Palleting

Playing with the pallet creator on Colourlovers.com.  Let's see what this photo gives me...

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Now that is some good PR!

I received this in the mail last month, from Anthropologie.  It's a coupon for 15% off during my birthday month and it's a necklace with 2 beads that make up a birthday cake candle. C'mon, is that just the cutest damn thing??!!!

Lopsided watermelons ???

Dear Mother Nature,

You are a persnickety lil' lady and I fricken' love you!

Love,

Lisa

In case you missed it in the June 2 issue of the San Jose Mercury, there is a logical reason for this year's lopsided watermelons.

Watermelon plants have both male and female flowers. The pollen on the male flowers has to be carried to the female flowers by bees. It is a heavy pollen and so big bumble bees or several smaller honey bees are needed to do the job. In cold or rainy weather, of which we have had lots this spring, bees don’t fly or do so irregularly. As a result, the watermelons are not properly pollinated and the resulting fruit grows in an irregular or lopsided fashion. With warm weather, the bees will be working full-time and our later season watermelons will not be lopsided.

**7/8/10 update...I bought a watermelon yesterday and it was indeed lopsided, and tasty!

and speaking of color

Here is one of my favorite color inspiration sites...
http://www.colourlovers.com/

Colorful poetry

My 9 year old, Izzy, loves to write poetry. I am a fan!

What is Green?

Green in like sneaky Leprechauns at the end of the rainbow gathering Gold.
Green is what summer and spring wear on the tips of their heads.
Green has spread across the world giving each person joy and happiness.
Soft notes on the piano represent green.
Emerald gives out many glittering green sparkles from the sunlight.
Green is born in almost every direction you look.
Green is the color of spring.
Jade is a beautiful emissary of green.
But to conclude it, green is a graceful, elegant color.

Izzy Kelly 3/2010

"I call the top bunk!"

'cause really...there aren't many things in life that are better than the top bunk
























Well except maybe sleeping bags in a tent...

preppin'

Up to my nostrils in Bead&Button prep!!!
ahhhhhh. so much to do.