aging a funkin

I ventured into Hobby Lobby a couple of weeks ago and although my Witch's Kitchen is complete they had funkins on sale for 40% off.  So what did I do?  I bought me another one.  This time an orange one.  Just incase I decided to make another diorama in the future.  If not, I have a pumpkin to sit around for the season.  

When you first buy fake pumpkins I feel they look a bit too fake.  You have to put a little age on them.  It's really easy to do and all you need is a little dark brown craft paint, a paint brush and some paper towels.  You dip your brush in paint and swoop in sections because the paint dries fast.  Make sure it gets in all the cracks and before it dries wipe the sections with paper towel.  A damp paper towel is also needed.  The dry one sometimes doesn't wipe it off as good.  Waalaa!  Aged funkin!!

Much Better!!!

early fall walk

A walk in our woods never fails to amaze me.  Especially when I have such a good friend with me.  Today she kept managing to get in my pictures which just made them all the more precious.  The first one is my favorite.  Actually, the woods seemed a bit weird today.  Fall is in the air.  Everything seems to take on a different look.  Sometimes creepy in fact.  I didn't find any feathers for about the first 30 minutes but then they seemed to be everywhere.  I also kept seeing eye sockets in the creek and things grouped in threes.  That all probably means nothing... or does it?

Bergamont.. with a twist.

Do you spy the squirrel?  

I spotted his tail.  He was frozen there.  It was a little odd.

They usually run.  But this guy froze until I got too curious as to what he was doing.

One of Kate's very favorite spots in the creek.

She splashes in here for hours while I mushroom hunt in the spring.

Kate foot.

I was interested in a rock and when I moved it this guy ran out from underneath.  I think I woke him up.

Tree root flower pot.

What the Harvey rains did to our swimming hole.  It's now down to rock bed.

three

foot

This little feather... turned out to be two little feathers.

Shaun would have a duck fit over this large thistle

Milk weed pods

Around Here

What a beautiful fall.  Shaun says it's my kind of fall because it's unseasonably hot.  He's right.  These days I am all for taking a walk with Kate after work, going bare foot, opening the windows and taking the T-tops out of my car.   

Chief.

Tommy loves this weather too.

Can you find the teeny frog?

I have begun calling the little pond by our house Black Pool.  The water is always dark and it's Katie Bug's swimming pool when I don't want to walk her to the bigger ponds.

And I found these on my camera from the summer.

Oh summertime... how I will miss you.

This is the quilt that I started last year... 2015.  I finished it this summer.  It doesn't have any batting or anything... just a top layer and a bottom layer of fabric.  It is the perfect weight for summer. 

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A laundry visitor.

Not too clear but what a grin!