monday~

well i am without my laptop as julie took it with her to napa until wednesday night..

so that means the wireless card goes also, so i am stuck either using my cell, the library

or work, which i do not like at all. . so i am at the library right now using one of their computers...

but cannot put any pictures on my blog which sticks...

it is gray, rainy but pleasantly cool which i love and cannot wait until fall arrives!!!!

possibly more tomorrow...

stay tuned....

good reading~

like my friends julie & laura, i too requested several books from the library and just picked up two from the library...
i decided to start the
above book
and i am on page 41 and i adore it!!!
it is currently being made into a movie with julia roberts
in the main role as georgia walker...
i just adore this book, it is inline with steel magnolias and an american quilt.....
read it ,
you will fall in love with it...
ps..i want to add knitting to my forte
i always wanted to knit
my cousin makes beautiful things..
who knows...

jewel of the sea swap~

miss speckled-egg

is having a summer jewel of the sea 6 for 6 pendant swap...

here are my offerings..

sunday night~

worked this up while watching tv tonight...

friday randomness~

just some random pictures of the front flower beds on this friday morning....

catch-up~ps..deb do not read this post....

well once again, the damn verizon wireless broke so we just got it delivered yesterday..

so now for catch-up~~heathers birthday cake~isnt it awesome and so delicious with strawberry and cream layers

this little guy was a visitor last weekend when i was down in the basement..isnt he/she sweet..

okay this is my offering for redleads itty bitty friendship book~i am pretty happy how they all turned out...

sweet child~

het & my niece-olivia

she is my one & only....
she is the light in my life....
she can be a pain in my rear
but i wouldnt have it any other way....
she is beautiful and even more when she smiles...
she has the biggest heart when it comes to gods creatures
especially the 4-legged furry ones and the ones that need help....
she is that sweet child of mine and i adore her....
today is her birthday and she is 25......
my how time flies.....
xoxox

miss vera belle

who needs dog toys when you can chew on a bra!!!

i have a habit of throwing my dirty clothes on the floor

so little miss found this bra on the floor...i hate this one, so

hello it is her new toy!!

silverwork~

i have been wanting to make a necklace that i can wear everyday, so i had all the components for this just didnt know how or what i wanted... i had this bezel that i bought at artfest from susan lenart kazmers class and the 'SOUL" centerpiece is a piece of pmc that i
made last year at valley ridge in a nina class.......

this is the opposite side of the bezel that i filled with diamond glaze(LOVE IT) and cut out a circle from a tag that i received along with some darling earrings from amanda ..... i have this stamp and have never used it..it seemed like a perfect fit knowing my love for burds, nests and the like! i love this style of pearls too, i cannot get enough of them!!

still not sure if i like it or not but i will give it a test drive...

xoxoxox

loose ends~

today i ran errands, got my annual mammy exam, found a dead turtle that i wanted to bring home but its shell was very damaged, did a mini grocery run and finished a necklace i had been wanting to bring to fruition as i have been working on it in my mind and i finally made it come to life(picture to come)....didnt get a picture of the turtle BUT i wish i had taken pictures of his toenails, they were freakishly LONG...scary even!! anyway, thats that, i am sure that wont be the last dead thing i try to bring home...this girl was hanging on the wall in our garage, she is beautiful and she is still there at 11pm at night....i do not know what kind of moth she is , but she is gorgeous .. i wonder how in the heck she got in!...

these beautiful colored tiles are from beth ..they are from her cottage in wisconsin..she gave us a grand tour last year while we were on one of our tootfests....i fell in love with them and we were lucky enough that she had some left over and gave us some to take back to ohio..i love these colors, they make me smile and they look so so so wonderful in her cottage, someday they will be up in our home too.....thanks beth!!!!

arts festival friday~

driving downtown this afternoon to pick julie up at work for a run through the annual arts festival, this year is the 47th annual and the local has change to the area

known as the discovery district

this is the area where are wonderful art school and art museum are located....

julies fav~kettle corn
wifi set up to play

pretty cool....

even in this humidity!

julie browsing at a booth that had all etched metal...out of all the cool things we saw today this guys got my vote for the best of show!!

isnt this beast beautiful!!! i love it!this is made entirely out of nails!! with a price tag of $25,000

this bear is also made entirely of nails!!!

worth every penny!!cool fisha face only a mother could love !!!

this guys sculptures were just amazing!!!

we enjoyed the afternoon so much we went again in the evening!

xoxox

thursday roses

these are some buds from my rose garden, i for some reason have no bud vases

so i got resoureful and used one of my salt/pepper shakers that i collect and

one of the blue glass bottles i collect also...

when i was cutting the roses i checked for mr snake who wasnt there but mr toad was there!

hope you are having a nice evening!

xoxox

clean sunday

today we are seriously cleaning as tomorrow we have a showing on our house...

so send up some prayers that these folks love good manor and put an offer on the table!!!

anyway, i had to do major weeding in my rose beds ..i did 3/4 of it a couple of weeks agao and

now need to finish it and in doing so i found some surprises ....these are my my rose beds and my stargazer lily beds

imagine those tall pricker weeds across the whole back side...

yep my hands hurt like hell 2weeks again and i was surprised that the majority of my roses had buds on them and little leaf damage, i guess those prickers keep any pests away...

biggie looking through out the window in the kitchen at me holding vera...

a speckled toad in our window well, i am sure he is enjoying the dryer vent right over top of him,

the lint makes a nice blanket for him....lol,lol..

so i go back inside to for a few minutes and i come back out to finish weeding and what do i find in that same window well that wasnt there before

a friggin' snake!!!

he was HUGE! so i am screaming for julies mom to come look what i found and she tells the snake is a garter snake!! well i still cannot believe that is what it was as i have never seen one that long before!!!!!
so i stood there for about 15minutes watching him hoping he wouldnt bother the toad and he didnt thank the lord!! he finally came out of the window well and i turned my head and when i turned back he had disappeared...pretty cool!! right? this is a great picture of the snake, i like to think he is a cobra ready to strike, i tried to get his red tongue in the picture but that was a no go....

julie on her dixie chopper-the faster lawnmower, i am super serious about that!!

and i will leave you with this, we stopped to get gas for the mowers and weed wacker this morning and i found this sweet nest that had fallen out of the tree, i love how some paper was woven into the nest..the peony in the nest is cut from a bush in the drive thru at WENDYs, how funy is that....

lol