Avery Moustache

Cats Cats Cats Dogs Dogs Dogs

I am pretty sure that I got my copy of Cats Cats Cats by Carol Benjamin through Troll Books when I was in grade school. I loved Troll Books because every couple months we would get a mini catalog form full of books for our age group. I loved the extras too, such as posters of horses and sheets of fabulous stickers. Most of the books I would get were about ghosts (nice ones) that were haunting an old house where a young girl lived. 

I am always trying to please my inner child and so recently I came across a homemade bookmarker of the cover for Dogs Dogs Dogs by Carol Benjamin. I owned the Cats one and my dear childhood friend Vanessa Anderson drew a bookmark for it and since I couldn't order the Dogs book, she made one of the book cover for me, too. She was always one of the best artists in school and just a terrific gal. Finding the Dogs bookmarker drove me to order an old copy of the book that I once so desperately desired. It's in excellent condition and the ten year old Star would be over the moon at finally having both books.

Fosse/Verdon

Two more stellar performances from Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams. This series had been on my "must-see" list since it first came out and now that I have Hulu for a month I can finally get my peepers on it. 

(photo kidnapped from imdb)

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

I love this print by Kate Gabrielle off her Flapperdoodle Etsy page. It's divine.

Hunting High and Low

The great thing about my Apple Music subscription is discovering new bands but also getting to know some artists from my youth. a-ha's Take On Me was and remains such a fantastic 80s pop song but I wondered what the other songs on the album were like. I downloaded it and was blown away by how great the other tracks are. Hunting High and Low, The Blue Sky, and Here I Stand and Face the Rain are definite stand-outs but as a whole, it's really a solid album. I'm downloading the rest of a-ha's catalogue and can't wait for my next drive where I can roll down the windows and crank up the music.

(photo kidnapped from amazon.in)

Ideal Room

My home is dark and dingy and in dire need of newly painted walls and hard-core cleaning. Seeing this room on IG made me wish it was my own. Bright and sunny, cosy, inviting, fab bookshelves, and a doorway that leads to a secluded garden. It's pure perfection.

(photo kidnapped from @stampsandstamps Instagram page - they also have a website: stampsandstamps.com which has oodles of photos to feed one's daydreams!)

For Crazy Ant Lisa

While cleaning I found this drawing by Jaeden from circa 2010 hidden under my record player. When we first were getting to know eachother, Kayla and Jaeden called me Crazy Aunt Lisa. This was because I was the only adult they knew that acted more like a kid and therefore was crazy bananas and fun. I'm so glad I kept this!!