Tolentreasures

Lovely picture, right?  Let me tell you,  they smell wonderful! They grow wild along the road around here.  People have told me that they are called  Russian Olives.  I have high hopes that they will root and I can plant them somewhere in the yard.  Anyway,  those of you that follow along know that there are stories  here that are  a bit bizarre.  As many as there are that I tell... there are many more that I choose to keep under wraps.  This one probably should be.. but too funny, weird, well words might not describe this incident.  A couple of weeks ago a friend brought more of those deer skulls for me to paint.  I put them in my car.  Also, right around that time,  we got a load of ground beef.  (This will be important later in the story) Later the same deer head day, I opened my car door to the smell of death and decay. Apparently the deer head...

My Mother called on Tuesday and informed me that the trunk of her car was full. Could I meet her, she wanted it emptied? My Mother lives 100 miles away. So, after work, I make my half of the trip and meet my parents for supper. An event made so much easier with the time change. I seriously dislike that trip in the dark. And what is pictured above is part of what her trunk was full of. I had to make one little purse, just to use a bit of the fabric. So many projects in that pile... however, I think that she and her friends are enabling the hoarder in me. All these zippers also. I did finish this scarf in the past few days. But, I started this. A baby afghan for a friend's first grandchild. Still working on these. Tomorrow may be the Bigger Than a Volkswagen Project Announcement. And another of these. Orange Camo this time. That's it folks! Lovin' the spring weather! Lovin' the time change! Lovin' not having the fireplace mess! Logan - 37 Robins Grandma Shirle...

Ok, I debated posting these, I could have just said, "Project Number Seven is done" and acted like it was a Christmas present that I could not show yet. I could have just not counted them, But really, they are not something that I like to paint... so getting them off the list was a huge accomplishment and I wanted to celebrate it! One time I was asked, "What is the strangest thing that you ever painted on?" and my answer was this. However, I did not think that I would ever have to do another one. Much less two of them. However, the first one is displayed in my daughter and son-in-law's home. And One of their friends saw it and wanted two done. They called. I was busy at work. JWS asked if I wanted to do them, Hand over the receiver. I hemmed and hawed. And finally shot off a price that I thought was worth it to do them. And they said that they would think about it. Whew! And then.... They were dropped off at the shop. and then... They sat on t...