Wahoo!! I'm Up And Running!!

Thanks go out to Denise from Odd Imagination for being my new best friend and helping me out with my total lack of technology know how. She totally helped me and got me up and running again with the big dogs. I'm so happy...*sniff*!

Okay, now I have some pictures to share. Where to start.

My little baby bird Wally, that's where.

Isn't he ever so handsome and just look at those bright colors! I have never seen a bird like this here before, he's just stunned me with his beauty. Of course until last year I didn't even know we had mockingbirds here. I just don't get out much, hehe.

Here's he's getting a bit sleepy. You can see like a typical baby he's got food all over his face!

We fed him a Green Mush mixture and that's what is all over his little beak.

Here we are with the syringe and you can really see how tiny he is!

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First Friday booth.

Admittedly not the best shot in the world as I realized later that it framed the porta-potties nicely in the background...blech. The wind was kicking up pretty good and we had to add lots of "extras" to the table to keep all the light weight pieces from blowing over. Definitely need some bigger display 'somethings' in there. I'm hoping to get a great idea for displaying my little pocket mirrors. The cool box I had them in confused people as to what they actually were.

I did manage to come up with some last minute nifty little designs that were a HUGE hit. I plan on concentrating on those a lot more for the next one.These were initially for a swap I joined over on Craftster but decided that they were entirely too big and made some newer smaller ones just days before they were due. Lord, I love toe-ing the line!
I used some copper wire I found last year on the construction site for their legs. I totally loved the way they came out and may need to make some more.


There is one right behind the little cardinal that I completely cut out of the picture and she's probably my favorite. They are going to get their own photo shoot shortly as I plan on adding them to my etsy shop soon. The adorable little red guy on the right found a new home Friday night though. I'm sure he's very happy as there are already other big eyed birds living there. (Hehe, hi Amy!)

These guys were the BIG hit of the night. Everyone loved them. I'm even more proud of them because these are my sons. That's right, the one who said he had no talent and didn't know how to make anything. He starts playing with the Celluclay and next thing you know he's joining me in the booth at First Friday. Did I mention that he almost sold out? Here's his booth. I kind of surprised him with this shot and never got another as we were as busy as all get out for the rest of the night!
His stuffed voodoo dolls were another big hit.

This gorgeous rose was blooming to the left of the zombie kids when we were doing their photo shoot and I could not resist.

I'm so happy I have my camera back!!

Gilcrease Animal Sanctuary and the Rescued Baby

I decided to dedicate this post to my recent trip out to Gilcrease Animal Sanctuary where I took the American Coot baby we found yesterday.

His name is Wally. He got his name after my friend and I went to the golf course last night (where he was found) to try and find him something edible. I tried googling information on his kind to see what we could possibly feed him. I know how hard it is for experienced people to hand feed baby birds but between the two of us we basically had no clue.

We tried everything and even went so far to dip into the water that other American Coots were in trying to find something for him. Well apparently one of the golfers there saw us trying to find food for this baby bird and decided he wanted to donate money to his cause. This man ended up leaving all the money he had in his pocket to the little bird which amounted to $13 dollars. I was truly touched.

We ended up mixing up some Green Mush in with some baby food and some of the water/algae from the pond and got that little baby bird to eat quite a bit of it.

He had decided that he felt quite safe and comfortable in my hand so guess how I spent the night...that's right, with him cuddled up in my hand. After he was fed he actually fell asleep and slept throughout the night. I don't think he woke up once and amazingly enough I never once managed to let go of him.

I dropped him off at the Gilcrease Sanctuary this morning when they opened. What an amazing place. There were so many birds there and I totally fell in love with one umbrella cockatoo and a tailless crow.

If you are in the area I highly recommend stopping in for a visit.

They also have an orchard there where you can pick your own fruits and vegetables.

Here is some interesting background reading on them in lieu of any pictures on my part...for now.

Wow! What A Ride!!

Okay, let's start off with, "I can't add any pictures!"
My computer is not recognizing my camera any more. I can't figure out why. So needless to say that until I figure this problem out this post will have to be pictureless, blech!

And boy oh boy, did I ever have some pictures to share!

Been massively busy trying to get my act together for my very first showing at First Friday here in Las Vegas which coincidentally happens on the first friday of every month. What happens is a street festival with art, food and music and amazingly enough not very many people in town have even heard of it. I found this sad fact out when mentioning I was going to be there to many people.

That being said the place was packed. The weather was being awful. It was very very windy and we ended up having a couple pieces being blown over and breaking.

We you ask!

My son had a table right next to mine. He almost sold out of everything he had!

We've both got lots of new ideas to focus on for next month though!

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Finally went through with the long planned garage sale and managed to re-home a ton of stuff making me a very happy camper!
Did I mention how hot it was? No? I had put up my sun shade canopy and still I burned.

Totally loving that big empty space in the garage!

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Have some adorable pics (on the camera) of this little Mud Hen (American Coot, great shots by photographer Greg Lasley) that got rescued off the golf course where my friend works. He slept with me last night. Okay, this should read that I held him all night to keep him from crying. Amazingly he did sleep through the night and seems to be doing reasonably well, all things considered. I've been feeding him a mixture of mossy water from the golf course mixed with some Green Mush and hoping for the best.
My plan this morning is to take him to the Gilcrease Sanctuary when they open at 9.

In case you were wondering, he looks just like the baby in those shots but much smaller and much brighter colors and is stinking adorable!

I've changed things up...Did you notice?

I long for a three column blog...A lot!

Have found various places that actually walk you right through the steps to do it. Have listened to a couple of people say how easy it is to do it. Have also heard of people who don't quite know what they are doing (me...hello) say they lost everything trying to do it.

I long for a three column blog...

So I decided the next best thing, change my template. Is it better, worse or you never even noticed what it was before, lol.

Sigh.

I leave you with the world's newest 'happy' sensation! Susan Boyle.

If you haven't heard of her by now you soon will.

Four Generations

Me, my Dad, my Great Grandfather and my Grandfather.


I just received a wonderful package from my Dad in which he included some pictures he had gotten developed from slides that my Grandfather had given him a long time ago. There were over 80 in this bunch and I've never previously seen any of them. I love this particular picture. I have absolutely no memory of my Great Grandfather and am completely unaware of when he passed away and until today had no idea this picture even existed.

Just wow.

My little sister and I on my Grandmother's couch. Gotta love that mohawk!

So Many Things!

Wow!
Has it really been that long since I was last here?

Seems like just yesterday doesn't it? Or does it?

So much going on here lately and so little time in which to do it too.

I waited until the VERY last day to get my taxes done! Thankfully I don't actually owe any money.

I finally decided to do something about my empty, waiting to be looked at Facebook. That was something I started about a year ago and even had a couple friend requests. It intimidated me so much I just "walked" away. Hehe. I say they have re-vamped over there as I found it much easier this time. I even managed to reconnect with a couple of people from High School there.

I joined a swap on Craftster a while back and as we were shipping back and forth from Spain to the US we had our usual shipping issues.
Thankfully everything worked out all right and I'm finally able to post what we swapped.

This is King Karl. I sent him to Phizzychick.

This is the fabulous inchie clock she sent to me!

I also thought I would add a cute little pic of my tiny new seedlings.

A couple of years ago I bought a large bag of mixed wild flower seeds with the intention of, well, planting them. They've been sitting in my fridge ever since. tsk tsk.

I have this big empty planter up front and it was just begging for attention.

I planted my seeds last weekend! Aren't they adorable? I can count three different kind right now. Unfortunately, I threw away the bag that told me exactly what was contained in the bag...

Can't take me any where, hehe.

Saw this pretty little guy on my way back in the house. He was very busy.

Is It Springtime?

I am most definitely ready for spring but our weather here lately has been...weird.
One day it is almost 80 degrees and then it drops to 60 and the winds start to howl.

Perfect example, yesterday was gorgeous. Not too hot and I was able to work outside without a jacket. Today, not so much. The winds are picking up and when I went outside to grab the mail I wondered if I shouldn't go back inside and grab my jacket first. It even looks a little like rain.

Hoping it clears up by morning. I'm wanting to have a yard sale. I've got tons of stuff that is just begging to go live someplace else!

I admit to having this very idea in my head for quite some time but just never got around to attempting to execute it. I found these little votive/candleholders at the thrift store and thought they would be perfect for Mr Bee. I also admit to being a little worried that my grand plan wouldn't come out nearly as great as it looked in my head.

I am very pleased. It turned out exactly the way I had hoped it would.

I call these typography eggs. There are 18 in this picture. 6 large ones and 12 smaller.

Three of the eggs have met with an unfortunate accident since this photo was taken. Apparently if you leave said eggs in a dish on the floor they are to be considered either dog food or strange toys. Either way, it wasn't pretty.

My attempt at becoming a hand model. I figured if George Costanza could do it so could I...hehe.

On the subject of George Costanza I found this hilarious montage of George-isms. Enjoy!

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