Lily P. Winthrop

The French Bulldog Rescue Network

I'm a proud member of the French Bulldog Rescue Network! I made it, as of yesterday, and I simply couldn't be happier about it. I'm working on a Christmas card for them right now.

Hopefully, they'll like it!

Here's a picture of Hugo from a little while ago, next to our tree skirt. Frenchies get cold when the temperature drops so he appreciates a second layer before we go outside. Really. : )

Frank Lloyd Wright's Pope-Leighey House

I took the boys to Frank Lloyd Wright's Pope-Leighey House this weekend. It was an incredible experience...

The entrance to the house is 7 feet high but it opens up into the living room which is 11 feet high. He called this 'compression-release'.

I don't have pictures of the interior of the house because that's a no-go.

The Pope-Leighey house is one of Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian houses, built in 1939 and is 1,200 square feet. The wood they used was Cypress. We had a wonderful tour guide so we learned a lot about the house. If you have the time and live nearby, I'd highly recommend the visit. We're planning on a day trip to see Fallingwater and the other 2 FLW buildings nearby. They're all within driving distance of each other....

Funny picture of the boys. Jack is trying to get Noah to loosen up a bit but it's really not working.

With Noah....

With Jack.... Yes, I know. My eyes are closed. Ha. Aha.

M·A·C Halloween and Band of Horses

Here's the the link to M·A·C Artists' parade of Halloween transformations. I liked 'Color Spill' the best. They're so creative!

'Is There a Ghost?' Wonderful music by Band of Horses on David Letterman.

Here's another Band of Horses song that we like.

'The Funeral' The lyrics are beautiful but this isn't exactly a feel good kind of video like this one....

My husband calls them The Dorkness but they're called The Darkness and I love this song. Clever video and hey, you can't say you've seen one like it before, eh? It's 'A Thing Called Love'. Cutting edge : ) from 2003.

I'm currently at work (sketching roughs) on something very (I can't stress the word 'very' enough...) exciting in my corner of the world. I'll post more about it once I get the go ahead from the fantastic powers that be....

Along came a spider....

Ahh, l'indignité !

If I tilt my head sideways, will you take it off?

It was enough just putting the spider head on him, let alone the rest of the costume. He wore this get up last year and it went over like a lead balloon. If he shakes his head one time-it's all over.

Edge Blur

I love the 'Edge Blur' feature on iPhoto. Your eyes are okay.

I've decorated for Halloween and thought I'd share some of our decorations. Some are old and some are new....

Here's an old pot I hand painted years ago. The plant is an ornamental pepper. Rib picked it out. Lowe's (or any place that sells plants) bores Jack to tears, though he doesn't complain (bless his heart). I was the same way when I was a kid, I didn't enjoy gardening until I was an adult.

We found this guy at Cracker Barrel. He's old school, one of my favorites.

These are new. We found them yesterday at Michael's (30% off right now), they're Martha Stewart's ('Bats Window Cling'). It comes in one sheet and I wanted them to cover the three panels in the bay window. I cut all of the bats out of the vinyl, problem solved. Now they're window clings, plural.

Tarantulas on our back window. They come with white pop dots, just replace them with the clear dots if you want to put them on the window. If you can still find her decorations at Michael's, go with the Spider Silhouettes instead of the window clings, unless you don't mind looking through the clear vinyl and that's all good. : )

Here's a picture of Noah's gourd plants that he grew from seed. We think they're pretty cool.

Future gourd.

I met Sharon and Heather at Panera's last week. I had an absolutely wonderful time with them but I always have a lot of fun with Sharon anyway....

Nights in Rodanthe

This book has been wonderful, I'm almost finished with it.

Fantastic movie ('Fur'), watch the preview to see if it's your cup of tea. It's loosely based on Diane Arbus, American photographer. Here's a link to some of her photographs.

PS Linda liked it too. Check out what she had to say about it in 'comments' below....

Rrrribbittt!

I made this for the boys' room. It's a surprise for them. I know they'll love seeing it up on their bulletin board when they come home later.

Some of the embellishments are from my Label Tulip kit. The rub ons are by Pink Paislee and the letters were made by American Crafts ('Puffy'). I love those!

I met up with my old friend, Morgan and her son, Austen at Panera the other day. To say that it was a wonderful visit would be an understatement. We truly connected and I miss her but I know I'll see her again. I was so caught up in our time together that I forgot to take pictures! Incredible!!!! Arggghhh!

Speaking of which, I've been updating our pictures that are inside our frames from Exposures. Our frames aren't exactly like those but that's where we bought ours and we've had them for about 12 years! Anyway, I've kept the same pictures in there for a long time, here's one of them.

This one is staying in 'October' (ha, you were thinking 'June' right?). The boys had picked out their patterns. Jack went as Godzilla and Noah went as a shark.

There's nothing like a homemade costume, even if it isn't perfect. As my husband likes to say "You made it with love."

David Bowie

'Heroes' Live 2006

Happiness Is....

Chatterbox making the right choices.

So, I'm biased but certainly not without reason. I love Holly's work.

I've seen a lot of DT calls come and go. I've seen them pass over some very talented women. People that I thought, for sure, would make it and didn't.

This time, someone made it that truly deserved it. She's so creative, so pretty, so sweet..... I'm so happy for her (Emily and Lisa too!) and for Chatterbox.

Where Did the Summer Go?

So, I'm missing them right now. I should say we're missing them right now. Hugo is out in the hallway waiting for them to return. They've had a great week at school and both of them wound up with fantastic teachers. Phew! How do you spell relief?

Holly Hanks, you rock. She gave me this blog award. I love her posts, her work and her friendship.

Now the pressure is on : )

Here are the rules:
(1) The winner can put the logo on their blog.
(2) Link the person you received your award from.
(3) Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
(4) Put links of those on yours.
(5) Leave a message on the blogs of the people you’ve nominated.

Ahh, so, here I go. Here are some blogs I that I love, in alphabetical order.

'Art by Design', 'Celebrate Everyday', 'Crafty Girl Designs', 'Dandelion Wishes', 'Gray Area 51', 'Henri Hopper', a typing French Bulldog.... 'It's Walter, not Walters', 'Live Each Day', {Lovin My Life}, 'My Tangerine Dreams', 'Sadie Olive', 'The Paper Chic', and last but certainly not least-Dana's site 'The Things I Love'.

Ha, now it's going to take forever and a day to go post on all of those blogs!