happy valentine's day!

This little heart welcomes me home when I pull in my driveway. Surely the stone builder guy had no idea it looked like a heart. I love that it's eternally there.

Wait! Does this mean I have a heart of stone? Nah..... it's all about love.

2012 christmas card

Here is this year's Christmas card. We spent Thanksgiving at my brother-in-law's folks place this year. The photos were shot around their beautiful property in Harwood, Maryland. A perfect backdrop for my wonderful kids, Hannah (14) and Jake (11). What a true blessing they are! You too, Bear.

Happy Holidays!

goodbye summer

Sunshine 12" x 36" acrylic on canvas by me

Billy Mack in "Love Actually"

In Character: Billy Mack

Feel free to make your case for the best Christmas movie of all time elsewhere—argue the merits of Bad Santa vs. Elf, Mickey’s Christmas Carol vs. Miracle on 34th Street—but your energies are wasted here. For me, the victor is (and will always be!) Love Actually. Here, a tight pant-fueled tribute to the best character in that best movie, Bill Nighy’s back-from-the-dead Billy Mack. —erica

I love the Billy Mac character and agree, Love Actually is my top pick. Followed closely by It's a wonderful Life and The Family Stone. - me.

A silk Haider Ackermann shirt fit for celebrating the holiday with cute bird or your manager, ugliest man in the world.

A white leather Carol Christian Poell jacket that helps you remember the lyrics are “If you really love Christmas, come on and let it SNOW.”

The sort of Hannah Martin ring that recalls your heroin-binging days—back before Blue commandeered the airwaves.

courtesy of www.ofakind.com

Steve Jobs....... thanks.

Thanks for my favorite product, ever. My MacBook.

Françoise Hardy - Tous les garçons et les filles

How cute is she?

 This is a video of a song by Francoise Hardy. When I was little, I mean 5 or so, my parents had this album. I spoke mostly spanish back then and understood no french. I thought she was so beautiful and sang like an angel. So many memories surround this music. I listened to these songs over and over.