jim thomson | freelance design | portland, or

I have had a life long crush on the Morton Salt Girl. As a wee lad, my grandfather would let me play with his art supplies. He stored some vintage glass glitter in old Morton Salt containers. That is when I first saw her. That cute little girl with the short dress, bounce in her step and beautifully, swooping hair.

Cut to present day, I found her and she is more then I could have ever imagined. A dead ringer for the timeless icon, she even totes a salt pig to the dinner table from time to time. My first and last love.

Browsing for images of MSG, I came across this book of poetry by Richard Peabody of the same title. Even though I'm not a huge fan of poetry, I virtually dashed off to Amazon.com and picked up a copy faster then you can say, "When it rains, it pours."

Now the question is, why was Lil' Jimmy allowed to play with shards of glass?



Porcelain Salt Pig

Labels: Long Lost Love, Love, Morton Salt Girl, Relationships, Salt Pig

Whilst eating a tasty breakfast at one of our many Portland grubbing holes [The Country Cat], I recalled a childhood dream of having a wall of chalkboards in my house when I grow up. Thanks to technology and TCC who uses a curved wall painted with chalkboard paint as their 'specials' menu, that dream is back. My next house will have a wall o' chalk!



I imagine being organized & writing complete shopping lists, sketching out new projects or just keeping the wall full of fresh wall decor.

Now, all I have to do is get a house with a bigger kitchen, purchase [or make] chalkboard paint, get organized and grow up.

Labels: Breakfast, Chalkboard Paint, Kitchen design, Portland, The Country Cat