I´ve been busy

Making stuff, that is. And I´m just getting started, so stay tuned. Maybe I´ll actually get good at this making stuff thing.

Poor Ralphie

It must be love when your master gives up his warm and cozy spot in the bed to come spend the whole night on the kitchen floor with you.
Eating with the lampshade is a bit of a challenge as you can see, but it can be done if you´re hungry enough!
Pouting. What else is there to do when they take you to have your balls chopped off, and then they make you wear the shade?
I´m not moving. I think I´ll just stand here until someone rescues me. Somebody is going to rescue me from this torture, right?

Tea for Two?

Actually, it´s just tea for me. Sometimes you just have to pull out all the stops (or a few) on a rainy day. I guess if I´d really been pulling out all the stops I would have gone to the swanky pattiserie in Radebeul and gotten some Petit Fours and other goodies, but the sandwich from the local grocery and fresh strawberries were all I needed, or wanted for that matter. Tea lights, a favorite tea cup and a good cup of tea along with other treasures are like chicken soup for the soul. Really, I ought to do this more often. It wasn´t that much work to get out the silver, linens and china.

Spring!

It´s beginning to look a lot like Spring at our house!

After what seems like the longest winter, Spring seems to be on her way!! The snow is all gone and the first spring flowers are out. I spotted some forsythia in bloom on my walk this afternoon, and there are several snow drops that have come up in our yard. The tulips, crocuses, and daffodils are beginning to poke their heads through, and the nursery near our house is stocked with prim roses, pansies and other spring flowers. I couldn´t resisit, so here are some of mine now waiting to be put in planters.... that´s another story.


I lost several of my "frost tolerant" planters this year. I guess the fact that they were left on the patio sitting in snow slush in the sun did not help...I´m a bit bummed about the round one because it was one of my favorites, not cheap, and the perfect pot for my basil. Guess I will have to find a new one which is easier said than done. I looked at the pots at a couple of garden centers today, but didn´t see anything I really liked, and certainly not at a price that I was willing to pay! Sheesh, pots and planters are not cheap!

Just Ralphie

V-day!

I forgot to take pictures of the table once I got all the food out, but my guests were very complimentary. I served chocolate fondue, blueberry muffins, rolls with smoked salmon and cheese cut into hearts, and scrambled eggs. I´ll let the pictures speak for the decorations.

Ralphie and the Red Shoes

Ralphie has a "thing" for our slippers, and loves to get cozy with them when we´re not using them.