one was johnny

before moving things around, a little history

Classic Cooking Text

Peg Bracken +

  Hilary Knight = 

Good.

Really Good.

A Word of Thanks as the Little Blog Approaches Her First Birthday

Life is random, isn't it?

[Just ask Eloise- here, in Moscow, via flickr].

As you might have noticed, there are random things

this little blog is wont to dwell on,

chief among them: art, design, books,

home, family, history, and- well-

perhaps just list the rest as

assorted oddsbodskins.

Life: a magnificent reason to celebrate.

And celebration is on the mind.

The first birthday of this blog seems

a good time to thank everyone who stops by

(and, happily, there've been quite a few of you!).

While wishing everyone well,

and extending gratitude,

I do promise to try to bring more

good things to you as time rolls on.

More good words and great art; a happy dash of style.

(A veritable smorgasbord of oddsbodskins galore.)

Life, with a fillip of art.

That's the intent, oh! dear and treasured reader.

And, here, a pledge: to go to as far as possible to do so-

Moscow, if need be. (Or anywhere else on the globe.)

That said, let us don warm caps and carry on- and

thank you, again so very much, for stopping by.

It has been a pure delight.

illustration:

the brilliant hilary knight, of course

eloise in moscow

Dear Eloise! "Oh my Lord I am absolutely so busy I don't know how I can possibly get everything done"

Like Eloise, I am scampering around this weekend preparing a table design for the luscious "Holidays on a High Note" event in Atherton at the venerable Circus Club. So, please be patient and wait for further postings...some of which are sure to include, happily, the finished table: "A Birthday at the Little House."

Alert: Eloise fans!

There will be egg cups.

And, as you know,

"An egg cup makes a very good hat."

Toodle-oo for now...

Leaving you with

a lovely pic of Clara Bow,

who looks...well,

not that busy.

But awfully stylish.