brrrrr

i scavanged through the attic last night and (successfully) found my down comforter.
....and last night i remembered another reason why i love fall so much.

piles of soft (downy) blankets


...honestly, there is nothing better than falling asleep in freshly-washed sheets, a pile of warm (feather!) blankets, and a stack of pillows.


*(it's really a wonder I managed to peel myself out of there this morning....)



oh, and in other news, fall-critters are really the best to doodle.
(because you can bundle them up in winter-wear.)

faaaaallllll.....

today is definitely a fall-day.

cold.
dreary.
(etc.)

and don't get me wrong- i love the fall. (even the dreary-fall days)

unfortunately, I think fall makes me want to do this all day:





(*fall-naps are the best naps.)

please?

can i just keep this little pumpkin forever?


....and we can take naps on the couch?


...and chase each other around the house?


...and eat snacks?








(*coming home to a lovable bundle of fuzz and fur is highly underrated)

ever heard of the G20..?

well, maybe I'm just a bit sheltered/non-cultured...But, before it decided to come to Pittsburgh this September,
I had never heard of the G20 before...

(don't judge)

BUT- trust me: the G20 is just about all I hear about anymore.
Fortunately, they have a pretty nice logo...(agreed?)


Unfortunately, it makes life in Pittsburgh....well,....can we a say, a weeee-bit chaotic?

riots...

tear gas...

demonstrations....




so far i think the general favorite was the group who hung themselves off of one of the bridges (along with a large sign about CO2...)


Anyways, due to an overabundance of people...and dignitaries...and demonstrators.... most of the downtown businesses have shut down for a long weekend, and everyone is either working from home...or getting a nice little G20-vacation.

*(little sis would fall into the category of a downtown employee getting a long-weekend...so she left me and went home to virginia.) grrrr.r.r..r

soooo, that means I'm home alone for the weekend-- (and despite the fact that I had lived by myself for almost a year)- I got spoiled after the little sis moved in with me...and now??--I really don't know what I'm going to do with myself...



LUCKILY-
this little pumpkin is going to be keeping me company this weekend:


*(is he not just the most precious little fuzz-ball you've ever seen?)
and i get to be surrogate-puppy-mama while his real family is away.

don't worry...you'll probably be seeing lots more pictures of him after we've had our weekend of bonding...



(and don't worry: I'll keep him far away from the G20- so he won't get trampled...)

pittsburgh epiphany

Well, I'm not entirely sure if you are all aware or not of the fact that Mr. Rodgers (*yes: everyone's favorite neighbor) is from Pittsburgh.

(You wonder why I moved here?...well, if it's good enough for an adventuring, singing, old-man, cardigan-wearing Fred?---it's good enough for me.)


But, back to my epiphany:

So, they have these cute (and very old) little trolleys that go up the side of Mt. Washington. Once you're up there you get a lovely view of the city...the opportunity to enjoy good (but pricey) restaurants...and just soak up the general ambiance of the infamous steel city...


now, let me show you the view from Mt. Washington (with one of the infamous Duquesne-Incline-Trolleys)





aaaand, now let me show you a picture of the little trolly Mr. Rodgers used to get to the "Neighborhood of Makebelieve" (*and please tell me you all watched this show enough to know what I'm talking about. otherwise?...well, you just tragically missed out on a golden part of childhood)

now, is it just me? or is there something strangely similar......

something seems fishy...

I'm not exactly sure what it is...but something is definitely wrong with all of the below images:


first of all, mini-meatloaf in MUFFIN-tins??? (ugh.)
seriously, they even give you the recipe for "marvelous-mini-meatloafs" here.



next would be this little contraption....
(I don't even know what it would be called...except an awkward-banana-thing)


and finally.....
BEARDS.

(this man's beard has been dubbed "the hair-pretzel" by some people over at NPR).
*and no...the fact that i may religiously listen to NPR on my way to work has nothing to do with this beard-discovery.....


and if you want some more awkward beardage to admire, just go here. (the world beard and moustache championships)




...although, for all their awkardnes...they did come up with a pretty sweet poster.


(I guess you can find a little bit of good in everything after all....)

it's that time....

yessssss, i know i probably refer to it far too often.

(" it " being my insatiable love of all-things-cardigans)

and i believe that I have previously discussed some of my feelings about these buttonable-sweater-wonders: here.
But, autumn is upon us- and I really just can't resist the urge to share........

{oh...why, hello there little sweater-buttons!!}

oh, and don't think that i normally stalk the men's-cardigan-section of the j.crew website.
(these images were collected PURELY for defense purposes....in a valiant effort to convince a friend (of the male-sex) that cardigans were in fact both stylish, and swoon-able.)

(I am not sure of the success of my photo-enhanced argument)...but I did appreciate the sweaters.




oh, and speaking of appreciation, and autumn....
look at this little lovely greeting I found in my inbox.


gosh. i really just love autumn. for so so so so so many reasons.




(but, let's be honest: mostly just for the cardigans)