Don't They Make Such a Pretty Pair?

Shopping on Monday, I walked by these babies at Home Goods. Then I walked back down the aisle and thought "hey - those are really great lamps!" and then walked away again. I went to the store to look at rugs I kept telling myself. Then I asked myself the all important question. "How would you feel if someone walked right up behind you and put them in their cart?" And when I broke into a cold sweat (lol) then I knew that it wasn't just a passing fancy, that I really did LOVE these lamps.

I love the color, sort of a taupey-green that goes with everything. I love the elegant column-style base but I what drew me to them were the shades, of course. A little petticoat, a little parisienne, a little formal, a little informal.

Just right for me.

Academy Awards 2011

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I have a wonderful guest blogger today! Her name is Cinzia and she is a very hip and cool gal and a fan of my blog. She had a few thoughts on the Academy Awards so click on her link and see what
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Yum to the O

Josh Brolin and Javier Bardem at last night's Oscars. I enjoyed every second. How dashing.

I Bow To You My King

Colin Firth obsession continues. My stomach actually has butterflies when I see him on tv.

I have to share him with the world, I realize.

BEST PICTURE, really loved this film. Bravo!

Interior Sunshine

Recently I went to a luncheon (yes, I was a lady who lunched on chicken and smashed red potatoes!) and heard a talk by a nice gentlemen who was a florist. He said it is important in these winter months to buy a couple of bunches of daffodils and keep them near you, whether in your kitchen or living room table. He said it is essential to see the color yellow when all is white (and gray) outside!

I do feel better looking at these. And for $1.99 a bunch, I will keep them right above my sink to cheer me every day.

An assorted bunch

I had to laugh as I was going to pull out my Garnet Hill catalog from above the Guiness World Records 2011 and from below the Physics Study Cards that we are an assorted bunch!

R.O.C.K. in the USA

Ok while I sit here all frosty-paws in my new fingerless arm warmers...yes, it's a knitted sleeve that goes right up the arm...like something Helena Bonham Carter would wear in Howard's End...I remembered that I have done something interesting in the past two weeks!

I went out to see John Mellencamp. He played at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium, a relatively small place and we had great seats. He was in great voice and still had lots of rock and roll charm. It's just that he tended to play a lot of melancholy stuff that I admit I don't really know! Lots of songs about poverty, being buried in pine boxes and loss of faith. I mean, like, an hour's worth of the stuff. We had to wait until the end of the concert to rock out.

But still when he sang "Rain on the Scarecrow" it gave me chills and brought me right back to 1987 and the apartment in Somerville I shared with 3 girls. We had a rented TV set andput a sign on top that said "we're not here for a long time, we're here for a good time!". We played that album (yes album, big black plastic circle) over and over again and ran out to see him in concert whenever we could scrounge up free tickets or money to pay for one. So since I have actually been seeing him in concert for over 20 years it's like we've grown up together, it's just that he has no idea who I am ; )

"this land built a nation
this land made me so proud
son I'm just sorry
there's no legacy for you now
rain on the scarecrow
blood on the plow"