quick study

Staged this home many years ago.

Best part? Incredible family lived

there ... and then another incredible

family moved in. A wonderful world!

Magnificent house. An all-time favorite.

photo by rick martin

birthdays wishes

December is a good month for birthdays.

A shout out to my wonderful sister and,

again, to our wonderful daughter. This

one's for you, Tinda. Thought you'd like it.

Marvelous marvelous shop on etsy

from the brilliant Farida Dowler. Here.

Dolls for Storytelling. Just perfect.

F. Scott and Eudora, Child Authors

There's a nice synopsis of St. Nicholas

here (as mentioned in previous post).

From it, we've gleaned our fun fact of the day:

"A number of children whose names would later be famous had their first publi-cations in the St. Nicholas League: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edna St. Vincent Millay, William Faulkner, Ring Lardner, and Eudora Welty..."

Wishing a very merry birthday to our darling daughter, a book lover if ever there was one. Happy, happy day, dear Vivian Catherine! With great love. Always.

The Christmas Number

St. Nicholas

Illustrated Magazine

for Boys and Girls

[about St. Nicholas? here]

Bonedigger Bonedigger Dogs in the moonlight Far away my well-lit door

need a photo-opportunity?

Jen Bekman

Christine Berrie

Paul Simon

an ode to swimming pool

one of my very favorite stops,

swimming pool

has impeccable taste and

never fails to delight the eye

And a thank you to our hosts.

They were magnificent.

Couldn't have been better.

The most amazing hospitality!

Thank you, thank you.

With love.

Unexpectedly Fell in Love

With Arizona. A few weekends ago.

Look forward to going back. Soonish.