waitin' on Spring ...

... life's been a balancing act lately ...

... so here ya go ... these tulips are for YOU!

(thx for the flowers Linda)

xoxo,

have a good week!

where have I been since Baklava?

Did you miss me? Haven't posted in forever! Got a new position at work and sorta dove in 110%, keeps me out of trouble outside of the workplace. So what has happened since Baklava ... oops old picture of Christmas, but still very, very, cute. Me and Christopher. Check out the skirt my Mom made me with my little tool belt and my cowboy cousin,

nice boots Chris! Kathy had us all over for Christmas at her house.

It was so fun!

Here is where the awesome picture of Kathy & I would go!

The bottle cap from Bryan's beverage ...

Birthday flowers from Shell & Bruce - Thx Shell!

Stanley THEN and NOW!

My Dad's vintage coffee thermos and the latest in

Stanley beverage containers. And a cypress knee wood carving by David Frampton!

went to the beach, but the beach was closed (and very cold)!

That's all I got!

Oh ... and then it was Groundhog Day!

xoxo

yum ...

Baklava

xoxo

twas 3 nights before Christmas ...

Twas three nights before Christmas

and all through the house ...not a creature (except Bryan and Jasmine) were stirring ...
the media passes were hung by the stockings with care ...

in hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there!

12 lbs of bacon beneath the tree

(on the 1st day of Christmas my true love gave to me ... BACON!)
thank YOU Bruce & Michele

Looks like Santa dropped off a few gifts already

May all YOUR Christmas wishes come true!

"Christmas Past"

... Linda and Rog

xoxo

Happy Thanksgiving!

As we express our gratitude,

we must never forget

that the highest appreciation is not to utter words,

but to live by them.

~ John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Happy Thanksgiving

Family and Friends!

xoxo

xoxo

the ghostly spirit collection

remember Boo? they've got friends ...
the ghostly spirit collection!
Created from one of nature's most unique woods, my cypress knees come from Coushatta, LA. Cypress knees are distinctive structures that protrude from the root of a cypress tree. Their function is unknown, but they are generally seen in swamps in the southern U.S. Some scientists believe they may help in 'snorkeling' oxygen down to the submerged root of the cypress tree and assist in anchoring the tree in the soft muddy soil. Other scholars suggest that the 'knees' provided vital protection to the tree against dinosaurs during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods (hmmm, who thinks of these things). My supplier follows timber companies that harvest adult cypress trees and has no use for the knees and discards them. I only enhance and unlock the spirits that are born from these discarded knees.

Boo is up at the top. The creation on the left has three ghostly spirits formed from one cypress knee, a pumpkin jack-o-lantern tower, a Senor Meow and a few bats - Los Tres Amigos! Painted in acrylics, stained and sealed,

it stands 19" tall.

The creation on the right is called "Girlz Nite Out". Three feminine spirits complete with their long eye lashes, luscious lips, glitzy necklaces, black cat, bats and jack-o-lanterns. A unique triple point cypress knee, almost 22" at it's tallest point. Signed and dated.

uno de "Los Tres Amigos" y Senor Meow and the ghoulish jack-o-lantern of Girlz Nite Out"

Los Tres Amigos' jack-o-lantern stack!

glass and sterling beads.

Happy Halloween!

xoxo

Oktoberfest 2009

you can check out more GHB Oktoberfest photos at

the Great Hammock Beach blog!

xoxo