Magazine Therapy

I have an uncontrolled passion for magazines. I get about 6 or 7 a month thanks to designer discounts and I read them from cover to cover. I don't like to put them away on the off chance I need to find a photo shoot I am interested in plus I like the the way they look all stacked up. My current favorites are Elle Decor, Metropolitan Home and Architectural Digest for high end ideas. For fun and young do-it-yourself ideas I like Domino. I have about every issue of Country Living since the early 80's...I know, it's a sickness. I love the mini rods I found on rejuvenationhardware.com for $6.00
I always have a stack of magazines on my nightstand...if I read too much late at night my mind gets going and I can't sleep. I found this painted glass lamp at emiliejaynes one afternoon.

I am running out of places to put them, but I thought they filled a spot nicely on my newly painted dresser that I have had for 20 plus years. I love the turquoise and I did it all with 2 cans of spray paint and 1 can of laquer!

This has nothing to do with magazines but I thought my new Oscar dress deserved some face time. I love the exposed shoulders and hot pink and red print. I matted it with handmade ricepaper. Thanks to Kelly we all looked fabulous on the Red Carpet.

Hoover Dam

We spent a beautiful 70 degree day at Hoover Dam with Daxton, Meg and Sam. After a very stressful week it was fun to walk around and look at the engineering masterpiece of the dam, the art deco structures of the intake towers and the beautiful new bridge under construction over the Colorado River. My Grandpa Hunter, who was a riveter on the San Francisco Bay Bridge would have gotten a thrill out of the half finished support arches spanning the canyon and would have been a bit jealous of the workers suspended in a cage and navigating catwalks many hundred feet above the river.
Dax liked walking (running until he falls over) around the worker's memorial. He loved the water and wanted to crawl over the wall. Meg took all these beautiful pictures.



Soon to be the new road across the canyon


Dax is happy to be out of the stroller.

Intake towers into the power plant, built in the 30's, my favorite architecture.

The best Christmas ever...

Christmas Eve was the greatest. It was wonderful to have everyone together. Good food in the Gallery and opening presents, many of them made by the giver. Sam and Stu and thier families slept overnight, or at least stayed...along with Cass they were all up until about 3 a.m. It has been a long time since Santa visited our house. Malachi jumped on our bed in the morning and shouted "Grammy, Santa brought me a train, come see my train!"

Dax and Cabe opening their jammies.

Malachi was happy with the first thing he opened, Grace just wanted to open more presents...she didn't care who they were for.

Mini Santa.

I bought this puppet theatre before I had any grandchildren.

Mike gave each of the kids a painting of my dad saddling Rio.

Each painting represents a season of the year.Mike plays Santa for some neighbor families.

Val is making sure he passes the tummy test...no extra padding required.