As a tribute to an international friendship Saturday I wore my "crazy bubble gum necklace."

It was all the more fun because I knew somewhere in Russia was one of my best friends running around Saint Petersburg wearing the same one.

Needless to say the matching earrings were a bit much!





Life is so busy and evermore demanding it is so easy to lose track of the special times and moments that make you smile and especially all the people that you love.

That is why my favorite place in my house is this little table which sits right outside my door. It holds little peices and parts of my life.

I hope the giver of each of these peices knows how much they mean to me. I hope that I have given something to them which they can look at and know the same.







The Christmas Story of the Perfect Tree!

It was growing right in our front yard...

Because big tall pine trees can look odd, and we needed

a Christmas tree...

Timber!!!! .....

More Tree Pictures to come!

Because all study breaks require a bit of nastolgia.....


Grandma's dress from Haiwaii.


















The Grandma dress I should have worn to Heart's Dance all those years ago!!! Just give me a place to go and I'll wear it this time.












Mommio's prom dress!

















But studying can also be pretty interesting too!

These two are just fun examples. The first is from New Ireland and the second is from Kuba and is called a Muskangy.











And then there is the Maprich Men...... and yes this is an obvious societal metaphor.

The Long Yam is carefully grown and protected by each man in the community and then is compared at the end of harvest. The yam is decorated with a mask, and at times the man himself will wear the mask as well...














But now I must say I'm excited to just cuddle up with my book on Halston and my favorite little gray kitty!