Posted in Cleo on Mar 12th, 2008
Cleo brings in the paper every morning. But sometimes she thinks, I am just going through the motions. Maybe…I don’t really care about the paper anymore. Cleo wishes there was something really juicy in there But please, let Britney keep her clothes on. Spitzer? Old news is bo-ring. Hillary? Obama? Ptooey! No news is dog [...]
I am in a lazy and beautiful place right now. So it’s time for a lazy and beautiful post. When I am not with my house, I will feature…other houses! Who doesn’t love historic Old West Lawrence (Kansas) eye candy? I mean, these people, above, brought a conservatory – yes, you heard me, conservatory – [...]
Posted in Cleo, new old house on Feb 4th, 2008
We needed a runner – both to look lovely and also to catch the endless dirt and snow coming in from our sod-less, muddy moat of a front walk. Greg found this terrific, slightly William Morris-inspired runner on eBay. Cleo: Soft. Sunny. Likey. Runner: Uh, new here. Please don’t throw up on me.
Posted in Cleo on Jan 19th, 2008
As noted on Friday in First Floor Rug Rollout, we now have two lovely new matching rugs. We carefully lined up the rugs in the facing rooms, then rolled them out, then used an absurd variety of objects like boxes, chairs, stacks of books and Josie’s violin case to flatten the curled corners. We loved [...]
Posted in Cleo on Dec 20th, 2007
No scientific tests on the stucco…but this house has been lab-tested. By Cleo. You can see by her nylabone and sweet glazed stare that she’s settling into the house nicely. Like she’s always been there. I’d been worried. And though I’m quite sure I wasn’t the first to fret about a transitioning dog, it sure [...]
