Morphine

Okay, okay...so I am a born and raised Massaholian...should have been worshiping at the altar of Morphine for years you say.
Whatever, they always seemed so booooring! I'm not a talented listener. If I get bored 15 seconds into the first song, then that's it (must have wasted too much time trying to listen to whole songs as a kid or something).
Anyhow, figured that I should give them another go when listening to Redbird's self-titled albumn. They do a beautiful cover of 'Patience.' Also, we recently went to see the Mammals & they came out with a lovely cover of 'Do Not Go Quietly Unto Your Grave.'
So, thought I'd give 'em another whirly. A lot of it I still find kind of dull. However, there are some really great tunes mixed in. So far, my favourite is 'In Spite of Me' off of 'Cure for Pain.'
Anyhow, can't find any quick links for these, but when searching them, it is interesting to see how everyone covers them.

The Madonna and Child

Ooops, I mean the Adoration of the Clovi...

When Mum comes to town

I always forget to take photos and then at the last minute annoy everyone. So, here are a slightly irritated Curt and Caroline...aren't they sweet to humour me so?!

Calling all stars...

Listening to 'Weekend America' on NPR. They were just replaying a story about sidewalk astronomers. I love the idea that people are so enthusiastic about astronomy that they, a: build their own telescopes, and then b: run around setting them up on quasi-busy corners and get passersby interested too.

Pretty cool art

This guy Phil Hansen does some pretty neat projects. I like that he ends up with such interesting pieces, but the thought he puts into making them and the creative steps to reach his goal are more impressive. Check out his site.

Secret identity revealed!

Okay, so the fairy stairmaster turned out to be Dad. He's just looking out for his granimals.

Thank you fairy stairmaster

Ernie and Clovis received anonymous gifts in the mail today. They each got a matching set of padded pet stairs. Clovis thinks that they are a bed though, so he'll be napping on them. Here are some pictures of them trying out getting to the sofa in luxury...