Thursday, cold and stormy

Good morning! It's freezin' cold here, brrrrrr, and I'm sitting here with all my winter woolies on. There's a German saying, "April, April, macht was er will" - April, April, does what it wants. Yes!
Just got a joke to share with you today, from Narda, as always!


Women drivers!

This morning on the Interstate, I looked over to my left and there was a woman in a brand new Cadillac drivng 65 mph with her face up next to her rear view mirror putting on her eyeliner. I looked away for a couple seconds...to continue shaving and when I looked back she was halfway over in my lane, still working on that makeup. As a man, I don't scare easily but she scared me so much I dropped my electric shaver which knocked the donut out of my other hand. In all the confusion of trying to straighten out the car using my knees against the steering wheel, it knocked my cell phone away
from my ear which fell into the coffee between my legs! Splashed and burned Big Jim and the twins, ruined the cell phone, soaked my new trousers, and disconnected an important call.
Damn women drivers!

Okay, that's all for today. Take care, have a good day, and thanks for looking in!

Tag Tuesday Tags for Wednesday

Hi everybody, here are my belated tags for Tag Tuesday. The backgrounds have been water-coloured, the images are from Heartfelt Creations, and the egg-stamp and embellishments from my stash.

It's freezing cold here, snow and ice is forecasted for the Easter Weekend, with a greater probability of a white Easter than we had for a White Christmas - crazy weather!

Take care, keep warm or cool as the case may be, and thanks for visiting!

Tag Tuesday

Hi everybody! Today is tag Tuesday again, but my tag is not yet finished. Actually, I haven't started, but hope to have it done for tomorrow. I tried to rest yesterday. That means, I did do some clearing up, but no furniture moving or heavy work, just little things, like clearing out my wardrobe. Now I have 2 big bags to take to the recycling yard....
I had a nice surprise yesterday, a beautiful card from Yvonne

Thank you so much for sending such a beautiful card, and for the lovely vintage images and sentiments which came with it!

And I made an easel-card for a friend whose birthday is this week. The background has been painted with layers of acrylic paint. The picture is a bit fuzzy, but by the time I'd noticed it, it was too dark to take a new one....

Have a good day you all, take care and thanks for visiting!

A fishy story....

Good morning you all! I think most of you have already heard of my friend Narda, who always sends me good jokes, which I have often shared here. She has been on holiday in Florida for some weeks, and today I wanted to share some photos she sent me. And although it is April 1st, this is a true story.
The first one shows Narda being *surprised* by a Pelican....

The other three show her fishing, and holding a fish she pulled out. Here's what she wrote about it;

Look what I caught! A 75 lb Goliath Grouper. Bout kicked my butt but I got him in all by my self!
What a battle! Talk about an adrenalin rush!!!!!!! It's considered one of the best fish to eat but I had to throw it back. It's illegal to keep Giant Grouper because they are considered endangered. Everyone says they should be removed from the list because they have recovered and are eating everything else on the reefs. Even if it had been a Red, Gray or Gag Grouper we would have had to throw it back, the season for Grouper other than Goliath doesn't come in until Apr 1st. Last year we came in Jan & Feb and it came in March 1st. So we booked Feb & March this year and the stupid people changed it to Apr. Can't win for losing!!! Sure is a fishing trip I will remember!!!!

Now, Narda is a small lady, and I do not know how she managed to pull that monster fish out of the water - great work! And before I close, another joke from her:

Two young businessmen in Florida were sitting down for a break in their soon-to-be new store in the shopping mall. As yet, the store wasn'tready, with only a few shelves and display racks set up.
One said to the other, "I'll bet that any minute now some old person is
going to walk by, put his face to the window, and ask what we're selling."
Sure enough, just a moment later, a curious senior gentleman walked up to
the window, looked around intensely and rapped on the glass. Then in a
loud voice asked, "What are you sellin' here?"
One of the men replied sarcastically, "We're selling ass-holes."
Without skipping a beat, the old timer said, "You must be doing well. Only
two left."
Seniors -- don't mess with them. They didn't get old by being stupid.



Have a great Sunday you all, take care, and thanks for visiting!

Tuesday Tag on Wednesday

Hi everybody, just a quickie today as I am off out for a bit.
I made my tag for Tag Tuesday; it's only one day late this time. The theme is Easter eggs - egg shaped tags or...or.... I cut an oval tag with a Sizzix die, added a Beatrix Potter image of Benjamin Bunny, which I framed with small, blue beads, and added a vintage scrap of a flower-filled boat. I used a few prima flowers in blue and white with beaded centres, and a matching ribbon.

Have a good day you all, take care, and thanks for dropping in!

More Texture

Hi everybody, hope you are all well and fit. I am sitting here watching the sun rise again; it looks different again today, as it was cold and misty in the night, and it's a great sight to see the sun rising through the mist.
Yesterday I made another trip to the thrift shop, bringing more bits and bobs. I have taken so much there already, and I am wondering why my cupboards are still so full. But at least my book shelves are looking cleaner and less chaotic.

I made the canvas on Sunday. It is 8x8 inches. Once again, I have used several layers of colour, glue and heating to create texture, and then added beads, stars and stickles to heighten the effect. It has a nice glitter and shine, too, which doesn't really show in the pictures.

I have just realised that it is Tuesday today, so will get going on my tag for Tag Tuesday later! Yesterday I was tired from clearing out, so I treated myself to an evening of *Cranford* on DVD, which is always good to watch.

Have a good day you all, take care, and thanks for visiting!

Monday again!

Good morning you all! Here the day has dawned bright and sunny. I was up in time to see the sun rise, which is something which never fails to delight me. And the sky was a wonderful, clear blue, crisscrossed with white trails left by planes - that's probably what woke me up!

But it's worth being woken early when there is such loveliness to see!

Over at *The Cheerful Stamp pad* the challenge this week is *anything goes*.
For my DT piece I have made a tag cut from some Anna Griffin paper. I have over-stamped it with some flourishes in forest moss, and then placed the image - printed onto acrylic - behind the TH die-cut. I have added some bling to the tree, and two vintage scraps; the children at the front, and the owl on the lady's shoulder.

Okay, all for today, I need to get on with my clearing out of cupboards action, as I took a break over the weekend. Have a great day you all, take care and thanks for dropping by!