It's been a whole year somehow since I made a blog post.  I think about blogging often ... I just don't get down to editing all the pictures.  So, I decided to just make a post with some unedited pictures; these are from my 2 trips this year to the MN State Fair last month. Just some of the highlights (there was, of course, tons of food!) ... Bigfoot...

I've gone through the comments on my submission video and picked a baker's dozen of the suggestions to be voted on - please check out the poll in the upper right corner and vote for your choice!  The top 4 designs will be featured on Fridays in October =) This poll will be open until next Sunday 10/2/16. Also, please let me know if you think I should...

OK, I got lots of suggestions in the video comments, now it's time to VOTE!  See the poll at the top of the right sidebar (mobile readers, select "view web version" to see the sidebar), voting will be open through the end of the day Monday 3/28. You CAN vote for more than one idea, so if you see 2 or 3 that you like, vote for them all! I'm exited  -...

OK, if you didn't see my video announcing this year's Water Marble March, here it is: And I got a ton of suggestions!  Enough that I think I'll definitely have to do this again sometime.  BUT ... while I am almost sure I've used polls on Facebook in the past, apparently they've changed things and so I'm not polling there - I'm polling here on my good...

The Marjorie McNeely Conservatory at Como is always one of my favorite places, but this orchid show was really amazing.  Almost every single flower I looked at was an inspiration for a manicure, whether in pattern or just the color combination.   The orchids were mostly set up on tables that were placed throughout the various gardens and in some of...

It was on my vacation to San Francisco this past October that I really decided to quit my job.  So I guess it's kind of fitting that I dust off the blog with a post about that. The entire trip wasn't actually a vacation, but I got in a good amount of tourist-y stuff and actually took more pictures than I did my last couple of trips.  Some of you may...