It’s a jungle in here! One of my long-time blog buddies let me know that she too had plans for a British Colonial decorating scheme “but over time, it became more like “world fusion”. I can totally see how that happens. Look at this one room: I started out with a BC design vision that…
Did you know that I belong to a Facebook Group called The Growing Avocados In Cups of Water Society? I do! Here’s mine: Even though my brain knows that it’s going to take 8 weeks for a taproot to appear, I’ve been at this for 10 days already and my heart fully expects to see…
Have you been watching the Netflix original series called The Crown? Season 1 was 10 riveting episodes of young Elizabeth as she married and ascended to the throne of England. The British actress Claire Foy in the title role does a remarkable job* and I found every episode to be utterly engrossing. Here she is…
The neighborhood Facebook group is all abuzz today because there were many incidents of odd noises last night between midnight and 1 am. After comparing on-line notes, residents are falling into 2 camps: those who had someone knocking on their houses and those that heard gunfire. The sheriff’s department sent many cars that went speeding through…
This is what I’ve been saying for years: cosmetic surgery doesn’t make old people look young; it makes them look old in a different way. Camille Paglia: How to Age Disgracefully in Hollywood “The main problem facing today’s aging women is not sexism but the lingering youth cult of the 1960s.” I’m not against cosmetic…
Sami took a very early morning flight from Jacksonville back to New Jersey on Thursday morning. He called me while he was on the plane waiting to take off to say that the TSA was surprisingly rigorous at the checkpoint, reminiscent of the security practices following 9/11. Everyone had to take their shoes off –…
summary: I have been v busy! And by “busy” I mean do something for 15 minutes and then take a rest for an hour. Repeat from sunrise to bedtime Work has been extremely burdensome and depressing lately, mostly because I ignored my business expenses for 3/4 of the last year and I had to…
don’t be a crab.
Is this picture hanging too low? I can’t tell because I’m not used to these 10 foot high ceilings. Everything looks low to me. It’s an unfinished work. I should probably finish putting stuff onto the buffet before I make 6 more nail holes in the wall trying to adjust the picture. Needs some…
