my babies at the beach (carmel).

dakota, sunbathing.

memphis, not going no. 2, but...

... just on guard? ;)

on the way to diggidy dog boutique :D

memphis, protecting car?

the end.

my babeeeee.

memphis, half asleep, flash woke him up. this was taken a while back, but he still looks the same. he always sleeps with his tongue sticking out a little bit like this. lOVE it.

sigh. i just lOve my little babeeeeee. lOVE him so so too too much!!

penguin notebook.

How CUTE is this?!

^ found it HERE.

it's a cute little notebook!

"Right actions for the future are the best apologies for wrong ones in the
past." - tryon edwards

asides from ralph waldo emerson, tryon edwards has the most brilliant quotes. great for meditating..

from wiki: Tryon Edwards was born in 1809 and died in 1894. He was an American theologian, best known for compiling the "New Dictionary of Thoughts", a book of quotations. He published the works of Jonathan Edwards (the younger) in 1842. He also compiled and published the sixteen sermons of his great, great grandfather, Jonathan Edwards, on 1 Corinthians 13, the "Love Chapter", titling the book "Charity And Its Fruits; Christian love as manifested in the heart and life", which thought by some to be the most thorough analysis of the text of 1 Corinthians 13 ever written.

EMMA!

jane austen novels. ^ it's easy to get so caught up in them once you start. it's like floating in your own dream world of tattered up pages (if you like to reread your old books). now when the mini movies start airing every sunday in 3 parts, it's hard not to fall in love with the novels and characters all over again. enough to make you want to dig up your old jane austen books, only to re-read emma, pride and prejudice, sense and sensibility, northanger abbey and all...

(mr. knightley and emma, played by jonny lee miller and romola garai)

just recently, pbs aired jane austen's classic, emma. masterpiece classic's emma has been THE best one i've seen in comparison to another version i've watched in the past. michael gambon (wives and daughters, harry potter), jonny lee miller (sighhhhh, though i still prefer colin firth's mr. darcy) and romola garai made jane austen's novel come to life. everything about their characters were portrayed excellently and so believable too. it was heaven to watch and i cannot wait to own the dvd!

images of pbs' emma above and below from this realllly cool website: CLICK HERE!

(mr. woodhouse in background played by michael gambon - headmaster albus dumbledore in harry potter!)

"Believe your beliefs and doubt your doubts."

- F.F. Bosworth

(book i recommend to my students of all ages - young & old. an inspirational read for any type of dancer, not just ballerinas.)

to see or purchase, click there ==> "to dance"

(book i'd given my lil' sis for Christmas 2009)

"ivy + bean: doomed to dance", to see or purchase click there ==> "ivy + bean: doomed to DANCE!"