Strange as how I have come to love bugs like food (not to eat mind you) but pure fascination. Weird how you can spend time and not look up at the sky for a mere moment and miss something oddly spectacular. Have I built the suspense yet?
While I was patiently waiting with my youngest kiddo in the car for the oldest to finish VB practice, a nice hour refuge of speaking to the folks, finished reading a fabulous cookbook I just bought at Border's earlier, to messing with my iphone till everything I could possibly do to entertain myself with this goofball's foot tapping my head I look up to the sky and see it... what looked to be 20 or more tiny tiny birds. But on closer inspection what was really more like 50 or so buzzing dragon flies. Dragon flies, nearly two stories up in the area whirling back and forth above the treetops. How weird, usually you see randomly one in the back yard whirl by or around a pond or pool. But there were so many. I said, "Hey kiddo, look at those birds!" Astounding to me was the uninterested, "Uh, yeah mom those are bugs, I seen em." I should have know the most interesting thing in the car was the chocolate chip cookies she offered to "chump on" with me if I wanted to join her.
So, I spent the next 10 minutes starring up. Watching to see if any actually would bump paths and saw a few had near misses. I guess if you are going to watch bugs, watch with the car window shut. I had several mosquito's hitching a ride home with me as well.
As Fall is fast approaching we are sending out smoke signals via our soldering iron. Check out the latest addition of our soldered creations here. These fanciful Hallows Eve Charms are limited in availability so be the first to select yours.
Todays weather has made me think forward to the finer days to come. The season I now as an adult look forward to most is "indian summer." Growing up in the west hand of Michigan and spending summer afternoons on my grandparents apple farm my Grandmother and I would debate what time of the year was the best. I being a smart nine year old would boast Christmas every time because I knew what that meant– presents. She would often disagree and say "Indian Summer." At the time I could never understand for one, Indian Summer was not listed anywhere to my education a true season, a nine year old only knew: Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring.
I would like to take this moment and thank everyone who stopped by my studio last friday, it was wonderful to see faces that I haven't encountered all summer. Shame on me!
It has been a long hot summer and my little gardner has been busy as well. Meet Bonnie (not the kiddo, the cabbage). Bonnie has been a summer long project my kiddo has decided to do through a school incentive program from Bonnie Nurseries. The motivation being a $1000 scholarship for the largest grown cabbage. She weighed in at 10 lbs and due to the heat we plucked her from her bed and now is in the garage fridge awaiting a "feast" according to Mad of cabbage soup for the whole family- yum. Unfortunately, I don't know that it is going to make it, nor do I think I could make cabbage soup.
I have been busy working on custom photo charms for Charmed By Artistudio's first showcase this friday. Look and see how versatile with the change of a ribbon to chain. Can even be layered with the new funky line of jewelry I used with cloth beads and felt. As you can see color makes me happy! And all things old of course. Isn't my shop girl a cutie?
