say cheese

maybe it was a mistake to place the cheese...

so close to the three blind mice...

but now it’s a feta compli

say cheese in thread

cheese maker and man in the moon graphic is

a Victorian trade card image from

Karen, The Graphics Fairy

drafting

technical drawing

intended to concisely and clearly communicate needed specifications

transform an idea into physical form

Loving all the comments from each and every

one of you while drafting this blog!

f.f.w. monogram

fast forward

flash flood warning

food for work

funds for writers

feet of fresh water

fast forward for an Irish dinner at the table of f. f. w.

Barring any flash floods, no work required for food,

fresh water served and funds accepted for tips!

visualizing this one all in white too

which would you choose?

colors?

or tone-on-tone?

chilly and chili

ice, ice, baby

and a good day for chili!

Last Sunday, Mary of The Fork and the Road, and I trekked to the Laurel

Highlands area for a cooking class...One Pot Meals.

Chef Greg Andrews prepared five courses, each paired with an

appropriate wine chosen by wine pro Ashlee Andrews.

Mary, the good blogger she is, was snapping pictures of the

first course of Chicken and Black Bean Chili.

me...I was plowing through the chili just

short of licking the bowl clean

Mary has the proof

So on this cold, icy, foggy, snowy day

there is a pot of Chicken Black Bean Chili simmering on the stove

shhhh...don’t tell chef tho that I took a lot of shortcuts with his recipe

like buying the chicken already cooked

the stock from a box

and the beans from a can instead of sorting, soaking and cooking

But hey,

still good enough to lick the bowl clean with fresh homemade bread!

...keeping my fingers crossed that ice in the first picture doesn't take down our power lines,

and that you all are safe and warm during this latest winter blast

monogram addressed

the C family likes a reminder that they reside at 50 lakeside

psssssst...shhhhh!

that C, well it’s really a Q

...flipped upside down

Did you ever notice how many different ways the letter Q is written?

mind your p's never mind your c’s and q’s

that’s my monogramming rule and I’m stickin’ to it!

Frozen Balls

yes, it snowed...again!

and The Hound is happy

you see, she is rarely seen without a tennis ball in her mouth

she can even bark at you with a tennis ball clenched in her teeth

...teeth that are ground down to nubs from those tennis balls

her favorites tho — frozen tennis balls!

she keeps a stash on the front bench chilling

tossing them into the direct path of your snow shovel

to get you to toss it back

she can be a real looney toon!

No, no, no! I’m not coming inside!

You come back out please!

brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.......

Oenophile...

...a lover of wine

...wine aficionado or connoisseur

...enjoys a fine wine

or in this case..

a swine wine

Thread and ink

Thread...wine glasses and swine wine

Ink...crowned swine

The handsome royal swine is a graphic used by Rex Brand in the 1880’s

to advertise Extract of Beef—go figure!

You can find him, and other great graphics at The Graphic Fairy

Karen knows how to find great graphics!

ps...wait, what?!

This is post 100!

Cheers!

step into...

...my parlor

...my tattoo parlor

...my embroidery tattoo parlor

Skull and Cross Ski monogram M

tattoo embroidered to upper sleeve

My role is hot-beverage-maker and fire-tender

so further expert services are not needed from

Skull-and-Cross-Skis-M

too extreme?

kinder, gentler snow sculpture

your choice?