My daughter and I are magazine people. By that I mean what probably seems obvious. We like magazines. She actually subscribes to Vogue, Elle and Harper’s Bazaar. I check House Beautiful, Martha Stewart Living and an occasional Vegetarian Times out at the library. Today I even picked up an American Craft. It’s not that we … More magazine people
Happy July! Hope you enjoyed your Independence Day holiday and you’re movin’ through summer happily. Here’s Rolling Stone Magazine’s list of the Best Summer Songs of All Time. It’s pretty all encompassing and I’m thinking about creating a Spotify play list based on it. Why not? If you like sandwiches and you like books, The … More Flapjack Friday Faves [07.05]
Once again, it’s Friday. [yay!] I have a fairly open weekend ahead, which I’m quite happy about. I’m hoping to make a variation of this pizza, sometime in the next couple days: Last night, we had a variation of this: I say variation, because I find it nearly impossible to follow a recipe, exactly as … More Flapjack Friday Faves [06.21]
Today my sweet daughter Allie turns fifteen. I came across a letter yesterday, posted on one of my new favorite sites, brainpickings.org. It’s from Jackson Pollock’s dad, to him, written in 1928. While it’s not terribly emotion filled, it is, quite touchingly, what we as parents so want to convey to our children when they’re … More 15
If you are not familiar with the term ombre, I suggest you GOOGLE it. It seems to be popular now, in hair, in nail color, in furniture painting, decorating, etc. Basically, if you can change the color of something, ombre is a possibility. After much [and I emphasize much] consideration, my teenage daughter decided upon … More ombre and fashion and kids
Upon a Sunny Day 