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I needed a low stakes organizing project so I turn

My daughter, my lovely daughter, is one of the fun

My daughter, my lovely daughter, is one of the funniest people I know and she gently mocks me in the best way possible. I wanted a shot of our hot dog flavored ice cream (complete with mustard and relish on a mini hot dog bun) but this is far better than the photo I took. 🌭 Thanks for the tickets, @museumoficecream - this shot made up for the fact that I took not one but two bites of this foodstuff.

This show was the gentleness and joy that I so nee

This show was the gentleness and joy that I so needed, surrounded by community, loving this city and its sense of home and permanence, inspired to create something beautiful, musical or otherwise. @andrewbirdmusic #gezelligheid

Three things: 1. Stress fracture? Stress injury? E $Three things: 1. Stress fracture? Stress injury? Either way I have to wear this sweet shoe for 6 weeks. 👞 2. I’m getting a second tattoo next month - a pomegranate branch. 🌿 3. I’m not bad on bass, even better on guitar, but I’m playing music regularly with another lady in town - two women on ukulele playing songs from 100 years ago. 🎶$

This is a cabinet color and cat color appreciation

This is a cabinet color and cat color appreciation post.

This has been a summer of shows, fests, and family

This has been a summer of shows, fests, and family outings. This was a nice one - ice cream with B, seeing @andrewbirdmusic

I worked on and am quoted in an article for @theda

I worked on and am quoted in an article for @thedailyherald about the @lfshowhouse that ran on the front of Sunday’s Home & Garden section.

"One of the delights of a Showhouse is the level of equal attention paid to all spaces," said Nicole Balch, an interior designer and blogger from Oak Park. One may expect to be wowed by a living room or kitchen, she said, "but a show house may have you walking away still thinking about a particularly beautiful hallway."

Lots of gems like that from me to you. I’ll link to the article in my Stories. And go see the Showhouse! It’s beautiful.

Today is the Wright Plus Architectural Housewalk!

Today is the Wright Plus Architectural Housewalk! I fell in love with this Queen Anne Victorian ten years ago when I stopped into the open house after #wrightplus that year and now it’s on the tour for the first time. We have loved living here, renovating, decorating, and caring for it for the last decade. I hope today’s visitors love it too. Thank you for having us @flwtrust - we are so happy to share our home.

#loweryhouse #oakparkil #architecture #housetour #franklloydwright #thelovelyvictorian #thelovelygarden #makingitlovely

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