Archive for October, 2009

green gobblin’

Posted on October 31st, 2009 by mountain girl  |  2 Comments »

 A bit of culinary creativity has been at work! It all began with a sprint to the garden to gather a bowlful of fresh herbs…  …followed by a big handful of kale, a couple of carrots, a few chunks of zucchini, ginger root, celery, a tomato,  and some sweet-hot peppers, (the last also from the garden).   […]



a rocked-out rocking horse

Posted on October 27th, 2009 by mountain girl  |  4 Comments »

I’ye been wanting to refinish an older rocking horse for Zia for a while now. The last time we were at Papa and Mimi’s house in NY, I mentioned it to them. The next day, we were out shopping with Mimi, and came home to an awesome surprise… Papa had been out shoeing horses as usual, […]



darci’s bag

Posted on October 23rd, 2009 by mountain girl  |  Comments Off on darci’s bag

The creative flow is strange, isn’t it? I often find myself so utterly swept up in a new project that I seem to lose track of everything else in the headlong rush of the thing.  One finished piece provokes another, and it seems that just as I catch my breath I’m diving in again! Of […]

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found: a much-loved lion

Posted on October 15th, 2009 by mountain girl  |  3 Comments »

Remember Mr. Lion? Otherwise known as Roary, Rarry, or just plain Lion, he was Zia’s very best friend since she was a tiny baby. I got him on clearance for $3 at Mardel Books when I was pregnant. I was buying a little lion shirt and thought it was cool that he came with it. I had no idea […]



autograph of a hacker

Posted on October 11th, 2009 by mountain girl  |  4 Comments »

Some crazy guy hacked into my blog and left this signature (and the preposterous footnote)! Well, at least I have incriminating evidence. From what I can make out, the initials seem to be “DLL” with lots of scribble in between. Anybody know of a hacker with those initials??? The signature of a great master!