Hello, my name is Logan

Hello, my name is Logan and I am the newest edition to the Ethridge family.

Some of my favorite things are: 

*Breakfast (especially milk). 

*Playing with the toys (especially pig...because it squeaks)

*Playing with Remy (my sister)
*Nap time (I get very tired, because I am still a puppy)

*Dinner

*Playing some more (I'm getting really tired right about now)

*Bedtime snack

P.S. Please don't tell but I really like to chew on shoes but I've heard it's frowned upon, so shhhh. 

Dressing for Saturday Morning

I love dresses. I love how a dress can make it feel like

you are going to do something special.

 Now that I live in the south, 

I've realized that a dress can be for looks and comfort. 

My mother always said color is good; 

I think she would like these ones.

(Thank you to Anthropologie.com

for your beautiful dresses) 

A Day for Women

Today is International Women's Day. How appropriate was it that I found myself, with the honor of, sharing lunch with three Italian women. Even though it was her own birthday today, Maria, our host, had set us a table filled with meats, cheeses, bowls of homemade pasta, and an apricot tart for dessert. 

I loved listening to these three women talk to each other in their own native tongue. Each one a different age, different family history, different life experiences and each one uniquely beautiful in their own way. 

"There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity."

WASHINGTON IRVING

(photos courtesy of: weheartit.com)

On the Telephone

My mother has pictures of me talking on the telephone to my grandmother, when I was little. She told me I loved talking on the phone. We had the one with the round dial, that then transformed into one with push buttons and then finally when I was in my early twenties I got my own cell phone. I sometimes think, "I wonder what men and women who were born in the early 1900's must think of the cell phone?" 

The telephone is something I am so use to having that 

I don't realize the magic behind it. 

“Mr. Watson, come here, I want you.” With these words, spoken by inventor Alexander Graham Bell into his experimental telephone on March 10, 1876, an industry was born. For down the hall, Bell’s assistant, Thomas Watson, distinctly heard Bell utter the first spoken sentence ever transmitted via electricity. That achievement was the culmination of an invention process Bell had begun at least four years earlier.

...From the telephone’s earliest days, Bell understood his invention’s vast potential. He wrote in 1878: “I believe in the future wires will unite the head offices of telephone companies in different cities, and a man in one part of the country may communicate by word of mouth with another in a distant place.”

(Courtesy of: AT&T-inventing

the telephone)

(Photos courtesy of: weheartit.com) 

Spring in the Kitchen

I don't know if it's cold and wintery where you live, but here, where I live, it feels like spring. 

I am wearing sandals on my feet and there are daffodils bobbing their heads in the breeze. 

Here is a preview of what spring could look like in your kitchen! 

Fleur De Lys Cup & Saucer 

Farmer's Egg Crate

Milk Bottle Measuring Cups 

To experience a little piece of spring for your kitchen, please visit:

http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/category/kitchen/home-kitchen.jsp

(photos courtesy of: anthropologie.com0

Thank you, Anthropologie for always making it a special treat to visit your website!  

First Day of School

Last night, while laying in bed, I felt like a child who knew 

the next morning they would walk out the door with their backpack 

on, lunch box in hand, and step up the stairs of that yellow bus to 

begin their first day of school.

 Today was my first official day of  college. 

I am so excited, I love learning, but I 

am nervous too, because this is something I've

 never done before.  I just need to remember 

that a peanut butter sandwich an apple slices 

makes school even better.

(photos courtesy of: weheartit.com and google image)

Morning Walk

This past week, I have been taking our dog for a walk in the mornings. 

*She loves her walks; it's her favorite thing. That's what she told me

and wanted me to write. 

I have been trying to notice new things each time I go.

 One morning I could really smell the freshness of the air, as if it had just rained. 

Another morning I saw the daffodil flowers had bloomed on a certain corner. 

I always notice the squirrels scampering about, because I have to pull Remy

away from chasing them into the next county. 

I noticed an older couple doing lawn work, another lady speed walking while 

talking on the phone. 

And this morning, I noticed how warm the air had gotten; it felt like spring

was making an early appearance. 

(all photos courtesy of: weheartit.com)

Story Time

Yesterday, I was reading a touch-and-feel book to my three week old niece titled: Feely Bugs. 

It reminded me of when my mother would read to us children while growing up. She had excellent taste in children's books and to this day when I see one of those books, I cannot help but smile and pick it up. 

Here is a short list, and description, of some of the books she read. 

Good Dog, Carl

Written and illustrated by Alexandra Day.

The series centers around a Rottweiler named Carl and a little girl named Madeleine, 

of whom he takes care. All of the books are mostly wordless, relying on the details 

of the illustrations to tell the stories.

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Peter Rabbit is a children's book that follows mischievous and disobedient young Peter Rabbit as he is chased about the garden of Mr. McGregor. He escapes and returns home to his mother who puts him to bed after dosing him with camomile tea. 

Strega Nona

Written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola

Strega Nona is an original children's book about an elderly lady who helps her fellow villagers out with their troubles, most notably by curing headaches, helping single women find husbands, and ridding people of warts.

(courtesy of:wikipedia and google image)

"Isn't she beautiful?"

On a recent visit, my sister shared this story with me. 

Her husband works for a man in his ninety's whom they all call "Gramps".
Gramps has experienced great loss and tragedy throughout his lifetime,
more than it seems one life could bear. One of those losses
was losing his wife to Alzheimer's 10 years ago. He would visit his
wife everyday, three times a day. As her condition deteriorated
she would not allow him to enter her room, yelling
"Stay out there Mr. Brown!" while pointing at the hallway.
His daughter recounted that through it all he never said anything
in retaliation or frustration. Instead, while she was sleeping he
would stand over her and simply say,
"Isn't she beautiful?"

To the ones you love and care about, may you hold them

 even closer to your heart today.

Happy Valentine's Day.

Love, 
Libby 


(Photos courtesy of: google image: holding hands)

"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways."

Idea #3 "I Love You" Booklet

I saw this little book and it reminded me of the poem

 How Do I Love Thee by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

You can write different reasons why you love and appreciate 

this person, or write down a certain time you shared together.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee with a passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints, --- I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life! --- and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.

Thank you Paper Vine. 

For the full tutorial please visit Paper Vine's site at:

http://papervinenz.blogspot.com/2011/02/hi-everyone-this-is-last-of-my.html