Happy Thanksgiving from Tennessee!

For flowers that bloom about our feet;

For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet;

For song of bird, and hum of bee;

For all things fair we hear or see,

Father in heaven, we thank Thee!

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tilly the Turkey

I will not be eating turkey this Thanksgiving.

And here's why....

Meet Tilly.

Tilly has called our yard home from a safe distance

for most of the summer.

Until last month when she decided to move closer.

Now she's on our front porch every morning.

watching the world wake up,

listening to the interstate noise

and checking out the airplanes as they fly over.

Then she moves to the back courtyard & deck.

There she eats the birdseed & cracked corn we leave for her.

She looks in the windows & stares at the cats.

And the cats stare back.

She terrorizes Oscar the cat when he's outside

where she gets very very close.

She either loves him & wants to be friends

or she hates him & wants to fight.

Either way, Oscar wants no part of a relationship.

I think she's lonely.

But she's also getting free meals.

A city turkey living the easy life.

After a busy day of eating & watching the cats,

she settles in for the night in her favorite tree.

Goodnight Tilly.

Hollywood Dream Home

Wow!

5,800 sq. ft. of steel & glass

sitting high in the Hollywood Hills.

Enjoy the pictures...

architectural firm - Belzberg Architects ~ (from brunchatsaks.blogspot.com)

Goodbye Summer Evenings!

My mother-in-law is the original Martha Stewart. For dinner recently one warm evening, this is what she served. Wine, olives, an assortment of cheeses, salad, bread & butter & berries with thick cream for dessert. Simple, delicious, beautiful. Don't you agree? A wonderful way to say goodbye to Tennessee summer evenings.

Elvis Presley the Cat

Elvis asleep

Elvis being awakened

Elvis looking a little annoyed

Elvis looking a lot annoyed

Elvis looking indifferent

Elvis giving the evil eye

Elvis looking embarrassed

Elvis looking scary

really scary

Elvis has had enough

definitely has had enough

Elvis planning his next move

Elvis back to sleep

Mary Travers 1936 - Sept. 16, 2009

Mary Travers made up the beautiful blonde part of the Beatnik group Peter, Paul & Mary. As a very little girl, I remember lying on the hardwood floor in front of one of those huge black & white televisions watching her sing. As I got older, I looked forward to their Christmas specials or one of the rare performances on PBS. Mary Travers was a wonderful part of my childhood as was their famous song, 'Puff the Magic Dragon'. Thanks Mary