The final haircut day

Today Elizabeth has turned the reins over to me.  My name is Bleubeard and I am the face of our blog.  That's Bleu as in 

  bleu cheese  and beard because when I was a kitten, 

I had a distinct beard which has mostly disappeared over time as I aged.  Now we have the obligatory face or faces out of the way, I will guide you through the last of the herbs while Elizabeth gets her hair cut.

 

We left off when Elizabeth showed you her milkweed that has never flowered.  She hopes the monarch larva will still stop by.

 

On the right, sitting on a stool is what Elizabeth calls either an airplane plant, or a spider plant.  I'm not fond of spiders, so you know what I'm calling it.

 

Elizabeth's peppermint, which sits below the airplane plant, is doing well.  She told me to remind everyone it overwintered indoors and is doing well this year.

 

The empty pot in front of the peppermint once held dill, but the swallowtail larva ate it all.  Although it looks like the spearmint is about to die, Elizabeth assures me after all the rain we got last week, it is now doing quite well.

 

This is Elizabeth's fourth time cutting her basil.  She claims it always comes back stronger than ever.

 

While Elizabeth was gone, I checked and saw several new bell peppers.  One is directly above Elizabeth's watermark.  

 

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What's the attraction?

 

This was the scene yesterday 

   outside Heartland Credit Union Arena in Park City, Kansas, a suburb just minutes north of Wichita.  POTUS was on a whirlwind tour to get various senators reelected who were in fear of losing their incumbency to a challenger.  This one was for Roger Marshall who was being challenged by Adam Hamilton.  Hamilton is slightly ahead in several polls and people like his down-to-earth way of talking to people.  Marshall has told lie after lie and Hamilton has called him on it.

Kansas hasn’t elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate since 1932.

 

 The above are words by POTUS.  Hamilton has shown that he and his congregation helped put the "predator" behind bars.  That first paragraph above is absolutely false and Hamilton can prove it.

According to The Wichita Eagle (newspaper): 

Trump’s visit comes as Marshall is locked in a bitter campaign against Democratic challenger Adam Hamilton, pastor at the largest church in the state. The close race has put the Kansas Senate race in the national spotlight as a battleground state as Democrats look to potentially win the Senate.

Further:

President Donald Trump on Monday urged Kansas voters to reelect U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall in a wide-ranging speech that largely attacked Democrats and faced opposition from several protesters.

Protesters interrupted the speech on several occasions as Trump criticized a slew of Democratic candidates on the ballot this year, but the Trump-friendly crowd shouted over the protests. “The choice in this election is clear. You can vote for the radical left, dumocrat, communists,” Trump said. “Or you can defeat the dumocrat communists.”

I guess you see where that puts me!!  Go Hamilton.  BTW, Hamilton describes himself as "middle of the road."

T Stands For Croissant and A Recipe

 

Please join me for T at my dining room table today.

Yes, I am sharing another croissant for T this week.

 

I also have a recipe I will share with you.

 

Let's get my drink out of the way.  As you can see it's a diet Dr. Pepper.  As an aside, Dr Pepper was first used commercially in 1885, created in Waco, Texas by pharmacist Charles Alderton at Morrison’s Old Corner Drug Store. It became nationally known when it was introduced at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair.

 

My plate includes

 

a bunch of red seedless grapes that were on sale,

 

my cheddar cheese croissant, and

 

my homemade potato salad.  

 

I'm going to share the recipe today.

Ingredients 

5 lbs potatoes (I used Yukon Gold) 

16 oz container sour cream

24 oz (1 16 oz and 1 8 oz) containers French onion dip 

2 16 oz cans whole black olives cut in thirds

1 dozen eggs, hard cooked and chopped

1 bunch scallions cut in 1/2 inch lengths (I used some from my herb garden)  

 

Instructions 

While potatoes are cooking, assemble the other five (5) ingredients. 

Mix well.  Refrigerate.

When potatoes are cooked, cut to size and refrigerate.  

Once cool, add to mix and stir.  Add salt and pepper to taste.

Enjoy. 

Freeze extra portions.

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, as I have done.  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.  

 

 

 

 

   

If it's Sunday, it's Rocking Horses

 

I spent the day and evening celebrating a birthday party with a loved one.  Photos will come soon, I hope.  I realized I hadn't created a rocking horse post for Sunday.  Here it is nearly midnight and I'm scrambling.  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 Sunday Smiles.  

Unfortunately, I only have time to share one rocking horse today.

 

Using Photoshop, I darkened this photo.  I'll show more the rest of these next week.  At least I didn't lose any getting them off my camera.

 

This darling ceramic rocking horse sits at the base of a plant stand that now holds altered books and rocking horses.

 

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Autumn's colors

 

I had planned to show the rest of my herbs for Friday, but I have been bringing them inside all day so they won't freeze overnight.  I'm both literally and figuratively worn out.

Instead, today I'm joining my friend Mia of Craftartista.  Mia has chosen Beautiful World as her theme for October at Art Journal Journey.  Below is my next interpretation of her theme. 

It's obvious I named this Autumn's colors.  Details are below.

 

I began by adding various spray and shimmering mists to the 8.5 X 11 inch (21.59 X 27.94 cm) 110 lb cardstock.  I used colors that reflected autumn.  I included yellow, orange, pink, red, turquoise, and green.  I added the computer generated text I outlined in red and orange Posca pens.  Finally, I added the TH paper doll.

 

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T Stands For Lemons

 

I had intended an entirely different post today.  However, I accidentally deleted the photos from my camera.  No way to get them back, no matter what I tried.  Here it is nearly T time, so I had to think of something different. 

When life gives you lemons,

 

grab this mug.

 

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, as I have done.  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.