I get to spend my days with Ernest. 

Ernest basset esq. and his chicken.  E is guest blogging today - He dictates and I type. We are pet crazy here in the USA. Annually...

I am crowdsourcing maraschino cherry opinions today. Thank goodness for the internet.  These are so beautiful, I cannot even think of pit...

Posh marshmellows, chocolatier Foucher, Paris, October 2007. I'm knackered, it is the time change. Ernest goes by his own clock, so up h...

Geez, why not. Actually, its four weekends or is it five until I go somewhere again. I should be happy. If I don't have my Holiday shopp...

I have nothing of substance to say, that is positive. House next to us sold. Storage boxes are in place. TH and I are expecting the worse an...

Hmm, what is new? I went to Boston, drove to New Hampshire, went to Maine and then to New Hampshire for dinner last Friday. I would not reco...

Ernest the puppy, February 2007. I met you again in my sleep last night, these are days of slow boats and false starts. Hearts remain und...

Shop window, on canal st. martin (the non-dodgy end), Paris, France, February 2007. On Wednesday morning I leave for another VAF . This time...

Getting to the bottom of it, Ernest the young man, March 2007. If I liked to drink, that is where I would be -in the bag totally snockered. ...

Crocus, March 2007, Seattle, WA taken with macro lens. Catching my breath here. It has been a week and it is only Tuesday. My spacebar seems...

The dog is barking at his squeaky. His squeaky makes a sad stick substitute and it does not cooperate and he gets cranky. The crankiness of...

Texture and contrast, March 2006, Seattle, WA. What is happening? I am very fine, thank you, just super busy. Ernest and I did a nice bunch ...

Bleeding heart, March 2006, Seattle, WA. Thanks for your well wishes. Ernest is just fine after a spacey and clingy Tuesday night. He is c...

Ernest needs some good vibes. Turns out his vole breath is caused by excessive stick chewing which has caused a nice deep pocket of ick that...

Pearl Bakery, pain aux raisins, January 2007. Seriously. Yesterday, we got an email from Ernest's peeps. There was no snow in Goldendal...

My day in a nutshell... Paper, dog, market, dog, Trader Joes, dog, Metropolitan Market, walk dog,Center for Urban Horticulture,walk dog, jum...

I just sent my first evite. I can't believe it. Me, the woman who makes her invites by hand, used the internet to invite people to an e...

Okay, today has been a day. Really. Nothing positive to note, but Ernest the puppy did have a nice farewell scritch from Deb Andrews of the...

Quick post before blogger goes bye bye for the night. I am five freaking hours away from my certificate. Not five course credits, five hours...