Sadie & Oliver

The Love Project

It sounds like a big deal, but really it's just a wall in the kitchen; a blank wall thus far, which is why it is in need of a project.

The post-Christmas Winter is a little dull and dreary around here.  It's cold without much point, the sidewalks are far too icy for a long relaxing walk around the neighborhood, and the parks are covered in snow...great for the jack rabbits, but not so hot for Sadie.  It's a bit of a bummer.

Instead of wallowing in the doldrums, I decided that what we need around here is a little (or a lot) of reminding about happy and happy-making things.  Like birds singing and flowers blooming and love lasting.  So, I'm on the hunt for things made by others to hang on my sad kitchen wall, and I'll be making a few things too.

So far I have this cross-stitch pattern to try my hand at.  Kind of a doozy for a first-try, but I'll give it a go.  And a small embroidery project already in the works.  And a plan for olives.  That's all I can say for now.

So to recap,

The Love Project

Who ~ yours truly

What ~ a wall full of art

When ~ from now until it's finished

Where ~ the kitchen

Why ~ because we need a daily reminder (or 20)

of all the things we love about this life.

Staging a Rebellion

There's a voice in the back of my head (No, not a crazy one ~ Just a grown up one).  It tells me to choose vegetables over brownies, to do the laundry and wash the dishes.  Generally I appreciate the maturity and responsiblity it provides.

But that grown up voice seriously crossed a line when I saw, and immediately fell in love with, a teapot.  "It's too busy and colorful" the voice said.  "It would look silly on a table set with your grandmother's classic (read: plain) china.  It's ridiculous." 

So you know what I told that grown up voice?  I told her to mind her business, and I went straight home to make tea in my new pot.  And just so that grown up knows her place, I sat right down and read a Nancy Drew Mystery.

So there.