How do you measure a year?

My eye spies...
The Colonel is in the employees only room.And evidently, he's not alone but with his doppelganger.

Oregon's only Frank Lloyd Wright building
The Gordon House at the Oregon Garden was up and moved from its rural farm property in 2001. It's the only Frank Lloyd Wright designed building in the state, and I've been meaning to visit it for awhile. In fact, it's the only Frank Lloyd Wright in the Pacific Northwest.I've been to the Hollyhock House in Los Angeles: a stunning hilltop Wright home complete with his water + fire combination in t

Cute on cute
Watch out. This is so cute your teeth are going to rot and fall out of your mouth.

Do you have family who take photos of things when they think of you?
Yeah, me too. As evidenced by the gnome bungee jumping as seen by my parents while visiting New Zealand.Those crazy New Zealand gnomes are hard core!

Don't buy into the crap
'Tis the season for crap, crap and more crap. Blankets sold as robes, 1001 decorations to glop all over your house and nic nacs you know you don't need but for some reason you get sucked into.Stop.Don't do it. And don't buy into the spending tons of money on the holidays. Let go of the stress and the unreal expectations and enjoy some classic time together, make a new tradition of volunteering, or revel in the experience of trying something new. Like making a pie.Pie is simple, right? Right. And you certainly don't need this: