Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Scene of the Blog Featuring Serena of Savvy Verse & Wit!


If you've never come across Serena or her blog, Savvy Verse & Wit, the temptation is strong to ask what rock you've been hiding under, but that is more than a bit cruel.

I'd barely started out as a book blogger when I first discovered Serena's blog. One way or another, I've been a subscriber since that day.

There is so much to savor on Savvy Verse & Wit that I'm only going to mention one of my favorite recurring posts: the Virtual Poetry Circle. If you'd like more Serena, she's the DC Literature Examiner, and she's one of the brains behind the War Through the Generations Reading Challenge. Serena is one busy lady, and if you've never visited her blog, I hope you take the opportunity to do so-- and please don't forget to say hi!

Let's see where Serena blogs! (Don't forget that you can click on each photo to view it full size.)


The first photo is my kitchen table, which really is my office desk, since we have a small apartment. I do some blogging here, but not very much. Mostly this where I do my full-time job when I am working from home. Anyway, on the cluttered, messy surface is my external hard drive behind the basket, which contains some mailing envelopes, ink for the printer, the stapler, and other stuff. The printer with my recycled paper (it's only printed on one side because our office doesn't believe in purchasing duplex printers). There are two stacks of books: the one closest to the printer is the upcoming Mailbox Monday stack, and the stack closest the edge of the table is the stack from the previous week. And of course, there is my trusty Apple Powerbook--love that laptop.




The second photo is really where I blog when I'm at home--my new, comfy couch, which really isn't that new anymore. I have the nice blanket next to me in case that A/C kicks on and freezes me. You can't see the stacks of books on the bookshelf, but that's across from the couch and next to the television.



The final photo is of my office. It's pretty clean since I took the photo in the morning when the desk is cleared. Next to the computer, I will plop down the book to be reviewed and my pocket calendar so I can refer to both these items at any time while blogging or checking my email at work. SHHH... Beyond the cubicle wall near the phone sits Anna of Diary of an Eccentric.

It's nothing much to look at really, but those are the places I blog. I really would love a home office with a real desk for blogging, etc. Maybe someday. I hope you had fun taking the tour.


We certainly did enjoy the tour! I like the red wall behind Serena's comfy couch, and the photos she has displayed in her office at work. I think the red in her home must be in retaliation for all that grey at work! Other than color, the other things that strike me about her creative spaces are function and comfort. Or should I say those two words in reverse order? It can be rather difficult to function if you aren't comfortable!

Since those initial photos, Serena was very kind and sent me another to share with all of you. Here it is!


This photo shows off Serena's new reading chair, which is gorgeous, but... take a look at that sumptuous fabric in which she's enveloped! The look on her dog Charlee's face tells me that Charlee knows I have designs on that cloth. That canny canine is not fooled, and I have no chance at touching it!

Thank you so much for sharing your creative spaces with us, Serena. We really appreciate it! (Please give Charlee's ears a scratch for me, too.)

Whose blogging spaces will we be taking a look at next Wednesday? Stop by and take a look!

32 comments:

  1. Cute dog :D
    And that sofa looks so comfy

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  2. Why am I not surprised to see how organized your desk/kitchen table is?? It's so you, Serena!

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  3. Great tour of your domain Serena. I like reading these kinds of posts about our fellow bloggers.

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  4. here's a confession...its normally not that organized...I really feel disorganized most of the time! LOL

    Charlee is my little reading buddy and I love my new chair.

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  5. Serena, you cleaned the office desk just for that picture, right? LOL Seriously, though, you're much neater than I am, though I'm not really messy.

    I love the Reading Comfort lap blankets. They are so cozy.

    --Anna
    Diary of an Eccentric

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  6. The Reading Comfort blankets are cozy! I love it...and its great because I sit right under the stupid AC vent.

    I'm not that neat...I think we both have our own ways of piling...notice there is no picture of the credenza in the office?@!

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  7. Thanks for giving us a peek into where all that wonderful blogginess comes from! While Serena definitely has her loyal followers (me), Charlee has a fan club too!

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  8. Sandy: don't let the word get out to Charlee that he has a fan club...he's already got a big enough ego! LOL

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  9. What great blogging areas!!! Thanks for sharing your home with us. Love the big red comfy couch!!!

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  10. Kara: My husband bought me that for our anniversary because up until that point, we had hand-me-down couches.

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  11. I love Serena's space! I wish Anna had been peeking her head around the corner in the office photo, though. Charlee is adorable and looks like he needs a book to read too!

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  12. I think Anna was still on her way to work when I took the office photo...and the desk is actually a really long cube...I don't think I would have had enough room to do that wide of a shot with her peeking around the corner.

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  13. I love Serena's blog and I love that couch. It looks really comfy. And, isn't it wonderful to be able to say, "this is my reading chair". I have one too and I'm not sure visitors quite grasp how important it is to me. LOL

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  14. Kay: I love having my own reading chair...it was tough to share the couch with the dog and the hubby and get comfortable to read!

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  15. Do you mean Anna is in the next cubicle LITERALLY?

    I love your house and desk, very nice. I'd love to have a laptop so I can blog wherever.

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  16. Yes, Anna is literally in the next cubicle!

    I love my laptop...its the best investment.

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  17. Great to see Serena's blogging and reading spaces! (And also Charlee, of course!) I'm coveting that reading chair now :-).

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  18. Love that reading chair...its fantastic...I recommend it to anyone...very cushy!

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  19. Loved the photo with you and Charlee! Although, I don't think I'd get much work done with my buddy in the next cubicle. :)

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  20. We have our good and bad days in terms or productivity, but we've always been great multitaskers.

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  21. Such fun to see another blogging space. I also am coveting that reading chair and that fabric. Gorgeous.

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  22. Margot, you can get the fabric/blanket at Reading Comfort, which is an online store that makes the book buddy.

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  23. Love the picture of you and Charlee! I didn't realize Anna was RIGHT NEXT to you! How fun to have an all day blog meet!

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  24. Your work set-up is almost exactly like mine as far as where the computer monitor and phone are. I do a lot of blogging at work, in between project of course!

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  25. Jill, yes an all day blog meet -- don't we wish! LOL

    Ti, I hate this set up because the the expansive window in our office is at my back...I'd rather look out of it...UGh.

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  26. You are so organized Serena! But I absolutely love your couch - colour and comfy! thanks for sharing!

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  27. Great post! You're way more organized than me Serena - my table is a disaster. I think though if I settled in to blog and read on that couch I'd be sound asleep in no time. Love your new reading chair and could Charlee be any cuter!

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  28. I love that red ... and now I have to be careful, because it is so difficult for me to remember if it is a couch or a coach.

    So perhaps I should just call it a sofa :D

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  29. Luanne: Thanks for the compliment, but I don't feel very organized.

    Darlene: I really think you all are crazy thinking I'm organized...I guess that's what I get for tidying those piles. Sometimes I fall asleep on the couch, but not often. Charlee is a doll, but he knows it and that can be a problem.

    Dorte: LOL coach...I'd like a red one of those too. Sofa is a good term. I love the red also...I wish they had the chair in that same color, but no such luck.

    Thanks everyone for stopping by to look at my space.

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  30. Awesome -- that couch looks so comfortable! Your space looks so clean and shiny -- not like my house.

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  31. Beth: I'm glad you approve of the couch...trust me it is comfy.

    Sheila: thanks; I like it.

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