Owning Up

It is about time I owned up to another love I have... W-H-A-L-E-S. It has been this way since I was just a little girl. It has been this way since the 4th grade. I have been collecting both realistic and abstract whale replicas since I was just a little girl. I just can't seem to get rid of them. What magnificent creatures they are!! I dream of going whale watching one day... my favorite whale is the Humpback whale because they are the sweetest.... Anyway, look at this beautiful woodcut print I just have to buy. Isn't it wonderful? Thank you Tugboat Press.

This One Is For You, Sister

To my dear sister, Calee. I am posting these beauties just for you, my favorite BRIDE-TO-BE. Breathtaking calligraphy by Betsey Dunlap.

Isn't It Lovely!

We did not register for any china when we got married, but I am think it would be fun to start collecting a set now! I am still trying to decide what pattern I would like to collect, but these might just be it!! I love the birds so very much!

Mi Familia

Every so often I enjoy opening up the drawer to the secretary at my parents house and looking through old family photos. I especially like to look at photographs of my grandparents when they were young. I find myself imagining and romanticizing of what it might have been like to live back then.
Looking at photos of them when they were around my age always feels mysterious. It is baffling to me that they were once my age and probably had similar hopes and fears for the future, but now all but one of them has gone to be with the Lord. Time goes by so fast, and before I know it one day (Lord willing) I too will be old with grandchildren who look at old photos of Brady and I wondering about these same things.

Little Things

You may be wondering what is so special about these saucers, tea cups, teapots and so on... well I will tell you. They are ever so tiny. I love little things because they are always so cute. Cute is really all they are... truly, they are not useful unless you live in a doll house. But if we are honest how many things in our lives do we like just because of the way they look? I like little things for purely superficial reasons.

I grew up collecting these little tea sets. I probably had around 25 or 30. I realize this is not a competitive number as far as collections go, but never the less a collection I proudly displayed around my room until my teenage years. At age fifteen they were taken off the shelves and put into boxes...they obviously just didn't go with my "Romeo and Juliet" Leonardo DiCaprio poster.

In recent months I have been trying to find my little tea set collection in my parents house...no luck so far, but as soon as I find them you will have the pleasure of looking at pics of my very own miniature tea sets. I know most of you (all 3 of you) are on the edge of your seat now. I appreciate that.