How Does Your Garden Grow?

 

The twig has lost all its leaves

A couple of morning glories hanging in there

Milkweed pods with a peek at the seeds.

Reggie's morning glory seeds ready to be harvested.

Rain, Himself's classes and grading student work left no time for working on the greenhouse

Brilliant blue skies and color in the Leaf Lady's yard

The Heavenly Blue morning glories. I wish they wouldn't bloom so late.

Bedazzled after rain

Much needed rain this week and a preview of Monday's post

How does your garden grow?

Saturday Afternoon at the Movies

   This idea came from a Facebook meme:

Over 10 days, post your 10 all time favorite films. What movie has really made an impact on you or what films can you watch over and over and never tire of? Post either the movie poster, DVD cover or even a screenshot on your timeline. No need to explain.

Only I had a hard time picking out just 10 movies so my favorites over the next few hundred Saturdays 😸 in semi-alphabetical order my favorite films. What movie has really made an impact on you or what films can you watch over and over and never tire of? Post either the movie poster, DVD cover or even a screenshot on your timeline. No need to explain.

The Sting (1973) Paul Newman, Robert (Be Still My Heart ) Redford

If you haven't' seen this movie, it's available on YouTube

The Friday Five Good Things

Image from Clipart Library

Five good things that happened this week.

1. The Nephew's Wife posted adorable pictures of Baby G (2 yrs old) enjoying  a first time trip to the zoo. So cute

2. Made a nice Sunday dinner. Roast chicken, roasted small potatoes, and roasted colorful carrots (yellow, orange, white, and purple)

3. Amazon package arrived before the rain. For some reason,  most delivery people won't put the package inside the porch even though the door is open and it's obvious, it's a front porch

4. We got the flu shot.

5. I'm having fun with Inktober and have come up with some ideas for other words in the challenge

How was your week? 

Inktober

 

10/08 challenge prompt: teeth

Pigma pen, watercolor pencil, metallic watercolor

10/09 challenge prompt: throw with artistic license in spelling

Sharpie pen, Pigma pen, pencil

10/10 challenge prompt: hope

Moon Palace sumi ink, Nikko G nib, Micron Pigma pens

10/11 challenge prompt: disgusting

Micron Pigma pen, watercolor pencil

10/12 challenge prompt: slippery

Moon Palace sumi ink, Nikko G nib, watercolor, watercolor pencil

10/13 challenge prompt: dune

Tombow Dual Brush Marker

10/14 challenge prompt: armor/armour

 A very sexy description of Gawain's armor in the arming scene from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by the Pearl Poet. ca. 1390, XXV, lines 574 - 580

Pilot Parallel Pen 1mm, Noodler's Black ink, Sanford Uniball Impact Gold,  Pigma pen, Watercolor pencil, pencil

All artwork done in Coptic bound 6" x 9" journal, Canson 98 lb. Mixed Media paper

Wordy Wednesday

T Stands for Cheeky Sandwich

Cheeky, little sandwich

Sticking out its tongue.

The Young One had the last word,

When all was said and done.

Just a little exercise in silliness and an exercise to post from the iPad since I got up later than normal and Himself is teaching his online class from the office/studio. Posting from the iPad is not as easy as posting from a desktop or laptop computer. 

Drop by hosts, Bleubeard and Elizabeth’s blog to find out what the rest of the T gang is up to. If you want to play, include a beverage or beverage container in your post. Don’t forget to link your blog from Bleubeard and Elizabeth’s page

Holiday Masks from The Vintage Table

 I had been chatting with a friend, and the talk turned to masks. She was saying she bought some holiday masks because we'll probably be wearing masks for a very long time.

Now, I have some fun mask prints, but nothing for the holidays. Looking around, I wasn't able to find anything with holiday prints that I liked or masks that were made in the USA. Then Karen, one of the karate family friends from the karate studio where Himself teaches and works out, posted on Facebook that her company, The Vintage Table was not only selling vintage tablecloths, but she was making masks, too. Mask not only made in the USA, but made in Natick, Massachusetts, the town where I grew up. 

Karen offers fitted and pleated mask styles for both adults and children. Cute vintage and retro patterns. I ordered a bunch. 

The masks practically arrived the day after I order them in this cute flamingo, vinyl envelope. The Eldest's favorite color is pink so the envelope will be recycled to send to her.

The Young One and I already have masks that we can wear for Halloween, but Himself didn't. His favorite color is purple so I ordered the mask with the spooky eyes. There was also a mask with Fall color pawprints that looked like leaves to me. Vintage snowmen and reindeer for Christmas. Snowflakes on blue to get me through the Winter blues. The Young One and her Beau have a thing about owls and the black cats sitting so their tails form a heart will be perfect for Valentine's Day.

The masks are well made from very, fine cotton so they are soft on sensitive skin. Not only cute patterns on the outside, but some also had a print on the inside. Made so well the masks can be reversible! They launder well and no ironing!

If you can't sew (like me), and you're looking for some masks made in the USA, follow the link above to Karen's website. There are lots of patterns to choose from  and you'd be helping out a small business.

A mask and a roll of toilet paper would make a great Christmas gift.  😺 Karen also has a fine selection of vintage tablecloths, too. ( I have a couple of those, too.) 

Karen, I hope you'll have some prints for St. Patrick's Day.