February is this kid’s school read-a-thon, and man is he here for it.

I snapped this shot before school today. Remember how I told you everyone was fighting for the chair in my office? Yeah, that’s still the case. It’s right next to the warm radiator looking out on the street, and it’s sooo cozy.

If you have an elementary student, I cannot suggest enough the books by Trenton Lee Stewart. We are both highly entertained by them all. Other kid favorites have been the A to Z Mystery series, The World According to Humphrey series and, of course, the Harry Potters.

If you are an adult, might I suggest The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue? I just finished it last night, and wow. That was lovely. But please buy it from your local bookstore and not Amazon.

This month, I’ve been spending a lot of time in “quality assurance” mode.

In 2021 I made the leap to a new gallery set up for my clients because I loved all the many products they offered. Everything from prints to frames to frames with mats to calendars etc etc. And my first client in the system made a big purchase and I was thrilled.

And then the product came, and they were unhappy with it , and I felt like a total schmuck.

So I’ve been spending a lot of time (and money) ordering the products that I’m offering to see if the quality is as high as I think it should be and to see if when it arrives it looks as lovely as I want it to. There have been surprises both good and bad, and it’s helped me to refine my offerings.

Anyway, these are one of the calendars I’m offering. I love the adorable clipboard and I love that it has a magnet on the back so you can stick it to your fridge (or a filing cabinet at your desk). Such a fun way to display family photos.

Can you even believe it!? Two days in a row of blogging!

Listen, you’re all likely to get a lot more dog photos around these parts soon because 1. The kid is finally back in school, leaving me at home alone in my slower winter months and 2. Because the dogs still adore me and the child asked me to hug him and say our goodbyes a half block from school today so I “wouldn’t embarrass him.” It’s his seventh day at school.

So yeah.

Also, last weekend, since school has officially moved from OUT OF MY OFFICE and into a public building, we moved Ezra’s desk setup into his bedroom and moved the glider/rocker that I nursed him in to my office. I will never get rid of this chair because it is THE MOST COMFORTABLE. Anyway, we were sitting in it maybe once or twice a month before, and now we all are fighting over it.

Probably because I positioned it to face out the window where you can prop your chilled feet on the warm radiator and either snuggle in with a book (me), snuggle in with a parent reading to you (Ezra) or guard the block (Magda). Hazel is too low on the family totem pole to have made it into the chair, but frankly I think the rocking weirds her out anyway.

So here’s to my new-to-me chair that sits in a warm, sunny corner of my office and that is currently collecting dog hair like crazy. Bravo!

I’m sure wherever you are in this country (excluding the West Coast) you know it was FREEZING COLD this weekend. So we haven’t been up to much. I wish I could say I haven’t been blogging because I’ve been too busy doing fun things…

But in reality, I’ve been working a ton (mostly product shots which I don’t really feature on the blog) and sleeping a lot thanks to this broken arm. Also, lots of physical therapy.

I’ve also been reading a ton and… honestly… not taking many photos. My camera is heavy, and I’m working hard to heal up quickly, so I’m just sorta worthless at the moment. But even that can be nice sometimes.

I did, however, snap this photo this weekend because the kid/dog snuggles are rare, and I’ll capture them like this every time I can.

Today starts our elementary school’s read-a-thon, which is a first for our family. Ezra is pretty excited about it (sometimes) and then other times he’s like I JUST WANT TO WATCH TV.

But I do love that most mornings he likes to start the day reading. He’s currently quite enamored with The Mysterious Benedict Society books as we’re taking a break after finishing the fourth Harry Potter, which was a bit scary for the kiddo at the end.

Anyway, I snapped this photo this weekend as he could not put down his book to even eat his cereal. I cannot tell you how happy this makes me.