TBT...we had such great times with our little motor home. We drove all over the place, from Texas, to Michigan, to Colorado to New Orleans and all places in between! Good times with my sweet husband. you can tell this was a long time ago, my hair is dark..
It's 102°actual degrees!...feels like...it's HOT!!
If you have nothing better to do. Here is a "scary" story. Yesterday we were sitting outside and I happened to look at the hummingbird feeder and there was a praying mantis sitting right next to where the hummingbirds were feeding. A praying mantis can easily kill a hummingbird, they eat them alive! So I knocked him/her off of there and he flew/jumped right back up on the table that is under the feeder. Bill grabbed the fly swatter and managed to throw him in the fire pit. There was no fire, just ash. We thought we had seen the last of him, but no! Soon an ash covered claw came up over the edge and then his head popped up and began looking around like a periscope...creepy, like something out of a horror movie. Plus he was all ash-covered. Then he climbed out, down the bricks and into the grass. He was heading back towards the hummingbird feeder! Bill grabbed the swatter again and got the mantis on there and took him about 200 feet away and flung him over the railroad track, the whole time he was trying to climb up Bill's arm! I used to like praying mantises, but now they just creep me out! They also kill bees. Keep an eye on your feeders and even your flowers, they like to hide there too.
These aren't the best eclipse photos, as I don't have a tripod, but it was a perfectly beautiful eclipse tonight. We sat outside and enjoyed the whole thing...these photos are out of sequence, but you get the idea.
So....I was "working" at Country Creek Treasures yesterday and a young couple came in, who are evidently my biggest fans..they had been to our shop many times before, purchased a lot of items from my booth in the past, but I was never there. Anyway, Sally introduced them to me and they went on and on how they loved my booth and all the things I make, especially the steampunk items and they were so glad to meet me. The young man says" I wasn't expecting a sweet little lady (i know he was thinking"old", but was too kind to say it)making all of these great steampunk things." I said "You were probably expecting someone with blue hair and a nose ring right, maybe a little more goth? He said"well, yes!" We had a good chuckle at that. Steampunk is such an obscure genre, but it seems to be interesting to a lot of people. Anyway, these sweet people just made my day! Oh, they also bought something from me too! That's why I volunteer at our store, I've met so many interesting people and made some wonderful friends!
I saw my first monarch butterfly caterpillar on my swamp milkweed today! I used to have these plants for years and watched lots of monarchs emerge from their chrysalis through the years. It is a beautiful experience. Anyway, the plants died out and I didn't replant them until this year! Milkweed is the only food these caterpillars live on, it makes me happy I can help them out.
Had lunch with my Red Hat sisters today. It was a good time as always. One of our sisters, Anetta Brazel is very ill. Sending prayers to you, Anetta.. We missed the ladies who could not be with us today! Berle and I tried to take a selfie but we had this photo bomber and we started laughing, so this is the best we could do!
I've been busy this past week making decorative bottles and Halloween potion bottles, my favorite thing to make. I actually sell them all year. However I only have 3 left in my booth, so I am not done yet.
It's TBT, friends! Bill's 38th Birthday, 1996, camping somewhere near Red Cliff, Colorado. Some nice ladies who were out taking a walk took this picture for us. My how time flies!
I want to thank my brother-in-law, Steve Halterman and sister-in-law, Glenna Halterman for taking us out to lunch yesterday for Bill and brother, Brad's birthdays. It was a nice time, glad we took some time to have a nice visit. Love yous.
If you see this guy out and about today, please wish him a Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday, honey. Love you so much for and hope you have the best Birthday ever!
A short but very strong storm came through about 5:00p.m., last evening, it broke some power poles down the road from us. Half of the town was without power. There was also lots of wind damage in our little town. So, here we sat at 10:00 at night on the hottest day of the year. We went to my mother in laws porch because everything in our yard was just drenched and still wet from the storm...we lit a couple of lanterns and just waited. At least there was a beautiful bright almost full moon! The power came back on at 4:00 a.m. We did get some sleep, the house stayed around 75 degrees. So, it was 10 hours without power. All is well now.
Thank you Blair's Processing ( Hope Horath)for the wonderful annual customer appreciation evening. There were probably at least 100+ people there. The food was delicious, catered by "Lickin' my chicken and pullin' my pork", we always look for them when we are at local events.. Live music and just a great group of people enjoying a summer Saturday night in the country. There were also fireworks! Thankfully the weather was perfect! Thanks again, we had a great time.
