"The Views To Love..."

Spring Is Love's Season

"The Truth About Love..."

Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.

- Zig Ziglar

"Same Gender Loving People - No. 2556"

"The Everyday Things Are Love Too..."

Positive images of people like me... The truth of the matter is that we all need to see people like ourselves. So everyday, I'll post a photo, drawing or some other artwork that depicts Same Gender Loving People as what we are... Only Human.

"Same Gender Loving People - No. 1898"

"With Love All Things Are Possible..."

Positive images of people like me... The truth of the matter is that we all need to see people like ourselves. So everyday, I'll post a photo, drawing or some other artwork that depicts Same Gender Loving People as what we are... Only Human.

"The Artist's Corner..."

I fell in love with this painting by the late, great Steve Walker back in 2006.

This was my influence when I remodeled my kitchen in 2007:

"The GIFt of Love..."

"With love, anything can be fun..."

"Sometimes In Advertising..."

Italy: Findus Releases Ad With Gay Man Coming Out To His Mother

Joseph Patrick McCormick
10th June 2014


Frozen food giant Findus has released an Italian advert which features a man coming out to his mother.The controversy comes just ten months after Italian pasta giant Barilla came under fire after its chairman said he would “never feature an ad with a gay family”.

In the advert for Findus, a man named Lucas invites his mother over for dinner at the flat he shares with Gianni.

After making microwaveable Findus meals, and surprising his mother who thinks he made the food fresh, he says: “Mum, I have another little surprise – Gianni isn’t only my flatmate, he’s my partner”.

His mother replies: “My darling, I already got that”, and then touches his hand.

The ad has been praised by gay rights advocates in Italy

"The GIFt Of Love..."

"Love Is The Source Of All Happiness In Life..."

"Gay PDA Is Okay!"

"Love Is Also About Giving... Live Fearlessly"

PDA: Public display of affection

"Reflections On Married Life..."

"No More Salad!  I Want A Steak Dammit!"

The husband and I have been trying to diet lately and sometimes I do feel like this guy...

"Fear Eats the Soul"

"This Made Me Smile..."

Yesterday, my husband made me a birthday cake...

What a surprise!  I can't wait to enjoy it later today.

"Reflections On Married Life..."

It was a quiet Easter spent at home today.  

Early this morning, I colored our eggs and made our Easter display.  Then later, I made cupcakes for our dessert this evening.  For dinner, a meatloaf, French Onion Potatoes, green peas and dinner rolls.  We'll watch some television and tomorrow, back to work.

Sometimes, it's quiet when you're married.

"Fear Eats the Soul"

"Same Gender Loving People - No. 1266"

"It's Just Life And It's Just Love...”

Positive images of people like me... The truth of the matter is that we all need to see people like ourselves. So everyday, I'll post a photo, drawing or some other artwork that depicts Same Gender Loving People as what we are... Only Human.

"Sometimes In Advertising..."

Our friends at Crate & Barrel have featured a gay couple spread in their new January catalog.  The photo above featured the caption: 

"Spend a Saturday night at home, cooking together, dining together. Music, candlelight, and a good bottle of wine, and you can have the table as long as you like."

See the entire spread here.

"The Artist's Corner..."

"Proud Of Me"

Graphite on paper

Darren Small

"Same Gender Loving People - No. 1200"

"Celebrating Love At Christmas...”

Positive images of people like me... The truth of the matter is that we all need to see people like ourselves. So everyday, I'll post a photo, drawing or some other artwork that depicts Same Gender Loving People as what we are... Only Human.

"Reflections On Married Life..."

My husband, Eddie's season is over now until Spring... With professional gardening being a seasonal occupation, I'm hoping to keep him busy with a few projects around the house this winter.

As for me... Life and, yes death goes on no matter what the day.  So, I'll be at work today dealing with the reality of death and dying even on Christmas Eve.  Although I'll be off for Christmas Day, I do have to go into work on Wednesday, so this year, Eddie and I decided to pack as much fun as we could into Christmas day itself.

Our plans for Christmas so far, include breakfast out on Christmas morning... IHOP will be open and its one of my favorite places.  Then, we're going to see Quentin Tarantino's new historical biopic, "Django Unchained."  Hopefully Mr. Tarantino won't disappoint because at 180 minutes, "Django" will be one of the longest films I've ever seen in a theater.

Later we'll be coming home to a Lasagna for Christmas dinner along with my brother who'll be joining us again this year.  In addition to the Lasagna and some other special dishes, we'll of course be having many traditional holiday sweets including Raisin Cake and Pumpkin Pie and of course cookies.

Here are a few pictures from earlier this week when Eddie and I made Christmas cookies for our family, friends and my colleagues at work.  Although Eddie helped, he was also the photographer, so it's only me in the photos.  Eddie really like to take photos, so for Christmas I got him a really nice camera and all the accessories so that he can explore his creativity in that medium.

Interesting fact: When I was in my twenties, I was a professional pastry chef.

Eddie marvels at what I can do with a pastry bag.

These are Jam Thumbprints (although to be sanitary, I make the indentation with a spoon).

And here are the first of more than 20 dozen cookies going into the oven.

After they're baked, a sprinkling of chopped almonds.

This is my favorite photo of the ones Ed took that day... our cat Joni was "guarding" the kitchen.

An easy finishing touch, a drizzle of chocolate and a dusting of chopped almonds.

Many of my colleagues at work didn't know that I'd been a pastry chef and at first they were convinced that I'd bought the cookies.

Along with their toys from Grampa Eddie and Grandpa Christopher, we also sent some cookies to my son and his family out in Utah.  I mailed them on the 20th so hopefully they'll arrive today!

So, this is married life... its no different for us than it is for anyone else. It's better when you're married.

"Fear Eats the Soul"

"Same Gender Loving People - No. 938"

"Love And Home... Life Fulfilled"

Positive images of people like me... The truth of the matter is that we all need to see people like ourselves. So everyday, I'll post a photo, drawing or some other artwork that depicts Same Gender Loving People as what we are... Only Human.

"The Truth About Love..."

"The most wonderful of all things in life is the discovery of another human being with whom one's relationship has a growing depth, beauty and joy as the years increase. This inner progressiveness of love between two human beings is a most marvellous thing; it cannot be found by looking for it or by passionately wishing for it. It is a sort of divine accident, and the most wonderful of all things in life."

~ Sir Hugh Walpole

"Same Gender Loving People - No. 871"

"Love Brings Life To A Home..."

Positive images of people like me... The truth of the matter is that we all need to see people like ourselves. So everyday, I'll post a photo, drawing or some other artwork that depicts Same Gender Loving People as what we are... Only Human.