Scenes from the weekend

household projects, wedding preparation, garden projects. where did the weekend go?

Scenes from the weekend

Birthday brunch with friends, sinfully delicious homemade cake and the sunniest day imaginable.

Scenes from the weekend

A weekend for enjoying the beautiful sunshine, hanging curtains and cutting out (yet more) paper hearts.

Collidescapes - the documentary

M.D. Anderson Collidescapes Rough Cut 12/09 from Artists in Hospitals on Vimeo.

http://www.collidescapes.com/Welcome.html

Scenes from the weekend

Out on the town Friday night with our nephews - a performance of STOMP followed by refreshments at the famed House of Pies. A big helping of fun.

My beloved Edgar

An amazing drawing by Houston artist, David A. Parks. And an early valentine from my very own valentine. This drawing beautifully captures the essence of my sweet, timid big guy and I so love it! There is a miniature print on my desk at work too.

http://www.parks-n-wildlife.com/ website for David Parks

Scenes from the weekend

Squirrel watching, laughing with friends and making valentines.

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

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.

Sleeping it off

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

Sleeping beauty

He does like to get his beauty rest. But that's ok.

Wintry white Christmas

Several inches of snowfall on Christmas eve gave a wonderful sight to behold on Christmas morning. Our resident neighbor squirrel stayed in his little house and blocked the opening with oak leaves to keep the cold, cold wind out.

Over the river and through the woods

The fun started at the airport yesterday. We arrived and the fun continued. Wintery weather expected tonight, maybe tomorrow a snowball fight, who knows?

Tristan the wonder dog

Survived homelessness, cancer, heart worms, SUV attack and still as sweet as they come.

Christmas brunch dining table

While Cristy is busy cooking bacon, I thought I'd stay out of the way. Not an animal product eater, myself.

So, even though this is a casual brunch for just a small handful of friends, I couldn't help myself. Had to add a touch of easy splendor to the dining table. Courtesy of limes and apples from the farmer's market, green baubles from the dollar store and leftover ribbon from Williams Sonoma packages. Couldn't be prettier.

A helping of Christmas

Tomorrow at this time I'll be working on a few final preparations for Christmas brunch for a few friends. Nothing formal, but I want it to be pretty anyway. Collection of red and white for the serving table.

Jasper, Gracyn & Marlow

Jasper clowning around.


Marlow in his tiny bed. Gracyn likes it too.

Jasper wearing her fashionable sweater.

Signs of the season

My beloved collection of Santas.