"The future is plump with promise" (-Maya Angelou)

Another Thanksgiving is safely ensconced as a warm memory, and the leftovers are still within reach when the urge for comfort food strikes.

So, today, in the warm, fall light, Joe and I ventured out in search of a place that still had tulip bulbs for sale.
Not an easy task. I'd looked everywhere this past week.

Since I'd been on the road,and hadn't purchased any bulbs earlier, I was slowly becoming resigned to the fact that we might just have to accept a spring without tulips.

I know..

Qu'est ce que c'est?
Incroyable!
Sacre Bleu!

Granted, I suppose I could have ordered them online. But fear not: my favorite nursery still had some, and we hurried over to fill bags of bulbs that will gracefully emerge as glorious spring color.


Then, on our way out the door, bags in hand, we happened upon a beautiful white camellia bush that called to us. Mind you, camellias often call to us, and we already have five camellia bushes around our yard in various colors. In all honesty, I wasn't sure where we'd put one more camellia plant, but as luck would have it, we found just the right spot. So...now, we have another beautiful flower.

I head out tomorrow morning on my final fall trip. Now, safe in the knowledge that we're "covered" on the tulip front, I am gently cradling these bulbs into a drawer in the fridge, and after next week, I'll look forward to spending a day digging and tucking promising bulbs into the sweet soil for their burst of color in just a few short months.

Truth, like the burgeoning of a bulb under the soil, however deeply sown, will make its way to the light. (-Ellis Peters)

"Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action." (-W.J. Cameron)

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

It's so good to have a few days at home. I know I have much to be thankful for...

I'm not heading off anywhere again until Monday, so I can breathe for a few days...and maybe rest a bit!

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." (-John F Kennedy)

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"Sexy as socks on a rooster" (--Unknown)

Yesterday, I arrived in Evanston, Illinois, ready and eager to visit Northwestern University in the morning.

As I settled in at the hotel, and glanced out the window, I realized that across the street, there was a Blick Art Supplies Store staring back at me.

I'm like a kid in a candy store when I can explore art supplies to my heart's delight, so needless to say, I high-tailed it over there and spent an hour or so lost in time.

On the way out, I was excited to head back to the hotel and play with my new Yupo pad. The Yupo polypropylene sheets are slick, and the paint just kind of oozes all over the page. It was fun to just slosh the paint on, and watch what it did on its own. I'll be playing around some more with this when I can.

"You can be a rooster one day and a feather duster the next." (--Frank McManus)

"Fashion is something that goes in one year and out the other." (--Denise Klahn)

"On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock." (--Thomas Jefferson)



"Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new." (--Henry David Thoreau)


"To call a fashion wearable is the kiss of death. No new fashion worth its salt is ever wearable." (--Eugenia Sheppard)

Sooooo out of practice--I sure need the time to do some sketching/painting!