special things for nice people
continuing my macaron obsession…aren’t these purdy?! how i wish i could take credit for making these…but nope, just found the pretty pics.
found this pretty strawberry shot on this blog. photo by la atelier vi.
next time you find yourself in the 90210 zip code, pop into paulette’s and please bring some back for me.
there never seems to be enough of it. my mom is coming for a quick visit (arrives today) and then rich and the boys and i are off on a road trip. getting ready = no blogging & not much sleeping.
it’ll be so nice to see my mom and i know getting away from the shop for a bit will be good for me (even though letting go isn’t easy.) but every time i do get away, i come back feeling refreshed and inspired and that is such a great feeling.
for today: more cleaning, list making, organizing, buying, paperwork, etc. mike just climbed in my lap (he’s 65 pounds) and auggie is barking–it’s a breakfast emergency for the boys–gotta run!
our house was taken over by blackberry brambles. not a few blackberries here and there, i’m talking enough blackberries for smucker’s to make jam for north america. as lovely as the jam would be, the brambles were wildly out of control and causing me a great deal of stress.
i can take very little credit for our now nearly bramble-free yard (that would be a huge thank you to young kyle), but i’m so happy i realized i couldn’t do it myself–and got help. (rich has a bad back so digging is out for him.)
yesterday i dug in myself and got bloodied & blistered. i raked and hauled and dug. after a stressful week, i can’t think of a better way to have spent the day.
this morning, i’m pretty sore. okay, really sore. but when i look out at the backyard, i feel a great a sense of accomplishment. there’s calm where the was chaos.
my advice for today: dig in.
photo from burgon & ball.
the last few days have felt like this*:
this week i just couldn’t seem to get anything done (insert sigh here). my to do list kept growing, the weeds in the garden tripled overnight, the dogs got skunked, i ran out of shopping bags, rich was out of town, the imac at the shop died, paperwork stretched floor to ceiling, my planned website updates didn’t happen…(insert another sigh here)…
but TODAY i will start fresh. try to organize. go for a long walk with the boys. and maybe make time for a relaxing cup of tea with something sweet.
*photo entitled: Tempest in a Teacup by Madelyn Mulvaney found via this blog
just stumbled across this beautiful photography via this blog. purdy!
i rescued a human today
Her eyes met mine as she walked down the corridor peering apprehensively into the kennels. I felt her need instantly and knew I had to help her.
I wagged my tail, not too exuberantly, so she wouldn’t be afraid. As she stopped at my kennel I blocked her view from a little accident I had in the back of my cage. I didn’t want her to know that I hadn’t been walked today. Sometimes the overworked shelter keepers get too busy and I didn’t want her to think poorly of them.
As she read my kennel card I hoped that she wouldn’t feel sad about my past. I only have the future to look forward to and want to make a difference in someone’s life.
She got down on her knees and made little kissy sounds at me. I shoved my shoulder and side of my head up against the bars to comfort her. Gentle fingertips caressed my neck; she was desperate for companionship. A tear fell down her cheek and I raised my paw to assure her that all would be well.
Soon my kennel door opened and her smile was so bright that I instantly jumped into her arms.
I would promise to keep her safe.
I would promise to always be by her side.
I would promise to do everything I could to see that radiant smile and sparkle in her eyes.
I was so fortunate that she came down my corridor. So many more are out there who haven’t walked the corridors. So many more to be saved. At least I could save one.
I rescued a human today.
(this is great, huh? as may of you know, dog rescue is one of my passions and every day i feel like the luckiest person in the world because of my boys. adopt. adopt. adopt.)
we have this photo on our refrigerator. i think it might have come in a holiday card from sharilyn of lovely design. isn’t it beautiful? there are more lovely shots on her blog.
rich and i used some of our credit card “rewards” points to buy a breadmaker. bad idea. making (and then of course eating) bread is just too easy. and bread is pretty much my favorite food. i’ve tried to tell him (in between bites of bread) that we can’t continue trying a new recipe every day. hopefully the novelty will wear off soon.
i’m so lucky to have dogs to take me hiking everyday, otherwise i’d really be in trouble…
make your own fortune cookies? (sigh)
this is one of those blogs that makes me feel like a loser. but then i realized that the woman behind the blog was a former senior art director at martha stewart living and that made me feel a little better.
i mean, martha is ridiculous. “i just grew these radishes in my organic garden this morning (what? yours don’t grow overnight?) and then i pickled them in these jars that i blew in my home glass blowing studio (don’t forget to put on a little beeswax lip balm before you blow glass. you raise your own bees, right?) and then i just put on these labels that are made from vintage papers i found at a flea market in paris (also this morning) and then wove this gorgeous ribbon using recycled fabric from some vintage quilts that were just hanging around the house. imagine!? why what are you bringing as a hostess gift?”
