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Monday, October 31, 2011

CC on Staying in The Bronx

From Mark Feinsand:“I was confident that we would get to an agreement," Sabathia said. "I wanted to stay here. I want to be here. I love it here. I love pitching here. I love being a part of the Yankees organization, and I’m just so happy to be able to come to an agreement.”Sabathia said he didn't want to go through the free-agent process, something he got a good feel for three years ago before signing with the Yankees.“It was a big motivation," Sabathia said. "I didn’t want to be a part of being a free agent and doing everything, opting out and...

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I first noticed Dietlind Wolf's picture on her blog that looked so light and carefree that it stopped me in my tracks. Dietlind works as a stylist and occasionally as a photographer. In her spare time (!) she also makes stunning porcelain, that she worked out how to dye instead of glaze - I love it!!I'm always interested in someone with a job I think I would have enjoyed, so I asked her a few questions.Hi Dietlind, thank you for letting me show your work. Would you describe yourself first as a stylist or...

I took this photo prior to drilling holes into it (see this post). I thought it was so beautiful. The man who sold it to me, called it a Cinderella Pumpkin and it brought to mind the wonderful story of the pumpkin transforming into a carriage. I googled it and found the following refrence to Cinderella Pumpkins:"Cinderella Pumpkins are a unique French heirloom whose correct name is "Rouge vif D'Etampes". The source of their nickname it that they resemble the pumpkin that Cinderella's fairy godmother transformed into a carriage." Via All About ...

While I am waiting for the dark stain to come in so I can finish my hutch, I started working on the French Settee.Since I have never done an upholstery job of this size before, I am carefully removing each piece of fabric and gimp to use as a pattern when I put it back together. In the picture above you can see the front of the back has the fabric removed.I started removing the one gazillion, billion staples with a screw driver and pliers. It was taking forever. I thought there must be a "tool" for this, and guess what? ...

Frost on the pumpkin? So it was...though I have no pumpkins. We've already had several frosts here and I'm way behind on my fall gardening. Life happens—wonderful things as well as the not so good.I'm now on day twelve of a cold. It's behaved more like the flu, though I received my annual flu shot on October third. At any rate, I missed one glorious week of weather before the frost arrived.Cabo San LucasView from our room.Prior to my plague, we were in Cabo San Lucas for the wedding of son, Chris and his stunning bride, Nicole. I need to request...

I have been going through my house on and off for the last several months. To get rid of things I usually have a system... There are three piles, such as "Donate", "Sell", "Throw away". Any other place in the house is not hard to do this except in Mr. TRH and my closet.I have a weakness for fabrics, and there is no exception when I am trying to get rid of some clothes. Even though an item hasn't been worn for such a long time, I start to think "uh, I can use this to make this" or "ah, I bet if I do this and this I can still wear it". So, this...

A little break today from projects around the house due to a Dentist appointment and getting Oscar ready for Halloween! Yay! Anyhow, I thought that this was kind of neat ....I was sorting through files last week to find a sketch I had done and came across some old illustrations. I don't illustrate much these days, perhaps I'll get back into it someday soon. It brought back so many memories.Isn't this one perfect for today? :) The vampire cracks me up. All illustrations are copyright of me, Lindsay Stephenson. Just sayin'....

Hello everyone, We had a lot of rain and wind here yesterday but many areas had their first snowfall.I wonder if that is a sign of what kind of a winter we will have. Last year we had a green Christmas so I am hoping for early December snow but not necessarily before then! Speaking of Christmas last year I had a Christmas blog that I started early in November but all the photos accidentally got deleted so on the weekend I spent some time trying to put them back on but I haven't decided yet whether to have a separate blog for Christmas...