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Thanks for the heads up about this woman's art. I've just spent a half hour cruising through the archives on her blog and all I can say is WOW!

As for all the negative comments, I bet they were written by the same people who shop only at chain "design" stores and natter on about adding "pops of colour" to their interior spaces. Heh. I bet if these stones were used as pops of colour in a Pottery Barn ad, they'd be all over them.

I've made many road trips with my dogs (one trip took 25 days, crossed 24 states, and included five dogs). The best advice I can offer anyone travelling with a dog is this:

Every day, once you've checked into your motel/hotel, take the dog(s) for a 30 minute walk. Time it, if you have to. It's a great stress reliever for both dogs and humans. If it's too dark to feel comfortable walking alone in a strange place, find a Walmart. You don't have to shop there; just walk the perimeter of their well-lit parking lot a couple of times.

On all the trips taken with the dogs, we only missed our walk on one day. That was the time the dogs practised their hurdle racing in the motel room (using the beds as hurdles, of course).

I use similar recycled vases to add colour to my monochromatic bedroom by spray painting the bottles after cleaning.

http://www.peavine.com/?p=55

I have to drink one or two G&T's before I can complete my set but, once that task is out of the way, they'll be filled with origami flowers.

My sisters and I camped out in the backyard on many summer nights however we used to build our "tent", using 2 x 2s to frame our structure and old blankets as "walls". We generally ended up with 2 or 3 rooms in our tent.

Of course, that one night that the "wall" sagged into a candle and lit the whole thing on fire put an end to that fun!

Who knew Sacramento had it in them? Wow...way to go, Cowtown!

All those complaints about the division of Canada must come from T.O.

I'm a bad British Columbian and, finally, someone sees Canada the same way I do...British Columbia (heaven!) and then the rest of the country.

Thanks, Laure...

We had Boots growing up in Canada too (at least where I grew up). I'll have to check out the Target offerings (as soon as my local Target finishes its renovations and gets back to being fully stocked!).

There are these crate covers:

http://www.petdreams.com/cratewear_landing_page.shtml

That aside, I think your idea of painting a metal crate and then weaving something through the slots is inspired. You could use strips of wallpaper, strips of grasscloth, fabric, ribbon...just about anything.

I've been coveting those planters since seeing them in Berkeley this past January. However, any living thing I buy for that price better have fur and an impressive pedigree. I plan on modifying these directions from Martha to make my own succulent planter on the cheap:

Martha's succulent terrariums

How "earth-friendly" are the plug in scent diffusers?

Sigh. I was hoping for a non-electric diffusion system.