I never experienced absinthe before attending my first NECON conference in 2010, but I fell in love, not only with the delicate anise flavor, but with the dark history, myth and ritual and that surround the drink.
And so, a toast to the Green Fairy...Stolat!
Finally a holiday I can get behind...
KAH Tequila-Day of the Dead Skull Bottles
The History of Tequila at TequilaExperts.com
The Mayor of Margaritaville-Jimmy Buffett
Margarita Cupcakes (with tequila)
Margarita Cupcakes (non-alcoholic)
“It is important for knitters to know two things about frogging: that cats are capable of this knitting action, and even seem to enjoy it and seek opportunities to do it; and that foul language is a normal, healthy accompaniment to frogging, whether it is you or the cat that accomplished the task.”
― At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
We love Woody, but he has a way of making meal time a challenge...It starts out innocently enough...Hi Mom! Just checkin in. What ya got going on there? Something good? Something for me? Can I see? Please. Please. Pleeeeeezzzzeeee.
Then...Mmmmm, that looks like a taste morsel. You don't mind if I help my self do you?
Mine. Mine. Mine.
SOOOOO yummy....
Is there any more in there?
I generally steer clear of political discussions and topics, but one of my favorite bloggers, Seth Godin, posted an article today that perfectly reflects my feelings about what's going on (or NOT going on) in Washington...and Hartford...and Southington.
Learning Leadership from Congress
Somehow I don't think our current state of affairs is what Mr. Washington and the Continental Congress had in mind.
Deep in novel revisions, working lots of late hours, supervised by my furry overlords.
Are you sure that comma goes there?
Meh, I only give it two paws up.
Too scary...too scary...I just can't LOOK!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, you're working on your novel, we get it. Now go to bed so we can have your chair!
With temperatures in the living room averaging between 48-52 degrees, very well, thank you...
Woody in his favorite bed, moved near the fireplace.
Louie under his Grammy Penny blanket.
Moose and Peaches borrowing Woody's bed.
Feline Head of the Household Clancy Greene burrowed in Mt. Comforter.
And graciously sharing his nest with Geno, the Maine Coon heir to the throne...
Ah, October...the only time of year when my taste in home decor can be passed off as "normal"!
Pink wooden articulated skeleton, found at a local tag sale for a buck. He's been living in front of the fire place since May. I'll definitely have to find another place for him before heating season begins though.
My Edvard Munch Scream sculpture. He lives in the front window and has a Santa hat and bunny ears for the appropriate holidays. I used to have a 4 foot inflatable Scream doll for my office, but the oldest granddaughter chewed a hole in him while teething and I haven't been able to locate a replacement.
Bride of Frankenstein, The Thing lamp, Animal and the Gator mascot from the old Sunrise Resort Cajun Zydeco Festival in Moodus hanging out on the speakers listening to Richard Cheese's Get Down with the Sickness.
The weird tag sale print now lives on top of the living room book case, next to the 7 foot cat tree.
My Living Dead Doll, NoHell and my tombstone souvenior from our 2009 Tweet Mystery of Death project hanging out in my office.
My glow in the dark flesh eating Zombie figurines, my prize for winning the Hawaiian Shirt Contest at NECON this year.
A vampire rubber duck, one of the first crocheted Cthulu's I ever made and Thing #1 guard some of my favorite horror novels.
I found this last year at the local grocery store and loved the reactions I got to hanging it from the lamp next to my living room chair so much, I made it a permanent fixture. Still creeps the grandkids out and I LOVE it!
And finally, guarding my signed collection of picture books, my Where the Wild Things Are tile. It was my favorite book as a child and I took it out of the school library so often, a librarian took me aside and suggested I try reading something else for a change.
For the past month or so I've been putting in a lot of late nights working on the novel so I've had a front row seat for the Kozlowski Kitteh's After Hours Extravaganza starring the two youngest, Geno & Woody!
Geno sneaking in some play time with the dog's favorite toy, Mr. Fuzzy Man.
And what do you think you're doing up at this hour? You know the house belongs to us after 9pm.
Ah, that's gooooooood nip!
And, hanging with the Buddha Boys.
Woody thinks humans worry too much about stuff they can't do anything about, so instead of watching the bad news, he recommends finding a nice slice of floor space, curling up with a friend and snoozing your way to suppertime.
