Unusual Pictures

I have a mad love for unusual old black and white photos. I was beside myself with joy when I recently stumbled on Black and WTF . Such a treaure trove! I could have spent all day looking through them. Here are a choice few.

This is so Stanley Kubrick's The Shining.

A Little Animation

Fox and Hounds

Another addition to our growing collection of vintage boardgames.

The box and board sold me right away.

Then I opened it and found the tiny metal fox and hounds and I was in love.

Did I mention there's a spinner with a galleon ship on it?

Too good to be true.

Tiny Treasures

Lately, my boys have been bringing me gifts.

The kind of gifts that only summer and warm weather can offer.

So far I have received flowers plucked from the garden, dozens of dandelions, an assortment of rocks, a pale blue robin's egg, one teeny tiny snail and this glorious moth.

Of course, we didn't keep it-or the snail or the egg.

But for just a little while they were mine.

I feel very rich indeed.

Google Guitar

We love the Google guitar logo!
Not only can you strum it, you can record your own little songs.
Here are our songs.
My song

O's song

H's song
Record your own song and post it in the comments section! I'd love to hear it!
P.S. You can type the letter keys to pluck individual notes.

A Hoot

My mother gave me this wonderful vintage owl planter filled with Johnny Jump Ups from her garden. It's like having a little piece of her garden right here with me.

Thank you Mom!

Raindrops On Roses

These gorgeous yellow roses grow along the side of our house. They smell like lemon and clover. My dear husband went out into the rain to bring them to me.

Then I couldn't stop singing this song.

Excused Absence

I apologize for the long absence.

Life has been throwing me some crazy curveballs lately.

I've been doing my best to field them but a few of them have gotten me right between the eyes.

I'm hoping to get back on track and start blogging again.

Wish me luck.

Random Photos

Photos via : FFFFound

Santa School

Happy Thanksgiving!

A very happy Thanksgiving to you!

Ballet Behind The Scenes

And that's the last of my ballet posts.

Photos via: LIFE

Ballet Revisited

The Ballerina Project inspired me to look up vintage ballet pictures.

Oh, what a treasure trove!

There are so many that I'll have to do several posts.

I am such a sucker for gorgeous old black and white photographs!

Photos via: LIFE

The Ballerina Project

The Ballerina Project takes photos of ballerinas in various elegant, gravity-defying poses all over New York.

They are so striking.

I Love Ohio

I keep Ohio close to my heart, even when I'm hard at work in the kitchen.

Spooky Photographs

Irena Ionesco
Obscurio

Eugenio Recuenco

These three spooky photographs seem perfect for Halloween!

Stamps

Please forgive the blurry photo.

One of the best things about receive packages from other countries is the wonderful stamps.

These came from England and were so beautiful that I just had to take a picture.