Double Take ~ Catherine Coulter

It's been more than six months since her husband's brutal death, and Julia Ransom is just beginning to breathe again. She loved her husband, renowned psychic August Ransom, but the media frenzy that followed his murder sapped what little strength she had left. Now, after dinner with friends, strolling along San Francisco's Pier 39, she realizes that she's happy. Standing at the railing, she savors the sounds around her-tourists, seals on a barge-and for a moment enjoys the sheer normalcy of it all. And then it comes to an end.

Out of nowhere she's approached by a respectable-looking man who distracts her with conversation before violently attacking her and throwing her the railing. If it hadn't been for Special Agent Cheney Stone, out to stretch his legs between courses at a local restaurant, Julia would have vanished into the bay's murky depths. Not only does he save her from a watery grave, but he senses a connection between her assault and her husband's death, and sets out to serve as her protector while reopening August Ransom's murder investigation.

Meanwhile, in Maestro, Virginia, Sheriff Dixon Noble-last seen in Point Blank-still mourns his wife, Christie, who vanished hree years earlier. His life, too, is just getting back to normal when he learns of a San Francisco woman named Charlotte Pallack, whose shocking resemblance to Christie sends Dix across the country. Though he knows in his heart that she can't possibly be his wife, Dix is compelled to see her with his own eyes. Once in San Francisco, Dix and Cheney's paths inevitably cross. With the help of agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock, whose San Francisco connections prove essential in unlocking the mystery behind Charlotte Pallack's identity as well as the forces behind Julia Ransom's attempted murder, Sheriff Noble and Agent Stone push deep into a complex world of psychics and poseurs. As the stakes and the body count rise, Savich, Sherlock, Dix, and Cheney fight for answers-and their lives.
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I quite enjoyed this book. It was a perfect quick summer read. Nothing much exciting and rather predictable.

Love with a Capital L - 20 hours

I'm really loving this piece. I've not had a lot of time to put to this piece, but what I have I'm enjoying. This is going to be my focus piece, so when I'm done with Job's Tears I'm going to put another 10 hour to it. I really want this piece to be hanging in my bedroom by fall! We'll see what happens and how much time I can dedicate to this piece.

My 'new' front door.

I've actually had my front door up for quite some time now, painted as well. I was having difficulty with my camera. When am I not having problems with my camera?

It has been quite the saga with this door, the main one as well as my 'country cottage' storm door. When I was originally painting this door I was traumatized to think the door was purple. It is a wee bit burgandy, not as burgandy as I wanted, but I've grown to love it. I took a pic of the main door closed so you could get the idea, but normally the interior door is always opened.

You can't see it in the pic, but when looking at the door as you are, there is an old milk can/jug sitting on the right. I've yet to do with it what I want, but eventually I'll figure that out as well. I might pry the top off and plant flowers or stick sunflowers in it. Hmmmm, now that is a great idea, eh? I just thought of that as I typed. Cute and smart, I am!

One more thing on a list of many to get this house to the point that I'm happy with it!