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Mmm. Chocolate.

Today I was at the Say Cheese store getting one of my favorite sandwiches, coppa on ciabbatta with provolone, a little olive oil and vinegar, and pepperoncini. Everything there tastes so fresh and good. Then, as I was leaving, I was looking around the sweets to have a little something after my favorite lunch, and picked up a dark chocolate that I have never seen before and had really nice packaging. My sandwich maker saw what I got and could not stop raving about it.. This guy was making everything by himself, picking the cacao beans, preparing the mix, etc... And he said that it tasted so good! Well, I was excited and I am not dissapointed. This chocolate by Rogue Chocolatier is so good! I got the Hispaniola.

 

I hope I will be able to taste more of Colin Gasko chocolate soon!

The Little Prince

I just finished reading The Little Prince one more time. It is one of my favorite books in the world. Since my first time, the drawing of the boa constrictor who ate the elephant was something I promised myself to always remember when I am a grown up....

The Prince asks the narrator to draw a sheep. Not knowing how to draw a sheep, the narrator draws what he knows, a boa with an elephant in its stomach, a drawing which previous viewers mistook for a hat. "No! No!", exclaims the Prince. "I don't want a boa constrictor from the inside or outside. I want a sheep!...". He tries a few sheep drawings, which the Prince rejects. Finally he draws a box, which he explains has the sheep inside. The Prince, who can see the sheep inside the box just as well as he can see the elephant in the boa, says "That's perfect".

The Little Prince himself was the sweetest thing in the book. His little planet, his troubles with his flower and his fox make me sad and make me smile.

Hello Cards

We have a great visitor in the house, Grace Chamberlin Watson. She had  been a great help and inspiration throughout several seasons of Small Square Design, BUT this time she actually printed one of her own designs. They are called hello cards and are available at a special Grace section in my Etsy store. Have a look, it is great work by a 7 year old.

 

Limited Edition

I believe I have a really special limited edition print by Jen! Once when she was doing silkscreen printing, I tagged along to learn how to do it and, to show me she just did a quick reprint of something she had worked on before, with some ink that was mixed and left around. I thought it looked great and she gave me one of them... Here it is:

Here is the link to the original of this print.

Lauren Beacham

I just got a new photograph and am looking for the perfect frame for it. Hopefully it will be soon hanging on my wall... The artist sent the print with a little polaroid postcard and I was very excited for that piece of art, too. Here it is in my office: