first fall sunday~

cool and crisp fall morning ! sitting in bed with a cup of black tiger coffee

moving around the internet! surrounded by my furry babies....

really wanting to stay in bed all day but that wont happen..

too much to do before lani gets here on wednesday .....

my starbucks did some remodeling and was closed all last week BUT guess who is the owner of the beautiful leather couch that probably would had been trashed!

yep me... woo hoo.....that will be moved into my bedroom..and bonus it seems like coffee~
go figure... ha......

sunday~

the house seems humid and stuffy even though the air is on? so het and i have opened the windows that have screens in them in the hopes the house will cool down...

i have even cleaned the dust off my ceiling fan to cool my bedroom....
it looks like i am starting the hot flashes, wth?

so i am a mess with my inner child playing with matches constantly, ugh!

bad girl....

lazy day at good manor today, its been raining and storming!
perfect day to

stay in and be creative....
except to run to run out to starbucks, ha!

long time no see~

im back dont know if i am better but im here!

that damn facebook i think replaces alot of
bloggers...so i am trying to get back in the swing of things..
life just keeps moving on whether i blog or not..so today i am
just posing a question...."what is happiness"
where do you find
it
within yourself..
let me know your thoughts...

its 1:46am~

its 1:46am and i am cruising the internet, in fact i have been doing this all night..

had a 3hr nap late this afternoon and really am not ready for bed...so as i sit here

catching up with email and blogs and ebay and etsy , i am listening to the call of

a nocturnal owl...we do not have any big trees for these creatures to nest or sit but we

are certainly surrounded by trees to one side of our property...my window is open as it always is at night and i hear call its beautiful

and it is echoing through the air

wish i could see her

postcard from the beach~

i have a really dear friend who i adore..he loves to prank call me during the day

and a few times has tripped me up! will be spending 5days with him in new york

city and can only imagine what he will have up his sleeve...but anyway, he and his wife

are in suuny california and he has been sending pictures of the beach art he finds on

his daily walks...i love them all...but i have to say this one is my favorite!!!

thanks al~~xox

Canis latrans~

late last night between two & three maybe...i was laying in bed with a cup of

tea and my never ending stack of magazines trying to play catch up...

i have taken to sleeping with the window open about two inches to let the

cold night air cool my bedroom which tends to stay warm even with the

vents closed tight..when i heard a loud and very close howling from a coyote

and then another and then another and so on..it was amazing, i was a little startled,

they are close i thought, why? i could not answer that..i felt my heart beating faster

as i laid there listening quietly and none of my dogs even stirred from their slumber..

i know they are there as we have heard them in the distant we we have had our campfires..

i know this is mating season...so somethng was going on and then the all the howling just

stopped in a blink just like it started..it was quiet eerie and beautiful at the same time...

i wish i had nights vision goggles....

valentines swaparoo~

just a few valentine faces for a small swap with ruth rae

writing assignment#2

i am the tall one with arms raised toward the sky..
i carry the weight for many..i dont like to but cannot help it..
i share myself with many..not always a mental choice
but a heart choice especially for the less fortunate winged
and four leggeds.....i am their only home...

i wear my heart on the outside unprotected
in all kinds of weather...it cannot be shielded, put away or hidden...
this is the way it is and always will be forever amen...

first day 2011~

make new friends but keep the old...

one is silver and the others gold.....

winter solstice~

tomorrow will be the beginning of winter solstice... julie always takes me out to dinner on that night...it has become tradition that we do not like to miss...this is when we usually exchange our
our gifts..tomorrow we will be dining at clarmont restaurant . one of our cities finest dining places..it has been around for 60years and is fabulous..julie has never been there so it will be really nice to be with her on her first visit..well i hope that i can stay awake long enough to enjoy dinner tomorrow as i will be trying to stay up for the total lunar eclipse tonight
and
then work tomorrow....

below is a picture i took after work in our parking lot...

it is really a beautiful winter scene..

sugar rush~

julies making homemade marshmallows again....

thanks sandy for the recipe... Martha's Homemade Marshmallows

2 1/2 tablespoons unflavored gelatin

1 1/2 cup granulated sugar

1 cup light corn syrup

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons pure vanilla extract*

Confectioners' sugar (for dusting)

Combine gelatin and 1/2 cup cold water in the bowl of an electric mixer with whisk attachment. Let it stand 30 minutes.Combine granulated sugar, corn syrup, salt and 1/2 cup of water in a small heavy saucepan; place over low heat and stir until sugar has dissolved. Wash down sides of pan with a wet pastry brush to dissolve sugar crystals.Clip on a candy thermometer; raise heat to high. Cook syrup without stirring until it reaches 244 degrees

( or until : firm-ball stage).

Immediately remove pan from heat.With mixer on low speed, slowly and carefully pour syrup into the softened gelatin. Increase speed to high; beat until mixture is very thick and white and has almost tripled in volume, about 15 minutes. Add vanilla; beat to incorporate.Generously dust an 8 x 12-inch glass baking pan with confectioners' sugar. Pour marshmallow mixture into pan. Dust with confectioners' sugar; let stand overnight, uncovered, to dry out.

all you need~

love love love
love love love
love love love There's nothing you can do that can't be done.

Nothing you can sing that can't be sungNothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game

it's easy

There's nothing you can make that can't be made.

No one you can save that can't be saved.

Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be you in time - It's easy.

all you need is love, all you need is love, all you need is love
love love is all your need, love is all you need, love is all you need

happy thanksgiving~

wishing you and yours a wonderful warm thanksgiving!

we have much to be thankful for in this beautiful country of ours...

sunday drive~

today we went on a drive that took us

to

in cincinnati

3cartloads later, dinner at maggianos and a stop at daughters

to see the little man

after that we called it quits and drove home..

i think the best ikea deal of the day was a cartload of textiles

(curtains, sheets,blankets couch covers, etc)

for $25.oo..

the cart was jammed full and we made out like a bandit!!

besides the other things we purchased..

ikea is a great find in ohio!

and maggianos is delicious italian food...mmmmmm

such a good day all around..........

xox

happy halloween 2010~

one of my jewelry trays~

im back~

i can believe i havent been here for a month and i apologize...

im lazy

and

sometimes

i would rather sleep

or

entertain that sweet baby with my singing(lol)...

anyway, here a few things that i have worked on

since our last meeting....below design courtesy of sharon andrews...and the below picture is why i need a double stroller

can you stand it!! lol..

there is even room for a starbucks on the handle

and room for my handbag below!

xox

friday morning self portrait~

wow! large and in charge!!

big love~

happy wednesday~

if this youtube doesnt get you up and out of your seat

and smiling

dont know what will.....

now get footloose~

a new piece~

something i have been working on the past few days......