Urban Oasis

I think the title says it all ... here are three really enthralled and happy dogs working on the brand new bones Santa Dog brought them toda...

Ok, so it's not really an enchilada, it's the holiday tree! We've been trying to get some good shots of all (or most of) it, an...

I don't exactly remember when I heard you needed to have a pickle on the tree, but I do know there's a story behind it ... even if I...

Ok, now this one, I'm leaving as a WTF?? moment for anyone who happens by here ... I'm going to challenge any occasional, as well a...

This is perhaps the oldest of all my holiday decorations ... my prized, oh so ancient, and wonderfully kitschy ... Santa in a Rickshaw !! Ye...

I got this nifty champagne fountain last year in a specialty store where I had only gone in to see if they had Holiday Crackers (they didn...

At long last, here is the strange Flying Snoopy-Reindeer-Goat ornament I referred to last night in a previous post. This guy came to us via...

And our last post of the evening is one of a series of animal ornaments we found at Pier One several years ago ... this one is of course the...

Again, another couple of recent acquisitions from the last few years .... the first is one of the many egg type ornaments that we think are ...

We got these two last year, and though they are on the more traditional side, we really liked how they added a different classy splash of co...

I thought I'd post a couple of the more atmospheric views of portions of the tree, even if the focus isn't ideal, we liked the effec...

Here's one of the more classic retro style balls we like to collect ... the kind I remember fell out of fashion when I was just a kid, t...

And now, without further obscure references, here we have a detail shot near the top of the tree, highlighting the mushroom we found at Wor...

I'll start tonight by posting a couple of other recent finds, including my precious flamingo ... and this one is spurred by just having ...

At least at our house, it doesn't ,,, and this is one of the odder finds I've made in the past few years, one which C fell instantly...

This little girl, a Jack Russell Terrier, decided to come home with me while I was on a layover in the Denver airport about two years ago .....

This is a find I made last year ... and I thought, hmm, how many people have a seahorse on their tree? Seemed like a perfect addition to th...

Yes, it's been a while, hasn't it? Hope those toes aren't worn out on your shoes, FM ... but seriously, my apologies to any who...

Well tonight was the big night for the kids, both young and not so young ... when the cold (and I mean cold!) wind was blowing, the leaves ...

By popular acclaim, Pepa has donned her Devil outfit just for you as a special Halloween treat! She'll be greeting the kids in her spe...