Photo shoot at Odiorne with Narnia dolls

You may have to click on the pictures to get the whole image. I must not have switched the setting back on Photobucket, but it's too much of a pain to redo. The dolls are also really pale, next time I'll put some powder on them (lol) or try to angle them so the light hits differently.

Susan's coat belongs to the Hermione Granger weekend casual clothes set.

Misty watercolor memories

(the same thing, larger for all the details)

That would be my dream piece of property (as literally beachfront properties go, I have other dream locations) if I didn't know what lurks beyoned the frame.

The Christmas Dove

A trip last year to The Christmas Dove and Calef's Country Store. Mostly pictures of the grounds. The first three pictures are actually a field I saw on the way there and I had to stop and get pictures, for obvious reasons.

Prescott Park, summer 2008 pt 1

Eating Out: The Old Salt

The Old Salt might be one of Hampton's oldest restaurants, but even if it isn't, you'd never know. It's the dining room of the Laramie Inn, done in rustic Colonial style, with twinkly lights and two separate dining rooms, one that has old wooden booths.

It's definitely old, it goes back at least to the forties or fifties, they have black and white news clippings on the placemats.

It's *quiet*, which is always a plus when you're trying to actually talk to the person you're eating with.

Drinks are served in recycled mason jars, which is cute even if it doesn't get you as much drink for your money. The complimentary hot roll basket comes with two choices of butter, regular and maple.

I ordered the spaghetti with marinara sauce, which was surprisingly good. Restaurants specializing in things that are not pasta rarely do pasta to my satisfaction.

They have a sign at the front of the house that says "Courtesy is Treating Everyone As If They Matter" which is a nice sentiment and even nicer to see in such a semi elegant restaurant.

What do you think of theseBecky Oh handbags?

I saw two or three I liked a lot, and they're all very reasonably priced but nothing screams out "BUY ME!" However, the organization of the site, and the quality of the photos is very slick and professional, it looks more "grownup" than my favorite homegrown handbag company the Anna Street Studio.

Which I found out is not designed by someone named Anna Street (and already knew is not located on Anna Street either) but by someone named Carrie Saunders.

Although I'm still confused by Anna Williams in Newburyport, which looks to be exactly the same type of shop selling very similar purses but in a less appealing atmosphere. Divisions of the same company? If one is a knockoff, which one is it?