I want to go

Actually, I just want to live in this place. You can visit Beatrix Potter's home at Hill Top Farm, looking just the same as it did when she lived and wrote there.

Beatrix Potter's house, an inspiration for many of her tales, Hill Top remains as she left it. Each room contains something that appeared in her books. Beatrix valued the house and its contents highly and when she died she left Hill Top to the National Trust, to open it to the public, on the condition that the house was kept with all her belongings in place. The lovely cottage garden is a haphazard mix of flowers, herbs, fruit and vegetables.

Gaaaaa! I want to go!!

Amanda Wachob Tattoos

Absolutely love these gorgeous bird tattoos, especially that little chickadee. Looks like a watercolor painting!

Drink Up

My new project is building up a well-stocked liquor cabinet in my apartment (what can I say, it's been a long winter, and there is no immediate end in sight). While I don't plan on storing my bottles in anything this fancy - I already have a shelf picked out in my kitchen - I thought this old card catalog was a cute idea. I kind of like the look of bottles lined up, staring back at me from behind the glass of the cabinet, though. Call me old-fashioned.

How about you? Do you have a liquor cabinet in your home?





::Update::
What more could I ask for than *expert* advice on which bottles to fill my shelves with? Daniel B. has graciously agreed to offer his recommendations for what should (and decidedly, what should not) make its way into my cocktail shaker at the end of a long workday. Hey, I'll take advice from one of Albany's most discerning palates anytime! Thanks Daniel.

Gorgeous Under Glass

In love with these gorgeous ornaments - I'm not quite sure if they're considered actual terrariums or how long they would last, but they are beautiful all the same.

Holy Cow! I mean...sheep!

Have you seen this? I can't imagine all the time and effort that went into orchestrating the whole thing, but it made me smile.