A trip to the local Indian Market in Jersey is a fun experience for those of us who like Indian food.
A great variety of spices, dried bean types, flours, frozen strange veggies, fresh paneer, several basmati's, all a feast for  the eyes.  Can't fit much in the little carry-on luggage though.  So we're going to try some before we leave and get more when come back with the car.

Unenhanced color

Beauty seen is not forgotten.

Old Fashioned "Post"

"What a wonderful thing is the mail.  Capable of conveying across the miles that one is thought of, a hug, or a smile imagined when viewing it."

Blackbird

"Morning has broken like the first morning, blackbird has spoken like the first bird. Praise for the singing, praise for the morning.
Praise from them springing fresh from the word."
from 'The Morning Song'

February 3, 1973

"Our wedding was many years ago.  The celebration continues to this day."

16 inches

From the sunroom window this morning looking out to the side of our place.  We got about 16 inches here as near as I could tell with my yardstick.  By the end of the day the sun was shining and it was the end of
our blizzard of 2011.

Diamond kind of day

Window Shopping

Yesterday I spent the day browsing at a few of my favorite haunts in Grand Rapids with a friend.  Here are a few of the things I deemed picture worthy.  The Asian wall piece would make quite a statement piece in the right setting, I thought, and a bargain at $95.  The doll figures were pretty fun and interesting and a great display overall.  The antlered sconce (one of a pair of them, well that was just "whoa" different and something that would certainly require the right spot too.  All in all, pretty fun and a delight to the eyes for sure.

Progress on the "Hunk of Walnut"

Its been cut.  Its been sanded.  Its been stained.
Its now in the last steps of urethaning!  Our mantle
for the downstairs fireplace will then face the final
hurdle of being put up.  Thank goodness I don't
have to do that part  : ).

Eureka

Not that many people would be excited about scoring a pile of
advertising catalogs like this. For me it's akin to winning a prize.
Our local library has a book sale a few times a year which I never
miss. Not only do I read alot, I also buy a load of magazines that I
cut up for collaging and use on my art projects of the moment.
This pile was a major score for me and I will have a great time just
going through them. Each one is about 250 pages. 50 cents each.
Cheap entertainment if you ask me not to mention the hours of
fun I'll have reinventing it.