Things I love...

"Often, she would even put between her teeth the stem of a big pipe that lay among the lemons and lumps of sugar, beside the water jug, on the night table."

                                 Flaubert

                                                                          

On Living...

Where I used to live...

 Where I thought about living...

 Where I learned how to live...

Where I live now :)

Happy Sunday!

Valerie

Giving thanks for...

This

 Plus this

Equals this:)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Friday Night Light

I pulled off the big road on my way home to take this photo a few weeks ago. It was the end of a long week and for some reason the sunset felt like my own personal "welcome home!" Happy weekend to all.

Valerie

One Last Peek

This is part of last year's harvest from our cherry tree. I love this picture for several reasons - it reminds me of summer, I'm in lurve with all things cherry and cherry related and for some reason, seeing these little berries reminds me to lighten up and not take everything so seriously:) Hope you enjoy this last peek of summer!

Valerie

Snow Day

View from my bathroom

It's our second winter storm in as many weeks. The roads are closed so no work today! My plan is to catch up on housework, do some reading, annoy my sleeping sugar bee (the cat!) and avoid getting sucked into Dick van Dyke reruns at all costs!

Valerie

And then there's George

Don't be fooled by the string. You're looking directly into the eyes of an eight pound creature who has convinced two adults to pet, feed and pamper him using the power of his eyes alone! Seriously though, George is the cat who runs our house - he's what my doctor calls a governor cat and I love him to bits. We rescued him from a breeder about five years ago and have slowly come to realize why he was fired from his last job:-) Trust me...don't ask!

Valerie

Take the shot!

I've been encouraging (read pushing!) my man to get his blog up and running for the longest time. Well, he finally asked me today about my blog and I didn't know what to say. So now it's a few hours later, I'm at "the bottom of the stairs" and creating the first post on my blog L'esprit de l'escalier.

If you've stumbled onto this page you should know that I don't really have a plan for this blog. As usual I'm doing a thing before I think too much about reasons why I can't do a thing! So here's me taking a shot at something I know next to nothing about. It's a formula that has served me well. Okay, it's also a formula that has blown up in my face on more than one occasion but mostly it's served me well!

Wish me luck!
Valerie