More scenes from the weekend

sweet little game night on Saturday with a couple of friends.

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Scenes from the weekend

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1) birdhouse #1 ready for occupants

2) squirrel feeder

3) found seashell

4) Edgar enjoying the sunny day

5) windchimes making music

6) fence art

7) a million and one uses for cotton string

8) more chimes

9) Jackie enjoying the sunny day

10) new doorknobs

11) birdhouse #2 ready for occupants

12) Marlow taking a rare catnap

13) duckie snowglobe

14) Gracyn enjoying the sunny day

Memory board from Pulp Products

All I did was add the string and adorn the pretty board with photos and other little trinkets with some tiny wooden clothespins. It is simply fabulous.

Adorable book jackets

My old, tattered copy of Middlemarch, Pride & Prejudice, Silas Marner and Lily Bart have a pretty new cover thanks to a little folding, elmer's glue and some assorted decorative paper.

Duct tape in action

Shortly after this Cristy did get a new pair of chore boots to replace this sad, sad pair that had reached the end of their useful life. And happily, the store had 50% off the 2nd pair, so I got some too!

Carnival

Another carnival set up shop while I slept last night and it's dizzy flashing lights lured me in this evening on the way home.

Favorite smiles of 2009

smiles and memories spanning the whole year

Toy addiction

Putting toys away in the basket is a constant chore. Jasper cannot tear herself away from the toys. We're looking into a possible intervention strategy.

Antique key

Added to the house this past weekend. Photo image vintage stylizing courtesy of Rollip.com.

Sleeping it off

Tristan, after a New Year's Eve binge. *not really* he's just napping.