My beautiful canopy bed, the first purchase I made upon striking out on my own last year...it's my bed in the stars, so comfortable, so pretty, and I am so happy with it. You can only see part of it in this photo; it's really huge, and it reaches so high. I briefly experimented with putting an actual canopy at the top, you know, like in "Out of Africa", almost mosquito-netting like white sheer fabric? But you know, I would wake up in the night feeling claustrophic, whereas with the bed open like this, I sleep well all night and wake up feeling as though I'm floating in the sky.

Sometimes at night the moonlight comes in my window and makes the little stars shine. I love that so much.

You can see a bit of my room in this photo, too. My favorite mermaid painting, and a few of my nighties hanging up. I'm still getting the art up on the walls, and I plan to buy either two cozy chairs or a loveseat for the other part of the room. Right now, that part is Polly's domain; she sleeps up against the far wall with the windows above her (I have a whole wall of windows which look out on the skyline), and there's really nothing else in that area of the bedroom except my big hanging mirror.

I love my room. I'm the princess there!

On the bed is Snow Leopard. He was a gift from my friend J. when we were at the Vancouver Zoo two years ago. I sleep with him every night (Snow Leopard, not J.)! giggle