Permanent Flower Garden

My husband is an artist in his spare time, making sculptures out of steel and other recycled metals. He is the type of artist who can visualize a piece, sketch it, and bring it into reality. For someone like me who mainly follows patterns, this is amazing.

Anyway, after years of me hassling him to do so, he's finally allowed me to post a few pieces for sale. The first two are flowers that he's made from recycled steel. Every piece is sealed with a clear coat of paint to maintain the finish.

Cool Cat Contest

I know what I'd use it for:

• Renaissance Snowflake Necklace 
• Bacchus Prints 
• Fetcher Prints 
• Aspiration Art
  

I love a parade

As I said yesterday, Thanksgiving is two things to me: parades & cranberry sauce. But when I say "parade" I really mean only one: Macy's.

When I was a kid, and okay still to this day, there's only one place you'll find me on Thanksgiving morning: glued to whatever channel is showing Macy's parade. My favorites are the turkey, the marching bands (the more "flare" the better), and the balloons.

My sister always asks me if I want to host Thanksgiving at my house, and I manage to duck it (house is too small, pets would be in the way, etc). But really the reason is, if I have to cook for a dozen or so people, it'd put a serious damper on my parade time!

Unfortunately the coverage of the parade has expanded over the years to include goofy broadway numbers, marginal "stars" singing their newest song, and cutesy (and obviously scripted) banter between presenters.

But here is where modern technology comes to the rescue of tradition! With my handy dandy DVR, I just set it to record, wait for it to be on air for a half hour or so, and then start watching from the start. I get to skip past the boring stuff and ads, and get right to the good stuff.