Collaged Her

Hello.

I have nothing terribly nifty(does anyone even use that word anymore..maybe just me), or new to say.  Just showing the girl I made, over yesterday & today.  I drew her, then painted her with acrylics & watercolors. Her skirt & hair(in all their colorfulness), are made of pieces of paper.  She is on painted wood, with some painted flowers around her.

The Pumpkin Keeper

Hello.  Coming off of a good weekend...I know it's Tuesday, but it feels like the weekend was just yesterday.   Got some painting done, in our living room.  It is just boring off-white, nothing to get too excited about, but I am happy because my walls look so clean now!  Also, worked on an art box, for one of my clay dolls.  I started it over at a friend's house, who was having a scrapbooking day at her place.  Fun to see what everyone else was creating!  We finished the weekend off with a hike, in Peter's Canyon, with friends.  I like it there, lots of challenging hills.  You'd think I'd have buns of steel by now, but anyway...  

Here she is...The Pumpkin Keeper.  Her outfit was a little tedious to make(tiny little paper squares, individually glued on).

Kids making it to the top, before the adults.

Lake view, at the top of a big hill, in Peter's Canyon.

So I am itching to get out the Halloween decorations.  I know once all that comes out, it's like a whirlwind you can't stop...one holiday after another.  Guess I will make myself hold off for a few days!

Pancakes For Lunch

Running here & there today. Typical weekday...the girls go to school, & Cody & I hit the streets to run errands. We took the mountain ride on the way to the store.  I love the mountain ride(that's our name for the canyon road near our house).  

I was trying to capture the lovely Oak trees while driving, so forgive the blur.

We got to our destination of Trader Joes, & had only a few things to get(4 to be exact).  Of course as I was halfway home, I realized we forgot one of the important things...toilet paper.  Good thing for that stack of napkins from Chipotle restaurant :)  Back at home, we went out in the back, which is my cat Chowder's favorite hangout.  We have newly growing (& still green tomatoes).  We also planted Cucumbers, Jalepenos, Corn & some herbs.  I am excited for our little harvest we will have.

I love the colors on these Geranium leaves.

I finished up a couple of little art things, I'm going to sell, & then went to pick up my girls.  They both get out around lunch time on Thursdays.  They asked for pancakes to eat, & I remember as a kid it was always kind of fun having breakfast stuff some other time of day.  I don't eat them anymore (the Vegan thing)...but I enjoy making them, super big, & watching my kids devour them.  I was thinking I was a fun mom, if only for a moment.  ha ha.