Christmas Flowers
It’s Valentine’s Day and the kitten, the Ducky, the littlest assistant is here to share the love: her own special series of kitten valentine e-cards. She might be a kitten, but she’s not a’kidding. Her special meow sounds more like a mix between a half-mew and a bird’s chirp, but you’re the bomb-diggity, just the same. The bestest…
Jet lag kept me from sleeping. I rolled over and checked my inoperable cell phone. At least it still tells time. That’s progress. 5:15am. And a few text messages. Wait. Text messages? Up here? Apparently Verizon does work outside the country of origin. I answered the texts. One needed me to make a phone call….
The dawn wasn’t as dramatic as I’d hoped for (I love dawn. Always have. Always will.), but the view was nonetheless spectacular. We left our corner of normalcy at o’dark thirty (I think it was 530am, if we’re going to be specific) to catch the 7am ferry across the ocean. Yes, I did say ferry…
I am the new girl. It’s a reality that has defined the past 18 months of breathing, and it’s a reality that hasn’t always been fun. (Okay, let’s face it: I hate that reality. It’s more like the antithesis of fun.) Being the new girl, though, has taught me a lot about how to show…
If you’re following me on Instagram, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve already seen my decadent bundles of aromatic joy: lavender. My in-laws had a massive patch of beautifully fragrant lavender exactly when my sisterfriend started dreaming of buying dried lavender for her bridal bouquet. Thanks to generous in-laws, kamik rain boots, a pair of kitchen shears,…