Happy Christmas. All The Best for 2016

Wishing you Good Cheer!

(Petersham Nurseries link here)

And all Good Things for the Coming Year

*

H a p p y  C h r i s t m a s  ! ! !

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>:<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Summer in September

Lest Summer rush away from us too soon and leave us in September

 (via Ulrika Randel at Seventeen Doors I think)

misery, cold, damp and bereft......

 (via the London Fashion and Textile Museum)

Here are some summer-gleaned images from around the world and web to prolong the Summer glow.

(via Selvedge - this and the following pic)

To cheer the heart and make us wonder

 (pencil shaving flowers: FOR REAL!?)

"could we do that?"

 (via SF Girl by Bay)

To remind us.

(via Print and Pattern)

That we CAN have our cake and eat it to.

(via Posie Gets Cozy)

That we CAN make the life of our dreams.

(via Vintage London/Handpicked)

That we CAN go where goats roam.....and we CAN be many people.

Summer dreams can become reality.  Just try it!  (And report back to me what you find and do!)

Happy Second Weekend in September!

 We're still chillin' and thrillin'

in L.A.

Hope you are too.  Wherever you are.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

How were your Holidays?  Very very good, I hope!

The Paradis family rushed off to England for two weeks after a nailbiting pre-holiday season getting a very sick cat and a very lively new cat settled at home.  Hence my grievous delinquency in the greeting and posting department.  Sorry to neglect you!  (The big boy, is hanging in there, thanks for asking - with lots of meds and home-cooked food.)

The Christmas holiday was, for us, just one day after another of pure bliss.  After kind of a lousy year around our parts, and for many that we know and - don't know so well - it was a delicious shock to be in the gentleness of some of the gentler parts of England.  The weather - in the 60's certainly helped! So more on all that soon.  

I hope you have much to look forward to in 2016 and that we as a world can somehow get to a better place than 2015 has made it seem.  Kisses, hugs, and many blessings of the human and nature-made kind are my wish for you in the year to come.  

Summer, Stolen!

I am so not really thinking about clothes these days.

I am wearing summer clothes from many, many years past.

But please just imagine me, spending my summer (in exquisite comfort)

Looking like this.

Oh if only they would magically land on my doorstep, perfectly sized for me!!!

Summer fashion bliss stolen from Scott S. at The Sartorialist

Mother's Day (U.S.) Bonus Post - In Red

Some happy pics

 (Nest Pretty Things)

for a special

 (also Pretty Things)

day.

 (Tahitian Vanilla)

A little beauteous-ness.

 (My Mobil Home)

Brought to you by Mlle Paradis

(Camilla Engman)

and the color RED.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY !!!!!

****************************

Where Did I Find These? Un Peu Partout

For the weekend.......

A little of the whimsical

and the wacky for you.

It was Mardi Gras - or Carnival this week.

And with the lousy weather in some parts of the world.

Some of us are getting a little bit of cabin fever.  (Did you read about the Boston mayor having to admonish people not to jump randomly out of the windows of their houses into the epic snow drifts they are having?)

And feeling like they have to express themselves in outlandish ways.  Dressed or not.

Of course in L.A., "outlandish" has always been BUSINESS AS USUAL.

And this probably will never change.  I hope not, at least.

HAPPY WEEKEND EVERYBODY!

(pics via the newspapers and the blog-u-verse)

For A Cheery Friday and the Rest of Your Weekend - A CAT POST!

They seem to be popping up everywhere.

Most of these pictures come from Cat Town Cafe, in Oakland, CA

which I think I first read about in the New York Times.

But especially in Asia.  There are cafes where you can visit with

goats, and even owls!  Such a great idea. (Click for link.)

AWWWWWWWWW.........So great for bringing down your blood pressure.  No?

Have a wonderful weekend!

Once Again, Someone Else Speaks for Me

More beautiful inspiring photos by Svea

at: http://swig-filz-felt-feutre.blogspot.com

Milles mercis!

It's a New Year!!!! Come See Your World

Of all places, I found these pictures

at

Weather.com - (Top 50 Environment Photos of 2014 - click this link)

Gorgeous.

Adorable?

Informative.

Stunning.

STUNNING!

(Stunning!!!)  O.K.?  What time is it?

Time to give your world a little love?

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Christmas Cheer

Some pre-Christmas nostalgia for you:

Christmas in L.A.

Here's how the weeks gone so far:

Making tamales with my friend Susie.  Of course I ate lots of 'em right away.

 Tending to the little ones.

 It's been so mild here, the roses are early.

Yup.  I'm making cookies.  More on that soon.

I still haven't sent any cards or finished my shopping!  You?  Really?