SWEET GREY

PRANCING GREY AND INSPIRATIONAL POSTCARDS



High stepping while making his rounds out back

Here are some of the postcards I made for a swap that

Natalea set up.. any theme on the front and an

inspirational quote on the back. You can click my picture to read my

fantastical quotes!

HELLO THERE RILEY!!!

Wow.. it's March.. I've been so busy with so many different things but today I had an urge to catch up on my blog.. going to visit some old friends and see what they're up to.

SMILING WEIMARANER AND JOURNAL BOOK WEEK 2

After a run.. happy boy! 

Here are the pieces to my book for week two. That's the front cover, the inside back cover, and papers for the inside. I tea stained some lined paper and some graph paper and then

I copied some pages from a cool book I picked up at the library book sale! 



ELEPHANT EARS AND STEAMPUNK BLACKBIRD

The elephant ears are taller than Riley!!!

 Here's my entry for

http://takeaword.blogspot.com/

The theme is blackbird

BACK IN BLACK AND WHITE, ORANGE DAHLIA AND ALTERED BOOK JOURNAL

The grey boy in black and white..

One of my fall flowers, an orange dahlia.

The items I'll be using for a new class over at

www.tentwostudios.com

An altered book journal and I'm very excited about it!

WATCHFUL BOY, NEW KITCHEN, FLOWERS AND STEAMPUNK HAT

The grey boy lays in this spot

all throughout the day..

every day..

Here's the kitchen..

almost done!!

End of August in the

flower garden...
This is where I was this morning...

Here is my entry for

http://thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com

The theme is "hats"

I made another stationary page for writing soldiers letters.

http://soldiersletters.org

SHADES OF GREY, SUMMER CAKE, GREEN EARS AND SUN-KISSED

Sweet grey ... The best cake in the world..

I made plum blueberry upside down cake

and it is fantastical!

Recipe can be found on

allrecipes.com

My elephant ears are holding steady! They would

appreciate more rain..
This is my entry for
http://inspiration-avenue-team.blogspot.com
The theme is sun kissed.. whatever it is you
love about summer and sun..
I love taking Riley to the lake every morning in the summer
time so here's what I came up with..

TROLLING FOR DUCKS, BLACK AND WHITE BEAR, AND SCENES FROM THE GARDEN

Riley has always hated/feared water.. but his desire to eat a duck or a swan

is apparently over-riding those previous water problems.

He's now in the water every single morning...

I found this old picture of Riley and Bear..

I do miss the big boy..
One of 4 sunflowers I had out front for a couple weeks ..

A blackbird balancing for his brunch...

LIFE IS GOOD, DOVES AND SUNFLOWERS AND STAINLESS STEEL DREAMS

Can you tell by Riley's face.. that life is good..

Sweet summer time and ever growing

elephant ears..

more from the garden ..
Sweet sunflower...

This is part of the reason you haven't seen any artwork from me,

having my kitchen re-done and it's very disruptive and just makes everything that much more difficult. So I haven't really had the time or the drive to make anything exciting, hopefully soon though, I miss having time at my table to join in on challenges and make stationary pages.
As for the kitchen... I had to have this

apron sink, stainless steel. In another 2 weeks it should be all back together.

I can't wait... to cook.. cook and cook some more and I want to make every single thing on

this list..

http://www.bystephanielynn.com/2011/07/50-different-foods-you-can-put-in-jar.html

RILEY BLUE, GARDEN GOODNESS AND STARS AND STRIPES

Here's the boy at one of his favorite places!

I found 3 sunflowers in my garden!!! Consensus is that they

grew from the seeds in my bird food. They are coming up right underneath the feeders..

I think I now have the biggest elephant ears in the

neighborhood!! Maybe the whole town!!

Butterfly bushes.. working hard..

Here is my entry for

http://takeaword.blogspot.com

The theme is stars and stripes...

BACK SCRATCHING, GARDEN LOVE AND GNOMIE

This is the grey boy loving life..

he does this everytime I run him

to the park .. this

is when he's the happiest...

Ok, I wouldn't have thought this was possible

but yet, here it is.. two morning doves on

one tea cup feeder.. a small, dainty tea cup..

their balance is improving by the week..

Here are my growing elephant ears!!!!!

I'm so excited that they're doing so well and getting so big!!!

More garden goodness..

Here is my entry for

http://sundaypostcardart.wordpress.com

The theme is Gnome

CRUISING, GNOMES EYE VIEW AND DRAGONFLIES

Cruising through town...

wind in his ears and bugs in his nose..

loving life..

Here are some views from my garden.. I;m excited about

about these Elephant Ears I planted, they're supposed to get really big..

so here they are at the beginning.. we'll see how they

end up..

Cornflower.. or maybe it's strawflower..

you get the idea...

My handsome gnome relaxing under the lilies..

Here is my entry for

http://takeaword.blogspot.com

The theme is insect.. I think dragonflies are

insects.. you can click to big size for details!

A RARE SIGHT, SHOTS FROM THE GARDEN AND SUMMERTIME PAGE

A rare photo of Riley laying down in the grass out back!

For some reason he doesn't like the feel of grass on his belly.. I guess I might not

either with all those weeds mixed in..

I saw a recipe for ... wait for it... wait...

WATERMELON GAZPACHO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh my goodness.. I've never tasted anything like it.. loved it!!

Let me know if you'd like the recipe.. perfect for a hot summer night..

This is one of my lilies!!! I love the vivid orange color..

year after year I just get more and more and the orange red is

spectacular!

Here's a little bird that

dropped by for lunch..
If you aren't way too tired of another journal/stationary page..
here is my entry for
http://crazyamigochallenge.wordpress.com
The theme is Summer.
I've been making these pages to write letters to wounded and deployed soldiers
through the
http://soldiersangels.org
website.
If anyone is interested you can sign up to write letters.. or you can "adopt" a deployed soldier
and send a care package once a month and write a letter to them every week.
Good stuff.. and a lot of soldiers on the waiting list for that little extra support.

TRYING TO FLY.. BIRD BATH AND THE WRITTEN WORD

The flying grey...

He was running like the wind all afternoon!!!

I managed to get a picture of this sweet bird

bathing out in the flower garden..

all those little white spots are the water droplets from his shaking his wings out..

kind of cool..

This is my entry for

http://threemuseschallenge.blogspot.com

The theme this week is.. the written word

I used the words from "It's a wonderful world"

as always you can click the pic for detail!

Have a beautiful weekend..