Tomorrow is the big day . . .

It's almost here! View many more photographs of the preparations for tomorrow's inauguration of President Elect Barack Obama at The Big Picture. I don't like calling him PEBO so I won't.

Inaugural ball gowns ~ What will you be wearing? . . .

Isn't this photograph the best? Twins with twins at a debutant ball in Paris. Their dresses by Dominique Sirop would be perfect for the many inaugural balls tomorrow.

What's in your closet?

Life's Little Instruction Book, page 7 . . .

...To be continued...

Obamicon Yourself . . .

I turned my portrait into a Shepard Fairey poster!

Have some fun with your own photos. Turn them into Shepard Fairey posters at a site called Obamicon.Me where you can also customize the caption and adjust the colors. FUN!




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How do you read the Sunday newspaper?

How do you read the Sunday paper?

At home in pajamas via home delivery?

Online?

Leave house, go out for coffee and buy a copy?

Bring it home to read?

Read it at the library?

Read it in another public place?

Don't read at all?

None of the above?

Other?

If you are reading this in a reader, go to my actual blog and cast your vote. I have a poll on my sidebar. Voting ends at midnight on Saturday, January 24th.

Life's Little Instruction Book, page 6 . . .

...To be continued...

Looking Back: 2008 Horoscopes from Town & Country . . .

Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius

Did these predictions for 2008 come true for you? Mind did. I am a Virgo: "Virgos are never more content than when they can use their abilities to benefit others."

I started my blog in July of 2008 and can only hope it is benefiting others. I am astonished that my horoscope for last year contained word CONTENT. How ironic is that?

A friend just gave me a stack of old magazines. I normally don't read horoscopes, but this article intrigued me.

via Town & Country (April 2008 issue)

Shepard Fairey on The Colbert Report . . .

People Get Ready, There's a Train A-coming . . .

Will this train be stopping at your station?

Eva Cassidy ~ live.
I love her version of this symbolic song.

Today's whistle stop train from Philadelphia to Washington retraces a portion of Abraham Lincoln's route in 1861.

Life's Little Instruction Book, page 5 . . .

...To be continued...

Andrew Wyeth 1917 - 2009, rest in peace

Full coverage of the death today of this wonderful American artist: The Washington Post. Be sure to watch the slide show.

Andrew Wyeth Winter Quote . . .

Andrew Wyeth ~ Pennsylvania Landscape ~ 1942
Tempera on panel 35" x 47" (click photo to enlarge)

Dear Sir President: Children advise and draw Obama . . .

Letters to Obama from a wonderful article in The New York Times.

Slideshow with 14 portraits.

Nutritional advice too.

Life's Little Instruction Book, page 4 . . .

This is my favorite page in the entire book.

...To be continued...

2008 Weblog Award Winners | Best Blogs in 48 Categories . . .

The votes have all been counted.

Based on 933,022 votes cast in 48 categories
over seven days of voting in early January 2009.

Here are the winners of the of
The 2008 Weblog Awards.

Congratulations!

The Prado Museum's Masterpieces on Google Earth [Video] . . .

The Prado Museum's Masterpieces
in ultra high resolution via Google Earth.