Funny/weird book

Since I have a little trailer that I have fun glamping in I thought I would read a book about someone camping. Seems like a good idea, plus it was free on Amazon for my Kindle.GOING NOWHERE FAST is about empty nesters that are retired. The mom was a school teacher and the dad was a cop. They sell the house and buy an Airstream to travel the country in. They go to the Grand Canyon and after a nice morning jog they come back to find a dead man sitting on their toilet and their son hiding in the closet. The cops come and declare the toilet guy murdered and confiscate the Airstream. I am pretty sure the couple become sleuths and solve the mystery. It is pretty kick back quirky writing. There is always one kid in the family that takes extra care and tolerance , lol. No high drama yet and the writing isn't Pulitzer prize stuff but if you are wondering what to read that is sort of a fluff romp this may be your book.

Here is my little glamping house on wheels.

Reading First Frost by Liz DeJesus

I downloaded this book onto my Kindle and loved the cover they have for the book. I couldn't remember why I had this book on my Kindle, but I must say that I am enjoying reading the story. I loved the idea of a story time for children and then to find it was held in a Fairytale Museum was even more fun. The character Bianca's father disappeared when Bianca was the age of 10 and then at the age of 17 she finds out she is a witch and belongs to a family that she thought was only in fairytales. There are bad witches and castles and princes and stolen dreams and family love. The book moves along quickly there are a lot of surprises and fun twists. Magic everywhere. Retold/reinvented Snow White family.

Basque, beach and San Francisco

We have had smoke for weeks from all the forest fires in our state. It is nice to go to the bay area and the ocean to get some cool fresh air. I went for an over night stay with the NCTC and came home on my Birthday.

Collage and the girls.

I have been so inspired to create some collages. I have loved making collage pieces for about 25 years. I used to give them as gifts so I have none from the old days. I saw a few people making art pieces on Youtube and wondered if I could get outside my comfort zone with collage. Here are the two I have completed. They are cut off a little because the scanner was smaller then the paper.

The top one is inspired by a little statue my father bought years ago of a girl with a bird on her head. 

This one was inspired by the southwest and nature.

Here is Waterworld.  

Glamping we will go.

Fabric and paper flowers

   I saw this craft on Youtube and totally fell in love with the flowers. Then I saw that the projects were 2 years old. I just have to face it again that I don't keep up with all the new trends in clothing or crafts. When it comes to electronics it is even sadder, I'm usually 10 years behind.
   I started with one flower as practice and then made another one and then the third, which I then started to call them sunflowers. I went scrambling through the kitchen drawer because I knew at some point I saw some old coffee filters. Low and behold they were there and they were brown ones. Yippee. I stamped a coffee filter like I was told on Youtube and let it dry, I cut out the circles and sewed basting stitches onto the paper. The next step was to bunch up the stitches, and it worked.  I found my buttons for the flower centers and then thought I needed to try a stamped doily flower. I didn't sew this one because once I cut out the circles there was no place to sew. My husband asked me what I was going to do with the flowers, and I really didn't have a clue.
   The next day I thought I should make a wall hanging with my cute little sunflowers. I love the fabric I used as background and then thought it needed a border. The sunflowers didn't do it for me. Boring...I knew it needed leaves, but I felt to lazy to make them. Finally I got around to an idea for the leaves but they didn't work out how I planned. I wanted bulk and a 3 dimensional look so I backed the leaves with felt to make them pop on the background fabric. Finally,I liked the leaves and flowers but I wanted to add some sparkle and beads to represent flowers sparkling in the undergrowth of leaves. Man oh man the creative process is sometimes slow.

36 years and love is in the air

For our 36th anniversary we went up the mountain with our little Daisy to a campground I found on the internet. We had a wonderful time and some great new experiences.

 These are my little Lilly and Felix  for a Facebook group, they are paper dolls that traveled with us.

 Mimosas for our celebration.

 Trout from pond to table. We didn't eat trout but they were fun to watch.

Joe making decaf Mocha

 We will go here again for other new experiences. Lots of lakes and hiking trails.

Book Haul 6/28/13

Went to a thrift store today after many months of not checking any out.

Love Alice Hoffman books

Always need a good joke so this book may help me out

The Four Agreements is manna for the soul

The Art of Racing in the Rain is a book that has been on my want list for a couple of years.