While I was home for a visit, I wandered into Paper Trail in Rhinebeck. They had so many great things! I especially loved their current exhibition of amazing paper craftery. This dress is created entirely of seed catalog pages and packets which are artfully cut and folded by Linda Filley (Referred to on their site as a paper couturier… what a great title!) to create flowers and vegetables for this “Farmer’s Market Girl” frock.
Check out “raincoat” and “bluebird”. Both are equally inspiring as was the rest of the work on display in Texture con Texture.
Picture was taken from Paper Trail website.
Once upon a time, not so many years ago, in an old apple orchard
overlooking a pond, a young couple was given an 8×10 shed to call their own.
This wasn’t going to be an ordinary shed. They put up insulation.
Then came the drywall.
They wired it for electric and added a fan for circulation.
They painted the walls soothing colors and added a big window for extra light.
The floor was washed with a coordinating blue. A platform was built to support a twin mattress which would act like a couch on rainy days and at night the two would squeeze in for a restful slumber under the first roof they could call their own. A few select pieces were added like a mini fridge, music, and a shining silver star.
They planted a little garden,
added an outdoor shower
and an outdoor ‘kitchen’.
Their garden grew as the sunny days passed.
As the sun set and the twilight came upon them, they would sit in their chairs overlooking the pond listening to the crickets and frogs chatter. Deer would wander in the field across the water and the cool night air would settle in. Later they would build a fire, sit and watch the flames crackle and try to count the fireflies. This was the good life. 
But no! A little chocolate surprise.
Are these flies mating on the stinkhorn? They must really enjoy that smell!
Aptly named the Phallus impudicus. (Impudicus translates to shameless. I’ll let you figure out the rest)
According to wikipedia, in Medeival times stinkhorns were used in a cure for gout and in love potions. Hey, it worked for the flies. In France and Germany it is eaten in it’s very young stages. I know for certain that I will not be adding this to my salad!
Riccardo’s Pizza Famosa. Tomato sauce, chevre, sun dried tomatoes, asiago, calamata olives, mozzarella, roasted garlic, basil and parmesan. Completely different than the first combination and very tasty.
While in line for my ice cream, this lady came riding by on her Harley with her little dog as a passenger. Happy, strapped to her owner and wearing doggie goggles.