He's been working outside with me and this nap was well deserved. The open bedroom window wasn't far from his nose and he could smell the newly mown grass as he slept. my iPhone photograph
Sunday, April 28, 2013
True Love
Don't these two pups look comfy curled into a perfect heart in the back seat of a car? I went back to bed after the cat got me up this morning and I think I might live. I worked outside all day mowing, pulling vines out of trees, trying to tidy up my visual corridor without the aid of power tools, etc. I have rolled giant logs out of sight, rearranged the huge ones so the wild roses will eventually hide them and I have to say I have enjoyed doing some hard physical work. We are having a very dry April, the third driest on record. Rain is on the forecast for tomorrow so I'll work outside again today getting ready. I still need to mow the front. See you later. image
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Dining Room Library in NYC
Suzanne Slesin’s library/dining room may be in New York City, but the light fixture, chairs and glass doors give the room an “English library atmosphere”. Combining the dining room, which tends to get little use, with a library is such a typical NYC trick, but one that would be useful anywhere. Books are always the best decoration! via
The weekend has begun. Have a good one!
Friday, April 26, 2013
The Bookcase
I love looking at the various things that end up on a bookcase. Old things like to be together, don't they? via
Incredible Landscape
This is really the most amazing photograph, isn't it? It illustrates so many different types of weather. I like the sunshine best. via
Goat, Ready to Roll
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Painted Floor on a Deck
This is the first deck I've ever seen painted in a checkerboard pattern and I love it. I painted a kitchen floor in these colors at my last house and loved it too. Click here to see the one I painted.
Open Tulip iPhone Photo
I took this photo yesterday with my iPhone while on a real estate appointment with a buyer and her builder. Tulips are so beautiful in all the stages of their bloom cycle. This one looks like a kaleidoscope in the center, doesn't it?
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Best Library Ladder
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them.”
― Arnold Lobel
Organized Work Space
This is the first of a 13-photo slideshow of the same work space rearranged. Make sure to look by clicking here. Miss Vu has the magic touch, doesn't she?
Purple Pollen Rain Anemones
Beautiful photo by Magda Indigo I love Anemones and so do the deer so it's a losing battle at my cottage.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Ivy Covered Gatekeeper's Cottage
Boston Ivy covered Gatekeepers Cottage, Dartmouth Park, Sandwell England. via
Monday, April 22, 2013
Wild Violets, Cropped.
This closeup of my wild violets is my original photo cropped to show how beautiful they really are. I did not know they were called Viola Sororia or that they're the state flower of New Jersey. How nice.
Wild Violets in my lawn.
They're back in all their glory doing their appointed job of keeping me from mowing the grass. I took this iPhone photo very late in the day after supper last night. Don't you love their pansy-like faces? HAPPY EARTH DAY!
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Crime-solving quartet premiers tonight on PBS in 'Bletchley Circle'
BLETCHLEY CIRCLE
A new miniseries premiers tonight on PBS @ 10pm in my area. Set in Britain in 1952, this review says it's supposed to be smart and highly suspenseful. I have already set my DVR. When the sisterhood of four detectives gets together to discuss a case, it is under the cover of a book club. I like it already!!!
The story of The Migrant Mother
“Migrant Mother” was one of thousands of pictures Dorothea Lange took on assignment for the federal government, documenting the poverty of the Dust Bowl. Before it had that iconic title, the 1936 photo was captioned “Destitute peapickers in California.” But this was the one that stuck, coming to symbolize all those suffering in the Great Depression. Later, Lange would rage, “People think I haven’t made anything else!”
As you all know, I am a huge fan of NPR and rarely listen to anything else on my radio. I watch a little morning tv while I'm having coffee and then it's NPR all day until the evening news and the tv goes on again. I listened to the story behind this iconic photograph this morning on Studio 360 and then listened to the podcast again on my laptop while I was unloading the dishwasher. It's very interesting in case you want to tune in when you have 9 minutes to spare -- or you can just read the article. Podcast and article at Studio360.org. There is also a slideshow with 5 more views of this migrant worker's camp featuring Florence Thompson and her family.
This photo never fails to move me. It has become the symbol of hard times but has been exploited by the advertising industry to sell products from perfume to luggage. That should make you want to listen and I hope you will.
This photo never fails to move me. It has become the symbol of hard times but has been exploited by the advertising industry to sell products from perfume to luggage. That should make you want to listen and I hope you will.
Beautiful Home Library
I hope there's a nice comfortable club chair and ottoman in this room somewhere. It looks like a very nice home office or study but comfort is needed in a reading room. via The Belding Group in Landrum, SC.
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Queen Elizabeth II morphed from infancy to Diamond Jubilee in 2012
Click here if you cannot see this fabulous video. The link will take you to YouTube. You will love seeing our favorite royal grow more beautiful through the years. Thanks to Sandy Lawrence for mentioning it. I can't believe I have never seen it, have you?
Rainbow Pancakes
What a great birthday breakfast. I think the whole world needs rainbow pancakes, don't you? Click below to watch the delightful tutorial video from Oh Joy!
Here is the recipe she used for the pancakes.
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