by Nancy Herkness | Dec 22, 2008 | Family, holiday gift, Holiday gifts, Uncategorized
For a magical evening, our holiday decorations were enhanced by a blanket of snow. It may be gone by Christmas Day, but the sight of snow on our wreaths swept me back to my childhood when it always seemd to be white on the night Santa arrived. Happy Holidays to all...
by Nancy Herkness | Dec 11, 2008 | holiday gift, Holiday gifts, Uncategorized
I found this in a catalogue of Victoriana but it seems totally modern and potentially quite useful to me: Lover’s Quarrel Frame Photography was once reserved only for the affluent. Given the exorbitant costs of portrait photography in the late 1800s, it was...
by Nancy Herkness | Dec 10, 2008 | holiday gift, Uncategorized
1o. He sees you when you’re sleeping. 9. He hates fruitcake too. 8. Never gives you socks or underwear. 7. You don’t need to write a thank you note. (My children would put this in the Number 1 position!) 6. “Better not pout” just makes sense....
by Nancy Herkness | Nov 18, 2008 | holiday gift, Holiday gifts, Uncategorized
A Mustache for Every Day. “Dapper self-adhesive ‘stache! Set of 7 includes The Hero, The Sheriff, The Hollywood, and more. $7.98” They actually tell you what day to wear them on, just in case you weren’t sure. I may order two, one to give...
by Nancy Herkness | Nov 16, 2008 | Dog, Uncategorized
Okay, so his friend looks like the Hound of the Baskervilles but he’s really just a two-year-old German Shepherd named Trace who belongs to my friend Lynn. The first time the two of them met, they ran around my backyard in circles and figure 8s for twenty...