Desktop wallpaper

Hi all!  I got back late from the Native Plant Society meeting — a great presentation by Tim Fennell on prairie birds — so I didn’t have time time finish the Shinkasen video.  I hope to finish it today.  In the meantime, I thought I’d share my desktop wallpaper It’s from one of my favorite […]

Added an email update link…

…over there in the blog sidebar.  Not sure it is working yet tho, so watch this post for updates!  :) Update on Monday at 10:13 AM CST: The email update doesn’t seem to be working yet — bummer!  Not sure if I have to wait or what.  Watch for more updates! Update on Tuesday at […]

Akihabara :)

When we were in Tokyo back in September, Jason wanted to go to Akihabara — the gadget + electronics district.  So we went twice.  The second time we went, J had to go in the Sega store — I didn’t want to go in since it was all smokey.  So, I took this video outside […]

Ratatouille

I made a big batch of ratatouille for Jason before I left for the Hero Arts strategy meeting.  Had to take a photo of the eggplants before I chopped ’em up.  These beauties are from Jason’s friend Gorden — so pretty. The carrot didn’t make it into the pot — I ate it — ha. […]

Paper Source Goodness

As promised, here are the goodies I picked up at Paper Source on 4th Street in Berkeley.  Except for the brown linen string, it’s gone missing.  Clockwise from left:  Paper Source catalog, snowflake cards, vintage Valentine paper, Handmade Hellos.  I read the book on the plane — it’s yummy! Stay tuned for some goodies from […]

Mums

I love mums.  There, I’ve said it.  Jason thinks they are ugly, but this year he is being a gentleman about putting up with this one on the kitchen table.  Well, mostly a gentleman, ha! I think I like them so much because they remind me of fall in Ohio.  Everyone has mums there — […]