Tolentreasures

Those of you that follow along with me know that I walk in the mornings. Well, most mornings. Normal departure time... 5:20 AM Lots of bats, no people. My walking partner is on vacation this week. Sort of a staycation, so we are walking at 6:00AM. No bats. Today I came home and because of the later time, JWS was up and ready for work. JWS:  How did that go in this heat? Me: Fine, but I am not sure I like this later time. JWS: Why not? Me: TOO MANY PEOPLE! JWS: Really? ME:  I took the camera this morning, want to see my pictures? I download, I show him in a slide show. He comments how pretty they are. He looks at me and says. "Put those on your blog and say that there were too many people on your walk!" I re-examined the pictures. I guess he's right. There is this little section of population that we have to pass. And one or two more houses here. The railroad tracks. And then pretty much nature the rest of the way. This is beautiful every morning, but the mist ma...

Finished these items this week, still cramming for the open house. The middle of this is chalkboard paint. I'd like to get a few more of these made. And more snowmen... Thursday evening I had to do a "favor" painting that I have been putting off. A man had brought some slate to me late in the summer and wanted a stone in front of his house painted with his name on it. I have been procrastinating that job for over a month. I finally ran out the other night after work and got it finished. It really didn't take that long...why do I do that? These are pics from on the way home from there. I forgot, of course to take a pic of the stone once it was painted. Wish that I could have got a clearer pic of these birdhouses. They are all along this road. And these little friends stopped to pose once I almost hit them. This bush is in my MIL's yard. Every year it just glows with color. And these mums started from this little start of a plant that I had years ago. ...