Its been a really really long time but this morning I heard a noise downstairs and out of insatiable but fearful curiosity and an obligation to at least try and protect my happy home, I slipped quietly (and that's no lie, I am not any more graceful under duress than any ordinary scenario) down the basement steps to find him.  there.  just like this.  my little man is not afraid of pink. and I do believe we might be staging a comeback...

love bugs of June

Tennessee wedding, Kentucky heart

April showers bring May weddings...

and delicate proposals on wood.  Personal contact information for the host has been protected by a privacy fence made of digital blur, but in real life the information is present.

4 wheel drive drive drive drive

We are going to the Monster Jam truck show next weekend.   Really I should be printing (and I am!) but still have to take a break and do something different and get some inspiration every once in a while.  And while we aren't big car people (or anti-car people for that matter), yesterday we went to an auto show.  No compelling reason, really, it just was one of those things we never do, never think of doing so probably might not be a bad idea to do and see what it is all about.  And one of my favorite things to do is to hide out in a car or truck as if it were a fort you built with your parents good sheets in the living room when they weren't paying attention.  And that is exactly what it was like except the cars were a bit swankier than what we are used to!

(photo from the funny icanhascheeseburger.com) 

We have two vehicles, one is an inefficient compact truck sitting on a farm across the country holding hay and kittens I am sure (and happy about!) and the other lives here with us.  We don't use our KTV (stands for Kevin Transport Vehicle as it was my brother-in-laws back in the day) often unless all five of us are going someplace together, in which case all the kids do a domino act when the back doors close.

It was impressive seeing how incredibly busy the auto show was with thousands of people.  We might have been the only ones that consistently entered each vehicle through the rear hatch or trunk if there were one of those nifty luggage doors which I have never really understood the point of aside from letting me and and my kids have too much fun pretending we are in a gymnasium on wheels.    

Whoa Nelly! Slow down there!

Its been a busy month filled with lots of snow and things on ice.  Today felt like a perfect snapshot of an industrial, gray winter day so I decided to find some flowers.  The first ones I have seen in reality this year, in fact.  Looking at the buckets and buckets of gerber daisies, calla lillies, ferns and irises, felt a bit like a very lucid and water-laden prismacolor display.  Not quite ready for spring, I picked up some deep purple proteas, white tea roses, and some eucalyptus with mauvish-like berries.   It was a nice addition to our home, particularly in the afternoon winter light.  Hard to believe that February is moments away.  So this afternoon, for the first time in quite a while, I went the pace that the day called for- slowly, slowly, slowly with the company of roses, three little voices, and an early evening glass of wine.  Excited to commence the hunt for more botanical visual elixirs, like the one above, and enjoy the last of winter next month.

hello and goodbye chicken little

Chicken, chicken, who's got the chicken?

Well it was fun.  New addition to my butcher buddies and he is FOWL.

Enjoy!

etsy shop is open!

It was such a pleasure meeting so many at the I Made It! Holiday Market, I hope you had as much fun as I did! My only regret was not being able to peruse the aisles a bit more as it was wonderfully busy. But for all of you that I didn't see, my etsy shop is now open!  Link to it HERE.  Here are some photos from the market: