Thursday, September 29, 2011

Chucky's cousin...Bob...

 Just when you thought it was safe...

 There she is, making "Cracked in the Head" nightlights...
Isn't this head just 'the bomb'!!!
Thanks Brandon, I'm so glad you grabbed these babies!
And this great lamp base came from Sisters...where else!!!

 The twins are finally ready...finding matching bases
for these lil' charmers was a real chore, but not to worry,
this crazy fool is always on the loose!

 And as always, my words of wisdom...

BE AFRAID...!!!

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

White Witch...

 A gift from a friend is a treasure chest of promise...

 Ingredients...
sterling silver, copper, pewter, bone, shell, ivory, African beads,
seed, glass, deer antler, buffalo tooth...

Welcome to my house Steph...BFF...
and thank you so much for the charms,
they will be loved!

Monday, September 26, 2011

Tapestry pillows...new chair...

 Well, not exactly a new chair, but new color...
black, I love it with the buckskin colored leather cushion!
This old mahogany chair has been with me a long time, 
it's a big butt chair, so very roomy
and the new pillows look FABU on it!

Minstrel and dancer

Polar bears

Brown bears

Puppies and kittens

Zebra 
 These are the small tapestries that just don't sell in the shops
these days, but I love them, so decided to make pillows
out of them, but the last two, I just can't seem to do,
they are just too cool as tapestries and perfectly
fit the darker decor or my room now...

A bit blury, but hey, it's still dark outside...and foggy,
so it'll be awhile before I get good lighting...sooooo...
think I'll have another cup o java
and wait for the sun!

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Shadow Shot Sunday..Ed & Autumn...

 ED...
 and Autumn mums...

 Autumn settings...

 at Sister's Garden and Bloom
check out the awesome wallpaper in the cupboard...


and guests...
This is what happens when you buy two chairs at Sisters...
you are compelled to buy a bottle of wine,
maybe some cheese and crackers...
and just sit on the grounds near the corn fields
and just drink in the fun and the fall of the leaves
on a beautiful Autumn day in Iowa, USA...ahhhh...!
OR
You can head south to Australia, where the rest of us are...
right kids!!!

Friday, September 23, 2011

American Peckers...

This is what free range chickens do when they are playing outside...
they peak into the house to see whassup...

This is what they do when incarcerated...

You throw in a slice of hay/straw and they start scratchin' & peckin'...

Ahhhhh...free again...I'll watch out for that pesky hawk mum...
just another day at the ranch.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Curiouser and curiouser...

Sumthin' amok in the hen yard...
Hmmmmmm... 

Whilst mowing the grass the other day, I noticed an unusual amount of feathers in one location, could it be a predator...a chicken hawk...perhaps...or a neighbors cat or stray dog...
Louie....
 Turning off the mower, I ran to do a head count, the birds were right behind me, following the mower for bugs unveiled...all were accounted for!

But on closer inspection, Louis was looking rather ruffled, missing feathers for sure, even a couple of flight feathers were gone...I remember sitting at the grooming table and noticing the shadow of a large bird fly by, then it flew back the other way, I looked out the window hoping to see what it was...nuthin!!!

But then I heard a distress call from the hens, nuthin' unusual, I hear them all the time...guess next time I'll come a runnin', as red tail hawks abound in my neck o the woods...all in a day at the ranch!!!

Monday, September 19, 2011

New...

You probably didn't know that I have pachyderm-love...
I respect elephants...!

I  have cravings for change
my soul unsettled, wanders
the ripples of tides set free
by the moon...
to crave yearnings of what might be
when I seek the open eye of the guardian
 in the sky, the pachyderm
my constellation
sways in the heart of Virgo
remember.

I have a new blog for the dreamer
this blog is a ladder to my constellation
in the eye of the elephant

photo from tumblr

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Shadow Shot Sunday...to and fro...

On the road again...

to the grand Farm-Style open house
at the beautiful
Sister's Garden and Bloom...

Link
MUMS FOR SALE...

VEGGIES FOR SALE...
bad Scratchy, no Scratchy...

EAT...YUMMM...

Barb and her crew were busy preparing the
farmer's market with oodles of veggies
completing the total Iowa scene...

vintage vehicles dotted the landscape,
adding to the feel of the ol' timey farm life...
I have truck envy!!!

Can't you just see me making deliveries
with my car loaded with soap and eggs...LOL...

The little glass house gleams in the summer sun...

as the last of summer whites
and warm breezes...

make way for Autumn harvests...

and cozy fall settings...

begging you inside out of the wind...

Autumn in farm country...IOWA STYLE...

Home again, home again,
jiggity jig...
Now down under to our Aussie host

Friday, September 16, 2011

Sneak Preview...Farm Style...

The signs are hung...the atmosphere is sizzlin'...
the goods are arriving daily and
we're having a blast!!!

Vintage cars and corn fields,
don't get more Iowa than this huh...!

A peak into my room at Sisters',
an Autumn season arrives...






"Mmmmm...what smells so good", as the ladies
walk the steps to the "soap room"...
many new scents waft through the house
as the Farm Style open house begins...
TODAY!!!

And what could be more fun than watching my lil'
buddy Brandon transform his room
next to mine in Sisters'...a little blurry,
but this creative jumping bean is hard to catch,
as he busies himself to his craft...
DECORATING!!!
Come see our stuff atLinkSister's Garden and Bloom
you won't believe your eyes!!!