The November full moon is called the beaver moon and boy was it beautiful! I got these photos on November 4th and am pretty pleased how they came out since I was on a ship in pretty rough seas when they were taken. We just returned from the South Pacific, I’ll share a few photos when I get everything sorted and groceries in the house again.
Full Moon
18 Nov 2017 Leave a comment
Tis The Season
12 Oct 2017 Leave a comment
The beauty berry bush we brought with us when we moved here is in it’s full Fall splendor. I can’t grow a pumpkin to save my life but this spray of color outside my kitchen window puts me in the pumpkin season mood every year.
Stranger Things
08 Oct 2017 Leave a comment
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If you are a fan of the Netflix show Stranger Things, you’ll 100% understand this little shadowbox I made for a friend. If not, never mind. 🙂
Volunteers
06 Oct 2017 1 Comment
We plowed our potato patch a few months ago. Brian discovered a vine growing in it a few weeks later and soon two watermelons showed up, nicer than any melon we’ve ever grown ‘on purpose’. We decided to pick one and it’s fully ripe and totally delicious. The thing is, we didn’t plant watermelons anywhere this year. What a lovely surprise!
Getting Brave
27 Sep 2017 1 Comment
One of the foxes that lives in our property next door is getting pretty bold. We’ve seen it a few times in our back yard at dusk and recently on our driveway close to our house in full daylight. This is a bit blurry because it ran a little ways when it saw me out with my camera, but turned to get one last look at me. 🙂
My Cabinet Of Curiosities
21 Sep 2017 3 Comments
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I was super excited that I got a Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts French Millinery Cabinet kit for my birthday. I immediately assembled and painted it then started planning what to display in it. As it turns out, I’ve been collecting tiny awesome things my entire life. I am over the moon with how it came out!
It’s my favorite thing I’ve ever made!
I’ve had the porcelain beaver since I was a teenager. I bought the crystal skull during our 25th anniversary trip to Asheville. I made the zombie display from an HO scale train figure. The green stone glows in the dark! The shelf below has a glass rubber duck, a copy of the first Harry Potter book and a model of the Enterprise.
The shark’s tooth display on the wall was made from treasures I picked up on Daytona Beach when I was a kid. Below that is a metal pin from my first Prince concert during his Purple Rain tour. The jar on the left contains animal teeth, the one in the center is a realistic doll eye. The toad was purchased at Disney World the year it opened.
I love the metal box with a vintage sideshow poster. The fighter figurine is one I used often when playing D&D. The metal chocolate kiss was purchased during a visit to Hershey when I was 18.
The shelf on the right has a ouija board and a blue glass amulet I got in Greece. Of course, there’s a cup of black coffee.
The little box has black pyramid salt, a jar of preserved ladybugs, a Herkimer diamond crystal and a tiny sheep.
The feathers in this section include one from my favorite chicken Nugget and a hummingbird we found in our greenhouse. The jar has some of my kids’ baby teeth (sorry girls!)
I’ve had this brass diver’s helmet forever. The crystal ball is a marble set onto a silver bead.
Towards the back is a polished rock I set for my microscopy class at Georgia Tech, an animal jawbone given to my by a friend and a scarab I picked up in Cairo.
And of course there’s a jack o’lantern!
In Full Bloom
22 Jul 2017 Leave a comment
My one attempt at flowers this year. Petunias from WalMart. Our vegetable garden keeps us so busy there’s no time for pretty things. I do use quite a bit of the thyme growing in the top of the planter.
Christmas In July
06 Jul 2017 4 Comments
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This little hutch came from Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts. It was easy to assemble and a lot of fun to work on! The top shelf has a tiny Christmas tree, some porcelain mice I bought at Disney World when they first opened, a book of bedtime stories and a snowman snow globe I made out of polymer clay. The middle shelf contains a jar of peppermints I made from poly clay, a tiny tea set, a tin of Christmas cookies and a JOY sign made from painted scrabble tiles. The bottom shelf holds a glitter house village made from poly clay. The della robbia spray has poly clay oranges and nail art fruit slices.
The drawer opens and contains miniature Christmas tree decorations, including lights, tinsel, icicles and ornaments.
The wreath is made from beads and nail art glitter.
Introducing A New Chicken To The Flock
01 Jul 2017 Leave a comment
We have a new addition to our flock. A pretty little red hen. Don’t ask where we got her… 😉 She has a little apartment in the hen house where she’ll be able to get adjusted to the rest of our girls. It’s a goat carrier modified with a feeder, water and some place for her to feel secure at night. We’ll let her join the rest of our chickens after about a week. She awarded us with an egg about 2 hours after arriving at her new home.
Berries
29 Jun 2017 Leave a comment
I took this photo from our hot tub. The blackberries are close enough to pick to add to a glass of champagne. Life is good!
