I'm back! I'm Back! Haunted Gourds!

Halloween is coming!!! The time is drawing near! With this heat and no rain the swamp is drying up! Creatures are coming up from the Haunted Swamp! And they are hungry! They need a new home.... yours will do!



I'm back! Cleaning cobwebs from my head, man some of those pain meds can make you loony-forgetful and blah!

I'm up and walking, even if it's a slow walk aided by a cane. I found one good thing about that cane... I can poke people and cats with it!!

This Bloody Eyed Creature is on Ebay now at a great price!

He's 12 inches tall and made from a Haunted Swamp grown gourd!

And you can only get these spooky wonders from the Haunted Swamp!

It's getting close! 19 more days!

Holy-Moly where does the time fly? Stop and think...it's almost the 4th of July. What happened here, did I fall asleep beside the old dead tree?

Ahhh I gave up trying to catch up... I'll just try to keep up!
If I had a swing this would be me, swinging away time....
I think Me and my sisters may have to gather around the fire and dance!

My Count down...starts now!

This is my count down........on July 13 I will disappear for a little while.

I just now, as in just today realised I will be down and out as Halloween listing time approaches!

Trying to get a few things lined up...and...oh girls this is the good part.... get hubby trained to list, wrap, and send items....? That is ship then if I have any sale!

I don't want to shut either of my Etsy stores, so what's a person to do!

Hubby is all worried I'll die! OMG! I am much to rotten to die!

Then he says...I know you are going to fall down and break something when you have to use that walker... Yes, ok I will admit I am a klutz.

I gave in and got a cane over the weekend, he insisted. Geeezzz men! But it is pretty...it's got a interesting blue design. I feel weird out in the public using it....blah!

SO now I must run and try to get some things done. Things that will bug the heck out of me if they are left..... undone!

I think I can....I think?

Well what a month...June aready?! Holy Moly where does the time go?
Well I know my time is all messed up....I'm on drugs! What! You ask... she's a druggy!!? Oh No!
These are all perscription... don't worry! But they do have a way of putting me in "a fog".

I have been sorting gourds. Planting gourds. Thinking about painting gourds. Wondering what I am ever going to do with all these gourds.........

This year I have had some bad luck germinating those gourds! But, I found some little seedlings growing out near the edge of the swamp (like how I tossed that in!). This will be a surprise gourd crop this year! I have a feeling they are eggs and mini spinners. But, hey! Who knows!

Trying to get so much done before surgery! I think I'm just going to give that idea up!
I did get the little gourdies transplanted, a few tomatoes, yard long and pole beans planted. I also planted two grape vines in the gourd arbors. Catnip is now fenced completly in.... we had a bunce of very high, stagering, rolling cats in the yard. My poor plant was nothing but a stub!
Got some new fish for the pond. How can 40+ feeder goldfish dissapear? Figure I'ld start with a 'few' and see how many grow.

And everyone that has been asking.... (THANKS FOR ASKING) Yes, I am in Ohio. Yes, I am fine. Tornados have been sliding south and north of us. We are getting some high winds and lots of rain. Rain is good, because I don't have to drag my hose out to water. Draging that hose is a drag! But dear Hubby has to mow more.... man is that grass growing fast!
Lynda

Going to be a HOT one!

Well it's Monday! Looks like temps are going to be in the 80's all week! Plenty of sunshine!
Well 80 is just too hot for me! I will either do the things that need done outside in the early morning or late evening. I have learned I don't like sunburns, that hurts! Oh and I don't like to sweat either! So I guess I will be in the house.... cleaning! I need to list some jewelry on esty / Mellowmoonstudio. And maybe, just maybe make a dent in this art room!
Sooooo.... wish me luck my friends I need it!

FRIDAY!!!

Times flies, it don't pause for me....
My sister went back home to MT Wed. morning after a two week visit.
My black cat Salem had surgery.... got his wee wee wacked and now pees like a girl. He has taken to chewing on my finger tips...that is weird, don't you think?

I have sorted out 5 bags of 30-dirty egg gourds ( all sizes small to large - mix)... coming soon to Ebay ( yeah if I don't get distracted). If you would like these before I list contact me. I'll give them to my blog buddies for $10 plus $7 shipping.

I am really going to try hard to get my act together and get my art room cleaned...toss, toss, toss. Get my tables cleaned off. Between jewelry and painting I think I need two or three of me.
I even gave in an cleaned some gourds this morning.... I truely do hate washing gourds. This room is so cluttered, even the shelves are looking cluttered...and the tables, floor, desk........

Have not yet decided if I am going to be in the Pond tour....empty pond, no one wants to look at that! But it's for a good cause - Childrens Hospital Burn Unit. I will have to give this some thought.

I have decided that July 27 I will have my knee replaced. Just can't put if off....hubby still has a job with insurance!

So everyone have fun this weekend!

MIA again!...... here's the story folks!

Ok I am MIA again! Been busy and side tracked!
We know Daph won those gourds...and they arrived!
Hope Daph shows us what she is going to do with some of them...and no, silly me did not take a picture of them...thought about it after they were gone!
Let's all visit her blog... www.earthdancedaph.blogspot.com

Now on another note... My sister has been visiting from Montana.. keeping me busy!
And maybe some haven't heard but I think I have a evil person in my neighborhood. Three of my outdoor cats have been poisoned and one is still missing for 2 weeks now, presummed dead. R.I.P. Merlin, Ms Kitty, Little Bit, and Punky
Also a tragic event.... I would really-really-really hate to think this but I think someone poured amonia in my pond...42 goldfish and Koi dead. I had water tested..... high amonia level... hmmm nothing I did...then I found a empty amonia bottle in weeds. Why would someone do that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Then to add insult to injury... something (varment) chewed holes and busted a bunch of my dry gourds! But I was one up on that critter! The grandkids and I sorted out egg gourds yesterday afternoon and made 5 bags of 30-dirty gourds! Which will be going on Ebay soon I hope!
Oh and we sorted 2 dozen nice/same sized egg gourds too! They are beauties and dirty! LOL!
Lynda

Rainy and cold Sunshine

Saturday I did a small showing at a Pagan Earth Day Fest. All went well except for it being cold and wet! I had to leave early, about 2:30 to attened to other day plans.
And now.....

Well it's Tuesday night...in one minute it will be Tomorrow morning!
Sunshining so bright today...looked warm. Then I went outside...no, not one bit warm!
Turned right around and went back inside! But later in the day..after I went a cleaned a house.... I got all inspired, knee didn't hurt much...and away I went. Since I had to redo the plumbing for my pond it is all in disawray. Moved stones and moved more stones! We put in a small Lotus pond...it holds seven bags of garden dirt and one wheelbarrel of garden dirt....then planted my new Georgia Pink Queen Lotus into the mud! And if that wasn't enough, I repotted 4 waterlilies too. I think I have 2 more to do...water was so muddy I couldn't see where they were.... so that will be for another day.
It feels so good to got something accomplished!!!
Now it's that time...time to go to bed and start a new day...in the morning!
Lynda