Tippy Hedren, Where Are You?

I woke this morning to the most amazing scene! Outside of my bedroom window, and covering the entire front yard like a carpet, was a flock of migrating black birds. They stretched all the way from the house to the street! And I live on a farm!

I called my hubby to come look and as soon as he walked into the room, they flushed. And what a scene! My whole window became just a wall of black. (My camera is never where I need it!)


They flew up over the house and into the pasture just outside of our back yard. The numbers were so great, I just could not capture it on film - sniff.

Anyway, in my bathrobe and through a double pane window with a storm in the back of the house, these were the only shots I could get.

Geeze - hold still, will you?? This is worse than trying to capture the grandkids!

"Hang on to Your Hat!"

I always laugh when I see that on my weather station readout when it's windy...but 60 MPH wind gusts? Oh, come on!

I'm grounded...no torch...no sewing...no watching (satellite) TV - well, unless you're into the pixel look. And sometimes, no Internet! But hey, I think I can just barely squeeze this one in before I'm dead again - just to whine...

BTW, do you think my little "Teddy" will mind if I reproduce him in a bead?

 The End...

Looking for "Verna"...

...haven't found her yet... but, I did put some things together with those halloween beads I made - oh, and a "Polka Pumpkin" totse!

 









Look Ma - I can make glass buttons on my torch! (Working with a pair of double mandrels is great new fun - NOT. )

Here's three of the bead pens I put together...

Pumpkins, pine cones, acorns, ghosts, and spiders - oh my!

Would you like a little cheese with that whine? Or is it the other way around? (I prefer to just whine...)

Oh Verna - where art though? I'm sick of pumpkins already - on to snowmen or whatever...



You can see these items and more at my boutique Poladora.

I am the Queen of Procrastination...

...but who could help themselves when you can walk in the woods this time of year? Even though the leaves are pretty much gone now, there are always beautiful things to wonder upon...
 

 
Just a dead twig can be very beautiful if you really look at it...

Something as simple as milkweed going to seed can inspire one to want to - oh - say have a sweater made of this stuff!

So while I submerge myself back into my work (darn), I shall resurrect the Totse Process once again. No, really! AND, I will be posting some really "haunting" fun things in my Boutique - Poladora (just give me a day or two to get pix and posting done - please).





 

Now where did I put that "Verna" stuff again? I swear these projects hide from me!

I know, I know...

...I'm supposed to be blogging about my "Verna" Totse project, but, it's Fall! That means it's lampwork torch time! (Both Spring and Fall are the best for working with my torch in the shop - summer is way too hot and winter is a problem for breaking glass - long story...)

Anyway, I haven't been able to get out of the shop or away from the flame...does that make me a bug? I digress... Here's some goodies I've been playing with for Halloween!

Boo! Hehe...

It's the "family of pumpkins"!

Yup, there's even a button in there (for an upcoming Halloween Totse for my boutique Poladora)! There's also a pine cone, candy corn, a spider, and an acorn...well, my interpretation of them anyways.

Trick or Treat! Now, where was that "Verna" project?...

The Journey Continues - Fabric Selection...

...for the top band and interior of the "Verna" designer Totse:

One of my favorite "Verna" coordinates, this whimsical paisley just had to be the top band for the totse. (I would just love to bead this fabric but, I'm afraid that with all of the glass beading already on the body of the totse, you wouldn't be able to lift it when finished!) Hmmm...perhaps a totse of its own... (I digress.)

Here's a closer look at this wonderful paisley with all of its swirls and dots and...well, you already know my weakness for these things so let's just say the colors are perfect!




Stay tuned, as you can witness the birth of this totse which will eventually end up for sale at my boutique Poladora.

Ahhhh...A Walk in the Woods...

...reveals too much rain! Yikes! Our area of WI has had its share of rainy weather and flooding! But out of bad always comes some good...and in this case its an opportunity to shoot some pictures of our remaining surviving morning glories - and yes - mushrooms!

My first thought when I saw this pair of mushroom was "Mommy, please shelter me from the sun!"

Then there was this "family of three"... look closely for "junior".

But probably one of my favorites, this illustrates the underside of the above mushrooms once their heads actually turned up toward the sky, went flat, and eventually fell over from their own weight.

Nature is a beautiful thing indeed...