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My pal Willie-man (7) and his brother Nate (10) stayed over at our house the other night.  As night turned to morning breakfast was on their minds.  A bit blurry eyed, Willie decided Coco Puffs would be a nice complement to the waffles I was preparing.  Who am I to argue? I eat a bowl almost nightly as a midnight snack.  I open the cabinet to get a bowl and Willie spots the wine glasses and says "I wonder what Coco Puffs would taste like in a wine glass." "We'll never know unless we try", I say.  And just think... after the puffs are gone, you're left with chocolate milk in a fancy glass! Willie lives his life with wonder and possibilities - two things adults sometimes forget to do.  He inspires me.                                My midnight Puffs will forever be eaten from a wine glass. ...

These beauties can be found here . Etsy rocks. Find cuffs like these and other wonders  here . “Well, I can't eat muffins in an agitated manner. The butter would probably get on my cuffs.”                             Oscar Wilde , The Importance of Being Earnest

Suzanne : Do you remember my seventeenth birthday party when you lifted your skirt up in front of all those people? Doris : I did not lift my skirt, it twirled up! You only remember the bad stuff, don't you? What about the big band I got to play at that party, do you remember that? No, you only remember that my skirt accidentally twirled up! A favorite quote from the movie Postcard From The Edge Back in October I had a twirl moment of sorts. It wasn't so much a twirl...more of a tuck. I have a great grey jersey dress (it replaces one I've had for many years, I've worn it never); it has a bateau neck, 3/4 sleeves up top and a accordion pleat bottom. The top and  bottom together make for a really comfortable, versatile dress. If I paired the dress with sensible shoes, a scarf on my head and a oversize sweater I'd look like a sweet mature lady from the old country. (I choose not to go that route currently - later perhaps.) Now that you hav...

Charlotte Caron , graduated from Fine Arts with honors last year. My favorite is the hybrid of humans and animals, “this series of paintings, photographs, trying to respond to a form of duality—that assumes an animal part—by the medium of painting in addition, runs, mask, portrait,” according to the artist statement. “To ultimately create an osmosis between the two mediums, so between the animal and the portrait.”   Check it LOVE I got in a fight one time with a really big guy, and he said, "I'm going to mop the floor with your face." I said, "You'll be sorry." He said, "Oh, yeah? Why?" I said, "Well, you won't be able to get into the corners very well." Emo Philips

Click here to get info about this way cool market in Chicago. I love animals in waistcoats. This fabric is so striking.  The circle. Our purchase.  In any circle, if you divide the circumference (distance around the circle) by it's diameter (distance across the circle), you always get the same number.   This number is called Pi and is approximately 3.142.   I love pi. Alice in Wonderland (1951 film) Alice : [to her cat] That's it, Dinah. If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrariwise, what it is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be it would. You see? Dinah : Meow. Alice : In my world, you wouldn't say "meow." You'd say, "Yes, Miss Alice." Dinah : Meow. Alice : Oh, but you would. You'd be just like people, Dinah. And all the other animals too. Alice : Oh, Dinah. It...

A few weeks ago I had an appointment with a new doctor in a complex that can only be described as a small city. I drove around for what seemed like days before I settled on a parking garage that appeared to be close to where I needed to be. I'm parked on level 3-blue. Got it. I entered the building and proceeded to walk for miles and miles in an underground maze of exam rooms, x-ray, ultrasound, cafeteria, elevators, people, people, and more people. I followed the signs and finally made it to my destination, albeit a little dizzy from all the twist and turns. Three and half hours later, I confidently start following the maze back to my car. I arrive at level 3-blue. I search upper and lower level 3, no car. I do it again, still no car. I walk out of the garage and down the sidewalk a bit. Lo and behold another parking garage, this must be the one....nope.. level 3-orange. Even though I'm certain the color is blue (after-all, I do choose color for a living) I ...

Seriously. These Otters are the cutest, cutest, cutest!   Seriously. Otter : Flounder, I am appointing you pledge representative to the social committee. Flounder : Gee Otter, thanks. What do I have to do? Otter : It means you have to drive us to the Food King.  Animal House

I follow a great blog on tumblr, it's all words. Nothing but words. Check it out here. Love. This would be me. I had to stop driving my car for a while... the tires got dizzy. Steven Wright

       A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache.    Catherine the Great    Love Him.  image via tumblr

I have always had a fascination with faces and hands. I love the way this artist portrays both. Meet Michael Carson LOVE. Michael Carson "I paint people because I have always had a serious addiction to watching people. I try to get that feel in my paintings. As if I am just watching people doing everyday things in my work. I love the subtle ways that a single brush stroke can create such subtleties in facial expression. I spend most of my time on the face and hands. They tell the story or create an interesting pose". Dr. John Watson : [ Holmes points his violin bow at Watson ] Get that out of my face. Sherlock Holmes : It's not in your face, it's in my hand. Dr. John Watson : Get what's in your hand out of my face. Sherlock Holmes Movie 2009 images via

The truth is balance. However the opposite of truth, which is unbalance, may not be a lie. Susan Sontag

It started out as two spaces, a hair salon and a flower shop. Knock down a few walls, tear up the floor and six months later it's a Doctor's office.  Well, I had to make a few decisions (paint,floors,walls,fixtures,furniture....you get the picture) and ya know...buy some stuff .  Below is the waiting room. Marty McFly : Wait a minute, Doc. Ah... Are you telling me that you built a time machine... out of a DeLorean? Dr. Emmett Brown : The way I see it, if you're gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style? Back The Future 

  Ana Teresa Fernandez I recently discovered  the works of Ana Teresa Fernandez and absolutely love her work and her message. I hope you will too. *Bio via Growing up in Mexico, Ana Teresa Fernandez learned at an early age about the double standards imposed on women and their sexuality.  Through performance-based paintings, Fernandez explores the territories that encompass these different boundaries and stereotypes: physical, emotional, and psychological. Fernandez subverts the typical folkloric representations of Mexican women by changing the protagonist's uniform to the quintessential little black dress, a symbol of American prosperity and femininity and of the Mexican tradition of wearing black for a year after a death.  Her paintings portray actual performances where Fernandez takes on the Sisyphean task of cleaning the environment - sweeping sand on a beach, vacuuming a dirt road - to accentuate the idea of disposable labor re...

Things are blooming '   In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours. Mark Twain image via tumblr

It's a beautiful thing .  Enjoy! Some fishing stories are a little hard to believe, But this guy has pictures to prove his story… Tom Satre told the Sitka Gazette that he was out with a charter group on his 62-foot fishing vessel when four juvenile black-tailed deer swam directly toward his boat. “Once the deer reached the boat, the four began to circle the boat, looking directly at us. We could tell right away that the young bucks were distressed. I opened up my back gate and we helped the typically skittish and absolutely wild animals onto the boat. In all my years fishing, I’ve never seen anything quite like it! “Once on-board, they collapsed with exhaustion, shivering. We headed for Taku Harbour. Once we reached the dock, the first buck that we had been pulled from the water hopped onto the dock, looked back as if to say ‘thank you’ and disappeared into the forest.” After a bit of prodding and assistance, two more followed, but ...

I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose. Woody Allen image via tumblr

  Happy Leap Day Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.      -  Gloria Steinem  

A is for Aspirin and ASS. It's beginning to feel a lot like the 1950's for women these days. Case in point, Foster Friess. He's the primary supporter of a pro-Santorum super political action committee. He  suggested on MSNBC that women use Bayer aspirin as a contraceptive.  Wow.  “This contraceptive thing, my gosh, it’s so expensive,” he told host Andrea Mitchell . “Back in my days, they used Bayer aspirin for contraceptives. The gals put it between their knees and it wasn’t that costly.” In case your not completely clear on Satorum's view on contraception: Santorum has said that he is "not a believer in birth control" and believes it is "harmful" to both women and society.  And in October, Santorum discussed the "dangers" of contraception with an evangelical blog. "Many in the Christian faith have said, 'Well, that's okay. Contraception's okay," he said. "It...

I wake up with one face. Fall asleep with another. I love faces. I always have. Most of the art in my home is a face of some sort.  Abstract, pop, outsider, or straight up real - I find them easy to live with and good company.     How about you?     A poem by Rainer Maria Rilke   Buddha In Glory     Center of all centers, core of cores, almond self-enclosed, and growing sweet-- all this universe, to the furthest stars all beyond them, is your flesh, your fruit. Now you feel how nothing clings to you; your vast shell reaches into endless space, and there the rich, thick fluids rise and flow. Illuminated in your infinite peace, a billion stars go spinning through the night, blazing high above your head...

An Award?   You don't say. I want to thank Anita from A Dreamer's Den   for bestowing me with the Liebster Blog Award. Anita has a fabulous blog full of wonderful inspiration!  It doesn't hurt that she is a lovely person with a great sense of humor to boot! I'm a regular at A Dreamer's Den.... *LOVE HER* Liebster in German means... favourite, dearest, beloved and it's for bloggers with under 200 followers. The rules are: Thank your Liebster Blog Award presenter on your blog *** Link back to the blogger who awarded you *** Copy and paste the blog award on your blog *** Reveal your 5 blog picks *** Let them know you choose them by leaving a comment * My Five Picks* http://slopesinheels.blogspot.com/ Inspiring and lovely to look at! http://ephemeralwhims.blogspot.com/ I always learn something and her images are beautiful. http://mm-aboutanything.blogspot.com/ MM has lovely daily out...

Cecilia Paredes Cecilia Paredes was born in Lima, Peru, and lives and works in San Jose and Philadelphia, United States. Her recent photographic work is a conspicuous exploration of sensual surfaces in which the body is deliberately confused with nature and nature with the body. Paredes' photography demonstrates that the body of the woman - her own body - is a sacred zone, not profane, to restore its perception as something miraculous amidst the technological chaos that currently surrounds us. The body is revealed as a tool, a space for signs, and a creation that is intimately connected to our surrounding natural environments.   The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly. William Wordsworth

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell. Buddha   image via tumblr

Put 'em Up! Unless you've been sequestered in your home with no TV, radio, or Internet you know the nation's leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, has announced that it will end its longtime partnership with the Planned Parenthood.  Komen has been criticized in the past for donating to Planned Parenthood. The official response has always been that, despite the controversy surrounding some of its programs, the organization was the only one working to provide breast-health services to women in need in dozens of communities around the United States. Why the change of heart?  Officials cited a new internal policy that makes any organization under official investigation ineligible for grant money.  Um, Really? Let's look at a few of the players involved and you decide.  Americans United for Life President Charmaine Yoest . It’s her group that issued a report last fall, “ The Case for Investigating Planned ...