Verb/diSH/ : food or gossip. Smitten kitchen. The Dick Van Dyke Show. The Blog About Living With (Just a Little) Less. We’re back! For a minute. And then we’re moving… July 8, 2013 by Rain Hannah Back from vacation, the Etsy shop is open for business, and we are home in the foothills of Los Angeles for about a minute before we pack up the Casas Fabulous and Sexypants and head off on a new life adventure.
We are moving from LA County, population: 9,862,049 to Tuolumne County, population: 55,365. The town we are hoping to move to is in the High Sierras and has approximately 155 residents, according to the last census. It is very exciting. And a big change! None of that is really going to be happening where we are going. Brown bear and Plaid bear may look delightfully rustic, but, they like their Starbucks. There is no takeout anywhere, there are no deluxe cat hotels, no Whole Foods, no gluten free pizza, no sushi, and no Thai delivery. Future blog fodder includes: Cohabitation after years of living as a single parent. Kitties will be coming with us. The Captain is allergic to kitties. This would be one of those times.
I can’t wait. Cart Before The Horse. Rants of a Sassy Stew. Foreigner in Buckeye Nation By Liz Rose-Cohen. Reservation For Two - Home. Clean My Space. Pieces of D. In Spite of Everything — It isn’t about "correct belief" but about life, love and character. ReKnew. MAGPIE GEMSTONES. Conservative Babylon. The (anti) Procrastination Diaries. The Sanity Of A Mad Woman. Louisville Courant. Insider Louisville » Made You Look. Desserts, Wedding Cakes, Catering, Menu Consultation, Recipe Development, Event Planning, Cooking Classes, Corporate Gifts. Postmasculine — Radical New Perspectives On Life. Miscellany: Useful Articles & Books. Wowowow — A New Way for Women to Talk Culture, Politics & Gossip. Anakin The Two Legged Cat. TheBloggess.com. Search. Croatan Cottage: A Beautifully Restored Sears Roebuck Kit House in North Carolina. Croatan Cottage in Manteo, North Carolina started life as a Sears Roebuck kit house in the early 1900s called “The Vallonia.”
At the time it was described as “a prize bungalow home already cut and fitted,” that you could buy for just $1,979. Here’s how it looked in the original catalog: After the house was delivered in kit form by boat to the Manteo waterfront, it was unloaded and assembled here. This is how it looks today: Be still, my heart. A reader named Melody sent me these photos that she took of the house. The house still has its original light fixtures: There are 3 bedrooms and 3 baths. The Sears Roebuck catalogs began to offer house plans in 1895. Bungalows like this one were among Sears’ best-selling house plans. Melody tells me, “The board and batten barn is also a beautiful spot and opens up at one end with double doors.” Local artist Gina Owens paints colorful folk art fish on boards and crab pot floats like these shown on the barn behind the house: Geninne's Art Blog. Eye-LIKEy chats with Maria Carluccio. Artist + author When I was a kid I once got in big trouble for scratching doodles of houses into a soft leather tabletop (hey, it was the '70s).
From that point on I knew I was hooked. I always thought that it was cool to be able to draw what you could see but it was magical to draw what you could feel or imagine. I still think that. I grew up with 4 siblings in a small town in northern New Jersey. My dad practiced law. I would find treasure in the exotic scraps of paper. Today I am a freelance illustrator and designer. Maria graduated with an BFA from Carnegie Mellon ( same school as Andy Warhol, by the way! How do you stay inspired? I try to keep my eyes open to so much. Print & pattern. Blogs & Columns. The Valley Report. Andie Needs a Job. Sweeter Lemon. Shutterboo Photography » Present History. Louisville News and Politics. Happy, colorful design & lifestyle blog. Jay Garmon [dot] Net. Around the Subject. Abby the Librarian. My Repurposed Life™ Cozy Homemaking. Nothing much to say today but wishing a super happy birthday to a most wonderful & stunning person on this planet, someone who's been a light on my path, and who taught me so many things in/of life.
Happy birthday sunshine, I love you so very much ! And a little something for you here ... ox.