Author Archives: Jane

Delayed Gratification

Over the weekend, the amaryllis bulbs in the living room bloomed! It’s nice to have some flowery color during January, especially since I am presently listening to the northwest winds blow against the house, rattling the downspout. It just makes you feel cold – snow or not. You can check out a better version of […]

3191 – photo blog

Welcome back, and Happy 2007! (actually, it’s more like happy back-to-school and back-to-normal) One of my favorite new things for 2007 is MAV (of Port2Port) and Stephanie’s (of Little Birds Handmade) new blog – 3191. They each post a morning photo, daily. Some days the photos are freakishly similar (see January 1 and 2), and sometimes […]

Bonus Friday Flickr Five

It’s oddly warm here this morning – I’d estimate near 50 – so not January weather. Kind of energizing to have spring weather when it should be bitterly cold. I’ve spent the past week slowly getting organized …. as I seem to do every January. (but this year I mean it!) No resolutions this year […]

Final 2006 Flickr Five

As the rain continues to fall, it’s hard to believe that Christmas is just three days away. I guess I’m getting a taste of SEattle living. My Flickr Five are: the holiday approaches LD: litho skirt III, wool ballet top I want this! Caught in the Snow Whitetail in Snow Nantucket ocean kayaks (color) I […]

Read and Laugh

It’s the winter solstice today, which means it only gets better, light-wise, from here. Hooray! Today’s post features two items that should bring cheer to the darkest day of the year: Saying Yes to Mess Embrace your piles! Messiness is a sign of activity, or so sayeth the NYTimes. (of course, January is Get Organized […]