Owl for the little one...

 

I should have started taking progress shots sooner, but here it is.  This is the first thing I'm making for the baby... well, aside from himself.  The pattern is sort of free hand, but based on a cute bit of clip art I found online.  Now it just needs leaves and a border - coming soon.

I really did try to get the belly out of that second shot, but somehow you can still see it!  Too funny. 

Christmas Eve Cat Nap

Snowy Evening

Dita's sitting on the chair, but it's too dark to see her.

There she is...


 
I think I need a flash, but there's Violet next to the rosemary plant and pile of cookies.

Christmas Dinner

Eggnog and Cinnamon Ice Cream

 

Franklin Fountain is the best place ever. 
Made better with a good friend's company.

Interior

Off to a party

 

I like to think of this as my pregnant flapper look. 

Dig my new hat? 

The 80th Birthday Cake of a Great Lady

 

We know she has good taste in craft, and in cake too - spice cake with banana cream filling!

Perches

 

The cats on their perches as we leave for work.  Dita has taken to sitting on the stove (ah, the warmth of the pilot lights).

It's time for...

Belly Pictures!

Lewisburg Pictures

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24842039@N04/sets/72157625295321312/with/5131382530/

Ok, this is a super lazy way to post pictures, but I just realized... why copy them all here when you can link to them?  So really, not lazy, just avoiding redundancy (ah, justifications...).

I had to add one photo, which mysteriously was left out of Chris' Flickr set:

The new paint job!

Ok, it looks really dark in these pictures, it is deep, but it's just my weenie camera phone that is making it look this dramatic.  Still I couldn't help posting some quick pictures.  There will be more to come in which you can make out more details, I promise!


Oh, and those are the finished (well 95%) curtains that you saw in the previous post as random pieces of purple velvet that Violet found so comfy.  I actually set out to make something and accomplished it!  These curtains and the baby (who I'm pretty sure I don't have a choice about finishing) - two things to check off the list!  ; )

 
Dita has already found the incredibly comfortable glider that Phoebe gave us. 

Violet Relaxing

 

Violet decided that the purple velvet I bought for the curtains was so comfy she was willing to get under the crinkly brown paper to sit on it.  Sounds strange, but not as weird as Dita, who just sat right on top of the whole pile, crinkliness and all.

Room Service

 

Fun times for the pregnant lady in Corning.

Corning Hot Glass Show

 

A Walk Around Corning

Two views across the river toward the town from the Museum side.  It's a really beautiful day!


Old World Cafe
A very cool ice cream shoppe and cafe with lots of original details.  Hooray for architectural carving!




Pumpkin Praline Caramel Sunday on an etched granite table top.
This baby is really going to like ice cream when he comes out!



The walk to the Museum was pleasant, but foggy, this is the bridge as I am headed toward the library.



It's really a very cute town.


The hotel did a rather nice 'healthy breakfast.' Needless to say I did not finish it all!

Another great visit

It's a Boy!

Storb Boys

 

The Storb men - aren't they cute?

They don't look alike or anything... I have a feeling I know what the new Storb man is going to look like!