Sunday, September 30, 2012

DORY CAKE

I made the birthday cake for J yesterday. He wanted a Dory cake from "Finding Nemo"  I made it. For the most part - it turned out pretty good. A couple of weird things (like at certain angles the eyes look crossed) but overall turned out good. 


 
Need to learn to keep my hand out of the flash!!

Monday, September 24, 2012

Chalk the Block

This weekend there was a Chalk Festival that we decided to go and see. There were some incredible chalk paintings.  It took them 2 days to complete. We heard that there was one (which looked like one of the more simple designs)  that took the person 21 hours to complete.   There were some amazing drawings there.  Too bad it rained the next day. Guess that is all part of the experience.
Me and Tinkerbell

 This one is Titled "A Hole to China"  
It looks like they busted through the pavement, and dug a hole and came out on the
other side in China.  

This one is the stained glass window from the end of the movie
"Beauty and the Beast"
(It got dark - quick!)

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Yard Work...

Seems like it is a never ending job.  We decided to tackle a couple of the big projects today.  Since the lady before us, didn't take very good care of the yard, we had some clean up to do.  We were originally just going to work on the front yard, but since the rain storm last night, it soften the back fence area, and we decided to go for it.  

Since we don't have a wheel barrow and the neighbors was broken, P thought he was pretty smart in making this (even though I did it about a month ago, he can take the credit - that's ok.)  We hitched up the sleds and got pulling. They worked great, since we could just rake the junk onto it and lift together right into the truck. Maybe even better than a barrow.  


It took 2 loads to the dump, but now it looks great!!!


Without further ado - here is the progress...

The tree in the front yard now looks like a tree!  It looks smaller, in control and I can see and water the other side so much easier.  Also, no more battles when trying to mow the lawn.  (It scratches when you get close!)


Here is the part of the yard between the fence and the canal.  P has big plans for this area back here. They will have to wait till next year, but for now - I can walk back there!!!


Then I got a coupon to a nursery for my birthday.  We went and got this little plant.  It is the green one in the middle.  It hasn't been planted yet, but Monday is always another day.

It was a productive day, so that feels great! (and a little tiring.)