Peacock Lane 2010

Laser Light Show

Seaon's Greetings

Grinchy

Snoopy

After I was through happy houring with The West Coast Chicken Lady, HH was gracious enough to pick me up in the Pearl District. We were cruising up Burnside toward home when I suggested we flip a 180 and go down the famed Peacock Lane (really 40th Ave between Belmont and Stark). It was rainy, and a few days past Christmas so the crowds were thin, perfect for my passenger seat driving requests (Slow down! Ok speed up! Stop there! Keep going!) so I could take photos of my childhood Peacock Lane friends: Snoopy and the Grinch. Thanks, HH!

High Tea at the Heathman with Mamacat

2010 Holiday High Tea Terez

Our Neighbor

Ready, Set

May Your Days Be Merry and Bright

Mamacat

Under a Glittering Tree

Merry Christmas circa 1987

Walk to Work Wednesday

Swirl and Slash

Someone to Watch Over Me

Winter Fire

There is a Light that Never Goes Out

Red Spark

Stained Glass Mini Quilt

Stained Glass mini quilt

Well, we're getting there.

My trusty 1952 Singer Sewing Machine decided today it was going to test me. My pop quiz included:
--Breaking thread
--Top thread not looping with bottom thread
--Jammed bobbin case
--Broken needle
--Inserting new needle incorrectly
--Inserting new needle correctly
--Removing bobbin casing
--Fishing out broken thread in bobbin casing
--Learning to be patient while sewing. It's a marathon, not a sprint!

But oh it was worth it when I pinned the quilt top up in window. Made me realize it makes a mighty fine window treatment. The way the light filters through the colors.... But that's after Christmas!!

XOXO Terez

Flock to Audubon Circle

Cardinal and the Clock Tower

When my office moved to Kenmore Square my commute shifted and started taking me through Audubon Circle just over the Brookline line in Boston where Park Drive and Beacon Street meet. Right about that time something spectacular was installed but I didn't notice it right away.

Robin

It took some time for me to "look up" but eventually I noticed some interested birds perched on the lamp posts.

Heron and Swan

Swans, crows, robins, herons, cardinals, humming birds, a swallow, and a hawk perch on 20 lamp posts throughout the intersection and spin ever so slowly in the wind (each is on an axis).  

Hummingbird

The silhouettes are around two feet wide and thirty inches high and were inspired by the circle’s namesake, the Audubon Society.

Heron

Part of a public art commission for the city of Boston, the installation was created by the sculptor Mark Favermann and dedicated in 2005.

Crow

I still haven't spotted the hawk or swallow: more birding to be done.

XO Terez

My own galaxy

Rays of Light

It's been cold lately, the mercury has been dipping into the 20s and teens and below zero with the windchill.  I don't care, though (ask me again in February). In Portland, Ore., it may be more temperate in the winter but it is cloudy and clammy and you might not see the sun for weeks. You need to wear a hat and gloves every single day for 5 months in Boston, but at least you need to wear sunglasses, too!

While tripping down my stairs in my "stabilizing," sensible clogs I was arrested by a miniature galaxy in my entryway:

Enchanting Entryway

What in the heck? It took a few seconds to realize it's coming from me! My 100% sequined bag was creating some magic of its own with the sunshine.

My Milky Way

How can you not love a walk to work that includes this:

Harvard Avenue

Beautiful. A perfect start to a perfect day that ended with a perfect viewing of the Nutcracker with K-Lace:

Boston Opera House on Washington Street

The Boston Opera House--foyer ceiling

XOXO Terez

Walk to Work Wednesday

Gingerbread Roof

Happy Holidays

Holy Crow

Last Holdouts

Cold Hands...

Warm Heart

A glimpse of what's to come

A glimpse of what's to come

I can't tell you a whole lot more than this is a certain project that I'm working on for a certain little person who is not old enough to wade in let alone surf the web yet but it's in the works and this little person is going to love it. This is my first attempt at a start-to-finish quilt~so let's see how this goes, shall we?


PS and yes! Those are the fabrics from the Bless You Tissue Cozies. Unbelievably adorable, yes?

XO Terez

My fine feathered friends

King of the Hill

I was running late this morning after a visit to the Verizon Store with a phone that was fatally injured in a freak accident by a falling window shade at 1 a.m. this morning and I was mad, irritated  and stressed to the max.

I hopped off the T to make my way to the office when I spied a flutter of brown out of the corner of my eye in the bushes:

Sing a Song of Six Birds

I stopped mid-stride and they all patiently watched me. Their little eyes seemed to say, "Slow down. It's a beautiful day. We're here."

I moved as close as only five feet from them and still they stayed on their various perches. Pulling my camera out of my bag, I willed them to hold still. I think they heard my thoughts because I was able to capture this:

Three Little Birds

And finally this:

And Then There Was One

The day was a much better one with that experience to reflect on.

Here's to moments that stop us in our tracks and remind us to breathe.

XO TEREZ