Arrow Tundra Piece: 12” Tall x 17 7/8” Wide Piece with Frame: 18” Tall x 26 7/8” Wide 1 1/4” Profile Mixed Media On Illustration Board By: David Phillips (wino-strut) www.wino-strut.com 2/2023 #arrow #tundra #contemporaryart #mixedmedia #barrooms #cowboys #mixingitup #green #poolhall #gambling #pokerface #snails #mails #jails #shred #customframer https://www.instagram.com/p/Cqa57DAp0VV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Dublin Blues (Mixolydian segment) Into My Arms Norwegian Wood Gentle On My Mind I'll Be There For You

Workout 12/31/2022 - End of the Year 12-Minute Cardio (Treadmill) 4x5 SM Squats (200 lbs) 15, 12, 12, 15 Wide Grip Pull-ups (130 lbs) 5, 8, 12, 12 BB Bicep Curl (60 lbs) 12, 15 BB Shoulder Press (60 lbs) 2x15 BB Deadlifts (60 lbs) #workingout #workout #december31st2022 #happynewyear #newyearseve2022 #backandbiceps #shoulders #legsandglutesareimportant #legs #gluets #kickingitupanotch #iloveworkingout #mixingitup #4sets5reps #12minutecardio #smithmachine #barbell #workoutmachines #bodybuilder #fitnessandbodybuilding #planetfitness #cardinalsfan #ilovebodybuilding #iamabodybuilder #talldarkandhandsome https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm10rJouwlB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

bought completely different food from what i usually buy at aldi just now #adventurous #crazy #mixingitup

Had fun with tonight's mix #djjessejams #Technics #1200's #mk2 #pioneers9mixer #ortofon #pioneerbullit8 #myboo #instrumental #begging #acapellaintro #mixingitup #musicislife (at San Jose, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_ozxZopTcO/?igshid=1p517gcncrg1q

The Novelty of the Home Swap

I am sitting in a strange woman’s kitchen in a small village called Bradley, in North Yorkshire, England. 100 miles away, this woman—who I know only by name and occupation—is at my home. We have swapped houses. Several years ago, I didn’t know that home swapping existed, but now, on our family’s fifth swap, I can firmly vouch for its credibility. So, while a woman and her husband, whom I’ve never met, sit at my sea-green kitchen table, I sit at theirs, indulging in the chocolate cake they’ve left me, and gathering clues about who this family is that lives here.

Their house is delightful. An old mill conversion, criss-crossed by large wooden beams and geometric ceilings, the fifteen-foot windows let light flow in from all directions. There are bounteous photos of mountains. Which, I suppose, is why they’ve chosen our house, to walk straight out the door and into the fells. Around me, there is evidence of children—two girls between the ages of ten and thirteen. I spy a card on the windowsill. Inside it reads…”Happy Stepmother’s Day…we love you”. They like antiques—an ancient rotary telephone, iron weighing scales, and china tea sets—and bunting; they are infatuated with bunting. Plentiful strings of handmade fabric flags adorn every window, carrying words like “love” and “home”. Over their kitchen counter hangs their motto: “Food, friends, family and fizz”. I make a mental note to leave them a bottle of Prosecco, and envision them in my kitchen, peering at the large photograph of my kids at two and three sitting in barrels of flowers in Tuscany. We scout the area—the parks, canals and castle—and at night we retire to their luxurious bed. Like sleeping inside a warm French baguette, it is pure layers of feathery comfort. I jab my husband in the middle of the night—"We have to get a better bed!”

At breakfast, Daddy puffs his chest and calls out his favourite question: “Is everybody happy?!” The kids raise their hands and quickly stand in their chairs, reaching their arms up high, singing “I am! I am!” They gobble up their cereal and happily explore the house, finding exciting games that could only be spawned by this setting. My husband notices the damaged laminate flooring in the kitchen, and the damp in the bathroom, his senses on alert from our own renovations. I’m happy he won’t be getting out his tools. Have the couple spotted our impending projects—the avocado green toilet or our painted 1970′s doors? What stories do our belongings tell? Will they like our up-cycled furniture and my colourfully abstract painting that hangs over the wood burner? Have they picked up my husband’s guitars or his travel guides?  

The novelty of the home swap still expands before it contracts. More than a chance to tour the country, it satisfies my curiosity for humanity. Being allowed to leisurely stroll into another family’s life offers a window into my own. The objects that adorn their walls and counters, the decorations and fabrics, all tell stories about the people who live here. And in thinking about who they are, I, in turn, reflect on myself, and how my family chooses to move around in the world. My husband and I often ask each other the question: ‘what do you want to remove from your life, and what do you want to add to it?’. Such a simple question can spark some life altering results. And, again and again, we tend to choose experience over substance—which is why our last pennies are spent on plane tickets rather than upgrading our sixteen-year-old car. The new doors and baguette bed will have to wait.

On Saturday, we tidy up and begin the journey back home. The strange couple, whose bed, bath, and rooms we used, begin their journey too. Perhaps we passed them on the road, their faces unfamiliar. A mile from our village, my heart begins to beat ferociously. I’ve had little fear for our belongings until now. And in the ten seconds before our house appears before my eyes, I imagine it burned to the ground or swallowed up whole. 5-4-3-2-1. It stands tall and proud before us and we spill inside and investigate. Foreign smells fill the air—different perfumes and cooking herbs. On the kitchen table is a carefully folded up parcel and a card. I open it to find a gorgeous string of handmade bunting, brown and red fabric letters that lovingly complement our front room, spelling out the monumental word H-O-M-E.

🦇 Working on some exciting glitter mixes today... do we like this? 🖤 #mixingitup #nailpolish #iscreamnails https://www.instagram.com/p/BzcPFSRgP0c/?igshid=18tk9zvqfkto6

Hello patterns! Mixing things up from stitchwork to colour work today! The start of the patterned yoke on a fair isle yoke sweater! #somethinginthemaking #somethingdifferent #colourworkknitting #colourwork #colorworkknitting #colorwork #fairisle #fairisleknitting #purple #purpleknit #mint #mintgreen #mixingitup (at Ngunnawal Country) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYNLa27h4yO/?utm_medium=tumblr

Sometimes change is inevitable... even if it’s only in the form of a haircut. I’m really loving this haircut more than I thought I would. #shorthairdontcare #lookgoodfeelgood #mixingitup #haircut https://www.instagram.com/p/BpAoRe7H_qO/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=yre2ogimcbzr

Sweetest of sweet escapes 🤩🦋🍋✨💎🌞🥂🌻🌀

#playing around with #photo #layouts 😁 #mixingitup 🙃 #figuringitout as I #go 🧐 #hobbytocareer #entrepreneur #photographer #photography #photosofinstagram #dreamtoreality #cameralife (at Roy, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWCFBDJv6LY/?utm_medium=tumblr

Bamford #3 Maybe It's Time Ripe (No Woman No Cry / Let It Be) Looking For A Job / Mainstream Clay Pigeons (zzz version) Sail On Snippets of Stairway

Workout 9/11/2022 - Sunday Buffday, Pt. 1 10-Minute Staircase 12, 15, 12, 15 Cable Underhand Raise? (12.5 lbs) 4x5 Wide-Grip Pull Ups 5, 8, 10, 12 DB Lateral Raises (20 lbs) 4x10o/e Split Squats 15, 12, 12, 15 Cable Fly (22.5lbs) 12, 15, 12, 15 DB Kickbacks (20 lbs) 4x25 Abdominal Crunch (110 lbs) 15, 12, 12, 15, Tricep Extension (145 lbs) 5, 8, 10, 13 Smith Machine Deadlifts Rows (85 lbs) #legandglutes #chestandback #tricepsandabs #iloveworkingout #planetfitness #kickingitupanotch #mixingitup #4sets12reps #4sets15reps #4sets5reps #splitsquats #cableflys #tryingtogetasixpack #bodybuilding #aspergers #widegrippullups #kickbacks #dumbbells #lateralraises #deadlifts #smithmachine #upperandlowerbodyworkout #underhandrows #cablepulleys #10mintuecardiowarmup #staircase https://www.instagram.com/p/CiZhh2_ugMQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Easy peasy tacos for #tacotuesday 🥳🥳🥳 Eat out so much, I almost forgot I've been able to cook pretty much any Mexican food meal since I was 13 or so. #ThanksMom!! 😁😍🙏🥳🥳🎉🎉🎉 #carnitas #mixingitup #cilantrobabe #radishes #habanero #salsasinoloa #noms #burnttortillas #hotterisfaster 🔥🔥🤷‍��️💯 #andadietcoke #buenprovecho 💖💖💖 (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSa3-78rMCl0kyThBTmdIsDmfPEsaaj8qEiz_U0/?utm_medium=tumblr

Got the @holotaco remix collection and I used the bonus track bottle to mix the cremes I have (shown in the first pic, I don’t have them all sadly) and it got this purple-ish grey color. So I painted that on and topped with Everything Taco. I need to come up with a name for the creme shade. This is the first time I’ve had my nails painted in a while, I have had wrist problems for over a month :( #nails #holotaco #holotaco2ndanniversary #mixingitup https://www.instagram.com/p/CSOB0wxLkix/?utm_medium=tumblr

I may complained, swore and threatened Anita for torturing me with taking me to spin but it was a lot of fun and a great workout! Can’t wait until we go again! @anitaw604 @spinsociety #spinclass #mixingitup #fitness #notweightlifting (at Spin Society) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRMqw3iMJey/?utm_medium=tumblr