AAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Forkface!!!

Run!!!

HIDE!!!

owl you doing

Here we have a MAHVELOUS 1970s watercolor painting of owls by Pennsylvania artist Sue Satterfield:

the Tuesday Song of the Week

Al Bano Carrisi again, this time singing 'Va Pensiero' from Verdi's Nabucco.

This past Sunday hubs and I went to see Opera Philadelphia's presentation of Nabucco.  Not only did they have this song in the proper place in the opera, but they also had it again at the very end, started by Csilla Boross, who played Abigaille (and who has the MOST AWESOME VOICE).  She did the first stanza or two, and was slowly joined by the rest of the company.  Sooooo beautiful, it took a lot for me not to cry.

this little piggie

can hang on your tree!

 Isn't he cute?

chilly

cherub.

A hand-painted chilly cherub!

ghost ship

I got this awesome example of restaurant china during our recent vacation.  My idea is to collect lotsa different pieces of restaurant china and use that for eating, instead of a matched set, which gets boring after awhile.  Plus restaurant china is less likely to break. 

de duck

decoy.

 This is a real beauty.  I got it from an acquaintance who sets up at Quaker City Flea Market.   She is someone I REALLY admire.  She was once homeless (why I don't quite know), then got trained as a nurse's assistant.  She now works nights at the VA hospital in Coatesville, then on the weekends shleps 40 miles to Philly to sell stuff.  A lovely and inspirational person.