Maxim Kryl found Floki the raven as a baby alone outdoors in cold weather. He took him home and cared for him. Today, despite the fact that Floki can take care of himself, he flies home to his dad every day to speak and snuggle. He also plays fetch and behaves like a dog. I ran across this adorable video in my Facebook feed and it is too good not to share. His dad and he even have their own Instagram page: Flokitheraven https://youtu.be/W6KyKrTp-PY Video Credit: The Dodo You can read more about their story here. Photo Credit: Maxim Kryl via flokitheraven
Who misses “Stranger Things” the series besides me? It’s hard to wait a year every year until July 4th to see the new season, but more so now since we don’t know when we’ll get the next one. I DO know there’s a strong possibility they may have started filming again in Atlanta, Georgia, which is where they’ve filmed a lot of the show. While we wait we can try a new cocktail inspired by Milly Bobby Brown’s character “Eleven”. I recently found a fantastic Halloween blog created by Miranda called SpookyLittleHalloween.com . This cocktail and post is featured on her blog so I am merely passing it along. As part of my Halloween page’s content, I will be featuring her story the first week of October. Please visit her blog and read her posts about decorating, recipes, party ideas, and more. Stranger Things Cocktail: The Eleven Whether you’re recharging…
Oscar Wilde Quote Tee Read what you love! Oscar Wilde – poet, playwright, and purveyor of pleasure – wrote, “If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use reading at all.” Our Oscar Wilde Quote Tee is an ode to reading you can wear any day of the week. Made from 100% cotton with white ink on a gorgeous cool blue, this comfy boyfriend tee will be in your closet’s regular rotation. Come back to it again and again, like all the best stories. We really like the literary printed products from Storiarts and wrote about them in an earlier post. They donate a portion of each sale to a program that promotes love of reading with world youth. We receive no compensation from them other than the happiness of sending awareness about the importance of reading (and style) out into the universe! Use this promo…
Been very happy with the 2 cat products we’ve purchased over the past year. We have rescue cats and like to try different things to enrich their lives. This post may contain affiliate links and we may earn compensation when you click on the links at no additional cost to you. They were making a mess with their old drinking fountain – hair and food – and it was hard to refill with fresh water. Saw the Catit Flower Water Fountain on a friend’s Facebook page, read the reviews, watched the video of it in action, and ordered it. You can buy filters for it that keep the water clean and they are easy to keep flushed from any debris. There are a variety of ways to run the water through the fountain. You can set it to run on 3 different settings: Ours flows like a brook but you…
This post may contain affiliate links and we may earn compensation when you click on the links at no additional cost to you. Recently, my husband, John, and I enjoyed a weekend at the historic Read House Hotel in Chattanooga, TN. Located at the intersection of Broad Street and Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard it is a luxury hotel styled in a 1920’s modern design. Gorgeous inside and out with detailed décor it often serves as an event destination in addition to welcoming guests. It’s ideally located within walking distance to key sites around downtown. You can walk to the aquarium, children’s museum, restaurants, the Walnut Street Bridge, and the Bluff View Art District. Bluff view has several galleries, inns, river views, and dining establishments. Where Read House stands now a hotel property has stood for 171 years. Originally, the Crutchfield House was on the property until it burned down…
Swooped into my local Homegoods store yesterday – in and out with social distancing all the way. I’m not affiliated with them, simply a Homegoods addict. Halloween items are trickling in, and as always, you need to hit up lots of their locations to discover everything because they seem to individually order for their own stores. They have diversified items this year with a mix of elegant, vintage-looking, and Disney inspired merchandise. Added lots of choices in Halloween pillows which is thrilling! I need more decorative pillows like a hole in the wall and I may have to start hiding them from my husband, John. So tempting the choices! [envira-gallery id=’5047′] Disney merchandise might have been in the stores in the past, but I hadn’t noticed it. Not a big Disney merch fan. I have friends who like it though so I did notice more items on this trip. [envira-gallery…
We’re starting our Halloween hunt this summer! You can bet items hit Homegoods and Michaels in late July. Spirit of Halloween is open here in Atlanta. We nipped into our local At Home store last week and found the following delightful things. The dragon eye lights are pretty cool. We’ll be opening up our blog’s Halloween page soon. If you were around last year, you would’ve seen our continual posting of all local events. Yes, there’s a pandemic, but that doesn’t mean events won’t happen. Most are pivoting to online so we’ll post those links and dates. Enjoy the video and forgive my skills! https://youtu.be/8bMzslFFYak
How I used the social media tool Tailwind to grow my Instagram following.
#SaveHalloweenMaskUp The count down to Halloween is ramping up. Today it is 90 days away! We are BIG on Halloween at Poe in Wonderland, and we will be adding a page dedicated to it in September. The coronavirus has defintely changed how events will be handled, however we know people are creative and things are moving forward. A good example is Atlanta’s Oakland Cemetery’s annual Capturing the Spirit of Halloween tours plans. Groups will be much smaller and guest will be required to social distance and wear masks. We’ve taken the tour 6 times with one year missing. It is a fun one to consider if you are in the city. How many chances does one get to tour a centuries old cemetery at night? Tickets are on sale to foundation members only but open to the public in August. Check their site to find ticket availability: https://youtu.be/kxLti1An00A Video Credit:…
Storiarts scrolled across our feed one day and caught our interest. Their photographs display works of literature turned into everyday items. As avid book readers, this is a win-win! Big fans of wearing what we like as shirts. and can you imagine quotes from Jane Austen, Poe, Alice in Wonderland, Mary Shelley, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Maya Angelou? One of the main things that also impressed us about the company is their devotion to literature. They work with an organization – LitWorld – to spread the love of reading and writing to children. Part of every purchase is donated to LitWorld. “LitWorld is a non-profit organization dedicated to on-the-ground innovative solutions to tackling illiteracy worldwide. Based in 28 countries, LitWorld created three programs that stand today as the organization’s core models: LitClubs, LitCamps, and World Read Aloud Day. Storiarts shares their vision to strengthen children and communities through the power of their own stories…