Craft Hope

Here is the quilt I made for "Craft Hope"

I had all of the material for this quilt in my stash, so it was very handy.

This is their fifth project. These quilts are going to homeless children in Michigan.

Check out Craft Hope http://crafthope.com/

If you enjoy crafting, this is a great way to get involved & help out a great cause.

Sunday Stills-Halloween

This spooky old Hotel sits down the road a few miles from our place by the rail road tracks.

The picture is quite blurry. I was parked by the tracks to get the shot when I saw the speeding train coming my way.

I had to take the picture fast and be on my way, before I became a ghostly guest at the old Hotel.

Old Hallow's Eve

Old Hallows Eve is quickly approaching.

Are you ready?

Do you have plenty of candy for all the ghouls and goblins that will come knocking at your door?

Are you prepared for any tricks that might be coming your way on this spooky night?

As you walk through the woods do you hear foot steps following behind?

Do you feel the impending doom blowing in on the cold breeze?

Listen closely. Do you hear ghostly footsteps creaking on your floor?

What is that scratching on your window's and doors?

This is the night the spirits arrive to walk the earth by our sides.

Look out, Look out, Hurry inside.

Lock the doors and close the blinds.

Decks

I'm not very good at taking before and after pictures.

The deck on our house was old and rotten. It was quite dangerous with big gaping holes you could fall through, so last Summer we tore it down and sawed it up into firewood.

Here is a picture of the old deck.

Willie is building us a new deck & I love it.

A house really should have decks on all sides, one for sun, one for shade. You can never have to many decks, or to many chairs. Don't you agree?

Mud Ball

It was so nice this weekend. In the 70's Perfect weather. My Blazer was a total mud ball so I got out a bucket of warm soapy water Sunday afternoon and gave it a bath.

It was nice and clean for one day. Tuesday morning we woke up to muddy roads. It had been raining all night.

This is what the Blazer looks like now.

End of the season

Dawn & I went to the last football game of the season last night.

Boy was it cold. I brought Penny, my little dog along as a lap warmer and sat under a quilt with one of the players Grandma's. I was wishing I would have worn my snow boots. My toes felt like Popsicles by the time the game was over.

Our team lost, but it was a good game. Both teams where tuff.

Earlier in the season we witnessed the cutest scene.

A little grey haired Grandma was waiting for the huddle to be over so she could get her picture taken with her grandson.

Over comes a big tuff football player and kneels down by his grandma for the photo shoot.

As she was walking away he called out "Love you Grandma"

Football is over for this year. Soon starts basketball. I'm glad those games are played indoors.

Duck Fest

Have you ever been to a duck fest?

Dawn, her friend Courtney & I went to a duck fest in the small town of Bowden, North Dakota.

On the way we saw a series of signs that started out with one quack and ended with quack, quack, quack.

There where duck tracks leading up to the building the art and craft fair was held in. Inside we voted on our favorite artwork, watched a hanky quilting demo and scoured the tables for crafts and yummy baked goods.

On the way home we picked up this ghoul. It is getting close to Halloween. You never know what kind of characters you might find out on the road.