Capital building trip portrait

Washington, DC

So we were in Washington DC from last Thursday to Tuesday.    The weather was gorgeous (though ungodly humid), and we had a really good time.    There was a fair amount of Smithsonian Museum viewing, and some really good food (Ted’s Bulletin, I’m looking at you!).    We also got to experience Friday Night Jazz at the

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canvas floor mat

Weekend

I’m back from a rather whirl wind trip Downeast for the weekend. The main reason for the trip was so that my father and I could attend a workshop at the Woodlawn Museum where we learned to make our own painted canvas floorclothes. Since I have pretty much no native artist ability, I chose to

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coraline movie poster

Coraline

Watched for the Dream King Challenge. After one aborted attempt (and frankly this attempt was very nearly aborted, as apparently all of southern Maine is taking shelter from the cold in movie theaters), we finally managed to see Coraline last night. I love this movie. I’d hoped to be able to read the book before

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