tractor. This is a small coop made by my father that has wheels so that once a week I can move it around so they have a new patch of ground to scratch over. Three little hens were moved in last night and I finally got them to come out late this morning and now they are clucking about rather alarmed. I can’t wait to have my own fresh eggs again. Omnomnom. There are three varieties out there, an Americauna http://www.ameraucana.org/ (which are the kind that lay blue green or pinkish brown eggs), and she is a beautiful golden rust with pale slate blue feathers in her wings. A Cuckoo Maran http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/…..BRKMarans.html which are dark barred chickens that lay VERY dark brown eggs. And a buff rock http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/buff_rocks.html which lays nice brown eggs consistently. I will try and post pictures of my actual birds and their lovely living accommodations soon. I love chickens, such a fun animal.

Of course Isis thinks I got her a three new toys, so I am glad they are not in the yard together.  Hopefully she’ll calm down as life goes on.

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Soooes, I got up at around 10:30 – I was SO tired.
got dressed, had some eggs, and went for a walk around the neighborhood.
found tons of cool architecture – a drainpipe with a cool spike collar
was looking for a particular statue but never found it. when i got home I realized (only due to google maps google earth feature) as it is a few blocks away from the street is said to be on. hopefully i will find it later. it should look amazing at night.
came back had lunch (when kaity woke up at around12:30) then we went out to go to the egyptian museum. found a really cool church on the way with awesome sculpture that neither of us know what it is called. it’s right near the museum though.
we probably spent 4 or 5 hours at the museum it was fantastic. they had sarcophagi upon sarcophagi… in some instances literally! also tons of canopic jars, tomb pieces. reliefs and more. I took a ton of pictures! I’ll post them later… need to color correct.  It was a long day though, it was hard on my knee. we also had to run to catch the tram and snowing so a bit cold. By the time we got home it was really really sore, we took a trip across the st to the grocery store to get food for dinner. Had delicious chicken alfredo and a salad. nummy. Also made banana bread and lemon bread, it was delicious.
Stayed up until 12:30 or so with Kaity sharing tastes in music. Then up until 1:20 downloading my photos to the laptop.  Read more... (1351 words, estimated 5:24 mins reading time)

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Okay, so you all have my deepest apologies. And sincerest pleas. Apparently the fact that I am following the law and reporting the money that I make to unemployment has just screwed me over. They now need to know why I didn’t make money during certain weeks. Who it was that no longer requires my services. So I need to contact the last person who paid me before I didn’t make money for a week. And this has happened twice. Once at Furry Fiesta and at the beginning of may. So I need to find out who it was. Luckily I did in fact have the e-mail of one, and the other paypalled me. But seriously? Why do I need to inconvenience MY CUSTOMERS every time I miss a week of payment. So this is my apology. To those two customers, I will be contacting you within the next hour. You have my DEEPEST apologies, TWC will apparently be contacting you to ask why you haven’t bought anything else from me. I am SO sorry. I will also be sending you a thank you present for your patience.

And my plea.
I need to make some money.
any money.
Every week, or I will keep having to do this nonsense.  Read more... (348 words, estimated 1:24 mins reading time)

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Day 3

From my balcony

Snow day! Yeah, so between the fact that is was sunday and, more importantly, it was snowing and Kaity isn’t a big cold person. We didn’t leave the apt today.  Oh well. So started w/breakfast – banana and tea- then watched some Dexter, had lunch (3 cheeses, an asiago, a gorgonzola… and a something else….) with prosciutto. Made a orange lemon bread, also nummy – the oranges here aren’t orange inside. They are pale pale red and yellow with dark red splotches. One we opened to juice was blood red. They are SO tasty though. Bread came out nicely. Had bread and tea, deveined shrimp for dinner, had dinner, skyped Johns mom and then watched more Dexter. Nice day, beautiful snow. Wish we had gone out Oh well. Sure we’ll get to go tomorrow.

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Jounally bits! Day 1 (I’ll add pics later I promise!)
Anyhow.

Stunning Mountains

So I got the flights went well, they were good, but sheesh.  I didn’t get much sleep at all  I got about and hour of sleep, got to Amsterdam and was freaked when I realized I the plane was supposed to board in twenty minutes, and leave in an hour and a bit.  Well, actually boarded in about forty minutes and left in an hour, so whatever.  Sat on the plane next to an Ecuadorian man who let me lean over him to take pictures when I wanted and we communicated a little, he knew NO English, so it was up to my minimal Spanish.  And also next to a lady going to an optical faire (right, faire for glasses) in Milan.  She was from a place on the northern coast of south America, I forget the name.  She was quite nice though.

Got in and Milan… customs… either I got it WRONG or they just don’t bother with such things.  Walked out of the plane followed the signs for exit.  Followed the signs and passed though an area where it looked they could put a queue. and then I was out.  Read more... (1452 words, 4 images, estimated 5:48 mins reading time)

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AKA – 2 weeks of radio silence.

I never knew I would get to this point this year. I have to thank all of you who fave my work here. If I missed thanking a new watcher or a new commenter, then here, thanks to you as well! I will still try and respond to all comments, and will normally be able to thank watchers. But these next two weeks… if you find me I won’t say anything because I am going to be IN ITALY!!!!

I am so excited about this trip. I’ve never been and am all fizzy with nerves and happiness.

So thanks again EVERYONE for your support. Without you, I wouldn’t be able to do what I do.

When I get back, look forward to some cheap commissions to pay off the $$ I will be spending there/to fund my future con trips. I am hoping to make FA United, Apollocon, OklaCon, and maaaaybe Anthrocon… other than that it is up in the air.

Hope everyone is well!

Buona sera!

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Furry Fiesta in Addison was my first convention, and I couldn’t have asked for a better experience. Though it does make me wonder why I didn’t start doing this sooner. I came both prepared and unprepared. I was ready to do badges… ish – MANY thanks to myenia for all her help and letting me borrow all the stuff I didn’t have, and to the fabulous person who let me buy some laminating sheets off of them on friday- I just didn’t take into account HOW important they were/what to bring. I was ready for sketchbooks. Didn’t have quite as many prints OR originals as I probably should have. And probably should have had some linework or graphite originals that could have been cheaper than the full color pieces I brough. I need to get a better setup for my pendants/charms/things so people know they are available. Also need to get the ACEO’s cut earlier next year. Had them cut out but never got a chance to finish them in time for the con, and didn’t have enough time at the con either. Met some WONDERFUL people most notably myenia and Lucky Kojak who were booth buddies there. Also a few people who I don’t know if they have DA accounts… so yeaaah. Forrest, Mouse, Mur, SailorAnne, Sisuke (sp?), Taigitsune, Jinx, Ivvy, Mitsu, Friend with the red collar, and the rest of you that I’m sure to have forgotten your names and would recognize you on site – Thanks for stopping by, for chatting, for the commissions. You all absolutely rock, and made my first convention an AMAZING ONE!  Read more... (748 words, estimated 3:0 mins reading time)

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Hello and welcome to the new website of Laura Garabedian and Antimony art.  I am so pleased and proud to have this site available for you to peruse and visit at your leisure.  My fantastic Web Designer has helped me to get so many fantastic features on this site.  You can buy prints and originals much easier, there is a RSS subscription for this, my blog area, and of course, you can now share the images you find here via e-mail or any popular social networking site.  Since this is a new website, please, let me know if you find any of it confusing, we are still tweaking some things.  I will be posting various autobiographic comics here as well, should you be interested, and can’t wait to hear feedback from everyone.

Best Always,
Laura

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