Fashionable Family Friday: Keeping an Eye on You

My grandmother and aunt are looking mighty hip in those sunglasses. I, on the other hand, look like I’m being restrained in order to preserve the remaining flowers.
The Call of Java

I love everything about this quirky little coffee sign that H and I saw hanging in a Dahlonega shop window. It was really calling out to us to drop in for a bit of caffeine and a little something sweet to eat.
Tweeters

These bird images have been propped on my office windowsill for a while. I laugh each time I look up from my drawing board and see them staring at me, as if waiting for me to ask their opinions.
Fashionable Family Friday: Generations

This is just a sweet family photo of me, my sisters (with our cameras ready), our great-aunt W, and great-grandmother G (creator of the matching aprons and W’s mother). Mom snapped the picture, which means there were four generations of women together on that day.
Hoarder

It looks like someone (or something) has been stashing goodies for the winter.
A Walk in the Woods



It seems like forever, but H and I finally made it back into the forest to celebrate Labor Day.
Fashionable Family Friday: Simpler Times

In olden days, birthday parties were less elaborate than today’s affairs, with nary a bouncey house in sight. It was all about close friends, simple gifts, and fun games. In this picture, I believe I had just received a paint-by-numbers kit.
Keeping Watch

In New Orleans, guardians come in all shapes and sizes.
Chalk Talk

This plate was tucked in a corner of a New Orleans restaurant, ready for use on the menu blackboard. I love the low lights, interesting surfaces, and juxtaposition of textures and objects.
Fashionable Family Friday: Dolled Up

We were all gussied up for Sister S’s upcoming wedding.