Playing Photographer over MEA

Too bad the sun was in their eyes causing a bit of squinting.  The colors
they are wearing work well with the old wood.

That's Nancy and Sophie with Dad.

More sun issues here but kind of a fun shot.

Never mind that it's a manure spreader!
We did it just for fun.

What are we sitting on, Sophie?  I don't know, Carly.

Cyrus Hayride

Royce took the kids out for a hayride.
Paul is hunting ducks in the background.

Silhouette of the farm just before sunset.

Love this photo!  It was taken up in the old cow pasture and you can see the farm-site in the background. 

Showing off their new shirts from Auntie Lynn!

Summer's Last Blooms

I cut these a couple of weeks ago and placed them in spots where we'd  see them lots; the bathroom and kitchen sink.  

These are gone too now.  Don't you just hate seeing your summer plants die?
Winter is a couple months too long for me.

A couple of late tomatoes with Mom's canned carrots.  Aren't they pretty?
The cat was a summer rummage sale find.   I was going to give her away but she grew on me.

My favorite variety of pansy.

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Mid-October, Really?!?

 Hard to believe, but true!  School has been keeping me very busy and the weeks are just flying by. 

 I found a way to incorporate my crow puppet into the seasonal decorating.  He may need to come to school for a spooky poem or story soon.

 I bought these harvest pictures at a rummage sale near Barrett this summer.  Not sure where the pic's are from though.  I love the horses in the picture below, also note the guy on top of the thresher in his overalls.

 Look at the ladies on the left, I bet they brought out a good lunch.

 I found these Waverly drapes at the BB for $3.  I like the yellow with the green walls.

 Here are some fancy headbands I made this evening.  They're for the classroom sale to support the humane society.  Some of the kids have been using their noon hour to make some beaded jewelry to sell.  The sale will be at school in a few weeks.  The flower on the top left is my first attempt at a fabric flower.  It was super easy. Kris, I used some of the material I bought at your sale.  Bigger ones would make nice pins and tiny ones would work well on barrettes  for little girls.  The feather band on the right is my favorite feather headband, made from pheasants.  I think this bag came from Paul or Royce. They are SO easy, just some hot glue and then I had some button type decor purchased from the dollar store to finish them off.

I realize that was a very random post but those were the newest pictures off my camera so I just went with it!  Have a good weekend!  Laurie

One of my favorite pictures this summer

POSH Chicago

I just ran across this picture from POSH in Chicago.
 I've been here in person and it's one of the prettiest shops I've ever been in.  

Fargo has direct flights to Chicago now.  It's a great place to head to for long weekend getaway.  Very tempting to go back with a one hour flight and now just a 75 mn car trip.

Summer Blooms

All the coleus I purchased in Jackson is doing great!

I broke the bowl of the bird bath years ago.
Just came up with the idea to put a pot on it this summer.

 More coleus.  They guy I bought it from says it's easy to save and root.  Might be easier just to buy from him again next spring.  It was super cheap for coleus and it took off in a flash.  Not the geraniums though, they're slow and I'm definitely going to try to save them because they're very unique and pretty.

Inspiration Peak

I could sit up here for hours....

Dan and Mike

The Hallorans came up this weekend. It was a beautiful and chilly weekend, perfect for a hike up to Inspiration Peak. Our first trip there this summer and we usually get there once a summer. It always fun to go with someone who's never been up there before and this was the case with the Hallorans.

The twins are in first grade now. One had a splint and the other a walking cast so tubing was not an option even if the weather would have allowed.

I should have made Dan take his glasses off so we could see his pretty brown eyes.

Danette and I had a great time on Saturday thrifting at the Bargain Bazaar and then scored at a big antique rummage sale nearby. I love this time of year. If only fall could last a little longer than it usually does. Maybe this year. We have a TON of acorns dropping this year, more than ever before. I'm going to google what that means. I'll let you know.... That reminds me I'm trying out a new acorn and wool craft. Should be able to finish it this weekend and will post.

I should also mention that today was just a fantastic first day of school. One of the smoothest I think I've ever had. I hope this is a sign of things in store for the year. However, I am reminded how fast the day goes when I'm at school and there aren't enough hours left in the day for all the other things I like to do, like sit around and drink coffee for an hour or more thinking about what I might do. :) Just in case you are thinking I am totally lazy, I did get the ceilings painted in the kitchen and dining room last week. We had to put a new light fixture in the kitchen and that was my impetus. It looks much brighter now. Will post a photo eventually. Good night!

Feeling Crafty...

I bought three small bags of felt this summer for less than $3 total and recently found a tutorial for these flowers on Pinterest. I made a green one too. I think they would be cute on headbands for little girls or bags for big girls. They are very easy and I plan to try one with regular fabric maybe a print. Cutting and glue gun was all that was required.
The felt flowers are glued on the back and came from the dollar store in a packet of goodies. There are metal flowers that are bunched together for three dimensional look in front. Just something new I tried, inspired by a picture in a magazine. It's small, 3x5.

Random pictures

I was taking pictures of the pretty flowers and Big Kitty decided she should be included.
We've had a couple of 3 inch downpours this summer It all flows down Sandy Point and fills in down here. It doesn't go into their cabin luckily. We've been fine, it just gets very mucky.
Shari, Paul & Nancy ran in Flekkefest this summer. Nancy won her age group and was the second woman over all. She's training for the Twin Cities Marathon in October. Quite an amazing feat I think!
Sophie and Carly pose with Daphne in her cute little life jacket.

Sophie & Carly fishing-no luck.