Blue skies…

The skies are blue….the water is turquoise

the broom is in hand…and the spring cleaning continues

and continues…

and….

nevermind.

Dog days.

It ain’t happening.

A spotted tale {tail}…

So….

We are looking at this little spotted and dotted beauty

as a possibility to come join our home.

She needs one.

We have one.

I will let you know how the story unfolds.

And {if} said beauty did grace us with her presence.

what would YOU name her?

Pearl, Lola and Layla are the frontrunners….any others?

It was inevitable…..

Who was I fooling?

See more pets on furniture right here

New rug under our toes…

 

  Has some great fringe…

Loiterer’s need not apply.

Bo has a special spot on Desire to Inspire blog's Pets on furniture....
Go say Hi...here

Projects for a long weekend…

So…With paint brush in hand…I have a lofty goal of panting all of our windows black.

maybe not all this weekend

but it is a goal

before…yucky ugly metal on guest house

My plan is to also paint our house…again, not this long weekend…but this year…

I am looking at a classic hacienda white

Inspiration pics from pinterest

While I painted and dreamed…I also got a call…ran out…and spent the rest of the day and night helping a new baby into the world…

Others…not so motivated,…

Held down

The fort…

*sigh*

Color suggestions?

Motivational speeches for the Big Black Dog?

Sunday morning constitutional…

Waking up early…eyes blury...camera in hand…Big Black dog leading the way through the untamed backyard vegetation

untamed/un-manicured. That is our motto. Kids,Dogs, yards, homes...the WHOLE kaboodle.

first stop: Taste water lily’s

check squirrel insurgents

make sure favorite laying down spot is still there yep…he is in there.

weed a little...

hide a bone. Get tangled in hose. sigh

...taste a little more.

Yard manager.

Have one?

...need one?

going cheap

To A Wonderful, Merry, and Peacefully Chaotic Christmas…

From our Happy{ish}Home…

ok...maybe some of us don't like photo shoots that much

To yours…

You have all made my heart and soul sing.

Each of you…The commenter’s and readers…the non-commenter's and readers…the just looker’s

the e-mailer’s…each of you has warmed…

The veery cockles of my heart.

I think I wuv you. each of you.

Merry Merry Christmas!

And...for what it is worth...

I think the Big Black Dog is smitten with you…too.

yep. Positive

And an extra for what it's worth...Happy 22nd anniversary to us!

yep...cuhrazzy kids married on Christmas Eve!

Imagine.

You NEED these…

I have a blog friend who is warm and funny and generous

and has a fascinating past

and a gorgeous weimeramer

...not to mention a once gas station she is converting into a beautiful home

with designer chickens...that she names

really...I'm not making any of this up!

She recently sent me the most beautiful ‘herd’ as she calls them

of Great Danes…

Excellent Danes as my son says...

Gasp! I LOVE these notecards

These little bitty letterpress Big Black Danes

galloping over beautiful card stock…with multi hued envelopes

And I LOVE Melissa

at the Handwork Chronicles

she creates these and so many many more works of art…and soul.

Cranks them all out one by one in her studio in the deeps of Colorado

Beautifully!

And YOU can have a chance at your own herd, as she is celebrating her 100th sale on Etsy

Go to her blog…

Enter to win

...and tell her hello from the

Big Black Dog

Who…BTW…

is keeping a very watchful eye over this invading little herd

...and countin’ his cookies!

Run….Get your own little herd of anything

…right here!

or win one here

Finishing the Livingroom/foyer today. Meanwhile…

A certain someone

Has decided that he is indeed from the zebra tribe

and maybe the king

of said tribe

I cannot put this rug down anywhere…

without him claiming it.

You can see I’m moving at such a stellar pace…I have not done a thing

with the door/window paint or not paint issue.

and…yes… that would be a drop cloth on the desk…still a work in progress. oy.

I’m finishing it all today. More pic’s to come.

promise. { ish.}

Happy Father’s Day to my hus… a true king of men…

and all Dad’s. You rock.

and…could’ja move the Piano for me? someone???

pretty please cherry on top?

Milo’s last post…

::cue somber music::

A freeze...

not the snow kind like many of you have lived through

but a freeze that kills tropical plants

blew through here this winter…

Much damage to repair

or mourn

So... my trusty new bug friend

Milo and I

with clippers and machete in hand

went to survey the damage

...and commence chopping

we’ve learned living here…through hurricanes

that nature is beautifully resilient

most things will come back with a vengeance.

that is good

But...

there is also a true beauty in what is left behind

So I brought some in

why not?

Milo was having a ball…

And then HE came

The end.

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ed. note: Milo is fine and is being shipped away to the next destination on the Milo World Tour

No stuffed bugs were injured in the making of the post.

I'm pretty sure.