Introducing Elizabeth! from marcy hall on Vimeo.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Zoe Presents: Flip Friday
OK, it's a little late in the day for Flip Friday, but we thought you might like to see our newest addition...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Greve in Chianti
Well, we were in the middle of Chianti Country, so you knew we HAD to end up in a winery town at some point, right?
These pictures are from our trip to Greve in Chianti, which is sort of Capitol City of Wine. Here, take a look:
Lots of us are engulfed in Snow right now, so this beautiful landscape is a delight to remember.
OK, so now GO AND POUR YOURSELF A GLASS OF CHIANTI CLASSCO, AND READ THIS AGAIN!
CHEERS!!
These pictures are from our trip to Greve in Chianti, which is sort of Capitol City of Wine. Here, take a look:
The drive in.
A shot from when we first got out of the car. Look at that lady ride her bike!!
Quack, quack, quack.
A map of the town.
Shot down an alley while we walked to get espresso somewhere.
An outdoor grocer in the courtyard behind the cafe where we stopped.
My Aunt Anita (left), mom (center) and ALICE (right) outside the wine tasting place. Yum!
Inside!! It was at this point that I was hoping about 100 friends would show up for the fun. Alas.
Cool rooster poster that I wanted really badly.
Wines made the year before and the year I was born. Weird! And Cool! (Also, dusty!)
I took this picture for friend Emma, who I thought would love this owl on the Olive Oil.
OK, this is just a sign. River Greve.
ME AND THE CHIANTI ROOSTER!
Well, I had to take a pic of the public library sign, right?
Form the Church there. Beautiful.
More Rooster!
Look at that Landscape!
On the way home. Back to the villa.
Gorgeous.
Lots of us are engulfed in Snow right now, so this beautiful landscape is a delight to remember.
OK, so now GO AND POUR YOURSELF A GLASS OF CHIANTI CLASSCO, AND READ THIS AGAIN!
CHEERS!!
Monday, January 10, 2011
Did I go to Italy? Really?
Sometimes, after you do something really extraordinary (like go to Italy for three weeks) and then you come home and lots of other things happen, doesn't it seem as though maybe you didn't really do that extraordinary thing at all?
I don't quite have that feeling, but after all that has gone on here since the end of October when I returned from Tuscany, I feel like it could start kind of easily. So, I decided to pick up where I left off in my trip.
It is a fortuitous place to start, as when last I wrote, I was writing about the Cinque Terre, and that was a busy day.
The next day we rested.
These are pictures from my rest day, a day I spent walking around our rented Villa in Tavarnelle Val di Pesa, walking here and there to explore our surroundings, visiting the grape vines and the olive groves and the rich, beautiful clay-like dirt, and the mushrooms, and acorns and pine cones, and cute, local snails.
ENJOY! Imagine yourself under the Tuscan Sun! It is a wondrous place to be!
I don't quite have that feeling, but after all that has gone on here since the end of October when I returned from Tuscany, I feel like it could start kind of easily. So, I decided to pick up where I left off in my trip.
It is a fortuitous place to start, as when last I wrote, I was writing about the Cinque Terre, and that was a busy day.
The next day we rested.
These are pictures from my rest day, a day I spent walking around our rented Villa in Tavarnelle Val di Pesa, walking here and there to explore our surroundings, visiting the grape vines and the olive groves and the rich, beautiful clay-like dirt, and the mushrooms, and acorns and pine cones, and cute, local snails.
ENJOY! Imagine yourself under the Tuscan Sun! It is a wondrous place to be!
Saturday, January 8, 2011
ZOE PRESENTS: Cinematic Saturday
It's the Year of the Rabbit. That's true.
But, we musn't forget the Other Animals who live here in the Lilypad.
Oh, no.
We musn't.
This week on ZOE PRESENTS, we see a movie that stars all of the Stars here at Lilypad. As the movie begins, you'll find that Miss Blueberry has really stepped up Her acting from last weeks "Rest-ie." As for the....Others...I couldn't get them to do anything that could officially be called jumping or leaping or anything, but at least there's a wee bit of Activity.
That's all we ask for.
It stars their new Cat Tree, which has proved to be more popular than we ever would have imagined. Like, so WAAAAAAAAY more popular than we ever would have imagined. Like, WOW!
MISS ZOE PRESENTS!!!!
Miss Zoe Presents: A Lilypad Movie Starring Everyone! from marcy hall on Vimeo.
HAPPY WEEKEND!!!
But, we musn't forget the Other Animals who live here in the Lilypad.
Oh, no.
We musn't.
This week on ZOE PRESENTS, we see a movie that stars all of the Stars here at Lilypad. As the movie begins, you'll find that Miss Blueberry has really stepped up Her acting from last weeks "Rest-ie." As for the....Others...I couldn't get them to do anything that could officially be called jumping or leaping or anything, but at least there's a wee bit of Activity.
That's all we ask for.
It stars their new Cat Tree, which has proved to be more popular than we ever would have imagined. Like, so WAAAAAAAAY more popular than we ever would have imagined. Like, WOW!
MISS ZOE PRESENTS!!!!
Miss Zoe Presents: A Lilypad Movie Starring Everyone! from marcy hall on Vimeo.
HAPPY WEEKEND!!!
Friday, January 7, 2011
ZOE PRESENTS....
Well, here's the thing. It's Flip Friday and we have a GREAT movie for you, but we can't get it to upload to Vimeo or to YouTube.
What are we to do?
What we normally do is press on with something else and post a movie for Cinematic Saturday. And that's precisely what we will hope for for this week. That by Saturday, whatever technical difficulties that are afoot will have worked themselves out.
Because you know what, Vimeo? If you don't work it out this is what you are going to have to deal with:
UH-HUH. Yeah, that's right. That's some serious explaining you'll have to do.
I'm just sayin'.
OK, so try back tomorrow. Please. It's the Year of the Rabbit. You owe it to yourself and to the World.
What are we to do?
What we normally do is press on with something else and post a movie for Cinematic Saturday. And that's precisely what we will hope for for this week. That by Saturday, whatever technical difficulties that are afoot will have worked themselves out.
Because you know what, Vimeo? If you don't work it out this is what you are going to have to deal with:
I'm just sayin'.
OK, so try back tomorrow. Please. It's the Year of the Rabbit. You owe it to yourself and to the World.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
The Year of the Rabbit!!!
A YEAR OF THE RABBIT PROCLAMATION:
Whereas, it has been Declared The Year of the Rabbit; and
Whereas, Creative Control has been handed over to the Big Zoe residing at Sparkle Pond; and
Whereas, She still demands to be in the forefront of your mind as often as possible; and
Whereas, She knows you wish to look upon Her Great Beauty;
THEREFORE, be it Resolved that there is a New Blog Banner Celebrating the Year of the Rabbit Which Shall Reflect Those Mandates and/ or Considerations.
Forthwith and Heretofore and All That Stuff.
Oh, and Happy Tuesday.
Feel Free to go about your day now. Thank you.
Whereas, it has been Declared The Year of the Rabbit; and
Whereas, Creative Control has been handed over to the Big Zoe residing at Sparkle Pond; and
Whereas, She still demands to be in the forefront of your mind as often as possible; and
Whereas, She knows you wish to look upon Her Great Beauty;
THEREFORE, be it Resolved that there is a New Blog Banner Celebrating the Year of the Rabbit Which Shall Reflect Those Mandates and/ or Considerations.
Forthwith and Heretofore and All That Stuff.
Oh, and Happy Tuesday.
Feel Free to go about your day now. Thank you.
Monday, January 3, 2011
The Year of the What?
As you know, a lot of people choose words for the New Year that embody what they want to aspire to in the year ahead.
I like the idea of choosing a word like this as opposed to making resolutions that I inevitably cannot maintain. (Well, I suppose it is DO NOT, not CANNOT, right? But, whichever it is, I have a hard time following rules even if they are for my own good.)
I tried hard come up with a word that represented something I wanted to work on this year. 2010 was a hard year for us here at the Lilypad. It sounded like it was a hard year for a lot of people, actually!! It was a year of challenges and learning and having to face a lot of fears.
The word I was looking for had to be...well...sort of the opposite of that. It had to represent FUN and EASE and CREATIVITY, things that I've been neglecting in my life over the past many months.
Saturday night, on the eve of the first night of 2011, I chose my word: RABBIT!!
Well, it is so obvious, isn't it, that my word would have to be Rabbit?
Besides THIS obvious reason...
...there is another reason. If you didn't already know, 2011 will be the Year of the Rabbit in the Chinese Zodiac. When I read about the traits attributed to the Rabbit, I thought it sounded like a lot of great things to aspire to! Rabbits symbolize such traits as Creativity, Compassion, and Sensitivity. Rabbits are Serene and have Good Manners. They like to have FUN!
These are all things I want to aspire to in 2011, so why not sum them all up in ONE FABULOUS WORD???
I like the idea of choosing a word like this as opposed to making resolutions that I inevitably cannot maintain. (Well, I suppose it is DO NOT, not CANNOT, right? But, whichever it is, I have a hard time following rules even if they are for my own good.)
I tried hard come up with a word that represented something I wanted to work on this year. 2010 was a hard year for us here at the Lilypad. It sounded like it was a hard year for a lot of people, actually!! It was a year of challenges and learning and having to face a lot of fears.
The word I was looking for had to be...well...sort of the opposite of that. It had to represent FUN and EASE and CREATIVITY, things that I've been neglecting in my life over the past many months.
Saturday night, on the eve of the first night of 2011, I chose my word: RABBIT!!
Well, it is so obvious, isn't it, that my word would have to be Rabbit?
Besides THIS obvious reason...
(BECAUSE THE BIG ZOE DEMANDED IT!!!)
...there is another reason. If you didn't already know, 2011 will be the Year of the Rabbit in the Chinese Zodiac. When I read about the traits attributed to the Rabbit, I thought it sounded like a lot of great things to aspire to! Rabbits symbolize such traits as Creativity, Compassion, and Sensitivity. Rabbits are Serene and have Good Manners. They like to have FUN!
These are all things I want to aspire to in 2011, so why not sum them all up in ONE FABULOUS WORD???
RABBIT!!!
RABBIT!!!
RABBIT!!!
Cheers to you for a Happy 2011!!
May it be a true Rabbit Year for you and yours!
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