Kitchen window sills.

So there I was doing the dishes... and I said to myself, "Self, what do other people have on THEIR window sills?"  Sort of made me wonder if anyone else has any thing out of the ordinary on their sills?

Mine is an ever rotating canvas of "things".... entertains me while i wash.

The jar has little rocks and shells we pick up on our walks... the "bubble on the left is a lamp my Mum got at a fair in Maine, it's lit with a string of Christmas lights, but I had to add my own little rabbit creations to it.... and then there are the plastic farm animals. What? Are you saying you have no plastic farm animals?  I have extras and I can share if  your window sill is missing them!

The plastic gnomes have been in my life for as long as i can remember, meant for plant decorations i'd say... The cupcake (which i now affectionately refer to as Sandra's cupcake) is/was a dog toy; but way to cute to feed to a St Bernard, so there it stays.

Bottle caps.... sample stained glass windows.. and off to the right out of view is a purple polka dotted pig (read dog toy).... that oinks.  When ever we walk past, we squeeze him and give him a little oink!

Soooo, if  you have something fun on YOUR sill; add a photo to your blog and post the link here!

Come on,.... PLEAAASSEEE ???

 I can't be the only one on earth with window sill clutter!

If I really like your photo alot, I'll send you your very own plastic farm creature!

 

Echos.... Meander

This was taken at the farm... you can meander down to the pond and listen to all the little frogs plop into the pond... and watch the turtles sun them selves...   aaaahhhhh. 

Welcome to a hazy, warm Sunday in June.

Aren't chipmunks the cutest?

You would be amazed if you could smell this one!  Rosa Rugosa that we planted by the river....

We are home this weekend, and I'm embracing it!  I've gotten all my  house plants carted outside (no small feat) and my winter clothes put away too! (yes, I know it's June) 

and it is of course Father's Day here, so later we are off for the visiting.... But for now; i'm going out to do a little weed pullig and that sort of thing!

My mind can ponder while I pluck what crafty thing I would be doing if it were a rainy day...

A monday in June...

So, it's Monday again....   No craftiness to report yet again; but i got lots of grass mowed on my beastly riding lawn mower!  I guess these little gaps in creating things give me time to reflect and absorb the world around me, which can be VERY inspiring!   My mind never stops swirling around with thoughts and ideas though... it can be exhausting at times, but i have no idea how to make it stop! If only i can get them out of my head and into reality, it would free up some space. (like deleting old files from your inbox?) I guess that's why I have my lists on all those pieces of paper... it's allows me to make a little bit of space up there!

1.  Birthdays:  Swirly lollipops....  cupcakes, balloons, presents... twinkly crowns, party hats, tea cups and ribbons and garlands and glitter... and flowers.

2. Halloween:   Glowing Pumpkins, goblins and costumes and old fashioned post cards... black cats and witches with brooms and spells and potions and magic mushrooms, cupcakes, and talking rats....

3.  The seashore: stripey bathing suits and tiny shells, and sand and buckets and sand castles and little crabs... periwinkles and beach glass.... colorful towels... and rope bracelets...

4. Summer:  watermelon, corn on the cob... popsicles, flip flops... painted toe nails... soft summery skirts, good books.... picnics on colorful quilts... fireflies.... lemonade...

5.  England:  Moggies, and Wellies and lots of sheep, and little red phone booths... boot sales, cuppa teas, and pubs and funny girls...

6. Dogs:  in bath tubs... in the water, in a field of daisies, asleep upside down, big dogs and little dogs and in between dogs... dog collars, dog tags... toys and bones....

7.  Gardens: fairy tale sheds... bird houses, bird baths, rock piles for the chipmunks, flowers and stone bunny ornaments... foxgloves and fish ponds... sun flowers and clay pots, frogs and birds and spades and snails and wood chucks... and butterflies and honey bees....

There now.... that feels better.   :)

and the winner for UN craftiest of all goes to....

Well look at me... no crafting; and i do mean NONE... and a day late with my posting too.  I should have managed my time better on Saturday and Sunday while things were happy..... Monday ended up being a very sad and very mentally useless day as we dealt with the death of our parrot Autumn.  It was completely unexpected and I still can't quite believe it... I expected she was going to outlive us.

She was such a good natured and quiet bird... no squawking or screaming ever.....we had her for 15 years.  We brought her home as baby and fed her formula from a syringe with us all sitting on the kitchen floor, the same year we bought our house.

 There is a sad little empty spot in our living room.

I hope she flying high and free now, and remembers her human family who loved her. 

Echos - Fauna

For the Flicka photo group Echos...

From bats....

     to sweet Baby Racoons....

To great blue Heron in the morning mist....

Fauna seems to seep into my world from all sides.

 and sometimes as in the case of the baby racoons... quite literally - right in thru the walls.... windows and chimney.

The world and all it's creatures never cease to amaze me.

Sunday Craft Confessions move to Mondays!

So it was a BEAUTIFUL weekend at the farm!  Nice and warm, and not overly buggy! Blue skies and a nice little breeze.... sweet scent of lilacs and honeysuckle in the air...   aaaahhhhhh.

But this is suppose to be about the crafting not the weather, so let me not digress any longer.

I had lots of ideas milling about in my head.  (the evidence is in my sketchbook, I'm seldom short of ideas) And then it hit me; Carrot Cake!  Well, O.K., it didn't actually hit me - for those of you who are picturing me with frosting dripping down my nose, it came to me in a *poof* of inspiration!

The drawing from April, Easter time..... sure you can go back and look if you want...  I'll wait.  

I decided to make it in clay, and follow thru with the project even.  Bold I know, but I was determined.

Here I am at the table the tools of the trade at hand.  I know, secretly you're wondering who styles my hair huh?

You've got to have carrots for carrot cake right?  And the mouse? Well, he just appeared, those silly mice get into everything, I guess this one must be vegetarian.

Somebunny has to make the cake.... so these two volunteered.  See how they gaze at each other? I think it must be love? (note the "cotton tails", that would be St Bernard fur, locally harvested in an environmentally friendly way of course.)

Ahhhhh, the happy couple enjoying a slice of cake under the old apple tree.  Doesn't that just give you the warm fuzzies?

And then I looked up, and low and behold; it was the proverbial Blue Bird of Happiness!

And that's my weekend craftiness in a nut shell....