I had a wonderful day! My son, Darren Holsapple and daughter-in-law, Mindy Holsapple came to visit us! We ate lunch at Chuck's Place, which made it even better. We had a nice long visit catching up, even though we talk often, it was nice to get real hugs and I love yous.Mindy makes soap and she brought me this Halloween bar, isn't it great! It smells like the witches brew melts. Anyway, I am one happy mama.
What to do with a watch that runs backwards? Make a Time Travel watch out of it, of course! Also you can only travel back in time, not forward.I have been selling these watches for 3 or 4 years, none of them ran backwards. So here it is in a box that I got somewhere, the handle was already on it. I asked the AI Gemini thing on Google to help me write a commercial. All I asked for was I wanted it to be called a chronometer, that it could only travel back in time, that it was safe and would not interfere with the space time continuum. It came up with some fun jibber/jabber..then I added some random things in the box, maybe the crystals are from some ancient land from 2000 years ago, maybe the key is to a treasure chest on a pirate ship from the 1600's, maybe the cogs and wheels are from the industrial revolution in the 1800's, I don't know what the springs are for. Yes, I hear you thinking, boy, she has way too much time on her hands..it was a fun project.
We had our annual Red Hat Halloween party today. It was my turn to hostess. I made little green potion bottles and a small treat bag for them. We played the right/left game with Halloween socks and drew tickets for other prizes. I used my Ravenswood Family album as part of my decorations on the table. You can see Paula's reaction in the first picture! We laughed and talked and really had a great time! These delicious Halloween cookies were made by Kristy's Bakery!
I was looking at my trail cam pix today. We were sitting outside one night and had just started to go in and a neighbor over there somewhere set off fireworks, just once and the camera caught it along with this deer who didn't even have time to react before the picture was taken..Just thought it was interesting.
Here is my Halloween mantel. Of course I might change it again before the season is over. I made the skeleton grave scene in the glass cloche, the frames the witches and goblins are in, the witch wreath and some small potion bottles in the back that you really cant see. My favorite though is my witch's table. I got an orange light bulb for the lamp and I love it, it makes everything more eerie. I am not done decorating yet, but got the main places done. I made all of the potion bottles, the spell book and the photo album, decorated the oval frame with the witch in it and the vase the fall arrangement is in. I don't have room for anything else! The leaves are changing and even though we have a few 80°+ days coming up, Fall is here, my favorite time of year!
It has been years since I've made Cherries Jubulee, but I gave it a try tonight. It didn't quite work out as all I got was this pitiful blue flame, I forgot how fussy it is about everything being just right before you get the bright yellow flame. I know what I did wrong, but it still tasted great anyway!
"Well, my Sheila Halterman original looks fabulous with the new wall color—Look, Sheila, I still have your painting! One of my favorite treasures! " This really made me feel special. I painting for years and years, don't remember this one at all, but I'm glad it is still treasured by her..
It's TBT once again. Here I am with my cousin, Linda. We had such great times together growing up. She was so funny, she could have easily been a stand-up comedian...I sure do miss her. I often think how much mischief we could have gotten into as old ladies. She is truly missed, but is not forgotten.
Strange clouds/vapor trails "above" the moon tonight.
I had such a nice day today! I had lunch with some dear old friends. Spending time with your lifelong lady friends is just the best. Also, I saw across the restaurant some other old friends, stopped by and had a nice visit with them too. I also made some bread and finished this Day of the Dead spell book. I think I 'm done for the evening! The cool weather is coming soon and I can't wait!
