blankets galore

happy jack, originally uploaded by anatomist.

Okay, yeah he's pretty cute, but really the reason I posted this picture from Ms Anatomist's flickr is because every blanket in sight is one I made, except for her pillow on the far left corner. The red quilt:

was one I made for her in 1993? 1994? The little polka dot blue and brown bordered quilt (which you can hardly see) I made when I found out Jack was a bean in her womb. And the crocheted blanket came about after he arrived.

Pepper obsessions

perfect pepper, originally uploaded by anatomist.

Effie and I used to work in a little cafe for most of our lives before families and babies and adulthood (is that where we are?). She made exquisite salads and if ever (more often than not) they involved peppers, her favorite thing was to pick out what could be described as the pepper genitalia, if peppers were to have genitalia. You know the part I'm talking about, the little baby pepper growth that is usually found once you slice a pepper in half. They are never the same shape, and Effie used to set them aside and love them while she finished up the salad she was working on. This picture Becky took reminded me of that and made me smile.

Austin: Take 2

Our first few nights in Austin, I, unfortunately, forgot to bring my perfect little camera (which missed fish tacos and margaritas at Guerro's- the site of a scene from Death Proof-by Quentin Tarantino), so the pictures begin somewhere around day three when we wandered down the street from Lucy and Gabe's to see the cheesy and fabulous Trail of Lights:

Off to Austin!

Thanks to the Alexander family for these (so damn crafty!):


And to my fabulous husband for these:


Back in a week!

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