A Winter Day at the Beach

Sun shining. Blue skies. Zero degrees. Freezing winds.. are you thinking what I'm thinking? :) Day at The Beach! Let's go to Coney Island.
The subway ride there is scenic.

You are greeted by the most beautiful wall mural.


Coney Island is Beautiful in the Snow




Some people were dancing and having a picnic with balloons under the "Palm Tree"


"Chicks" were promenading on the Boardwalk! And that spooky oooOOOooo sound is the closed amusement park's metal howl when nothing but the wind is blowing through it.


Creatures were entertaining at the Aquarium.


Some seemed to be at a party...


A wonderful time was had by all.


When your day starts seeing this fellow

and ends with seeing this.. umm. fellow,

and have Coney Island filling in the hours between,

you can say it was a very good day
My whole Flickr set here

Coming to Life 115

More Coming To Life

Last Photo EV Grieve

Pro and Not-SO Halloween Pups! :)

Some pups LOVE it...


and some Pups.. not-so-much (beeg doggy laughing at you doesn't help much!)



Maybe dress him as a WOLF then he can feel HOWWWLLL-o-WEENISH! :)
Happy Halloween Everybody!!

From the Archives, A Fairy Tale (CTL)

Pied Piper


He appeared from out of the blue..

..and led..

..them all..

....away.


More Coming To Life

Originally posted 1/18/08

The Planting and Harvesting of Cupcakes, from the Archives

Originally posted 5.29.2007

Your Moment of Cool, for Those in the Heat

Adorable doggies sliding in the snow :)

Found on Cent Hound!

"Slip Away" the Music Video by Kathryn Calder

Fuzzy Bunnies transcend time and space and have a last wonderful dance before one moves on. Remember the time we have together with joy. :)

My kitty assistant!

Found via PAPERMAG

Have a Wonderful Memorial Day

I have been thinking quite a lot lately of "building" a new home. I have also built my share of paper houses and have saved the flattened remains of one I made many years ago, recently discovered, under a bunch of books. If you want to get crafty this holiday, I would recommend a paper house, might be a nice way to remember what a friend or loved one's home looked like, or recall your childhood dream home and bring it to life now. Hope you are having a great holiday!


Building A Paper House, via My Submarine to the Future, thank you Ohdeedoh, Apartment Therapy

I have one more day until I am officially "moved" too! :)

Happy Easter!

Easter Identity Theft?? Awwww..Have a Hoppy Day! :)

Cake is Calorie Free Today!

It is!!!! ;)





Its my b-day (no joke!) and I say so that's why! No joke! ;) Have a Great April Fool's Day!

Baby Mandrill at the Bronx Zoo

Just monkeying around! :)

Go To WOOOO, Little WOOOOO-O-O

Pooch placates pooped poppet. Precious!


Thank you Mr Maguire!

The Loneliest Shrimp in the World

600 feet below the ice NASA encounters a little curious shrimp


Why does he remind me of the Nowhere Man?

I hope he/she/it has a shrimpy family tucked in the ice somewhere.. :)

Boing.. Boing..

LAMB!!

Your dog is very wooly... :)

Headbanging Kittehs

Go puff balls go! :) Thanks Dayna for telling me about this :)

Itty Bitty Baby Bunny

..and a tiny flower dinner.. then he washes his wee face. Someone somewhere right now needs a teeny bunny break so here it is.. :)

Muskrat! (True Story!)

Muskrat Whiskers
Originally uploaded by ramislevy.


Yesterday we were doing the very cute homey thing of choosing flooring from Lumber Liquidators.. and out of the blue a lady (in this very very small showroom) begins speaking very loudly into her cellphone. There is no way we could NOT hear her she was maybe 3 feet away. In a classic New Yawk accent she began to profusely apologize to someone saying.. she was wrong, it was all her fault, and from now on when she crossed the line and overstepped in her words.. "just say MUSKRAT!"

Muskrats
Originally uploaded by Wendilove.


I could have died trying not to laugh. Of course we have been using this now in many combos, starting pretend fights so one of us can say "MUSKRAT!", pretending the cats are saying it.. It's good advice really. Can you keep fighting if someone says MUSKRAT? Maybe but.. thought I might use this opportunity to show this magical Peacemaker rodent, and to post perhaps the only song that has ever or will ever be written about romantic Muskrats :)


Baby muskrat
Originally uploaded by natalia930.

Muskrat, Muskrat, candle light
Doing the town and doing it right in the evening
It's pretty pleasing
Muskrat Suzie, Muskrat Sam
Do the jitterbug out in Muskrat Land
And they shimmy... Sam is so skinny

And they whirl and they twirl and they tango
Singing and jinging a jango
Floating like the heavens above
Looks like Muskrat Love

Nibbling on bacon, chewing on cheese
Sam says to Suzie, Honey
, would you please be my Mrs.
Suzie says yes with her kisses
Now he's tickling her fancy, rubbing her toes
Muzzle to muzzle, now, anything goes as they wriggle,
Sue starts to giggle
This man is to blame for this song :)

When Life Gives You Snow..

Make Ice Cream! Hey if it works when life gives you lemons make lemonade.. why not this too!
Click the picture for the recipe!

Happy Valentine's Day

May it be warm and cuddly :)

Three Legged Mamma Bear with Cub Adapts

By Walking Upright.. go GO! amazing mama bear.