Because the internet is powered by cats. And because my girls make awesome photography subjects. Click either image for larger. – Both were taken with my Canon “Nifty Fifty” (50mm f/1.8) lens. I find it takes awesome cat photos with very crisp detail. I’m sure Canon didn’t develop the lens specifically in mind for cat…
Cats Are Always Cats
What’s so amusing about cats is that, big or small, cats are all so very similar. You can see the same kinds of actions in big cats that you do your little household pet. (Just on a much larger scale! LOL) For example, one of the tigers at Animal Kingdom was cranky because her dinner…
Animal Kingdom
Last Saturday the weather was nice so we went over to Disney’s Animal Kingdom. The park is very animal-centric and has a strong focus on environmental awareness and responsibility as well as conservation. It’s a very lush park with tons of plants and foliage, but all that plant life makes it very hot in the…
Sunset at the Beach
It’s been unseasonably warm here lately, (it was 84F/28C yesterday and it should really only be about 70F/21C this time of year) so we tried to make lemon aid out of lemons and went down to the beach. Not for the whole day, just for a little while about an hour before sunset. I took…
Happy Mail
With the busyness of the holidays, followed by my Mom’s fall the day after Christmas (and subsequent days in the hospital and fractured arm…) I only just got to check the post office box for the first time since mid-December. And I had some cards (sadly, including one which came back undeliverable) and some packages!…
2012 Holidays
The month of December went by in a complete rush this year because of being so busy in my shop. I had a record 103!! orders for the month of December alone! (And many of those had more than one item in the order!!) It meant though, that I didn’t have as much time as…
Not Forgotten
I swear, I haven’t forgotten about my blog! I’ve just been so busy with so many things like my shop, the holidays, family issues and more. I keep meaning to sit down and write an entry but there just hasn’t been time enough to really write something to cover it all. Tonight I’m exhausted and…
2012 Reading Challenge
Whoo hoo! 2012 Reading Challenge MissM has completed her goal of reading 90 books in 2012! hide 91 of 90 (101%) view books
Oh Christmas Tree
Just sharing a few pics of the finally finished product! This time, including the Disney Monorail encircling the tree. 🙂 Click any photo for larger! I always love taking photos of my tree each year. It’s just so beautiful, and colorful I am so drawn to capture it over and over again!
Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights 2012
Saturday, December 15th, we went out to Disney’s Hollywood Studios to see the ever-amazing Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights! Literally millions of lights cover every inch of the backlot “streets.” Every 10 minutes they also “dance” to music. It’s an amazing sight to see! Here’s some photos. Click any image for larger version! It’s…
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Just because I can.
Photo Update
Playing catch-up in photos… I managed to get the village up around the tree the night before my craft market but I still haven’t gotten my monorail up yet: Of course, you know what that means. Tree + village = Gracie! The craft market went great. Not only did I have a pleasant amount of…
Christmas Tree
I finally had a chance to decorate my Christmas tree last night! I haven’t finished the village and monorail yet but at the very least, lights and ornaments are up! I took some pics last night of it and thought I’d share. ~ ~ I shared this one on facebook, but for those who aren’t…
Handmade Craft Holiday Market
The Handmade Craft Holiday Market is THIS Friday and Saturday at Tampa Upcycle in Ybor!! PhoenixFire Designs will be there as a vendor along with a bunch of other awesome handmade crafters and artists! Please share and tell your friends!! Hope to see you there! Friday, December 7th 7pm-10pm Saturday, December 8th 11am-3pm Tampa Upcycle…
Cat Approved
Mika approves of our Christmas Tree and tree skirt. Now that we have feline approval, we can proceed with the decorating. 😉