The flocker...

 For those asking on the progress of 'the flock'...

My mini coop...

I've been winterizing the coop in anticipation

of what lies ahead...WINTER...

today the electric water heater gets plugged in!

 The water is frozen totally, with 28 degree temps this AM,

I'll be collecting eggs more frequently...

The hen fruit...

and my harvest, bigger n better...YUMMM...

are ya green yet!!!

W.H.A.T.....

 Baby Grand...

one of my latest creations, a porcelain baby head

on a wall sconce...sweet huh!!!

 and another set of eyeball earrings...

only for the brave...

 We say it like we mean it...

 the new T's and purses rock out loud!!! 

 The comments from the many new peeps to the shop

are like "we love the mix of antiques and new stuff".

 The oddities and the traditional...

Now who ruined that perfect shot with a Micky D

sweet tea drink...

all at 'the Shed'...

Shadow Shot Sunday...shadows of...

 My chipped and gnarly world

dishpans...

 original plaster walls... 

 well used kitchen cupboard...

 my mantra...

 vintage wallpaper at it's finest...

there is beauty all 'round...

if you ain't perfect

and us shadow shooters see it...

Hey, Harriet

COMING SOON...

 Yes it's true...

The Candle Shed will be selling our wonderful soy candles

and hot hunks in Eldridge, Iowa at

The Junk Asylum...SWEET HUH!!!

 And of course, many of my soaps are already there

and people are really buying right now...

they found us fo sure!!!

 Many candle scents will be in soap chunks as well...

candle hunks and soap chunks...

Coming next weekend at...yup you read it here...

THE JUNK ASYLUM

Be thankful...

and glad you're not a turkey...

At 2:00 AM in the morning...

 This is what Scratchy sounds like...

 This was peaking in my window...

on the second floor...

 Put your fingernails here...

this is what claws on a metal roof sounds like,

at 2:00 AM in the morning...

OOPS...

did I wake you???

Well, how this young coon got on my porch roof

and peered in my winder,

ON THE SECOND FLOOR

amazes me...but all is still well at the Ranchos de Loco...

chickens are safe and accounted for,

as I strolled the grounds for the intruder...

did I mention

2:00 AM IN THE MORNING...!!!

F.U.N.K.....

funk

"depression, ill-humor," 1743, probably originally Scottish and northern English, earlier as a verb, "panic, fail through panic," (1737), said to be 17c. Oxford University slang, perhaps from Flem. fonck "perturbation, agitation, distress," possibly related to O.Fr. funicle "wild, mad."

You just have the need to flee in a temporary sorta way...

 

Ever been in one of those moods...

I am...!

Shadow Shot Sunday...gimme dat back...

 Hey, Harriet...Shadow Shot Sunday...

 Gimme back dat summertime...

 dem hot summer breezes...

 dem cicada a singing dat late summer song...

 dem sweet smellin' clothes on the line...

and dem bare feets...

 dem blue, blue skies...

dem leaf filled trees...

dat hot, dry air...

 and gimme back my garden (not mine) (sigh)...

but mostly gimmee back dem long country drives...

gimmee dat feelin' of open road freedom...

gimmee back dat summertime

and the love of life!

It's a drab, cloudy, 45 degree, late Autumn day here in Iowa...

a good day to work inside at the shop,

but I can dream, right!!!

Country Style open house...

Sister's Garden and Bloom...

the place to be this Friday and Saturday!

Help us celebrate the season of light and magic!

Is it time to smile...

 Toooo funny...

 How peanutbutter is made...

It's a shitty world out there...

can't we all just be fwiends

and take the time to just be happy...

and smile!

I heart Pinterest!!!