Tolentreasures

Let me start by saying, "I hate bats!" Scared to death of them. Give me any other critter in the house. Mice, Rats, Snakes, Spiders, Squirrels, Chipmunks. Many of which I have experienced, but we won't go there. Nothing freaks me out more than a bat. Hummingbirds are a close second. Just weird. I know. So the other morning when JWS comes out of the basement, which looks like a recent episode of Hoarders, to gently inform me that we have a bat in the basement. I varnish, do laundry and make coffee in the basement. I know, the coffee is weird also.  Another story. But needless to say, none of the above have happened in the last three days. As I sit here now, I am waiting for JWS to go down and make the coffee. I think he is toying with me. There's more to the story. Later. Did a little painting (above) the other day. Cleaned my office at work yesterday and found this. I knew I had it, it was buried. I want to display something in it. Any ideas? And found some white w...

And when you are in a hurry!  Yesterday was like every other day this week. Hurry and get my REAL work done. Hopefully get out of work early. 1.Deliver signs and flyers to Smicksburg 2. Rake Leaves, 3.Supper, 4.  Paint and finish all the last minute projects for the Open House. 5. Drop into bed. At step one, this happened. Double Parked Amish. See that back fender? That's my car. See that horse. He or She (I didn't check) Has me parked in. Logan, my helper for the afternoon, who was also excited about getting on to Number 2 on the list, comes to inspect. "Yep, Gramma, we are stuck here." So, we talked about the horse, what big teeth it has and so on. Until the wagon that the horse was pulling was empty of fall mums. And we could get on with our day. Hey, not every day you get in an Amish traffic jam. Well, maybe not you. Around here it is a daily happening. I want to thank everyone who has been stopping by and commenting. I love all of your comments and love to...

Above, painted with snowmen... and below drawn in my charcoal class this spring. Just happened on this photo last night. And some more paintings from the weekend. 

This knitted cowl is being given away on my selling blog. It's simple, just go on over there, leave a comment and click on follower. A couple of more finished painted items from last evening. Love to find these pineapple bowls!