Bottega Veneta Spring 2013 Ready-To-Wear at Milan Week

I just found a designer who speaks to me!  Whoda thought?  Too bad I'll never be able to afford it.

The Best and Worst of Times.......

Filmed at The Moth, a New York City based nonprofit organization that conducts live storytelling events.

Endeavour's last flight

Space shuttle Endeavour and the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft took off Wednesday morning, Sept. 19,2012 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to begin the first leg of a mission to deliver the retired shuttle to Los Angeles where it will go on display. The flight will be the last ferry flight of the space shuttle era, capping nearly 35 years of shuttles riding atop modified 747s, counting the approach and landing tests conducted by Enterprise in 1977.

I'm so sad.

Update 8:45 AM: It just flew over Michoud. Now I'm very sad. Farewell, Space Shuttle Program.

I cannot identify with this

Courtesy of Mother Jones:
During a private fundraiser earlier this year, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told a small group of wealthy contributors what he truly thinks of all the voters who support President Barack Obama. He dismissed these Americans as freeloaders who pay no taxes, who don't assume responsibility for their lives, and who think government should take care of them

They're Baaack!

We moved our hummingbird feeder to a new location and were rewarded for it on Sunday morning

Click on the next two pictures to witness these tiny gems

Escape

Between the world in an uproar and the Saints slump, I'm finding it difficult to be passionate about anything right now. I feel a little helpless. With that said, I'm sharing a little bit of nature's magic to remind myself and others that there still is beauty out there, we just have to look for it.

Animals in Beauty (13)

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Farewell, Isaac

It's been almost two weeks since Hurricane Isaac visited and I feel as if I'm just getting back to normal.

We didn't experience any real damage, thank God. But we thought the storm was never going to move on during those three days!

Good things come out of forced togetherness, though:

I got to spend some quality time with my beautiful daughter. We did crossword puzzles together and played monopoly. Seems like hurricanes are the only time we play monopoly. She won, of course.

I managed to fit in a few very happy naps in the darkness of our house. It was very, very nice.

We successfully cooked two delectable dinners on the grill, including a pasta dish.

There is something about being stuck at home with no electricity that drives us to want to eat constantly. I got so bad that when we got to get out to buy groceries on the third day I just HAD to have spaghettios. I never did open the can!

We just moved into our house in April, so we got a good idea of her structural strength and how the yard handles several inches of water. Everything passed with flying colors. An extra plus is how cool the house stayed during the three days without electricity.

The yard is clean now: I got a bucket full of fresh acorns for our squirrel and picked up what seemed to be a thousand pine cones. Looking forward to the end of hurricane season.

It's Monday

The Saints lost, it's Monday. So here are a few things that may make you smile a little

OXYMORONS
- State worker
- Legally drunk
- Exact estimate
- Act naturally
- Found missing
- Resident alien
- Genuine imitation
- Airline Food
- Good grief
- Government organization
- Sanitary landfill
- Alone together
- Small crowd
- Business ethics
- Soft rock
- Butt Head
- Military Intelligence
- Sweet sorrow
- Rural Metro (ambulance service)
- “Now, then …”
- Passive aggression
- Clearly misunderstood
- Peace force
- Extinct Life
- Plastic glasses
- Terribly pleased
- Computer security
- Political science
- Tight slacks
- Definite maybe
- Pretty ugly
- Rap music
- Working vacation
- Religious tolerance
- Microsoft Works

Illogical Logic

OMG she's so dense!

Please help Isaac's Victims

Isaac was a bastard of a hurricane to those of us who experienced it.  If you can, please find a way to donate to those who were hurt badly in the storm's aftermath.  Prayers welcome.  Thanks.  Check the link below.

Lower Livingston still dealing with floodwaters | WBRZ News 2 Louisiana : Baton Rouge, LA |

It's going to be a long 2 months

The hatred, the ignorance. I will be SO glad when this election is over.

RIP Walter Cronkite