Self Portrait: After Summer Vacation

It sounds like the title of a children's book: The wind chimes that didn't chime. However, in this case it's less poetic, and more of a case of buying something that's not what you thought. I bought these lovely looking bells which I thought were wind chimes. But they're definitely not wind chimes... Not wind...

Last week my husband did the grocery shopping. And he came home with some very special toilet paper he bought across the border! In Germany of all places. It's covered with happy reindeer on skates. But what I love most about it is the name of the brand: 'Happy End'. I like the pun! What...

It's been about 20 years since I first bought my Tarot cards. The little box they came in, has become a little worse for wear, so I was looking for a way to keep my Rider Waite cards together. Then I found this second hand box, that's perfect!

  'Into each life some rain must fall,' sung Ella Fitzgerald. And indeed, there's no way around it: there will be times in your life when the going gets tough and you must weather stormy times. The best thing to do, I've learned is to just lean in. Don't fight it. That's the best way...

I love Ikea Ektorp couches. I love them because of their covers. You can take them off, and put them in the washing machine. However, it can a bit of a chore to take them off the couch and get them clean...