Selby Gardens

On Saturday Brendan and I toured the Selby Gardens - hot but not crowded - and way more beautiful than I expected. Desperately wanting my own land to plant with beautiful (& native) florae.

Amira Fritz

Eerie. Beautiful.

More Lovely Photos

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Shucks

Will have to miss this jam. Wishing Miss Karenoke a wonderful birthday!!

Sam Thomas

Sam Thomas - Awesomely reminiscent of this dude: Giuseppe Arcimboldo. Photos from our Ringling visit below.

Rang-a-lang

House Guests! Ringling Museum wandering with Sarah & Sean on Memorial Day {btw free admission on Monday}.

Then they were off to celebrate Sean's birthday in Bend, Oregon with the Beard Team USA National Beard Championship.

My Flickr Set
Sarah's Flickr Set

Days with My Father

Incredibly touching, poignant, beautiful.

Days with My Father by Phillip Toledano

"He believes that photographs should be like unfinished sentences.

There should always be space for questions."

So it begins

Welcome to Hurricane Season. For you, NOAA's Atlantic Hurricane Prediction for 2010. And random information on hurricane activity for Sarasota, as this is all new to me as a recent resident of Florida's West Coast.

Number of years lived in Florida: 27 {almost}
Number of times evacuated: 0

your day, my day

Miss Sarah B and I finally worked through the particulars on our daily photo blog - your day, my day for your viewing pleasure.

My daily photos will be moved to that site for posting. Truly a thrilling roller-coaster ride of subject matter.

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16 May 2010 - Sewing Sunday. Restored three dresses and created lots of fuzz.

OOOMMMMGGG - In love.

Thank you, Mara Hoffman. So beautiful, I can picture myself in her beautifully executed gems (especially that stunning black jumpsuit). One can dream.

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15 May 2010 - Thrilled beyond words. Brendan managed to get this ancient thing working, after much toggling, oiling and his mechanical genius. Patsy Cline in the afternoon - gorgeous.

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14 May 2010 - Hand-picked in the backyard. Pathetic looking rose bush in the backyard, this may be the only bloom we see.

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13 May 2010 - Shirtless Couch Cowboy. Swoon.

Landscape Rugs

I now have a whole new home to fill up with goodness - including dressing the terrazzo floors. Would love to afford this baby, a topographic map of Africa by Florian Pucher.

via Apartment Therapy

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12 May 2010 - 6:00 a.m. Coffee brewed, lunch made, plants watered, cow milked.

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11 May 2010 - Homemade ravioli, broccoli filling.

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10 May 2010 - The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground - Buddha

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09 May 2010 - Bold patterns. Bold baking.

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08 May 2010 - Family photos. Frances Misner and the Behan Clan.

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07 May 2010 - Make a wish bone.

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06 May 2010 - Interview gear. Power Coral.

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05 May 2010 - Baking again. Getting comfortable in my new kitchen.

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04 May 2010 - Putting things in place; trying to hide pink tile.

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03 May 2010 - The mess has taken over.

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02 May 2010 - Downtown Sarasota. Beautiful beginning.

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01 May 2010 - The Big Moving Day has arrived! We hauled.

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30 April 2010 - Drive by. Post fire. P u r p l e.

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29 April 2010 - I love public broadcasting. Yay community.

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28 April 2010 - Trapped. Inside.

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27 April 2010 - Holy. I look like my mother.

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26 April 2010 - Tin Foil Color Scheme

Inlay

Beautiful "urban jewelry" by Strona główna. Beautiful. More on her blog - NeSpoon.

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