So Long

"Hey, it's Mr. Dick Clark! What a place you've got here! Swell spot, the music's hot here!"

--American Bandstand, "Bandstand Boogie"

Icon. Inspiration. Legend.

"So Long," Mr. Dick Clark.

photo credits: tmz.com

Sights From A Weekend

Our weekend, in pictures:

Watched this loveliness for much of the weekend.




Saturday morning coffee.




And Trudy.




And biscuits. :D




Bea.




Sunset.




Our amaryllis, or "Uncle JB" plant. It finally bloomed for the first time!




Black Kitty.




Piggy.




Posting this next one because the kitties refuse to give up this gray shipment bag that we received an order in last week. At first, they played inside it. Now, they've taken to lying on top of it. The system is this: one kitty lies on it and at least one other kitty waits nearby for the first kitty to move, and then takes it over. It's quite entertaining. :D



Lastly, wow.

Summer's Last Stand

Whew. Y'all. Summer is not going down without a fight. Today is the last full official day of Summer, so Fall is just around the corner. Well, on the calendar, that is. It's still ridiculously hot here, hotter than average even for us (in Georgia). We should be in the low-to-mid 80s by now, but today? 95 freaking degrees.

Our driveway is starting to show some signs of Fall...




And the backyard longs to be covered in leaves...



And my Fall magazines and catalogs are arriving...




And beautiful, golden Fall light is coming into the house...



...but Fall is still more than just a day away. :(
I will still pull out the rest of my Fall decorations by the end of the week, though. And I will enjoy this week, as it is the main week for Fall premieres! Tonight, it's Glee!!

So, we will keep the air conditioning blasting, and decorate for and dream of those cool, crisp days of Fall.

And Then There Was One...

A sad day: Rue McClanahan died today, age 76.
She was a pioneer. Her character, Blanche Devereaux, paved the way for liberated women characters today, such as Sarah Jessica Parker's Carrie Bradshaw (of Sex And The City). We have lost another shining light of talent.

Now there is one Golden Girl left. :(

You Can Stand Under My Umbrella...

...ella...ella...ella :D

Check out my card on the Scrap n' Art Blog today!

Not too much to report, otherwise--I did just receive a huge, awesome box of supplies for the next issue, though! I've been busy already with projects for July/August. I am really excited about this issue!!

Also, Glee is back! All is so right with the world!

Tonight.

The last episode of Battlestar Galactica is tonight. I am sad. It is such an awesome, awesome show. I can't wait to see how they wrap things up. Lots of loose ends to tie up. I can't wait for tonight's episode!! Later in the year, there will be another two-hour special that will tell the story from another angle. But then that's it. No more BSG. : (

The New Year Pitches A Hissyfit and American Idol Makes All Right With World. Plus, More Layouts. :)

So, the new year is barely officially underway, and it has already had a hissyfit.

We got a scare last week when Mama was admitted to the hospital (a week ago today) for problems with her heart racing too fast. She ended up staying all week (she went home Saturday) and had to have a cardiac ablation, which is a procedure to help slow the heart rate. It was successful: her heart rate went from being in the 120s-130s to in the 70s and 80s literally immediately. We were so glad everything went so well!

In other news, American Idol is back and I feel whole again. I love that show probably more than a person should. Can I just say? Bikini Girl? Awful. Both in attitude and vocal abilities. I hope she doesn't make it past Hollywood week. Although there just has to be a person for me to hate each season. It's some kind of sick rule, I guess. Carmen Rasmusen and Kristy Lee Cook, I'm particularly looking at you. Bah. Anyway, I love AI so much that just yesterday, I happily got sucked into a movie on Lifetime because it was Life Is Not A Fairy Tale: The Fantasia Barrino Story. It's a sickness for which I want no cure.

Oh yeah, and of course I have new layouts to share. :-) These are all from Thanksgiving, and I still have a few more photos from then to scrap.




This last layout is just of Lake Wildwood, where we live. We love to go down to the lake and visit the ducks. They are so friendy and cute!


Hope everyone has a great week!