Winter IS Coming

Though the temperature here reads anywhere from 81 to 86 degrees here..... Winter is sneaking up on us.

So to let us remember.... here is Snow Jabba - in process of melting.

Proud to say that he was created by son, daughter, and daughter's boyfriend; and that this guy, and son - as Slave Leia - made it to Front Page of Reddit. It was an exciting few days, and as all things do - this, too, passed.

Winter of 2013 is history, but Winter 2015-16 is just a few green months away...

On to the days that we've been given - 
Sue

This -

This is what I SHOULD be doing------

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Fare-thee-well,
Sue

Amazed

Still Amazed at how much produce can be produced from a "small" garden. 
To heck with keeping up with the weeding. I can't keep up with the Harvesting!!

And the tomatoes are still green.

These goodies will be given to others.

And hoping to make pesto for ourselves some time today.

My heart goes out to those with large gardens and no "time."
Though  Garden Time is Different.

Hoping you can find some. In your own green space or other space set aside as any kind of Garden. Five minutes of breathing in Green Air can make the rest of the day ever so much better.

On to that rest of the day here~!

And prepping for this Saturday's day at Art Festival at Brighton Beach! Come visit Duluth, MN, and head a bit north of town. We'll be there with "bears" and other friends! August 1st! Come back, Summer, come back...?

Nope. So we must appreciate our Green Stuff while we've got it.
No, I don't mow our lawn - that's Sir Todd's a-doing with the Green!

Fare-thee-well,
Sue

So Many Lives

Have you had many lives?

I have had a few.

Here is a beastie from way back.

Once upon a time I made my living customizing model horses. The plastic figures made by Breyer Molding Company of Chicago, Illinois produced the vast majority of animals that we then then repainted, or repositioned, and then repainted and even haired.

Sometimes an artist gets bored. Thus was created Ella-Loosa - my mascot for Sunshine Pete Appaloosas.

Here she is in all her red-eyed glory!

Ella is the Breyer Elephant - once a normal grey, now, through some genetic mystery, a purple, blue, and white Appaloosa.

Get bored. Let stuff happen. Wise stuff might pour out of your brain. Or you might imagine a black and white pinto banana.

Fare-thee-well!

Sue

Interesting!

"Whatever interests, is interesting." - William Hazlitt

"Whatever interests, is interesting." - William Hazlitt

The "curse" of being Interested in MANY THINGS leads me to a few Deep Places and too many Shallow Spots.

Just a FEW of the things that fascinate me: (and GO!)

1) fonts
2) weather
3) relationships - human or other
4) growing things
5) quantum physics
6) nutrition (trying trying)
7) motivation  
8) why I Love the color red

Just a very very few.

What sparks YOUR brain? 

A bit of pondering might give you insight into your own "Interesting!"

Fare-thee-well,
Sue

"Lights/Points"

pastel on suede matboard

A Simple Paper Cup

PAPER & Words are Amazing Things.

A coffee cup can hold more than coffee.
It can hold a message.
Or an image.
An Idea.

Fun.

I must Remember to make more of these.
I keep forgetting to make more of these.

Re-use. Re-tell. Remember.

Fare-thee-well,
Sue

Morning Bounty

(This will probably be a day of many unrelated posts. It's all about The Personal Challenge.)

Here be BOUNTY:

Our garden is not large - and the portion allowed for green beans is about the size of an average coffee table.

This is not a normal growing year in the backyard. I cannot keep up.

The beans and kale harvested this morning will go to others.

There will be more green goodies coming!!

And today rain is raining. In recent weeks I'd have been fake bitching. Today I am truly thankful.

Off to the next hours' adventures.

Breakfast awaits!

Oh, and our Brighton Beach Art Festival's booth number is #2. Next to the colorful Christy World (not what she would call her booth!) created by multi-talented Christy Ann Skuban. This art festival is only in it's second year, but already has a wonderful reputation! Come visit Duluth, MN this Saturday. We'll be just a wee tad north of town!

Fare-thee-well,
Sue