Halloween in the new 'hood is GREAT. I'm happy. Hope yours was good too!

I made something. It's been a Very Long Time since that has happened. Turquoise and wood, with a sterling toggle.

The neighborhood kids are having a great time "Boo-ing" each other. I don't know where it started, but you get Boo-ed after da...

Six years with this darling boy of mine. He was spoiled royally today, and enjoyed it thoroughly. Two ponies trailing around through the mag...

School jog-a-thon. Once again Luke exceeded expectations and I owe a ton of mula due to his many, many, many laps. Go Luke!

I went back to exploring yellows and ended up with a golden wheat/camel color. I love it and I think this is IT. Now to move on to something...

I started a cottage blog to house all my remodel/decoration drama and lighten things up over here. Please visit if you are into it!

I should be clear here, no labor was put forth by me. In fact, until a couple of weeks ago, I didn't even realize I had fruit growing on...

I found a swatch of this at the fabric store today and fell in love. Of course it says it's discontinued - which is bad and good. Bad be...

This is BIG. I found a new coffee shop that I like BETTER than Starbucks. Seriously, not even just-as-good... but, BETTER! Caffe Ladro . Te...

What a long, long week last week was. We got the water in. Well, Frank got it in. I am so proud of him. It took him about 5 times longer tha...

Well, it's not really pouring. It is drizzling and I'm happy about that, but the fact of the matter is that it's pretty dry. Esp...

We just dropped him off - he was a little nervous and a little excited - he's funny, he gets quietly wound tight when he's like this...

I repainted the blue - it was too.... shiny. And too bright. I thought I was toning it down to a greyer blue but you probably will think I d...

The house, not canvases. It was a huge mess... here's an idea of what was going on: First the yellow that was so very wrong: Then the cr...

I painted it black and I'm so happy about it!

But all the animals were in hiding it seemed. The best shot is of Luke, of course. And some butterflies . Also got him swimming afterwards. ...

It's been a couple of months now of hand-washing dishes - did you realize this takes about an hour out of the day, sometimes more? Crazy...

The "hole" has walls framed in. Go Frank! Also, I ordered a dishwasher today and it can't get here soon enough. New copper pi...