LOOKILOO into my home!!!

Well, I thought this would be a fun idea! I came across a woman who writes for the Mercury Newspapers and she features homes on her website called Lookiloos!.. So she came to my house today and is going to feature parts of my home! In the meantime here is my own pseudo lookiloos look into my home,,,1st here is a shot in my kitchen of my hutch with all kinds of interesting things on it...see the sign on top that says Judy's Garden on the pewter cake plate,,, my daughter made that for me in summer school...I Love it!! Next to that photo is a picture of our vintage marble fireplace,, isn't it a beauty!!There is another view into my kitchen of the sink and counter area and a small view iinto the back yard! Another picture is our dining room off of the kitchen,, love that original work of art!!!

Carmel and Pebble Beach !!!!!!

We took a day trip to Carmel and Pebble Beach the other day and it was GORGEOUS!!! We hunted for beach glass, shells, hermit crabs and starfish!! Then we drove down 17 mile drive to admire the 25-50 million dollar properties. Wowwww!! It was amazing!! Enjoy these beautiful postcard type pictures!!!

Here Kitty Kitty!!!!!!

This is my 16 year old Kitty Cat named Sparky,,I found him as a little tiny kitty Stray inside a laundromat and he has lived with us ever since. He is not a super friendly cat , he used to bite and scratch everyone, but now that he is so old he just sleeps and eats. Here are some cute pics of him!!!

Yesterday I went with my family (and unfortunately not the dogs, they are not allowed), to Moss Landing Beach,,,it's a beach just about almost to Monterey, but not quite, set into a little jetty area right near the town of Moss Landing....anyhow I took tons of pics,,, and here are a few of my favorites,,,this is definitely a surfers beach,,,there were tons there, hardly any families at all and the weather was gorgeous,, here are some pics of the surf, a closeup of a jelly fish on the beach,,,,a bird called the Sandpiper know in this area quite well,,, and some lingering footsteps in the sand.....couldn't have asked for a better day and better weather....

Nip Tuck is BAAAAACCCKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Wow, Nip Tuck started again last night and I have to say it was a great episode,,, I love the dark sid eof the show, the music that the scenes are set to, and the interesting and never boring story line that they use....always keeps you riveted......this is my all time favorite show,,, and an episode was actually just filmed at my sis in law's house in Venice,, that was amazing to find out.....hmmmm I wonder if any scenes with Sean where shot there......

2009 is here!!!!

Well, Happy New Year!! I started out 2009 by going on a fun shopping trip to the flea market,,,I usually can never make it the 1st Saturday because my kids have sports, but we are between sports right now so I made it. I saw my favorite jewelry lady there,, she always has amazing things at amazing prices,,,here are a few of the beauties I picked up,,,,some gorgeous francais earrings which will be dazzling on a gold belt buckle,,,another beautiful gold Sarah Coventry flower pin ( i bought this same pin on ebay a few months ago and made a buckle out of it and it sold immediately)...a couple of beautiful cameos,, a sterling flower brooch , a dazzling hummingbird enameled pin, and more....most all of these will be used on my buckle creations , a couple of the more dazzling, fragile pieces will be added to my collection on my mannequin for admiring only......time to start creating,,, as soon as it warms up,, it is COOOOLLLLLDDD here in northern california and we aren't used to this kind of weather....

My dogs!!!

Here are my wonderful dogs Kona and Kiarra,, both rescue dogs ! Kona is 4 years old,,, we got her the local humane society.. she is really like a human,, an amazing animal that just wants affection,, and then Kiarra I got at another rescue group that comes to a animal food store every weekend with an assortment of dogs that they rescue from shelters and foster....she is about 2 now,, we got here at 7 months,, she dug up our yard many times, chewed up all kinds of stuff,, but never peed or pooped in the house... she is now fully trained , won't even try to get on our couch and she is an awesome little dog,, she sleeps underneath the covers in our beds,, she is a rat terrier as well and has killed one that she found in our yard and brought in to show us,, that was a lovely sight!!!! Anyhow I think Kona thinks she is is Kiarra's mother,,,always trying to protect her,,,,,they really get along great and keep each other company....!!!