Happy Halloween

 

Because it's Friday, I'm joining Nicole for Friday Face-Off and Gillena for Art For Fun Friday.  

Tomorrow we welcome Trick or Treaters to our home.

I need to find something to cover or hide the stored wood under the desk.

Today is less about my visitors and more about my vignettes.

Both the cardinal and the clay pumpkin have faces.  And I hope my vignette passes as art for fun.

Yes, that's a tea light candle inside the pumpkin.

I bought the gourds a couple of years ago when I visited a pumpkin farm.  The colors have definitely faded.

The other face sits between my front door and living room window.  His eyes are battery operated.  I didn't activate the eyes.  The wall needs a good cleaning, but keeping it clean is hard to do when you have a wooden exterior.   I positioned one of his legs at an angle and left one left straight.

I'm not sure what I'm going to do here.  I have a pumpkin, mums, and a Trick or Treat bag I lined with a block of wood.

I'm hoping I'll gain some insight before tomorrow and create something far better than what I have here.  It's obvious I have my work cut out for me before I can say "Happy Halloween."

One more look and I'm already considering moving the mums to a different spot.

 

    Please visit Bleubeard and me today at these two great art blogs.  

 

 

Voted

 

  As my British friends would say, "Done and Dusted."

 

Here is the church where we vote unless it's election day.  On that day, we MUST vote at our assigned polling place.

 

I thought I should show where we need to go to vote.

 

As we were leaving, this display and these tile caught my eye.

 

I took

 

a photo

 

of each.

 

  Here is how I feel about the midterms.  I actually "borrowed" this from Debra, She Who Seeks. 

Thanks for joining me today.  Sorry, Bleubeard and Squiggles don't have the required ID to vote, so they stayed home, ate, and slept.

 

 

Vote

 

Today I will be exercising my inalienable right to cast my ballot for the candidates of my choice.  I will be voting early and will be able to breathe a sigh of relief once I see my ballot has been accepted.

Be aware, if you are a Kansas voter, you must provide a Kansas ID, Kansas driver's license, or passport.  I hope you will vote, too.  It may "only" be the mid-terms, but it is more important than ever to cast your ballot this year.
 

 

T Stands For Croissant in the Kitchen

Please join me today at my kitchen table for 

a drink and a croissant lunch.  It's not often I eat at my kitchen table, where there is much less formality. 

 

Let's get my required drink reference out of the way.  As you can see, it's grape juice I picked up at Sam's the last time I went.  I've still got many and don't want the "best by" date to expire before I can consume all 48 of these.  That's the good thing about Sam's.  You can buy in lots.  It's also the bad thing about Sam's.  You must buy items in lots.

 

I love croissants and picked up too many the last time I was at Sam's.  Now I'll be eating them often.  I broke this one as I was placing it on the plate.  That's when I decided to eat it at my kitchen table today.

 

This is the last of the pea salad I made using Ranch dressing instead of mayonnaise.  I won't make such a large batch again.

 

While grocery shopping the last time, I stopped by the deli.  The lady gave me a sample of this marinated tomato salad.  It was delicious.  I purchased a pint.  When I got home and ate a spoonful, suddenly, my mouth was on fire.  It was HOT, HOT, HOT!  I'll be eating it sparingly for awhile.  

 

I also splurged and purchased a pint of mixed fruit at the deli.  I didn't want to purchase all the ingredients to make it myself. 

 

One final look before I consume this meal and juice.

 

UPDATE:  Lisca asked where my protein was.  It's in the tuna salad I made to go in the croissant. 

 

I've shown you mine, now it's your turn to share your T entry this week.  The rules are extremely simple.  Your drink related post may be anything from a photo of a glass, cup, or mug, to an actual drink.  You may choose to share a sketch or a digital, hybrid, or traditional page in your scrapbook, art journal, or altered book.  Maybe you'd prefer to share a tag, or wow us with your photography.  You might choose a postcard or decorated card.  You might even draw an image on a used tea bag.  Or perhaps you prefer to review a place you visited, a movie, or book.  It makes no difference as long as it's drink related.  And don't forget that the more unique and outside the box it is, the better we like it.  Please tie it back here, and please link only to your T post, not your entire blog.  When you link, Bleubeard, the T gang, and I will be by to visit.   Bleubeard would also like to remind you that your photos may be taken any time.    

 

 

I would also be remiss if I didn't remind you it's time to dig up your Second on the 2nd.  Any genre, any style, any length is acceptable, as long as it has been published sometime in the past.

 

If it's Sunday, it's Rocking Horses

 

I count lots of hearts and 11 rocking horses in the photo below.  Bleubeard and I are also joining Nicole for Sunday in the Art Room or SITAR, and Gillena for the very last Sunday Smiles.  

You may also notice this has become a haven for several of my completed altered books (AB).

 

We'll start here on the plant stand.  This is what it looked like before I removed the Halloween AB.  When I tried to put it back, I couldn't get the candle warmer to fit on the tray.

 

All I could do was take photos of what might have been and once was.  I love having this warmer in this room because it has hearts on it.

 

I have three of these glass rocking horses that hold candles, but they are all different sizes.

 

I love this terra cotta rocking horse, but it doesn't show up well in this photo.

 

This is a much better look at this rocker that holds a secret.

 

It's hard to see, but to the right of my watermark is a plug.  Remove the plug and fill the horse with essential oil.  The scent will waft into the room, especially if it is near a warm window above a heat vent.

 

This is one of my tiniest rocking horses.

 

I don't remember where I got it.

 

I've got several rocking horses that look like the wooden one on the right, but they are all different colors.

 

I also have several ceramic horses, but again, 

 

they are either different sizes or different colors. 

 

 I received this beauty from Mia last Christmas.

 

 I originally had it on my dresser, but I kept knocking it over, so I had to find a different place for it.

 

This metal rolling horse

 

comes complete with its own dinosaur.

 

This wooden rocking horse

 

sits in front of a candle and holder that has bent due to the heat of the sun.

 

My final rocking horse is small, metal, and quite uniquely shaped.

 One more look now you have seen them all on this side of the room. 

 

Thanks for visiting Bleubeard and me today.  Please also join us at 

 

 and