Round Here

Wanted to give a little snippet of what it looks like around here..beginnings of gardens and happy girls!!

Major Production

Well you know those projects that seem to languish on the list for a looong time?!?! I finally Organized My Records!! I also went through all of them (do I really need 3 Saturday Night Fever's?!) and they are now in lovely alphabetical order.  I took some pics of the process and also some of my fave records and fave record covers!!

Why yes, I do want to look like Rita Coolidge!!

Some favorites

Love this style!!!!!

Hotties!

OMG Dolly!!!!

Waiting on a Friend just may be my favorite Stones song.

Look at that scene!

How cute!

That's Right!

Oh Tom...

Best underrated album?!?!

Yes, I am proud.

Ohhhhhh, Dwiiiiiight!!!

GITCHA STACK ON!!!!

Bunches of stackable beauties being added to my shop!! So fresh and fun for spring !!

Maurice

Wow, I just finished reading Maurice by E.M. Forster in two days..what a feversih love story!!

I have seen the movie of course and am a big Forster fan, but must never had read this one.  I came upon a nice copy with thick watercolor-esque paper that felt lovely to hold. 

The main thing I did not know and maybe you don't know either, is that Maurice was published posthumously....sixty years after he wrote it!!  Can you imagine?  One piece I read quoted him saying that it was the happy ending that proved illegal..if these young men would've hung themselves, the world could've read Maurice 60 years earlier...

Of course as I was reading I was remembering Hugh Grant who looks amazing, but Rupert Graves..le sigh!!  Must see more of him, even if it has been twenty years. He is kindof giving me a Keifer Sutherland vibe.   Anyone have any suggestions?

Fall garden....winter greens

Edythe and I went down to our neglected fall garden to see what was shakin and ended up with a big colander full of greens. Calzones were already on the menu so a feta, arugula and olive selection worked out perfectly, it was actually my favorite.

Preserved Lemons

We have a small potted Meyer lemon tree and after about a year between blooms and fruition we harvested seven lovely lemons. Not wanting to use these for everyday lemon water, etc. I decided to try this recipe for preserved lemons. I will find out in a month how they turned out!

Lately

The holidays are here along with fairly cold and wet and muddy and frozen weather. What to do? Make some presents and read..a lot!
Edythe helped me make these hooks. Functional art folks!!
Where are my keys??? Oh that's right, on the tiger hook where I always put them now!

I put in some hold requests at the library this summer and some of them are just now trickling in. Such as this thriller Before I Go to Sleep.
A really fast read!! Don't act like you're just going to read a few pages before dinner. Everyone will come home to a cold kitchen and you in your bed hurriedly turning pages.
I never would've picked this up but saw a review of it this summer.

Then for something completely unrelated, I found this at the goodwill on my birthday and really loved it!! Also very quick reads, I already finished number two in the series. Also, haven't read a series in a long time, so that is fun! Also I found out they made a movie/miniseries of these books and my fave Jill Scott plays the leading roll. I will be interested to peep her African accent. Go female detectives!!

My daughter's 2nd birthday is tomorrow, so we're adding that to the mix!! Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season. Try to find a bit of quiet time every day if you can to reflect, breath and relax. Cheers!