Crate & Barrel for Pets

Crate & Barrel doesn't have a pet store per se, but there's not law against buying something there for the felines. I'd been wanting to find nicer food bowls and a water bowl now that we have nice floors installed. The current feeding situation was an eyesore. Bowls at the supermarket or the pet stores are overpriced and not very attractive.

Solution: $5 bowls at Crate & Barrel.

Lucky Black-Eyed Peas for 2009

With dried pasilla powder (from pasillas we grew), cumin and coriander just before the smoked paprika was added.

Festive Red Berries

Normally I'd be able to name this plant but unfortunately my brain is spent today. Leave it in comments. txrad can't remember either.

A Piece of Much-Used and Beloved Fiesta

It happens to be the one piece missing from this early post when I first started this blog.

Birdy Through a Window

Travertine Medallion

This is the medallion we have selected to be incorporated into our flooring in the den most likely. I like that it is simple and rustic, not like some of the more formal ones.

Pizza Foundation

txrad spreads cornmeal on our pizza stone prior to the laying on of dough.

The sauteing toppings: veggie sausage, onions, jalapeño, garlic, a large portobello mushroom, and sometimes red bell pepper when we have it.

It Looks Witchy

It's just two plant stands stacked atop one another.

Travertine Array

I don't know why I'm so infatuated with stone.

One Egg. Two Yolks.

A quirk of nature. Anyone else ever see this happen?

A Travertine Travesty

Oops. The contractor told me to be careful. This one was fragile. txrad accidentally stepped on it when I had a corner of it sitting on a carpet strip. Uneven surface... you know the drill.

So what's it gonna be? A $5 fine? A death sentence?

Hooked

This is what a woven bedspread looks like after a few years of a cat sleeping on it.

Autumn Marigolds

Succulent

I don't remember what this plant is called but I love the colors and shape of it.

Broom Bristles

What's Bright, White, and Green?

An energy-efficient light bulb in our bathroom.

My Information Superhighway On-Ramp

Door Knob Patina

Tranquility