paper lanterns...

...don't know why, but lately I've been enamoured with paper lanterns. Maybe I'm just going to miss Summer...

from martha stewart

from a muse

from the knot

from land of nod

from perfectly chic at blogspot

from ohdeedoh.com

Critters in my chimney...

Saturday night the fam was relaxing on the couch when we heard this strange squealing coming from somewhere in - or around - the house. We tracked it to the fireplace, where we discovered that we have 2 small raccoons in our chimney. We've been trying to get them out...without luck. I even googled "raccoons in the chimney" and discovered that, apparently, this isn't an uncommon thing. Long story short, we haven't heard them today, and can't see them down the chimney, so we think they somehow climbed out by themselves.

Aren't they cute? Maybe we'll keep them...