October Horseshoe Tree

Decisions, decisions, decisions!  It took me forever to decided what I wanted to put on my Halloween Horseshoe Tree.  While in Utah during Labor Day Weekend, I went to Michael’s craft store to find something to put on my tree.  Wowziers………Michael’s had tons of stuff, making it very difficult for me to make up my other mind.  I finally decided on little witch hats and mixed it up with orange, black and green glitter balls and green glitter spiders.  I wanted fun Halloween decorations without getting into gory stuff.  I used the same ribbon bow that I made for September, and I’ll probably use it for November, too.  When I got it all decorated, it was just what I wanted.  If only it hadn’t taken so long to get my other mind to kick in gear……..stood in Michael’s looking & thinking for quite some time.

 
 

And this is how I finished the entire desk top:

 
As my husband and I were out driving a few weeks ago, I saw some cattails growing along the side of the road.  Yes, we had to stop and get some for my decorations.  It had been raining off and on for a few days and I didn’t have anything to cut the stems with.  It was not an easy task trying to get the wet stems to break off.  I ended up twisting and twisting each stem to finally get a really frazzled break.  The cattails were also full of water so I set them on our back utility sink for a few days to dry out and then I really sprayed/soaked them good with hair spray so they wouldn’t fuzz out when they totally dried.
 

 
I’m thinking there may be a few more changes before I’m done.  Not sure if I will take the time, but I keep looking at it thinking, it needs something different…..take something away add something else, or just take something away.  As I walk by the desk numerous times a day, I’ll keep thinking on it.  You know, that “Other Mind” thingy plays a big role in my life – ha!

How Big Is A Moose

Ok, really....I don't think these moose realize how big they are and what they do to my yard.  There are big scrapes on the front yard grass and craters on the new drive-way gravel we just had put in.  Hmmm, I guess if you want to be around nature, you have to put up with nature, right?!

This moose was in our field yesterday and there were people stopping and taking pictures, which scared him so he was running in different directions trying to get away.  And of course, I was standing at my dining room window watching it all take place and taking video shots.  This young bull was fun to watch as he came closer, and closer to our home, running right past the window.  He came so close I had to hurry and try to zoom out as far as I could to get him all in the view finder.  He was moving faster than I was and I was having a hard time judging where I needed the camera to be and thus, I kept cutting off part of his face.

Shortly after having the moose in the field, we had five deer on the lawn.  Yessiree, you've go to love nature to live at our home.

 

Moose Close To Home

This morning, not too long after getting out of bed, and it was light enough to see outside, we had a few visitors......4, to be exact.  Just over the back fence, close to our home, we had four moose (1 young bull, 1 mamma, and 2 youngsters).  I was only able to get a picture of the bull and mamma because it was pouring outside and the photos I took were just what I could get from looking out our dining room window. 
The mamma, young bull, and one of the  youngsters have been hanging around our place (further away) for the past few days and it was only this morning that they decided to venture closer to our home.  It's always fun to see them up close.

 

Bottled Peaches – Peaches – Peaches

MMMM……….of all bottled fruit, PEACHES are my favorite.  I love to eat them in a bowl plain or with just a little bit of milk and in the mornings, for breakfast, alongside a slice of toast with butter.  They also make very yummy peach cobbler.  They are also great piled with cottage cheese.  And………….!  With peaches, the list can go on forever.
I got all my peaches when I went to Utah over Labor Day weekend.  I wasn’t thinking, and while picking them, I pulled out the bottom of my t-shirt and began loading up my t-shirt with fresh picked peaches then transferring them to a box.  After all was said and done and I had picked the peaches needed, the itches started coming.  Wowza, my arms and entire torso itched.  How could I have not thought that was going to happen!  But, I’m here to tell you it was all worth it. 
After bottling 28 quarts of peaches in Utah, with my sister and her husband, I came home with another load of peaches and bottled 20 more quarts yesterday, giving me a total of 48 quarts.

Seriously, is there anything more beautiful than bottled slices of sunshine?!