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French Dressing

Years ago, I nearly bought a French style dressing screen from a craigslister – three states away. Pretty insane, especially since I had no cause to travel to Illinois AND a door to my bedroom. No need to be coy…just shut the door to disrobe. Buuut, this thing was ridiculously unique and maybe even one […]

Let it Snow!

I am not a snow globe collector…unless you call 2 of anything a collection. My “display shelf” holds a Las Vegas, Nevada snow globe (doubles as a perpetual calendar, which is perpetually set to Wed Oct 11) and a Ballard, Washington snow globe (home of the treasure chest that is Archie McPhee’s) and not much […]

Merry Hippopotamus!!

Here is my Aunt Peaches and Dr. Seuss inspired tree topper (turned cactus cover) made from an empty Airborne container and a pile of shiny extras left over from our snow globe making party. Hope it tops off your day with the same giddy cheer it gave me to construct! Happy Holler Daze!

I’m Waiting…

I just adopted a miniature friend who will be participating in the 2014 Singapore Fringe Festival! Here she is: I discovered my friend through Foundin, a group of artists scattering tiny figurines around Singapore in early January. Each figurine is accompanied by a message beginning with the phrase “I’m waiting…” My note involved giants and […]

Tony Wants to Farm

Long before we made the decision to build up our “farm life” in West Virginia (starting with the necessary “farm house”), Tony spent a season in 2011 at his mom’s place – dubbed Free Earth Farm though it’s not a working farm – to experiment with growing vegetables on a large scale and raising animals […]

Now That You’re 30

My brother reached 30 years this past week and I’m of the mind that such milestones should be properly commemorated…with a goofy themed present. Think multiples when ya wanna give big. I went with the theme of growing older = growing wiser and packaged up a few items to remind him of what he should […]

Yurei Cafe

Gimme Gimme Pillow Toast! puts on some seriously original events. I’ve been following these Japanese/Asian pop lovin’ fools since I discovered their now closed brick and mortar shop (in Lakewood, CO) where I purchased my favorite winter hat of all time. I am having a hard time replacing that hat after San Francisco thieves made […]

Enter Here

On my oh-too-short visits to distract, ahem, help Tony on the house construction in W.V., we like to plan “project” oriented tasks to maximize my efforts.  If we stick to one small goal, we can usually reach it in the 2 weeks I’m there to lend the extra hand(s).  On this particular visit in September, […]

Zero to Ninety

Let’s face it, the older a person is the harder you have to think about the perfect birthday gift.  Get a kid something that bounces and yer set.  But a person past 70, hey – they’ve mastered every bouncy thing out there.  So, for Tony’s grandmother’s 90th, we were in for a challenge to properly […]

See There – Shakes

The hemlock siding has gone up – board and batten style – and cedar shakes line the gables on each end!