Friday

Absolutely nothing to post today. So I found an old photo I got onthe Internet several years ago. Some photographer got lucky, and took lots of photographs of some polar bears in Churchill in a dog lot. They were playing with the dogs.

Just noticed today that my Christmas cactus is covered with buds. I don't know why it blooms for me. I know they don't like a lot of moisture, but it's ridiculous to let them go a month or more without water.

A very blah day. Cold and windy, no sign of snow. Don't feel like painting, and don't feel like reading. And the cat is attacking her tail with a vengeance. Maybe I'll watch a movie.

Wednesday

Now playing on XM Nashville Taylor Swift "Mine."

My William Matthews book came today. I love this guy's work.

This book was selling new on Amazon for over $200. Yikes! I got a used one for $15, and it looks new to me. Even still has the dust jacket.

Our ranks are thinning in our art group. Nancy is a snow bird and has flown south. Rollie and Judi are on their way south. Pam is going to be gone to Hawaii for two weeks.

And I want SNOW!

Tuesday

Definitely top on my "To Do" list today - find the manual that came with my clock/radio/iPod player. It used to turn the iPod on at 12:30 every day. Now it has an annoying alarm that goes off at 8:00 AM, then keeps going off during the day. And the time is wrong.



KC at dance class. Interesting how they all seem to be doing something different. Kasey is just grinning at her Mom. This is great, but I hope she doesn't forget her dance moves to the hard rock music!



Something else on my wall, one of my favorites. It's a little handmade cross from the Mission San Juan Capistrano. Tracy and Paul and I visited the mission when we were in California. A lot of stuff in the gift shop was pretty commercial and "touristy". But this little cross was made by a local Indian "Marcos." The mission is a beautiful place.

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I am dubbing another copy of a VCR tape to a DVD. Did one yesterday. So frustrating. I can do the exact same thing I did yesterday, and the machine does something different.

Monday

I have no new pictures, except for things hanging on my wall. (Yawn). So I stole a couple of Barrie's pictures today of her training run this morning.

Holy Cow! Who Let the Dogs Out? That's lot of dogs.

Dog butts - view from the sled.

This enameled metal piece is hanging in my upstairs bathroom.

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I seem to remember a weather forecast that said we had a 70% chance of snow today. I saw an old Beverly Hillbillies show where Granny had a cricket in a box to predict weather. Maybe the weather service needs a cricket.

Wall Art

Now playing on XM Radio Faron Young, "Hello Walls".

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Now that's an old song. I was living in Casper when it was popular, and I think I had just broken up with a boyfriend. I remember the song, but not the boyfriend.

I love this enamaled metal stuff. This is a sun which I bought when I remodeled upstairs. It is on the wall above the stairs. When I saw this, I knew it was exactly what I wanted for that spot. It's about 30" wide.

I have several Kokopelli items. I don't know where Tracy got this switch plate cover, but she didn't want it and brought it to me.

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I have found a home for my old Southwest Art magazines. Yay! I sure hated to just throw them in the bin at the recycling center. Terry H. wants them. I also found someone who wants my old Pastel Journals. If I don't declutter and get rid of some old magazines, the floor is going to cave in.

Tried a very small painting of a hat today. I liked the colors I mixed, but now I'm not sure which colors I used.

I am listening to the Nashville chanel on XM radio this morning and was enjoying the music until I realized the Nashville chanel has commercials!! No, no, change quick!

Watched a funny movie last night, "Beer for my Horses". Toby Keith plays the part of a red neck small town deputy sheriff in Oklahoma, with some comical coherts. Willie Nelson is in it too.

Writing the novel is not as much fun as it was last year. I took a couple of writing courses, and that kind of took the fun out of it.

Thursday

Now playing on my iPod Marty Robbins "The Hanging Tree".


Barrie took KC down to Tara Bolgiana for a Halloween photo. Tara is an old (I mean former) student of mine and is a very talented photographer. Her studio (and home) are right across the street from me. It was very busy that day, as Tara invites the public in for free Halloween pictures.

Check her work out at her web site.



Another funny picture from the Internet. This makes me giggle. It was a windy day in Ireland.

Maybe you remember the "boot tree" in Montana I photographed. This picture is of a Texas style "boot tree".

I ordered a book of William Matthews watercolors of cowboy portraits. The price for a new one on Amazon was over $200. I found a used one for $15.

Thursday

Now Playing on my iPod, R. W. Hampton "The Buffalo Skinners"

I got a new CD yesterday, old fashioned type cowboy music, R. W. Hampton. Nice and relaxing. Probably won't see any of his songs in the top 20 country and western music. He's recorded about a dozen albums and won lots of awards. I copied them to my computer and have them on my iPod.

Pam and I were discussing the art work of William Matthews yesterday. I was surprised when I got the CD. William Matthews did the painting for the CD case.

Found a couple of cute dog pictures on the Internet.

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We filled up the art room yesterday. There were ten of us there. Lots of fun. I think I was the only one there who didn't accomplish anything except ruin one sheet of water color paper.

Wednesday

Charm sent me e-mail, wanting to know the name of the town. It's Shoshoni.

After posting the pictures of the abandoned main street, I thought I would post something pretty. The Shoshoni church is on the highway through town. There is a house right next to it that was the minister's house. I don't think they have a minister in residence now. One comes over from Riverton, maybe.

I think this little church has been designated a national historic site.




Another gourmet dish comes out of my kitchen - and then straight to the garbage.

When will I ever learn to just eat frozen pizza and TV dinners? I browned some hamburger and chopped onions, I put in mixed vegetables, tomato sauce, some beef granuals, salt and pepper. I peeled one potato and cut into half inch cubes. I put it in the crock pot for 7 hours. I even made dumplings and dropped on the top the stew at the end. It smelled so good.

The damned potatoes were still raw! So I put it all in a pan on the stovetop, and simmered it for another hour. The potatoes were still hard. Those little cubes should have been mush by that time.

I had one potatoe left in the sack, and that is in the garbage too. What the heck was wrong with the potatos?

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I did get about 4,000words written for the NaNoWriMo . There are about 157,000 people taking part in this, and they have so far collectively written more than 55 million words. The people in larger places get together in places like Starbucks and all write together. Not sure if I would even want to do that. I'd rather sit at home in my pajamas with a beer by my side.

King Kasey

Meet King Kasey, who came home with a bunch of candy last night. Barrie made the scepter with cardboard and duct tape. Can't live without that duct tape! I'm not sure where she found the robe. Food Basket would be my first guess.

Barrie and Kasey made the crown with cardboard, stickers, buttons, and a lot of glue. Pretty creative.

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Heard on the radio that a woman was not buying Halloween treats. Instead, she was going to clean out her refrigerator and give away left overs. She thought green fuzzy stuff would be appropriate

I'm supposed to be starting on my 50,000 words for NaNoWriMo this morning, Nevember lst. It's almost 11:00 and I haven't written a word yet.

I got a good sized pile of paper ready to throw away last night. Then the cat got in it, and it is kind of scattered.

I found directions for how to use duct tape and WD40. If it's supposed to move and it doesn't, use WD40. If it's not supposed to move and it does, use duct tape.