Prints by Greg

He is off work this week and has been spending a lot of time at the studio.

Happy Thanksgiving holy crap our desk fell off the wall!

The weight bent the screws and the two-by-four came out of the wall. (In the pics below it is propped up by a piece of wood.)

Our living room is a disaster, compounded by the fact that we drank two bottles of wine in it last night in the middle of the mess.



We probably had 300 pounds on the back of the desk: very heavy black oak shelves (found on the street) (you can see them below in the doorway at the back of the pic) filled with art books; two computers, a scanner printer, files galore, art supplies... I am not really surprised it finally gave out. Yep and now that stuff is strewn all over the room.





Greg heroically saved my new computer.

I have been busy

Check out this tower of power:



































Now you must admire them individually.































































I need about 40 more squares. It is going to be a very nice blanket.

I ADMIT

THAT I FOUND A BAG OF DRIED BEANS ON THE STREET AND COOKED THEM AND MADE BURRITOS!

We decided to have a big dinner last night

Greg roasted a chicken and bought a bottle of wine. Sarah made sweet potatoes, stuffing, and kale. I made gravy and a pie.





The birds and squirrels got the apple cores and we all had pie for breakfast this morning.

I believe...

...that a tufted titmouse came to our feeder yesterday. Click here. I hope we'll have our own pics of it soon.

Found on the street

Who is this?

Grandmother's house

I visited my grandmother this weekend. My brother and Aurelia, my sister-in-law, were there with their kids, and so Grandma got out some of the old toys.

I almost cried from nostalgia when I saw this guy:



My siblings and I had a twin of this horsey when we were kids; his name was Grassy Gullet because he had a square hole in his neck into which we stuffed grass. Um...I am not sure why.

Also: A MYSTERY!! In Grandma's garage:



A very nice tool caddy made by my grandfather.

BUT WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS LITTLE NOTE!?



Grandma?

Please, no "cutting-edge" jokes

Rough Cut: Design Takes a Sharp Edge, opening November 26 at MoMA.

Brigitta, you're a genius.

The squirrel's house

This is the view from our kitchen.



































In the ball of stuff at the top of the pole is where the squirrel lives.

This morning I saw it gathering green leaves in its paws and carrying them into the den (scampering along the telephone wires). Must be insulation for the winter.

Found fer the fridge

So, on our refrigerator we have a few items that I found on the street.

Look at this INCREDIBLE sandpaper letter R. Its a magnet! It's my initial! Found in a box in Williamsburg.

This EXCELLENT kitty picture. Found in a "free" box on my street. You can almost hear it purring, right? (Also: note that its paws look like hands...?!)

And, last, this (in the "free" box with the cat picture):




































I am lucky.

Our friends have bunnies!

Cute:

















Gettin' wacky!

What the—?

Greg and I found this on the beach in Nova Scotia this summer.







UPDATE: We just identified it!

New telephone!

Isn't it awesome? Thank you Courtney!



I remember dialing my first phone number on a rotary phone way back in the early 1980s: 469-2317.

This is one from A BOX FULL of old telephones Courtney found on the street in Toronto.

Crochet genius

My friend Sarah K found these fellows at Goodwill by the Pound in Toronto.

I think they are doggies but everyone else seems to think they're bears...?

My two meals today

Ham-and-cheese-and-egg breakfast sandwiches for two and a green apple at Pearson International Airport: $17.40




Steak dinner awaiting me when I got home from from work at eight o'clock: priceless.



Greg is my hero.

Our squirrel friend is back!

He was a regular last winter.

Do you like our sailor brick?

I saw a front yard full of these (bordering the flowerbeds) in my old neighborhood. I really wanted to take one for Greg for his birthday, because he digs the nautical theme, being a seaman. It was very tempting, but I wasn't sure if it was "right" to steal one–so I let it go.

A couple months later we were biking down that street and I stopped to show them to Greg. He just reached out and grabbed one.

We keep it in the kitchen on our work table.

Soup for dinner!

What do you think of this Valentine's Day Card?



This is cute.



But what is in the pot?



OH GOOD LORD!

My neighbors had a sidewalk sale and this was in the "free" box afterward.

New etching by Greggy

It's basically awesome.

Best find in a "free" box ever

A day in the life

Chilling:



Illing:



Catching some Zs:



Photos by Greg.

See above

Change of season in our backyard.

Tangled up in orange

When they ask you at the yarn store if they can make your skeins into balls . . . SAY YES!



































*sob*

I spent last Sunday making a sweatervest for my teddy bear

It was basically the best day of my life.
Soon his little shoulder straps will have fancy buttons! He loves it.

Our other bathroom friend

OK, this is a nice arrangement, right? A few shells, some beach rocks, and a egg case from Martinique Beach in Nova Scotia.


BUT it is even better than you realize: CHECK THIS LITTLE DUDE OUT!



































One hundred percent as we found him, except I gave him a nose job.

Street plates find home

Looks like my sister wants them.

UPDATE: nope, her suitcase is too full.

I am proud to be an American

For the first time in my life ever.