always watch for pedestrians

Frogs, be they ever so pedestrian, are my pick for ABC Wednesday's letter du jour, F. Above is a photo of now Dr. Erica on a vacation in Maine when she was in third grade. Already a budding scientist, she was amazed & a bit nonplussed, at finding this little guy in our hosts' front yard.

Fast forward to the present when Dave and I were visiting our favorite pie spot, the Norske Nook in Wisconsin, where we were momentarily distracted from our rhubarb pie to watch this intrepid frog scale the window with its two beady eyes on the hanging geraniums above.

More F-u-n here.

weekend wack or . . . pie lovers unite!

because I can!

Today I was looking for paper to wrap a present for a very new six year old who lives down the hall. Of course, someone had absconded with the last roll of tape and I was out of 'cute' paper. Looking through my stash of paper I hoard for collages, I found this bit of whimsy I had started last fall, but never got back to. Now I don't know if its finished or not--what do you think?

Happy weekend!

Happy Pie Day to you!

Today being January 23rd, you know what that means! Its National Pie Day a special, happy day set aside for all of us who love pie, whether we love to bake pies or eat them. This is a real, honest-to-goodness day sponsored by the American Pie Council, a cool site to visit for all the hoopla, contests and recipes.

Now about this delicious specimen above: on Thursday I got a little crazy on some weight machines resulting in sore back muscles that eventually left me only able to walk bent over at a 45 degree angle. Comical, to say the least. While I sat with my trusty heating pad, Dave snuck out and brought home a full no-sugar triple berry pie from Perkins. The best part is he didn't know about National Pie Day. Being Irish, he just got lucky!

And so I raise my fork to all my pie loving friends--and you know who you are. What's your favorite? Me? I can't decide. . .

When you die, if you get a choice between going to

regular heaven or pie heaven, choose pie heaven.

It might be a trick, but if it's not, mmmmmmmm, boy. --Jack Handy

Camera Critters come alive

Aesop said: We would often be sorry if our wishes were granted. I wondered if this guy was wishing to be real. I spied this faux pelican deep in thought under a Norfork Isle Pine in the garden of the Smiling Pelican Bake Shop in Maiden Rock, Wisconsin. We were visiting on a stop during the annual Flood Run motorcycle ride so while the bikers hung together I walked around with my camera. Sadly this wonderful bakery closes down the weekend the bikers come to town which means NO PIE. But they have lovely gardens around their small building in which to stroll. And stroll I did.

These guys seemed happy enough to be real. Pie or not!

See more happy creatures at Camera Critters here.