Bonni Brodnick Blog

She started with something little like the wisp of an idea and ended up with a BIG business that is known worldwide for serious collectors of miniatures and dollhouses. We are saddened to learn that Eileen Godfrey , c0-owner of Eileen Godfrey Miniatures in Pound Ridge, has passed away. A purveyor of the lilliputian, Eileen traveled the globe to accumulate collections of one-of-a-kind pieces to fully-equip everything you would ever need to build/furnish/update your dollhouse. Items included outstanding miniature inlaid French desks, English highboys, dinnerware from Holland, tiny hand-made food (I swear, you never saw a smaller bunch of grapes in your life), silver antiques and tea sets, statues, gold framed original oil paintings, hand-woven rugs from the Himalayas … all no bigger than nano-size. Co-owner of the shop and son, Craig Scolaro, will carry the mini-torch. We wish him much continued success and will long-remember his mother, Eileen, as a beautiful, joyfu...

Oh, Sandy ... your roar is rising behind us .... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ314hldal4 Don't brand us fools ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6d_ZgBUA6I I wonder why-yi-yi-yi-yi We sit here waiting for you to come, It's time we got real serious ... http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/geo/index.php?satellite=east&channel=ir2&coverage=conus&file=gif&imgoranim=8&anim_method=flash Oh, Sandy.

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Many thanks to Sally Green, ace photographer, for taking this photo-from-afar at the recent book signing.  (My coat looks pretty good with a red fire engine behind it, doesn't it?)

Today is ...   10.11.12 And in the second week of December, just when the holiday craze starts mounting, it will be 12.12.12 . If you believe in numbers, that could be your lucky day.  Or not.

POUND RIDGE PAST @ the Pound Ridge Harvest Fest Saturday, Oct. 13 from 2-6 p.m. Come down to Scotts Corners on Westchester Avenue in Pound Ridge and pick up a signed copy of the 2nd edition of POUND RIDGE PAST (great holiday gift!) ... I'll be at the library author's table ... Stop by 2 say hi!

It's hard to see the trees through the forest. It's hard to see the forest through the trees. It's hard to see without my glasses on.

Red tie or blue tie? Let's talk.

Okay ... I'm not one to watch "Dancing With the Stars" or "The Biggest Loser." I'll admit to occasionally turning in to "Extreme Makeover" (true confession: by the time the bus rolls up to unveil the house, I'm a complete wreck.) But when my good friend announced that her son, Collin McLoughlin (and my son's first grade pal) My son's first grade birthday party. Collin (third from left); my son (fourth from left). was appearing as a contestant on the wildly popular NBC show, "The Voice," my husband and I were all ears. Longtime fans of Collin's amazing voice, we were tee-vee-side every evening at 8 p.m., dialed in to Channel 4, waiting for this young talent to blast the sound- and airwaves. And there was Collin giving a blind audition on "The Voice." Singing Cat Steven's "Wild World" to a national audience with clarity, passion and soul, a pure tone and laser-sharp pitch.  My husband...