Stuff…tropical {ish} and such….

The Garden Conservancy held a few garden tours in our little town…

always fun. Always something to inhale and learn…

This lovely home was a LEED certified home. Green through and through…

loved the use of rain chains throughout.

They all spilt into the ground or pots… which were collected by two 8,000 gallon cisterns buried in the yard… used to water the lawn.

AND… to continue with the stuff…

Can I tell you how much I love my little handmade phone sleeve…

Embroidered in Kashmir and stitched together in Canada.

Leather lined. Find yours made by the talented Virginia Johnson… here

small indulgences

Matches my new lumbar pillows…

…and that’s important…no? Okay.No.

BUT it matches this little wooden handmade horse….that I just could not leave in the thrift store….

Have a fun weekend….

…Giddy up Gee Gee…

Finds…

Another banner find day at our local Habitat for Humanity

really….some days are just good that way.

Pinecone Ginger wanted a gratuitous head shot…Drama queens in the back yard. sigh.

Now you may laugh

go ahead insert laugh now

But I caught this little orphan in the corner of my eye…

Used to be brass…in it’s heyday…now it kinda looks like mercury glass. kinda

With a sad shade…

But I also found the piece of heavy grasscloth wallpaper for 4 clams.

I’m thinking covering the shade with it…

Maybe?

9 clam lamp….yea or nay?

Also found a gorgeous little wool textile….

a rug that may land at the foot of our bed…or somewhere nifty.

Enjoy your Weekend….go find your local Habitat store

…and support it!

My friend Sal talked me into buying white tulips…

Recently our town had a Garden Fest in a park near the beach

Tons of tropical flora

always a great place to find

a rare bromeliad…or bamboo…or banana

But... I came home with some different sort of loot

A French baguette mold

you know…where the dough was once left to rise.

but it is made in Mexico. Whatever.

you can see I have not worked on the table yet…priorities people.

Spring has sprung.

‘cause I said so, that’s how.

I also found a carved wood piggy bowl

wait a minute…I found him at our local Marshalls.But he is hand carved and I oiled him with our butcher block oil.

he loved it.

He is currently tending the guac ingredients

Child #4 says:

"Ewwww...who wants to eat anything out of a pig?"

Um...Me.

Brought home two of the glass fishing floats from the fest…

why? Dunno. Maybe they’ll go outside in the garden

see the tulips Sal?

But my fave is the old German educational poster...loved it’s age…

Although I’m pretty sure I don’t know what a laubmoose is.

It hasn’t found a forever home yet...

so is borrowing some space in the messy family room

Garden fest and nary a garden flower.

s’ok…Sal’s hooked me up!

Have a beautiful day of chocolates and white tulips!

Warmth…

Today…I am floating

Just being.

swaying…

Sipping…

Drifting off under the coconuts

Catching up…

…Taken care of

…being celebrated.

And then...

The alarm goes off.

poof.

Thank you Amanpulo Hotel

and

Photographer: Jordi Canosa

So…..

::Thankful::

...for Big Black dogs managing all the comings and goings...

For the imperfection ( perfection?) of messes in the kitchen

made by once little people

creating a part of the meal…

and husbands

brining turkey’s

because they saw an article online…

and Grandma’s

making apple pies… teaching those with once tiny hands...
now large.

yep.
Thankful…sooo thankful.

~~~

The best to you and yours this Thanksgiving Day...

Hold ‘em tight.

Sunday study....

A quick trip to our local botanical garden

Fun for the soul...

whooohee. George Frabel's

blown glass art circus in the bamboo pavillion

Honestly...we could find every perfect color combination

we may ever need if we just

quietly study

nature.

Amazing.

Dont'cha think?

To 2009! And...a smelly,er...scented, giveaway...

Putzing that is a word, yes? in my kitchen this morning, I wanted to share

just a few of my favorite things...version 2008...1.0.

not including the most important, of course... family, friends, big black dog dog yadda yadda yadda.

I found me some Mrs. Meyers Peppermint dish soap...heaven in a squirt bottle
Yep. Heaven.

A hint of vanilla and peppermint goes a long way to curing

the ole dishwashing blues! If you find it. Get it.

It's that good!

As a matter of fact stock up on all of her stuff. They have

parties under the sink. Yes...really, really.


As I type...I still smell the intoxicating aroma of my most fave candle and I am in my room, it's in the kitchen!

Capri Blue...Volcano #6. Exotic, fruity.heady.

ahhh...be still my nasal cavity.

find it here.



Not enough to be said about the perfect simplicity of Penzeys spices.

A once Ma and Pa company,

dedicated to finding and bottling the best herbs and spices the world has to offer.

Catalog is full of recipes.Wonderful gifts. Prices are really decent. It's spice, people...

Trust me this once. Please. You won't be sorry!



You all... yes, You are also my favorite things 2008, version 1.0!

the last few months have been a complete rush!

Love finding all of you. Double love your comments and ideas!

A big thank you...and smooches...



And,to give back...cause that is just the way I roll...I will be sending one of you,

one of my favorite things...for being so good, so nice, so you!

just leave me a comment...let me know which of those is YOUR fave too!

...and sometime next year. Well, Sunday to be exact,

I will randomly pick a winner...and you will recieve one of the goodies I have

shown above. Mention this on your blog, even just a leeetle bit, and
I will submit your name twice just remember to tell me in your comment!

ready, set...Go!

Best to you and yours in 2009!

It'll be a good one.

I can just smell it!!