Yum. Yummy yum.
February 7, 2009
Saturday birds
Lineup for the bird feeder:
It reminds me of airplanes stacked up, waiting to land.
House finch gettin' a sunflower seed:
I like those little guys and gals.
It reminds me of airplanes stacked up, waiting to land.
House finch gettin' a sunflower seed:
I like those little guys and gals.
February 6, 2009
Hmmmm.
Sorry, this is the worst photograph ever (I need a scanner!), but check out this advertisement:
Ummm, if this were a real museum you would need a magnifying glass to read that label even if you were standing right in front of it.
Just saying.
Ummm, if this were a real museum you would need a magnifying glass to read that label even if you were standing right in front of it.
Just saying.
Oh no!
At one time we had eight pounds (8 x 454 g) of Quebec butter in our freezer. Now we have only one.
We visited Montreal in November, and on the way to the airport to come back to New York Greg popped into a dépanneur and filled a bag with butter.
It really is delicious butter. Good call, Greg! (I was skeptical.)
Now we need to get some more.
We visited Montreal in November, and on the way to the airport to come back to New York Greg popped into a dépanneur and filled a bag with butter.
It really is delicious butter. Good call, Greg! (I was skeptical.)
Now we need to get some more.
Another little cub
This little cub has some problems.
Ain't got no ears, arms, or tail. And one of his legs is kinda wizened. Nice pink bow tho!
Ain't got no ears, arms, or tail. And one of his legs is kinda wizened. Nice pink bow tho!
February 4, 2009
Big Ben
Check this out! Charles's grandfather had the same clock as my grandfather, and now it belongs to Charles.
The same except Charles's clock is a Big Ben; mine is a Baby Ben.
Cool.
The same except Charles's clock is a Big Ben; mine is a Baby Ben.
Cool.
Ebay dot com
I received a little package in the mail yesterday. And in it, these little items:
Hee hee!
Very similar!
And yes, there is a mini bread bun in the desk!
Oh lord. Where will it end?
Hee hee!
Very similar!
And yes, there is a mini bread bun in the desk!
Oh lord. Where will it end?
February 3, 2009
Secretary chair
This "classic office chair of the 1950s" is very similar to the one I found.
I need to go to this store.
I need to go to this store.
"It's a rose, made out of paper"
So this is the dining-room window again:
We have a new paper garland!
Isn't it pretty? I love the printed paper. I am going to get another one for the other side of the window: $2.99 at Pearl River Mart.
Oh, this is new too:
I have had the bootie for a long time (there is another one somewhere), but that piece of wood was inside the wine box I found the other day.
UPDATE: OMG the bootie reminds me that last night I dreamed I was pregnant - I was getting an ultrasound and I saw the baby's face smiling at me! And then Batman showed up and there were helicopters...and it got confusing.
We have a new paper garland!
Isn't it pretty? I love the printed paper. I am going to get another one for the other side of the window: $2.99 at Pearl River Mart.
Oh, this is new too:
I have had the bootie for a long time (there is another one somewhere), but that piece of wood was inside the wine box I found the other day.
UPDATE: OMG the bootie reminds me that last night I dreamed I was pregnant - I was getting an ultrasound and I saw the baby's face smiling at me! And then Batman showed up and there were helicopters...and it got confusing.
February 2, 2009
Scallops
I renewed my resolution to take my coffee jar to Starbucks every day, and I made this jar cozy to keep my coffee warm on the trip back to the office:
Scalloped edges!
Bottom:
I am finishing up my blanket. Yep, scalloped edges!
So excited.
Scalloped edges!
Bottom:
I am finishing up my blanket. Yep, scalloped edges!
So excited.
The days are getting longer
But keep in mind what was common knowledge during Almanzo Wilder's childhood: As the days begin to lengthen, the cold begins to strengthen.
February 1, 2009
BREAD
So I found this tin on top of a trashcan a while ago and brought it home:
Yes, it was kind of filthy, but I hosed it down in the sink. I knew I needed to repot some plants, and I thought it could come in handy. For a while I used it for my small bits of yarn, then yesterday I finally bought some potting soil.
Check this out:
Perfect!
And on the way home yesterday with the potting soil I found a wood wine box...
...which is perfect for my yarn!
That worked out nicely.
Yes, it was kind of filthy, but I hosed it down in the sink. I knew I needed to repot some plants, and I thought it could come in handy. For a while I used it for my small bits of yarn, then yesterday I finally bought some potting soil.
Check this out:
Perfect!
And on the way home yesterday with the potting soil I found a wood wine box...
...which is perfect for my yarn!
That worked out nicely.
Scripts redux
These are the new Scripts sneakers Greg purchased. See, they have a big 3:16 on the side and "Scripts" on the tongue—not so great.
He got busy in his little shoe-repair shop:
Now check em out. Like it sorta never existed!
Amen.
He got busy in his little shoe-repair shop:
Now check em out. Like it sorta never existed!
Amen.
January 30, 2009
January 29, 2009
Old favorites
These are Greg's favorite shoes.
He bought them two years ago from Scripts Footwear—"the original Christian shoes"—and they are now discontinued (the new model has a big 3:16 on the side).
The perfect generic shoes. Natural canvas and rubber, with no logo anywhere except ScriptsFootwear.com embossed on the sole.
Looks like it's time to retire them.
He bought them two years ago from Scripts Footwear—"the original Christian shoes"—and they are now discontinued (the new model has a big 3:16 on the side).
The perfect generic shoes. Natural canvas and rubber, with no logo anywhere except ScriptsFootwear.com embossed on the sole.
Looks like it's time to retire them.
January 28, 2009
Since a sandwich is a sandwich...
...but a Manwich is a meal, Greg and I are pretty darn excited about this laundromat under construction around the corner.
Over 80 manchines! Cleanest clothes EVER!
Over 80 manchines! Cleanest clothes EVER!
January 26, 2009
Next
Since my crocheted blanket is almost finished, I am planning my next project. It is going to be a felt quilt, along the lines of this one, from the Purl Bee (but not so damn ugly!):
I am also going to use felt blocks, but I am going to sew it more invisibly and use better colors.
In fact, I am going to use old sweaters!
I found my first one the other day, in a bag of clothes on the sidewalk. It was a men's medium, but I threw it in the washer with hot water then in the dryer; now I doubt if a five year old could get his arm into it:
See, it turns into felt when you do that. You can cut it now, without it unraveling:
Cool, huh?
So if you have any old sweaters that are mostly wool or cashmere, please send them my way! Seriously!
I am also going to use felt blocks, but I am going to sew it more invisibly and use better colors.
In fact, I am going to use old sweaters!
I found my first one the other day, in a bag of clothes on the sidewalk. It was a men's medium, but I threw it in the washer with hot water then in the dryer; now I doubt if a five year old could get his arm into it:
See, it turns into felt when you do that. You can cut it now, without it unraveling:
Cool, huh?
So if you have any old sweaters that are mostly wool or cashmere, please send them my way! Seriously!
Bismarck
You have already seen this mirror, but look at what lives on top of it:
That is a photograph of our family cat, Bismarck, taken fifteen or so years ago. He is lying on my sister Mona's bed in our house on Cleveland Crescent in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. I am not sure where the carved wooden frame came from, but at one time it had something else in it. One of my sisters tore out the other picture, trimmed this photograph to fit, and pasted it in.
Bismarck died in the late 1990s. A few years before, he had moved from Nova Scotia to an apartment in Toronto, where he wasn't allowed outside and there weren't too many people around. When he died I felt really sad, and I wished that his last years had been better.
But then I had a dream about him. I dreamed he was lying on Mona's bed, on that very same pink comforter, and purring and purring! It made me feel a lot better—I knew he was in a good place.
He was a good cat, as my grandfather might have said. I wish I could pet him right now!
That is a photograph of our family cat, Bismarck, taken fifteen or so years ago. He is lying on my sister Mona's bed in our house on Cleveland Crescent in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. I am not sure where the carved wooden frame came from, but at one time it had something else in it. One of my sisters tore out the other picture, trimmed this photograph to fit, and pasted it in.
Bismarck died in the late 1990s. A few years before, he had moved from Nova Scotia to an apartment in Toronto, where he wasn't allowed outside and there weren't too many people around. When he died I felt really sad, and I wished that his last years had been better.
But then I had a dream about him. I dreamed he was lying on Mona's bed, on that very same pink comforter, and purring and purring! It made me feel a lot better—I knew he was in a good place.
He was a good cat, as my grandfather might have said. I wish I could pet him right now!
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