Very Merry

Lights and Snow

Red & Green

December is...

Hot Chocolate

by Janet Hill

This Stunning Monochrome

I am feeling grey today. Kind of a bummer since I was so looking forward to this mid-week day off. I made banana pumpkin bread this morning and headed back to bed. When I finally got up, I went walking in hopes that some fresh air would help my mood. I stopped in a bookstore to look at 2010 calendars and walked out with this little bit of color.

Work Break

Sofra

Marmalade

Ready for November

September and October took quite a toll on me.

Finally I can say I am beginning to feel caught up.

I am ready for November and all it will bring.

November is for giving thanks.

I bought this little book from here a year ago.

It oozes November and will be perfect for collecting all that I am grateful for this month.

November on Highland. The leaves are hanging on.

They make the walk down to Davis and back a little more magical.

Winter is an etching, spring is a watercolor, summer an oil painting, and autumn a mosaic of them all. -Stanley Horowitz

Saving Summer

"All the windows of my heart I open to the day"

John Greenleaf Whittier

"We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we make." 

Feeling Crafty

I am obsessed with flag garland.  My love inspired these little note cards.  I can't wait to write messages on them like....

CELEBRATE 

or 

BE HAPPY 

or 

YAY YOU 

My new classroom has lots of metal doors and trim.  I figure I will take advantage of it and use it as a place to hang photos or display children's work.  I wanted some funky magnets to hang stuff with.  I saw these at a street market recently and decided to try making them myself.  They turned out so fun, I want to make more!  Maybe even as gifts to go along with the flag garland cards.

Squeezing It In

 Here is my list of happy I am planning for the last weeks of summer.

Swimming at Walden Pond

Making pesto

Seeing this exhibit at the DeCordova

Going on a bike ride

Kayaking

Catching these movies

Getting away one more time

I Love New York Trips

Walked the Brooklyn Bridge.  In the rain.  Waiting on the other side was Grimaldi's Pizza.

Waited in line for Jimmy Fallon tickets.  Twice.

Visited the Guggenheim for the first time.  Enjoyed the Frank Lloyd Wright Exhibit.

Biked in Central Park.  This is my cruiser.

Came home with 3 pairs.  Come to find out Miz Mooz has stores.  Only in NYC.  Probably a good thing.

The Adventures of July

Firework Watching

Tall Ship Viewing

Berry Picking

Neighborhood Exploring

Museum Visiting

Freedom Trail Walking

Closet Organizing

Fabric Scheming

Guitar Playing

Market Shopping