Getting ready for Halloween.

You can transfer prints from paper onto clear shelf paper...I left some of the clear shelf paper around these crows because the clear part stays sticky .. To do this just cut a piece of clear shelf paper the size of the image and stick it onto the print.. sticky side to printed side of the image.. on the paper side, rub or burnish it well onto the shelf paper ... then soak it in water for about 10 minutes .. then with your fingers rub off the paper from the back.. I put it on a flat surface and rub it with my wet fingertips .. you will have to wet it a few times ..this takes a little time.. Then lay it out to dry .. it will be sticky again after it's dry.

This picture was taken from the inside of my office looking out the window.

I got this iron basket at a yard sale a couple weeks ago .. the gal wanted to through the grass away for me...I'm glad I got it before she did cuz it made a perfect nest for my crows. <:^)




If you look really close you will see some black netting I got at a yard sale..It was perfect for 'hanging' birds from it ..

Decopodged skeletons on a 'welcome' board..

and on a dollar yard sale clock.

I hung tons of crows with fishing line from the ceiling, so when they swing around in the breeze it looks like they're flying... The crows were printed on plastic and then cut out.

We have black walnut trees in our yard

so this time of year there are tons of crows that come to feast on the fallen nuts ..
Watching the crows and listening to them all day inspired me to fill my porch with crows and a couple of rats.

I buy a few crows at the Dollar Tree every year ..

and this year they had great rats!

Black spray paint and old cages.

I got the chandelier at a yard sale for $3.00 and sprayed it black.

Ooops!...Sorry, I posted this twice
and I don't know how to delete pictures...lol

♥Children♥...what a wonderful way to start a person. ♥

I had a box of old rubber stamps

that kept them busy for a while.....

(lesson for me .."don't throw away anything". :^)

Miss Clara's garden party
Little Miss Clara
and her cousins came over to spend

some of her birthday time in my yard..

A little old fashion game of

'drop the clothespin in the bottle'

They had a great time frosting their own cupcakes.

I got this great idea on someone's blog...

Sorry I don't remember who posted it ..

but I loved it when I saw it ..

so Thank You to whoever you are. :^)

I will use this idea again.

Chicken noodle soup, sandwiches & fruit...

Kids are sooo easy. :^)

Playdough, bubbles and pinwheels..

I love the Dollar Tree for kids party favors. :^)

I used to have tea parties for kids and one thing I learned was to just keep them busy and keep them moving .. At this age their attention span is not very long..

....And just go with the flow

cuz it will never go as planned in you head..
But it always turns out more fun then you planned

and so much fun watching the kids do 'their own thing".

*HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRANKIE*

♥FRANKIE♥

**Grandkid of the week**

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE COOLEST KID EVER!!

Before and After

"BEFORE"

Our house is 95 years old and has a full basement that my husband uses as a workshop .. Somebody built a 'bomb shelter' below the basement ..We think it must have been during the Cuban crises when people were building shelters. We have always used the 'shelter' to store piles of junk, but my husband has always called it his 'wine cellar' ..So while he was gone for a couple of days our daughters and I cleaned it out, painted it and turned it into a real "wine cellar" to surprise him...The two little pictures above where hung there to cover the two 'air vents'..This is a little passage way to the shelter door.

"AFTER"

We bought a mirror at a yard sale and replaced it with a print of a wine label he had designed for a friend who was bottling wine ... The picture is special to him because he only has one bottle of the wine left and his friend has since passed away.
If you'll notice the 'cork rug' we made from cutting corks in half and hot gluing them onto a rubber mat. ..Funny but not so funny story about the 'rug' ... It took hours and hours to cut and glue the corks and on the day we were working on the cellar we put the 'rug' outside, upside down on the driveway .. well, the 90 degree sun 'melted' the glue and they all fell off! ...So they had to re-glue the whole thing over again...lol

"BEFORE"

You can see from this picture that it was filled with years of junk.

"AFTER"

This is a view of what he saw when he got home ...

He has since improved on it and is now adding some nice lighting to the room.

Don't mind the women behind the door ... Yes, that's me.

We needed more corks for the rug!...lol

I found the door in a junk store and

my grand daughter painted and decoupaged it.

Thanks Natalie.. great job.

It was a fun project and Joe loves it.

Thanks to Tina, Natalie & Jaime for all your help

and to everyone who drank the wine

so we could have enough corks for the rug.

What is this?

Is it me, or does this geranium look like a rose???

Happy Birthday Mom ♥

Happy Birthday to our

Queen Mother ..

92 years old...

We are blessed.

40 hours of running.. he did it!

" This little piggy went to market"Here are a couple pictures of what it's like out there.
"135 miles" in

Death Vally!!!
Yep ..It's a crazy sport.

Yes it's crazy ..and this is only one of the things

that Louie does and calls fun

He also climbs the side of rock mountains, snow boards, river rafts, surfs..hikes and anything else his two sons do. .. He is right there at their side doing it too.

And he also coaches cross country at a local high school..

and best of all .

"HE'S A GREAT GUY" ♥

My crazy son Luis is off running again

My kids never cease to amaze me and today it's my 48 year old son Luis who is running "135" miles in Death Vally ... Why? you ask ... I sure don't know ...but he says "if you have to ask, you probably wouldn't understand" .. Well yep ..he's right about that. Luis is a running fool and is always off running 100 mile races when ever he can. ... Do I think he's loony? ... Yep ..I sure do ...Am I proud of him? ... Yep ..I sure am.

Before and after

Paper bag 'pretend' leather
I I know the puppies are cute .
..but they were not going to work where
I'm planning on using this little foot locker.

Nothing like family support.

Some of the family has been following Michael throughout the ride ..They started in San Francisco and should be in Los Angeles on Saturday.. It's been a lot of fun and exciting ..and a lot of endurance for these dedicated people who are out there to help raise money to 'fight aids' .. Michael's Mom had T shirts made for the family.

I am so proud of Michael and of every single person who has worked on this ride .. There are hundreds of people who volunteer to do all the work so the riders can ride.

"GO MICHAEL"!!!