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Monthly Archives: October 2010
::! Fame !::
If you were watching the World Series Halloween night (sorry, Rangers), you saw my sister on National TV!! They were doing a Fox news Happy Halloween thing, shooting a bunch of trick-or-treaters knocking on a door – AND IT WAS … Continue reading
~;;~ Some Haunting Images ~;;~
As I have mentioned before, my mom used to sew up our Halloween costumes. I remember the cat one, which I loved, but I don’t remember any others; there might be movies of us on Halloween, but my parents weren’t … Continue reading
Posted in A little history, Family, Fun Stuff, holidays, Images, Seasons, The kids
Tagged Autumn, costumes, Halloween, kids, ninja, pirate ship, pumpkins
42 Comments
Just Wait Five Minutes
Our dependable world: October 22: Box Elder leaves just starting to turn yellow. Some down. Usually, at this time of year, our whole yard goes stunningly yellow and stays that way till the first of November. I was anticipating that … Continue reading
~;;~ Part Four: the other thing I made ~;;~
It finally occurred to me that knitting yard into shapes could yield something perhaps more functional than horses. (Is there really anything more functional than horses?) I hate making clothes. Sewing them always left me unsatisfied (does it fit? Kind … Continue reading
Posted in Images, Knit Stuff, Making Things, Pics of Made Things, Seasons, The g-kids
Tagged baby, hat, knitting, on Flickr">, pumpkin
28 Comments
~;;~ Part Three: one thing I have made ~;;~
You do realize that my decorative marks up there are little bats, right? And I will tell you that we woke up to snow on the roof this morning. Ack. And sigh. But a white roof justifies an extra hour … Continue reading
Posted in Family, holidays, Just talk, Making Things, Pics of Made Things, Seasons, snow, The g-kids, The kids
Tagged kilts, snow, wreaths
17 Comments
~;;~ Game Day pt.2: the cookies ~;;~
Take a very good look, because what you see now was gone yesterday. Stormy, seasonal (for a change) weather, we’ve got now. But on game day – it was like this: early morning slant light, sun just over the mountains … Continue reading
Posted in Fun Stuff, Images, Seasons, The g-kids, The kids
Tagged Autumn, cookies, leaves, Scooter
12 Comments
~;;~ game day and stormy weather: pt 1 ~;;~
I have spent weeks now with the camera glued to my face. But the storms have come in, and autumn leaves do not weather weather, so soon enough I’ll stop. Will you hate it if I keep posting what I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in A little history, Epiphanies and Meditations, Family, Images, Just life, Just talk, Seasons
Tagged Autumn, baseball, family
21 Comments
:: All Hallow’s Eve ::
I’m in the way of writing about Halloween today. I know I’ve written about it a little before, but today is such a gloriously gloomy sort of day, I’m just feelin’ it. I love holidays. I love the ones that … Continue reading
Posted in A little history, Epiphanies and Meditations, Explanations, Making Things, Memories and Ruminations, Pics of Made Things, Seasons, The kids
Tagged Autumn, bats, cats, Halloween, kids, light, pumpkins, quilts, skeletons
34 Comments
~o:> October Notes
When I posted on Moment-to-moment this morning, I got this for my security word: Altrumat. I think I’m going to be asking questions here, and wanting answers. Question one: how would you define this word? Come on, come on – … Continue reading
Posted in dumb stuff, Epiphanies and Meditations, Horses, Images, Images of our herd in specific, Just life, Seasons
Tagged Autumn leaves, gates, Horses, running, shower curtains, toilets, Tricia
26 Comments
~o:> Winding down
There are just times when (you: finally sitting on the couch after many days, house now quiet) your eyelids just keep drifting down, all by themselves. And there are also times you jump up to dance around the house, rejoicing … Continue reading
Posted in friends, Fun Stuff, Horses, Images of our herd in specific, Knit Stuff, Making Things, Pics of Made Things, Seasons, Visits
Tagged Autumn, bats, Emma, Horses, knitting, Lindy, Visits
26 Comments