Love your picture of Poppy. My grandfather on my dad's side was locally know as Grandpa Billy Goat because he would huff & puff a lot but we all knew it was all for show. Underneath he was a big ball of mush. And the quote is one of those universal truths. I think we can all relate to how our parents miraculously became smarter as we got older.

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Nicole, don't know her name is but she's a geisha. There's also a matching samurai who stand tall over her which I would just love to find to complete the set. My DH gave her to me many years ago. There are no markings on it so I don't even know where to begin the search and the store he bought it at no longer exists. Jodi-

Chalkboard Art - the site is in Japanese but you can still look at the amazing pictures of chalkboard art. http://kokubanart.nichigaku.co.jp/