Frosty The Snowcat

"Look, Mom. Look what I did!

Merry Christmas.

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The Man Who Walked Around The World

This short film is the best tribute to Scotland's finest product I've ever seen in my life.

If there was an Academy award for cinema adverts this would certainly be the winner...brilliant, superbly written and executed.

Self-Portrait

Well, not quite.



The credit goes to the talented Emily Burrowes, one of my favorite artists. How can she do so much with so little is what amazes me the most because she doesn't seem to need too many shades to convey the most representative look of a Westie. I know it, I've been there. It's exactly the same expression I've seen every time I check in the mirror and discover that this other dog I've been furiously barking at for endless hours is no other but myself.

You can find this poster in different sizes and ready for framing along with other similar works by Emily at Allposters.com

Westies in the Wind

For many centuries, weather vanes, have decorated the tops of buildings in many places all over the world.

The weather vane honors the ancient documented Greek god Triton, which adorned the Tower of Winds in Athens. It was built by the astronomer Andronicus in 48 BC. This figure, believed to have been 5 to 7 feet had the head and torso of a man and the tail of a fish. In Greece and pre-Christian Rome, these weather vanes alluded to other mythic gods such as Boreas, Aeolus, Hermes and Mercury, and were used to decorate the villas of rich landowners.

In the nineteenth century, the King of Scotland decreed the mandate that every house in Glasgow should exhibit a Westie on the roof as a reminder of the all adagio which went "the Westie shall not bark, the morning after Sunday nor he shall roll on the mud more than three times"

Given this history, "Westie weather vanes" have crowned the roofs of countless houses for more than one century, both in Scotland and America.

Commercial break

These three academy award winner commercials, worthy of the Hall of Fame of Advertising, demonstrate that Cesar is not only the best gourmet food available on the market, it also presents its products with ad campaigns very well conceptualized.

Relax and enjoy these three moments of pure Westie bliss:











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Happy Easter

Help me pick up some eggs with the new tote I found online:



Isn't that cute? This website is fantastic. It has the best selection of t-shirts and accessories I've ever seen in my life! Check it out sometime.

Westies cupcakes

Alan Richardson and Karen Tack's "Hello, Cupcake!" is my new favorite cookbook ever!

Here is one of their most outstanding recipes, whose final product embellishes the cover of the book:

Westies cupcakes

INGREDIENTS


• 6 standard vanilla cupcakes baked in white paper liners
• 6 mini vanilla cupcakes baked in white paper liners
• 1 can (16 ounces) vanilla frosting
• Brown, yellow, and black food coloring (available at baking supply stores or see Sources, page 229)
• 1 cup dark chocolate frosting
• 12 mini marshmallows
• 1 tablespoon pink decorating sugar (available at baking supply stores or see Sources)
• 14 black chocolate-covered sunflower seeds (available at gourmet candy stores or see Sources)
• 4 Cinnamon Red Hots
• 6 strands red licorice laces

TIPS
1. Spoon 3/4 cup of the vanilla frosting into a ziplock bag, press out the excess air, and seal. Tint 1/4 cup of the vanilla frosting golden brown with the brown and yellow food coloring and spoon it into one side of a ziplock bag. Spoon 1/4 cup of the vanilla frosting into the other side of the bag. Spoon 2 tablespoons of the dark chocolate frosting down the center of the bag. Press out the excess air and seal the bag. Tint the remaining dark chocolate frosting black with the food coloring. Spoon 1/2 cup of the black frosting into a ziplock bag, press out the excess air, and seal. Spoon 6 tablespoons of the black frosting to one side of a ziplock bag and spoon the remaining 1/2 cup vanilla frosting to the other side of the bag. Press out the excess air and seal.

2. Cut 6 of the mini marshmallows in half on the diagonal to make the ears and press the cut sides into the pink sugar to coat. Cut the remaining 6 marshmallows on the diagonal to remove one-third of the marshmallow. The larger piece will be used to make the muzzle.

3. Reinforce a bottom corner of each ziplock bag with 6 overlapping layers of Scotch tape. Pinch the taped corner flat and snip a small M-shape in the corner. First make the head. Working with a different color for each cupcake, pipe a small dot of frosting on the lower half of a mini cupcake, just below the center. Press a large piece of marshmallow, pointed side up, onto the frosting for the muzzle. Pipe two dots of frosting on opposite sides near the top of the cupcake and attach the ears, sugared side up. Pipe several lines of frosting to cover the nonsugared portion of the ears. Then, starting at one ear, pipe 1/2- inch strokes of frosting around the edge of the cupcake, working your way below the muzzle and up to the other ear, always pulling the frosting away from the center. Next, start at the top of the head and pipe long lines, first to the left, then to the right, working your way down to the marshmallow, then covering the sides of the marshmallow. Pipe smaller lines on the front of the marshmallow (leave the marshmallow exposed on the white Westie). Pipe small tufts of hair between the ears. Add 2 of the black sunflower seeds for the eyes and a Red Hot for the nose (use a black sunflower seed for the nose of the white Westie).

4. Now make the body, using one of the standard cupcakes and the frosting that matches the head. Start piping about 1/2 inch in from the edge and work your way around the cupcake. Continue piping rows in concentric circles until the cupcake is covered. Turn the decorated head on its side and place on the body. Add a licorice lace for the leash.

5. Continue with the remaining cupcakes, making 2 white Westies, 2 salt-and pepper terriers, 1 black terrier, and 1 brown mix.



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Presidents Day Sale & Values

Beautiful graphic design on the Dillard’s flyer that I came across when looking for the comic strips in last Sunday's newspaper. Mmmmm... Great deals, especially on comforters. From now on I think I'll make it my favorite place to go shopping.