tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58359660076437630572024-03-07T14:05:35.332-05:00TexificationAlta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.comBlogger180125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835966007643763057.post-11118119354605180302010-01-09T11:43:00.000-05:002010-01-09T11:43:13.107-05:00If you don't see me much here anymore....It's because I'm over here!
We just bought our first home, and I've started a new renovation blog! Dozens upon dozens of new posts are over there, with many more scheduled on a daily basis. Since I'm 6 months pregnant, I can't really do much of the renovating-- but I can do a WHOLE lot of blogging :)
See you there! I'd love it if you'd subscribe or add me to your reader, it Alta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835966007643763057.post-90711624518432360022009-12-12T15:19:00.002-05:002009-12-12T15:22:18.482-05:00Cork ElvesThese really are adorable. One of my favorite Christmas patterns :) Here are a few from this season!and here's the link to the patternAlta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835966007643763057.post-40894033732228630732009-11-22T09:08:00.000-05:002009-11-22T09:08:18.693-05:00Debby Moilanen's Cheese Chipotle Dip or "Texas Surprise"Love. Mayo. Walnuts. Raspberry Chipotle Sauce. 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese1 cup shredded mild cheddar cheese5-6 green onions chopped1.5 cups chipped walnuts (toasted, please)1 cup (or slightly more) delicious mayonnaiseRaspberry Chipotle sauceThing 1. Raspberry Chipotle Sauce and Acquisition Thereof:Just because you've never heard of it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. I did have to Alta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835966007643763057.post-46375897934089000762009-11-20T09:11:00.000-05:002009-11-20T09:11:26.857-05:00Blue Cheese Walnut and Pear Tea SandwichesIt was very fun to prepare for this tea party, and essential to the preparation was the book Tea Party by Tracy Stern. So many charming recipes and themes! Here's just one of them that was particularly tasty. Blue Cheese Walnut and Pear Tea Sandwiches (adapted)4 Tbs softened butter (I always use salted even though recipes NEVER call for it. Sometimes you just have to follow your heart)6 thin Alta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835966007643763057.post-28476686930511886642009-11-19T19:17:00.000-05:002009-11-19T19:18:04.735-05:00Magnolia Vanilla Vanilla CupcakesI have made these many many times, and love the best of all of the cupcake recipes. Some links for you: Vanilla Cupcake RecipeVanilla Buttercream RecipeAnd finally, the trick to frosting them. I have watched this video no less than 23 times. It's enchanting. Two drops of red food coloring made a light and lovely pink. Alta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835966007643763057.post-23860063403004902442009-11-15T11:17:00.004-05:002009-11-15T16:57:40.370-05:00Get ready for Recipe and knitting inundationYesterday was my birthday and we had a lovely tea party here at the apartment. It was great fun to host many new friends, and to cook and to knit! AND I finally got to use a lot of the serving pieces that my Memere gave me. So much fun. Alot of red glass dishes and bowls that are dainty and marvelous. A very fun afternoon followed by complete and total exhaustion.Drake made this lovely photoAlta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835966007643763057.post-37447842946605878612009-11-12T06:58:00.001-05:002009-11-12T07:00:57.671-05:00Drake's sweaterI've been working diligently on Drake's sweater in an attempt to get it finished before we find out the sex of the baby on TODAY! The appeal of knitting baby things is just too strong as they are both adorable and quick to knit. From a knitting perspective I wish that I'd married a shorter man, or at least one with shorter arms as Drake has very long monkey arms and is over 6 feet tall, therebyAlta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835966007643763057.post-23776313187030530122009-11-10T13:20:00.000-05:002009-11-10T13:23:58.528-05:00Things that I like about our apartmentCuriosity wall with old ironing board (a.) I have my small but wonderful sheet music collection (b.) on top which I collected to leave on the tables at our wedding. Three of the pieces are framed, but we're aiming to frame most of them, since they're too delicate to play from. I have them stored in comic book sleeves.Above the ironing board (purchased in Brooklyn at a Flea Market) are a Alta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835966007643763057.post-72762685438437380942009-11-07T13:20:00.008-05:002009-11-08T08:28:21.662-05:00Upholstery ideasRemember these? I was deciding whether or not to go with a bold graphic pattern and paint the woodwork a glossy black. Risky since these are antiques as well as family heirlooms, and yet I want them to be featured and preserved and treasured and USED-- I don't want them to be "front room pieces" that are never really sat in, and never quite fit in with our style. So risky, yes, but also Alta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835966007643763057.post-49148483572043860822009-11-07T09:10:00.007-05:002009-11-07T09:43:21.036-05:00Something to do while we're waitingI fully intended to do a post on the fabric choices for my living room set months ago, and here we are in November. November! leaves! pies! my birthday! I've been horribly distracted by many things:1. My coat doesn't snap. I am rapidly expanding and my coat will not contain me. This is both distressing and exciting.2. Due to a scheduling snafu we did not get an ultrasound last week and I wasAlta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835966007643763057.post-43338293555170813002009-10-23T12:45:00.005-04:002009-10-23T13:06:11.193-04:00O-HI-O!On Tuesday I was invited by Dr. Sean Cooper to come and do a Mezzo-mania master class at Bowling Green State University, and was very happy to oblige-- had a wonderful time guiding some lovely young mezzos. I may or may not have invoked Cartman from South Park at one point. but I swear it was necessary. and pertinent. AND I got to visit the whole family, Jen and Hudson-- who I met a few yearsAlta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835966007643763057.post-44665432819328960862009-10-15T16:01:00.003-04:002009-10-15T16:29:07.316-04:00Pumpkins!pattern sourceraveledWhen I updated my status on facebook to alert all present that I would be "felting pumpkins" I was asked if I invented a new verb tense and was molesting a seasonal squash. Not so! I was doing this....Alta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835966007643763057.post-62328140547366593742009-09-29T13:17:00.007-04:002009-09-29T13:41:12.715-04:00Reupholstery project.Phase 1. The raw materials.And by that I mean the actual pieces of furniture that I will be recovering. I have a three piece living room set inherited from my Great Grandmother. It was recovered by my Great Aunt Evelyn. I'm betting that this took place somewhere between 1940 and 1960.... the fabric is rough and not too comfortable to sit on, and it is also pink. So there's that. Without Alta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835966007643763057.post-13599903227569128372009-09-29T13:12:00.002-04:002009-09-29T13:17:37.422-04:00First pictureWe went and got the first Ultrasound today which was great fun. Again, I couldn't stop giggling, though I had to because between me giggling and the baby wiggling, the technician couldn't take the measurements that she needed. (we're conspirators already, the baby and I...)They did a 3D ultrasound too, but those pictures kind of freaked me out-- it looked like cro-magnon baby and I prefer this Alta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835966007643763057.post-52863533768783388222009-09-24T14:15:00.003-04:002009-09-24T14:23:21.677-04:00Tiny Dantzler!Yesterday Drake and I went to the Dr. and got to hear the heartbeat of our new baby! It was so much fun... about 160 bpm which, if you are to believe heartrate predictions, indicates that it may be a girl. We're holding out for the Ultrasound and the end of October, but are looking forward to finding out then!We're getting ready for a concert tomorrow with the Rochester Symphony and were going Alta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835966007643763057.post-32105207253365732552009-09-22T13:47:00.002-04:002009-09-22T13:54:56.085-04:00MagicIt's funny that the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser turned out to be the inspiration I needed to return to blogging.When we moved into the new apartment in MI, there were a few scuffs on the wall, and we've been trying (unsuccessfully) to get some paint from our leasing office. Finally this morning I decided to try the Magic Eraser and after the first successful swipe I immediately looked all around for Alta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835966007643763057.post-70527864059386430732009-08-16T16:50:00.002-04:002009-08-17T11:23:04.917-04:00Well here we areIn Michigan. all of the boxes are unpacked but all of the rooms are not put together. We hung a few things in the living room today.... pictures will follow when we're all finished, but I will tell you that I never expected to have this many taxidermied items in my living space. (Stew on THAT till the pics are up.)So much has happened since the last post! All of the things that I listed here Alta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835966007643763057.post-52824977867580193662009-07-15T10:47:00.001-04:002009-07-15T10:47:54.598-04:00The dwindling summer daysKnow hope, originally uploaded by Alta Marie.What a great week it has been!I've been taking a million photos. Packing a million boxes. Seeing friends, eating great food and getting ready for the big move. I've been playing with a million different layouts with my new floorplan and furniture cutouts, imagining what on earth we'll do with three times as much space as we have now (hallelujah!) Alta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835966007643763057.post-25517927675493608192009-07-13T11:09:00.001-04:002009-07-13T11:09:10.989-04:00Feeling a bit overwhelmed...chicago-5399, originally uploaded by Alta Marie.In case any of you are tracking my whereabouts, wondering when I might be staying at your home or am visitable, I present to you my schedule for the next three weeks. (I also present to you this cat, Maui, who had such beautiful sea-blue eyes.)July 13-18 NYC wrap up/pack up. I will be lunching/dinner-ing, shooting headshots, and doing a photowalk Alta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835966007643763057.post-11871519592320109382009-07-10T09:42:00.001-04:002009-07-10T09:42:13.125-04:00The wheels in my head are turning...old time radio., originally uploaded by sunsandbeach123.And I'm thinking that I would like to do a podcast. "Alta's Old-Time Radio Podcast" or something of that ilk wherein it is indicated that I will be hosting and also that Old-Time radio songs will be incorporated. And here's how...My Memere at one time or another 30 years or more ago made an excellent barter-- she traded her hair salon Alta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835966007643763057.post-2211209500737980592009-07-08T16:18:00.001-04:002009-07-08T16:18:27.100-04:00Day 2I will Live Positively... The diet coke told me to..., originally uploaded by Jill Kings.I was speaking with my dear friend A recently about how she quit smoking. One of the things that struck me about the way that she did it was that she didn't phrase it as "quitting." She knew she could smoke if she wanted to, but decided that she didn't want to. She chose not to. I've decided to try this Alta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835966007643763057.post-62841544453376061812009-07-08T10:47:00.001-04:002009-07-08T10:47:43.031-04:00Blogging vs. livingPJ and Whiteface, originally uploaded by Alta Marie.I am sparse here! In the battle of blogging vs. living, living is winning (I'm always glad of that.) It's strange, that when you have the most you want to share/talk about/think about you hardly have the time to do so. Since the last entry I have gone home to MA to visit, photographed a wedding, and gone to Lake Placid for 4th of July. It wasAlta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835966007643763057.post-29980277752431240042009-06-25T10:02:00.001-04:002009-06-25T10:02:04.461-04:00Beyond the wonderful photoscapes...centraljune-4731, originally uploaded by Alta Marie.Why did I trust my GPS so blindly?!? This is the part where the lack of a guardrail became exceedingly bothersome. You see, there is nothing protecting me (and my cousin's car) from the precipice!! You may think it odd that I took some time to take photos on the way down this abandoned mule-path that I happened upon, but in fact I didn't. Alta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835966007643763057.post-19459472979015008132009-06-25T09:43:00.001-04:002009-06-25T09:43:01.413-04:00Another.... would you have turned back yet?centraljune-4729, originally uploaded by Alta Marie.Alta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835966007643763057.post-55084403734813417142009-06-25T09:42:00.001-04:002009-06-25T09:42:04.426-04:00one of the abandoned buildings found along the waycentraljune-4724, originally uploaded by Alta Marie.Alta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com0