Something Different

I have never made anything from Sussie M's kits so today I made up my mind to try one.   This was called Sweet November.   When I was almost finished I decided to turn it into a Thanksgiving Card of sorts!   I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed putting it together!

To Warren's home for the evening

Warren and family had been in Wichita for the day so we met them in Madison for dinner.  The Madison team did well at the Robotics competition.   Tristan has been involved in that for several years.  Piper is now going to Lawrence each week for a girls choir of some sort.  I find it hard to keep up with what those two are doing, of course!  You'll see our first hint of snow in some of these pictures.....November 16....it was pretty;  fluffy gentle flakes that didn't stay around long enough to accumulate.   Just a hint of what's to come later on! The background here is by Leslie Nitschke and the instamatic frames are from Katie Pertiet.

A Visit from Joni

It was wonderful to have company for the weekend!  Joni brought a truckload of planters,  mostly blue ones, for me to store for the winter.  She planted some tulips,  which I have not had in the garden in all these years!  The pump is now out of the lake for the winter...that's a good thing.  I had been reluctant to walk out there; the walkway tips just enough to make me uneasy,  and it seems like a long ways down to the water!  I have had an "atomic clock" for years which I couldn't get set right and had given up on.   It took Joni no time at all to fix that problem...!  These instamatic frames are by Katie Pertiet;  the background is by Elisa Salazar.

Pictures from November 15

Making a layout using a wire frame is one of the things I've been wanting to do so here it is!  The frame is by Katie Pertiet.  These areas in the garden are getting snowed on today....I must say I enjoyed being out there in those big fluffy flakes!   It's supposed to be over soon and warm weather will come back for the rest of the week.   I wonder...

As The Eagle Flies...

Joni got several pictures of this young bald eagle before he took off towards the west end of the lake. He sat still for quite a long time but a vehicle came along and that was more than he could stand!  For this page I used Anna's Artsy Layered Template #33.

Deer Family

Joni and I went on a drive while she was here.  She spotted these deer at the west end of the lake.  This is the way we prefer to hunt!   Anna's Fall Sampler #1 was just what I needed to put them on display!   I'm still using the Bamboo tablet and liking it better each day!

Indoor Plants

These pots were brought to me by Joni to keep in the house this winter....they are giving me a lot of pleasure!  This is the first time I've made a layout using a Wacom Bamboo tablet.....I love it!   I had tried to use it before and for some reason it wouldn't work.  I put it away for weeks and just recently decided to give it another chance.....I must have been doing something wrong before because it certainly gave me no problems today!  The kit I used is by Anna Aspnes for a pen scrappers group.

Ed and Nettie Griffith

These are my paternal grandparents;  I lived with them in Burlington, Kansas, from the age of 2 to the age of 16 when I started college in Emporia.   I have no pictures of my maternal grandparents; they lived in Arkansas,  where my brother and I were born.