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November 2006
What is the universe trying to tell me?!
See those wires? They don't look good, do they? Know where those wires are located? In our living room. A few days ago I smelt... Read more »BBQ Bob and BBQ Sue: reprised
So here they are, a man and his mail order bride. The man is barbequing their holiday turkey on the Webber charcoal grill in the... Read more »They took my meds away and surrounded me with pit bulls
This is the new window in progress. I was just wondering if I shouldn't keep mum about my windows until they are done so as... Read more »Snow Bird
Snow BirdThrough the maddest hoursI could hear your brushing wingsthrough the attic burst to flamesharp white through thick smokenorth-winds calling me back homeSnow Bird, take... Read more »It isn't sticking, but it keeps coming down!
It started coming down in huge floaty flakes and I rushed outside with just my sweater and Chick followed, bewildered at my excitement, but willing... Read more »A Good Trip Was Had By All
(our trip to California in photos)We stayed at my mom's house with her and her two young shih tzu dogs who looked exactly like Ewoks... Read more »Snow Snow Snow Snow Snow Snow Snow
(and how it's already almost gone)I am an optimistic realist. Sometimes I call myself an optimistic pessimist. Which basically means I simultaneously hope for the... Read more »Learning The Ropes (not the tight-rope kind)
(a visit to Strawberry Creek in Healdsburg, CA)This is Dionne (the owner of Strawberry Creek, in the stripes) and Jeanette. Dionne bought some of my... Read more »Sisters
This is Chick after a day romping with her sister Lulu through swamp water (mud) and tick infested bushes. I know they're tick infested because... Read more »Thanksgiving on Interstate 5
This is how we feel right now. I haven't even shaken the dust from my shoes yet and I'm here to note the highlights of... Read more »Veering Off The Road To Perdition
My muscles are just about ready to be peeled from my bones. They are no longer of use to me. We moved the store yesterday.... Read more »Moving Day
Today is moving day. We will be haphazardly packing up everything in the store into a U-Haul truck to unload it three blocks down the... Read more »A Fresh Day
These are the berets I have recieved for the store. Some will remain plain, some I will be decorating with felt. The quality is great,... Read more »My Head Is 3/4 Combusted
Everything is wonky. Complicated. Annoying. Technology is failing me. My kid is so full of energy he is a ball of shrieking fire running from... Read more »The Hidden Life Of Dreams
Sometimes I think dreams are like quiet lives that develop from active brains, that become beings of their own, seperate from their origin and they... Read more »A World Of Wax Turkeys
The picture you see here has nothing to do with anything. Just a pretty memento of kitchen counters past. I mentioned to my friend Lisa... Read more »The Mother Of All Lists
I just cut out a couple hundred triangles and rectangles with which to make baby doll quilts. These are the fabrics I'm using for them... Read more »Simpler Times
Remember the simpler times when the chicken run wasn't a re-enactment of Noah's Ark, when evil people weren't running the government, and when you could... Read more »Annette Funicello's Amazing Rack
I watch a lot of old movies. Old as in: pre-sixties usually. My favorite decades for films are the thirties through the fifties. Right now... Read more »Calaveras Collection by Chelsea Carlton
Chelsea is one of my closest friends and she is developing her own company of soft sewn goods. At risk of sounding like a bragging... Read more »Meditation
I have just spent two hours cleaning my house. I scrubbed my shower like I haven't done in months, with a hard brush and a... Read more »Portland: an industrial adventure
We spent the better part of yesterday driving next to and underneath Portland's many bridges in search of retail supplies for our store. This is... Read more »Stocking up the newest-new store
These are nearly completed pet gift sets. (They await labels). Each box includes Mrs. Meyer's pet shampoo, a soft dog chew toy (made by yours... Read more »Halloween: a surprisingly lovely evening
Dominique agreed to hand out the candy for Dustpan Alley so I could trick-or-treat with Max, Rex, Elena, Mark, and Lisa. But before the others... Read more »I hate Blogger
"I Hate Blogger" bumper stickers are my next project.Why does it put up such a fuss over posting my pictures?Does it hate my pictures? Or... Read more »« October 2006 | Main | December 2006 »