Through the Looking Glass

Loving these plates and mugs from Urban Outfitters - Good 'ole Alice in Wonderland, my favorite childhood story.

These are the original illustrations of John Tenniel from 1865. Pretty amazing to think that this story of Lewis Carroll's has never been out of print and has been translated to over 125 languages.

I have passed on the love of Alice to my girls and they love acting out different parts of the story. Hopefully when they get older and find out all the back story to Alice they won't want to "experiment".
My oldest was Alice for Halloween this past year. She really loves to be anything over the top girly. I'm in trouble - I never was a girly girl.

Etsy Love

Melissa Moss is one of my Etsy faves. The color! The movement! Her paintings elicite quite an emotional responce. A little organic. A little natural. A little ... hmmmm. They speak to you as if there is a whole entire hidden world that they want to tell you stories about.

"moon"

This is my favorite one - very romantic and errie. A little (Tim) Burtonesque - waiting for Johnny Depp to peek out from behind the tree trunk.

"lura"

"oase"

"ehno"

She also has a website. Would LOVE to see her stuff in person.

February Bloom Day

Mother Nature blessed us with snow for Valentines Day - so forget about anything bloomin' in the garden. Lot's of lovelies in the house tho ...

Finally making a show 2 months late - wanted these for the table at Christmas time. Not sure what I did wrong that made these beauties wait so long to bloom this year.

Left over pails of Gerberas - used for the center pieces at the surprise party - have their pretty faces turned toward the sun.

These beauties are one of my favorite flowers. For some reason I can never keep them alive - inside or out. Too wet, too dry, too fried .... ugh!

I am SO excited! The Colorado Garden & Home Show starts this weekend. It's my favorite escape from the Winter blues. This year the main garden is supposed to be a forest with animals, mystical creatures, trolls, fairies and a giant tree that comes to life. Come on folks - I have 2 baby girls so of course this is going to be a huge hit for a family outing.

Note to self ...

NEVER EVER TALK ABOUT A PARTY FOR NANA AND PAPA IN FRONT OF THE 3 AND 4 YEAR OLD WHEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A SURPRISE PARTY!!!

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