Take it or leave it kind of day?

Outline of my day~



Slept in, had coffee and toast with mom who is visiting, worked on back porch and yard in a tank top!!! Ah life is good. Gorgeous breeze, fed the birds new seeds and suet, hung all birdhouses, Clean out forgotten birdhouse and find 4 dead-skeletal baby birdie remains-UGH! ooh, life is so fragile.








Wash Hands 10-no 20X, Marinade steak for dinner, Play with visiting dog Heidi the Dachsund while others look on jealously. Vacuum screened in porch and find I have too many things yet somehow not quite enough for the look I am "going for". Moving on.


While wiping every surface of sneezy dusty green pollen I hear preteen (6 weeks old) Ducks squawlk like they are being bothered by the "big kids" in the flock. Remove big kids to big pen/pond and leave "lil kids" to play alone. Back to work...... Soak & Clean potatoes for dinner (yes, I washed my hands). Clean, peel, chop asparagus for dinner and throw all scraps outside for the menagerie to eat.
Oh so many daily chores....


Work on an ATC card and realize I forgot to feed the dogs, ugh. Take 2 allergy pills as my nose is running like a faucet and "I don't even have allergies" (Until 2 days ago-UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Still moving on....


Snap at hubby for no apparent reason other than he called me and I mention he can't come home late as it is a family dinner night. Austin home from 8th grade trip to Great Adventure with very rosy red cheeks from too much sun (damn-it I forgot the sunscreen AGAIN). Gavin comes home with hair that looks 2 inches longer than when he left this morning and now have to work in an emergency haircut. Answer emails, upload pics, blah blah blah....


Michael home and fires up the grill, I sautee the asparagus and he busts in & says that Bam Bam the lil kid male duck DROWNED in his water bucket!


He could reach the bottom to stand but must have freaked out so badly that he collapsed from the shock and drowned. Now his mate "Pebbles" (btw..they mate for life) is making distress sounds from sadness. Life SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!

If I had left the "big kids" in, it most likely never would have happened. ~Sigh~


We opened a bottle of Blackberry dessert wine after dinner and toasted our lil friend Bam Bam who was a good little friend to us and an amazing mate to Pebbles. ~Double Sigh~

Sleepy Weepy lil baby Creepy!

So, here is a peek of my newest sculpture.
Go to my FLICKR page to see more details.

I started to make some clay bodies for some fun and funky heads and noticed that the two bodies stacked looked like a baby Frankenstein. I think I was influenced by Chris of CK Designs Blog after cracking up at his FrankenBush post! Thanks for the inspiration to Chris and ABSOLUTELY to Janell Berryman who may be the only person who loves Halloween more than me (I will never admit this again).

Oh, and don't forget to sign up by commenting or convo-ing me for my first (hopefully annual) Halloween ATC Swap. Each artist will make two original art cards and then receive two from 2 different artists!
Go to the bottom of my blog for the details.

Time for another, Your Art Rocks Award!!!

So this award goes to an AMAZINGLY Super creative multi media artist who's oil work simply stuns me! The artist is Patricia Anders of Triciajoy & Art Propensity. I found her on Flickr and feel like a lottery winner for having stumbled upon her work.



The work is very vibrant and piercing yet quite polished in the details. The women she paints are fantastical and so lively and among my absolute favorites but truthfully all of her work is quite inspiring. Here is yet another artist I strive to own an original of one day! Her originals rightfully sell for $400+ but she does offer prints/giclees available on Etsy at Triciajoy.

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Hello my sweet blogger friends. Hope all of you are well. I just am so touched by all of the wonderful comments and emails I received about my Aftermath Angel sculpture, thanx BUNCHES! I did not set out to create her, she just came to be and I am so glad. She is now my personal favorite and I am unsure that I can ever part with her. I just love that she carries "your pain".





Now on a different note, here is a new piece that I created for Michelle from DarkSideDolls. If you do not know her work, please peek.
I found her 2 years ago on Myspace and have followed her since. Her creativity is inspiring to say the least. I cannot wait to see what she creates for me. We surprised each other and luckily she really likes Boogey Boy in his Skelly nite cap and his bedtime kitty! Feels like Christmas!! Woo hoo..Michelle You ROCK, sista!!!





Also, I will be away for a few days visiting Mom again and helping her a bit. I should be back by Thursday but Friday at the latest, for those of you wondering why I won't be responding, there is NO INTERNET there!! ARGH, UGH, CRAP!!!