Random Pictures of Life

I altered this photo and like the results.

This is the original

The temperature has heated up lately and combined with torrential storms that have unleashed a swarm of mosquitoes, we are challenged in enjoying the outdoors.  The girls were so cute running around in their dresses, and for the life of me I could not get a good picture of them with my point-and-shoot camera.  This picture below was the best I got. It looks like the tree is hugging Jamie and she is liking the love. Audrey looks like the tree is whispering something in her ear. My imagination, gotta love it!

Here are some pictures from a trip we took to Hayward, WI during Memorial Day weekend.

I love statues.  This one has a lot of movement.

Memorial Day

Girls pet a cute goat

These two animals share the same living quarters.

Feeding deer.

This huge Muskie is a big attraction in Hayward, WI.

Hi, can you see us in the mouth?

Hope you are sewing more than me. 

(Dear sewing machine, I have not abandoned you. We will resume where we left off in our love affair.)

 Enjoy!

Soule Mama's ~This Moment

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.




A Happy Father

Crochet Stripy Sock Puppy

I started this puppy on Memorial Day weekend driving home from Hayward, WI.  He is made with 100% cotton.  An amigurumi pattern from Lilleliis here.

A bit about Stripy, aka Bark

He is a happy little puppy and likes summer and being outside.  When he is not outside he likes to look out the window and wait for his chance to go out.

He likes to smell the grass.

But his favorite thing to do is to sit amongst the flowers and absorb their color energy through his stripes.  So far he has absorbed so much green it made is nose turn green.

He can't understand why the girls don't like him???  He doesn't care, because he loves himself too much to let his unpopularity with the twins get him down.

Soule Mama's ~ This Moment Friday

Harvest

En Plein Air

This Moment Friday

Sunny with a chance of Hexi

My second english paper piecing completed.  It is a minimalist representation of a spider, in case you can't tell.   Amy encouraged us to be creative with the second block and this is what I came up with.   I'm not sure how it is going to fit in with my cowboy theme, but I guess spiders were around since the beginning of time. 

Here are some pics of my girls.

 Play doh can occupying their attention for a long time.  

Hosie the cow is out.  I wish the water coming out of the hose wasn't so cold. 

A break from play doh to look at a green crawly caterpillar.

I'm wonder if these are monkey dogs?  They seem happy enough.

Girls are liking sleeping out in a tent.  A test run of two days before our adventure during Memorial Day weekend.

God Bless our Veterans.  Thank you from the bottom of my heart!