The Easter Bonnet Blog Parade

What excitement! Everyone is lining up with their splendid Easter Bonnets in scrumptious spring colors! Bobbie is hosting this fabulous blog parade.

When I told my little ones about this Easter Parade, Stuart in particular became quite interested. I asked him if he would not mind wearing something that I designed and since he is an amicable little guy he readily agreed. (This hat was custom made by us consisting of a flower, card stock and ribbon).

So...I finally have my little Stuart (actually named Stuart Little) in a Baby Blue Gerber Daisy Easter Bonnet. What a dashing little fellow he is.




"Pretty Please with a smile - Vote for ME Ladies!!! - and Bobbie, thanks for hosting this fun Easter Parade!"

Compost Warning regarding Dogs

composting can be downright dangerous for your dogs. In fact, in some cases it can be very serious.

Mycotoxicosis. This can develop in compost and if ingested can make your dog very ill. Although this used to be rare it is getting found more often as more people are composting.

The dog that had been into the emergency room the previous week with this died from this. It sometimes even goes undiagnosed or misdiagnosed unless a vet can pick up on it and quickly treat it.

I have been composting for years and have even attended "master composter" classes. My husband in his profession works closely with composting experts but we had never heard of this potentially toxic result.

Quick action by me in getting Toto to the emergency vet and the vet recognizing what it was saved her. She will be fine - but still...

We are dismantling our compost bin. For now, I am not taking any chances; the dog that died from this had an owner that had the precaution of a lidded compost bin, but the dog still got into it.

Please be careful with your precious pets and the seemingly innocuous compost bin.

Happy Mardi Gras!

We celebrated with an old Cajun dish that has been in my hubby's family for decades -Shrimp Au Gratin - delicious.

And some yummy King Cake with all the Mardi Gras colors...

Daddy, can I have some King Cake?

Some successful bead catchers.... Stuart
Boodreaux

Whew, tired revelers finally asleep after all the feastivities...

An Ice Day, A Nice Day

We love it when the weather is cold and icy. We make good use of that big stack of firewood and get out lots of blankets for the fur babies. They love to gather and cuddle in front of the fireplace...



Here are Sprout and Boodreaux


And Ariel, a snug little bug


Really was a (n)ice day!

A Pretty Little Christmas

Heather of Pretty Petals is hosting this blog party.

There I was busily coloring, cutting and putting up these little holly leaves in a sort of temporary decoupage yesterday while the whole party was going on! I also added some pointsetta petals to the light fixture.

I having some blog partying to catch up with.

A Pretty Little Christmas Blog Party

Oops I thought this blog party was today! And, I thought I was getting off to a rousing early start by doing my post very early.

Favorite Things

My favorite things at Christmas time are:

Christmas movies to set the mood. I only hope Santa got my letter asking for that Kit Kittredge Dvd. If so, this year's collection will be complete.



Handmade ornaments. I try to make something handmade each year. This year was easy as all I had to do was gold dust a dried pomegranate left over from my botched foray into daily pomegranate eating.



The best Holiday drink ever! I just take coffee add some egg nog, a bit of rum extract and a nutmeg topped whipped cream dollop. Love this, I drink this all day long now.



Cute Christmas Chis. Our littelest dogs in their Santa outfits. They just love to pose for the camera.


Ariel


Stuart Little

And speaking of cute dogs a fanatastic blog discovery:

I just recently discovered this.
The Christmas Corgi Blog
The name of this blog says it all.
Corgis and Christmas. A really fun blog to read.