a little libation

after my day of traffic sitting, plant shopping, Kentucky Derby crying (it's always very emotional for me), and container planting, I deserved a nice cool beverage out on the veranda (well, the concrete slab)...

happy pansy faces

i couldn't stand it anymore...seeing sunny daffodils and happy pansy faces all over the place...I had to have some of my own. so finally broke down and bought just enough plants to fill two containers. my normal tendency is to buy WAY more plants than I EVER get around to planting, and I'm trying VERY hard in this smaller space to control that. the little yard is way too small to allow to get messy and cluttered.

anyway. here is before and after of this morning... (click on images for more detail)

miss jane

life feels a little surreal right now. my commute has gotten CRAZY long...it seriously cuts into my "life" time....so things I love doing have been pushed off the burner for awhile. wish I could do something fun while sitting in traffic. something better than listening to the radio or audio cd's or talking on the phone. at least now that it's staying light later, I have a little time after I get home where I can get OUT and see the world.

a funny time.

here is miss jane from this morning. a lovely portrait of her...it's killing me that it's not more sharp. but it just so captures HER.

it's officially A Theme

ha, the past two posts have been snow related. what can i say? it's beautiful and it keeps happening  :-)

here are some shots in my backyard yesterday afternoon....

sort of...winter white shabby chic

snow!

while I think here in brooklyn we're on the very fringes of the big snowstorm hitting much of the rest of the east coast this weekend, we are getting SOMETHING. i had plans to go into the city to the manhattan vintage clothing and antique textiles show, but I think I feel more like staying indoors today....

here are some scenes from earlier this morning....