For my entire adult life I wanted to be Mary Poppins for Halloween. In 2005, I mentioned it on this blog and variations on “Mary Poppins costume” dominated my incoming search results for months and months. Which was sad for…
Sweetest Day 2014
Yesterday was Sweetest Day, a relatively obscure holiday that was created by big business to celebrate love. WM and I are all about love, even when the holiday is shady. So when we remember*, its a lot of fun. This…
Throwback Thursday: "Little" Red Riding Hood
October, 2001. “Little” Red Riding hood — completely handmade by me except the blouse & tights. The shoes were from a wedding that I was in. And I had to lengthen the skirt six inches from the pattern. I’m a…
Throwback Thursday: Christmas Eve 1983
I love the Throwback Thursday Instagram hashtag (#tbt). It’s an inspiration for me to scan the big box of old photos that I’ve had forever. I wish there were more people my age and older doing it though, because seeing…
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We…
Here comes 2013!
We went to a late lunch today (It was around 4 pm, which put us in with the over-80 dinner crowd. And I am NOT kidding about that.) and we both agreed that 2012 was amazing. It’s the first year…
Cookie roundup 2012
And cookie season is over! Phew! I made six different types of cookies this year. The first kind was 10 dozen candy cane kiss cookies (detailed here). Six dozen of those went to a cookie swap, and the remaining 4…
Wordless Wednesday: The Christmas Village Drunk
Wordless Wednesday: Yes, Virginia
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About the holiday header
That’s actually a scan of the Christmas card we sent out a few years ago. We used VistaPrint’s* little cartoon creator and I loved how it turned out. So all I had to do was scan it in, add my…
Wordless Wednesday: Our Christmas tree
Happy Easter!
The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he…
