HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

When the cold wind blows on Halloween night,
Witches take their brooms in flight.

They soar through the air and across the moon,
With  faithful black cats perched on their brooms.

Ghosts and goblins float all around
Shaking their chains to make ghoulish sounds.

Bats fill the air with a flutter of wings,
They join all the others to do scary things.

They all come together to give you a fright,
Each cold and windy Halloween night!

visitor...

The hummingbirds are scarce now but this monarch has been hanging around for 3 days, enjoying a free dinner.

Happy Anniversary

A long time ago in a not very far off place, I married the best man EVER.   Without getting all gushy, I can tell you that we are still happy... and that speaks volumes.


Dean knows I adore turtles so on our honeymoon, he bought me a cute little turtle for my tub.  It is now 20 years old so a few years ago, he bought me another bigger one...

Dean, thank you for being part of the best years of my life!  I love you honey!

Zombie giveaway!

This month has just flown by.

I had intended to join Vanessa's blog hop again this year but I've been so busy I missed the deadline.
I made this little zombie pincushion to use as a giveaway for the hop....and hate to not use it... so I'm giving it away here instead.




Be sure to leave a comment and a way to reach you.  I'll draw the winner Halloween night.

gaggle of ghosties.......

This weekend, between laundry loads, I made up ghosties to give away for Halloween.

We get so many trick or treaters, we could easily go bankrupt dolling out candy!  so I started making these up the second year we lived here.

Turn suckers, yarn, markers and coffee filters into ghosties!

and make A LOT of them........

Then put them away until Halloween night or Suki will have them all over the floor, playing with them!

Are you ready for Tricks or Treats?

moonflowers

Our morning glory vine burned up early this year so we pulled the vines.   But the house looked SO NAKED without something blooming.  As late as it was, there was NOTHING in the nursery to buy.  
So, I overplanted with moonflower and gourd seed.   It is highly unlikely that the gourds will produce fruit because we planted so late. But that wasn't our goal...we just wanted something GREEN on our trellis again!
I wasn't even sure the moonflowers would germinate....but they did!    
The gourds took off first, they grow about a foot a day in the summer....and then the moonflowers germinated right behind them.

And now I have this to look at....pretty moonflowers....

they open at night....and we've already seen hummingbird moths feeding.  They are beautiful!

Look at the huge gourd leaves behind them, making a pretty green background.

I cannot wait until next spring when the morning glories reappear.   Should make for a pretty trellis.

curly girl's art....

Our curly girl has been prolific with her sketching of late.    I usually just add it to my sidebar and then do a small post for her on her own blog. (yes, I'm still doing THAT for her!)


Camelia in oil pastels for class....

Penguin for a friend...



Her hard work on sketching eyes has paid off....





 



if you ever want to look at her artwork, click on the photo under curlygirl's latest.  It is a direct link to her blog.  

I hope one day, she will take the blog over...but for now, I'm content to lend a hand.