The Destroyer

How does this sweet innocent little face . . . . . . .
turn into this destructive wild thing?

I see toilet paper scattered everywhere. . . hair equipment cord on the floor . . . and looks like that's not all. Molly is left alone all day while Jennifer is at work. She is usually put in her doggie house because she is known to be a destroyer at times. But some magical way she opens her doggie house door and escapes. And this is what Jennifer comes home to on occasion. Never really knowing what she will find when she gets home. And never really knowing if Molly escaped her doggie house during the day.

Memo to Molly: sometimes we just don't need to come home to a messy house at 5pm. We may have company, you know!


gin

It's a Party

Barb at Vista Bella is hosting
"Show Us Your Roosters" Blog Party.

So come on in and see my Roosters on display.

This pretty pair sit perched up on a top cabinet
in front of a magnolia picture.

I can even serve up some dessert
in my hand painted Rooster dessert plates.
There are only 2 but they make a cute dish
for serving up a morning breakfast
with a nice hot cup of coffee .

I took at look at my line-up of cookbooks.
Aand to my surprise I have a Rooster cookbook,
"Feeding the Flock".

Thank you for stopping by.
Go here to check out the other rooster parties going on.

gin

All washed up

A hot summer August day, working up a sweat, running here and there. We are drinking water, running water, using water constantly all day.

Trent's home. He's got a dirty truck, with a truck load of dirty laundry.
He's washing his truck inside and out. And I'm washing the laundry.

Molly also dropped by with Jennifer. She needs a bath, too. So in the tub she goes. She comes out so clean, fluffy, and smelly good!
We gotta eat you know. Then there's a sink of dirty dishes to wash.

Stop and think how much water a household uses in one day. It's just non stop, if you are actually doing something around the house. Our water is not measured by a water bill. We have a private water well. So I feel like "free" water all day. Even though Larry tells me it cost electricity to run the pump, that pulls the water from the ground, that fills the water tank that supplies the kitchen and the bathroom and the outside faucets. Ok, don't use the water unnecessary is the moral to this.

But, with the 3 hurricanes swirling out there, we should definitely have no shortage of water in the ground.

gin

Water globes

They really work! You've seen them on tv, you've seen them on coupon mailer advertisements, and in specialty catalogs. Well, I was gifted a set. And I must say I am impressed and I need more.

First, they are very pretty. Such a colorful. dainty, hand blown, glass object. I tried them and I liked them.
Since I only had 2 to begin with, I bought 2 more. I had to choose the plants to save thru this drought of a 101 degree summer. So I choose this plant as one. Don't know the name right off, but this plant is like 8 years old. I'm serious, it is that old. I worked at a plant nursery by my house for a couple summers 8 years ago and I salvaged this plant from the dumpster. Some winters it died really bad, but came back in the spring. I have taken runners off and started new plants from it.

So this is it during this hot summer with the water globe down in the plant. You can't even see the water globe now.

Just fill the water globe, carefully stick in the soil, and forget watering it for about 5-10 days, depending on the weather.

All the plants I used the water globes with flourished thru out the hot weather. I didn't even think about watering them. They never even looked droopy dry. I would just pass them up with the water hose and just water those that did not have a water globe. And practically everyday they had to be watered.

And none of my glass water globes are broken either. To me that is a miracle. I will definitely get more!!!

Fill it, Stick it, and Forget it!!

gin

Give away

Barb at Bella Vista is having a fantastic giveaway. Plus she has a great blog. Go visit and sign up. I'll try not to cry if you win instead of me. She also has a cute party coming up soon too. Her give-aways are in this picture I borrowed from her.
gin

Happy Birthday Dear Ol ' Dad

88 years young today! My what a good age that is. My what great health you have. My what a big family you have.

My dad, Dempsey.He is the oldest of 10 children. He has 4 children: Cheryl, Peggy, Me, and Travis. 6 grandkids, and extended family in the grandkids spouses and grandchildren.
He likes politics (local, state, and federal). He keeps up with all the news. He reads his Bible daily. And he has no end to entertainment from the kids and grandkids in and out. Sometimes he can have a pretty hectic day. Also a granddaughter has the same birthday, Happy Birthday Aimee'.

(me on the right in white)
gin

Cutie pie

Have found nothing at yard sales,or estate sales, or at the downtown shops lately. But I did find this cutie pie when I got to work one morning recently. He was dodging traffic in and out of the street. So I rescued him. He was very friendly. I brought him inside, gave him water, took a picture of him and posted a sign outside hoping to find his owner. One co-worker told me if I would just open the door he would probably run home. But I couldn't let him back out in the traffic.

Several hours passed and I still had the dog. And to make things more difficult, the building air conditioner had been broken all week. So there was only a fan blowing hot air. This was during the last few weeks when it was 101 degrees. So it was hot, stuffy, and uncomfortable. I would have to take him home with me for the night if I was not successful in finding his owner.

One customer came in and saw the dog and knew I was looking for its owner. About 30 minutes later this older gentleman came walking in and said he heard I had his dog. He had been out walking the streets looking for his dog and just so happened to ask the customer who had been in earlier and she told him we had found a dog.

A happy ending to my story. The dogs name is Drover. The people had just moved in this area and Drover was not settling in very well. I could see their house from our building. I guess that's why Drover kept going to the door and looking across the street. Maybe I should have opened the door and let him run home.

gin

Time out

Keepsake Moments is on time out for a while. If you are intersted in keeping up with me though, please check my personal blog Mom in the Wilderness

gin

See what I bought

Ok, here's the scoop on the estate sale Friday.

I was disappointed in the sale. I did get 2 items though. There was really nothing that I liked or that really caught my eye that I really had to have. There were a few pieces of silver, some crystal, odd and end pots and dishes.

The story I could hear as I walked thru the house was that the 2 daughters and 1 son was left with the house. They already took all they wanted and left items they did not want. The youngest daughter was going to move in and live in the house. The couple who owned the house were very prominent in the town long ago. They owned a shoe store and ladies clothing store downtown. That was years ago. The couple lived into their 90's.

Now to what you really want to hear. I did get 2 items. This musical jewelry box.

This jewelry box is all wood with this victorian girl on the front. The inside is red velvet with 3 compartments. I don't know the tune that the music plays. But it is pretty.

And this pretty plate.

This plate has a completely even flat top surface. It will make a great cake plate. The stamp on the bottom is HOUSEHOLD INSTITUTE and RHYTHM ROSE PATTERN.

And I did get to meander thru the house and look. I always like looking at houses anyway so the morning wasn't a total lost.

gin

Wait and see

Every Thursday I read the classified ads in this towns tiny tiny newspaper. I look for the garage sale ads. And tonight's paper has one listed that I cannot miss. It is an Estate Sale at 601 Pike Street. It list antique furniture, crystal, silver, china, linens, clocks, books, art, etc, etc, and many other great things.

It begins at 8am. You can bet I will be there waiting at the door before 8am. I will take my camera so wait and see what I get to show you!!!!

gin