MEMORY JUG....."PUT A BIRD ON IT"

I have had this memory jug for a while..........

 

10 1/2'' tall by 15" in diameter at it's largest

 

 

 

It has some items on it that are a bit different.

for instance...the pocket knife shaped

like a running dog...

 

 

 

doll, jack, spool of thread, snail shell, key

buttons, arrowhead, jewelry, round mirror

 

 

 

 

This is one of only two antique jugs I have that are

signed and dated.

 

("Maid" by Emma E. Shink     New(?) Danville      1881)

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                               

Gingerbread Houses

AND BRACES.........................

My grandson Matt and I make a gingerbread house every year.
This year it was a bit more challanging because the day before we built it he got his braces
put in. Top and bottom. Yup......he looks like the grill of a  big ol'Buick. AND......can't eat any of the candy we used. Bummer. No sticky, gummy candy.

 

My husband, knowing I had "gingerbread house kit" on "my list",

helpfully brought this home for us. HUH?????

This was so not gonna happen.

 

So...........................inspired by Tim Burtons'

"Nightmare Before Christmas",

And maybe Steven Kings'  "It"

as well as  a bit of Scooby Do and his

penchant for ending up in scary houses...........

well, I think you'll get the idea.........

 

 

"Welcome Scooby, come on in"

(said the spider)

 

 

If you look close you  can see the handyman from

Home Depot....he's on the roof, wrapped in spideys web.

 

 

Another spider.......and the handymans ladder, still leaning

against the house......it seems to have

a big green gummy worm using it now.

 

 

One end of house.....it has a guard of

green frogs as well as more green gummy worms

on patrol.

(and another spider on the roof)

 

 

Hey! Here's a good look at the roof...........

Big Spider.......and his Christmas dinner

"on hold".

 

 

Closeup of spider and his  (her?) web.

 

By Matthew Hajek, age 9 1/2

 

(as a memorial to all the candy he can't eat

for a long time)

 

OK..........................that gives you an idea of what

Christmas looks like at our house.....:):):)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TEXTILE FORAGING

A BIT OF JUNKING.............

 

First I found this vintage Pendleton blanket,

actually probably considered a "shawl" since it has fringe on

all four sides.

 

 

Then I found this "death" doll.

This doll isn't all that old, but I think the textiles

used to make it are much older.

Tourist trade?

No matter........I like it!!

 

MY BUCKET LIST.........

WHAT'S ON YOURS?

 

I have a board on Pinterest........Free Tibet..........

I have pinned a documentary there (in short installments)

that show what I believe to be the real situation in most of Tibet today.

My hope is that you will find a few minutes to watch at

least part of it.

 

It is called   "Tibet.....What remains of us....."

There are eight installments, and they are numbered so look for 1of 8

to start.

 

Thanks.

 

http://pinterest.com/avgl/free-tibet/ 

 

 

                                           

An altar for giving back...........

Living on ten wooded acres

we often find interesting things

cast off from or created by the creatures

that live here with us.

There are also several of these "nurse trees".....

created when a new tree grows out and around

the old stump of a tree that was cut down at one time.

 

Every time I went out the drive I looked at this nurse tree

and thought......."that looks like a niche there"

Today, it became one.

A place to give some of the things we find "back"

A living tree altar.

An ongoing interactive art project.

This is just the beginning, this project will be evolving for some time I think. 

Hey Girl..............................

     In a Perfect World............................

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Altar Update.....

Look who came to live with me......................

I think she looks right at home .

I think she might be smiling.

I know I am.

Thank you Steph, merci !!!

(click the link to visit Stephs blog and see a better photo)