Trip to the farm

Rasputin and I made another visit to mum's farm. We really have fun hanging out with her and her cows. I am lucky to have such a cool mother-in-law!

Baby cows!

They adore Lynn.

They love it when she scratches under their chins.

Izzy

Belle

Machinery

I really love the crazy colors from the rust.

Outdoors

Guest Cabin

Indoors

Lynn and Tod both love music.

They both sing, Tod plays many instruments, and Lynn plays piano and organ.

Hope you enjoy the Photos of the farm.

Maru Is The Best

The Best of Maru...being Maru.

Morning is Here!

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Good morning to all of my fabulous readers!

A special note: Happy Birthday to my freind Sue! Hope its a great birthday.

Cats And Laptops...Are Not Compatable...

This is my life...everyday....

A giant thanks to Cat Vs. Human!

Sorry for the late post!

We are having our roof repaired, and my animals are not happy about it. They are either hiding…or growling and barking.

I am trying to keep them calm…*sigh*.

Let hope this goes quickly.

Magnifique Monday

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Awesome:
♦Geek-tastic cakes!
♦Happy belated birthday Mr. Rogers! (Lady Elaine always gave me the creeps…)
♦I ♥ all of this! (Star Trek Next Generation!)
♦All things steampunk...

Diy:
♦Guerrilla gardening….very cool idea.
♦Bleach painting.
♦Super cute fox lamp. They also have a cool seahorse pillow pattern!!!
♦I really want to do this in my kitchen.
♦This table idea is super cool.

Feminism:
♦Female boxers made to wear skirts…to seem more “feminine?”
♦Childless by choice, and interview.(I understand where she is coming from. I don’t want children and I get negative comments and guilt trips form total strangers!)♦Accentuating…or covering? A look at Beauty Vs. Self-love.

“I would prefer to think that we decorate & dress up because we love ourselves, rather than because we are trying to hide or disguise who we are.” ~ Gala Darling

Noms:
♦Dark Chocolate cookies.
♦Oooooh! Carrot cake pancakes...!!! Rasputin will love these.
♦Easy blue bird sweets.
♦A new way to decorate cookies.

Mental Health/Recovery:
♦Another reason to leave Pinterest: “Thinspo”

Not familiar with “Thinspo” (Good for you!) Thinspo consists of thin-inspirational photos. Often photoshopped to appear smaller, bonier, and more emaciated.

I ask you…please don’t look at thinspo photos. You are fantastic, smart, funny and lovely just as you are! 

Keep being awesome!!!!


WTF?
♦The new speed-dating thing… “Eye-gazing Parties” Icky….glad I am not dating anymore!♦“What ethnicity are you…?” A woman voices her frustration at being asked this overly-personal question.
♦Florida repeals a law banning the dyeing of animals. Sick! What were they thinking???
♦This always kills me a bit inside to see this happen. (Bad wedding cakes…)

Colors:
2 ~ Silver
3 ~ White
4 ~ White
5 ~ Crimson
6 ~ Coral
7 ~ Black
8 ~ Amber

New Look!

Enjoy my roses from last year.

As you may have noticed…I redesigned my blog.

I have wanted to add subscription options for quite awhile. The only way to make that possible was to use a different template.

This new template will also allow folks to see other posts, that I don’t mention on my Facebook page.

If you have any feedback for the new layout please let me know. Hope to hear from you!
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Scars Are Normal

I have just recently begun watching Once Upon A Time. 

I completely spazzed out when I noticed that one of the actresses (Lana Parrilla) has a lip scar!!!!

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I guess I need to explain.

I have had a scar on my lip for most of my life.

When I was a little squirt…I was a bit too curious and ended up pulling my grandmothers clock down on myself.

It broke my nose and split my lip. So now I have a funky witches’ nose, and a lip scar.

I put on some lipstick to make the scar stand out more. I usually don’t like to wear any, not because of the scar…but because its sticky, and smears all over.

They used to bother me, for awhile I considered getting my nose done. Overtime I learned to accept them both. I wouldn’t be me without them!


I am grateful to see more actors and actresses with scars.


Some others include: Tommy Flanagan, Tina Fey, Harrison Ford, Mary J. Blige, and of course Joaquin Phoenix.

A Visit to Mum’s Farm

Rasputin and I went to visit his Mum (Lynn*) on her farm. She and her husband (Todd*) are starting up a small dairy farm.

Most of their cows are Jerseys, and one Holstein.

Their eyes are so beautiful!

Oh, #92! You are such a little fashion plate!

They cows adore Lynn! She calls out “Hi babies!” and they come running toward her. They nuzzle her hand…waiting for scritches.

(I used this tactic to get these photos!)

Me with the calves. They all have names...but I forget who is who.... 

Rasputin scratching one of the babies.

The Holstein is named Legs. (I can’t confuse her with another calf. ☺)

Zoey and one of the calves chilling.

Cows are very curious animals.◘

Most have graduated to grains, but the two littlest ones are still on milk replacer. These two cleaned each others faces after breakfast.

Rasputin took a video, but he hasn’t uploaded it yet. I will add it later.

Lynn is training one of the calves for the upcoming fair. She takes her out and runs her around the yard to tire her out a bit. Then they practice walking together.

I took several shots of them, but I really loved the motion of this one.

Hope you enjoy the photos!

* I often change people's names.

◘=Thank you to Invisible Voices. For putting into words exactly what I was thinking.

Signs of Spring

Hyacinths

Crocuses

Zeva the beautiful.

Miss Lola Queen of Pillows.

Zoey The Lap Warmer.

Puppy Loves Piggys

Meet Sunshade and her piggies:

One of the candidates for Cesar Milan’s Unlikely Friendships 2012

Good Morning...

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Marigold Monday

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"Kids love to jump on the bed"

Activism:

♦Wow. America’s Next Top Model is in hot water for making a Native American contestant dress in a bad-stereo-type of Pocahontas. What were they thinking?

Although…the contestant seemed to find a way to make it positive in spite of all of the implied racism.

"Native Americans haven't had anybody in the celebrity industry," she said. "There have been a few native actors – Adam Beach, Irene Bedard – but there's never been a native so high up in the fashion industry who's looked at on a celebrity level. People don't want to listen to you unless you come from a place of power. There are a lot of improvements across Indian country that can be made. I want to start helping out and being a factor."

♦My how toys have changed over the years!

Beauty:

♦I am still on the fence about hair chalking....what are your thoughts?

Cuteness:

♦Cats...with...hearts...on...their...fur...!

DIY:
♦More paper flower diys! Aunt Peaches shows how to make hyacinths. Ingenious!
♦Cool patchwork pillows. (Use up some scraps.)
♦Make a flower pin.
♦20 Free printables for spring/Easter, courtesy of Mod Podge Rocks.
♦Feathers...made...of...duct-tape.
♦Felt insoles...sounds so comfy.

Noms:
♦A very interesting idea for making eggs.
♦Drool: easy raspberry meringue cookies. (Edit: egads! I forgot to add the link! Here it is!!!!)
♦Rasputin would love these...Carrot Cake Cookies

Stay positive:
♦Dealing with failure.

Mental Health/Self-Care/Recovery:
♦A great piece about recovery, body image, and society’s body ideal.

“…constantly asking myself whether my behavior is in line with my values or with my disease. And luckily the past four or five years the values have won out over the obsession.”

♦A very candid look into one woman’s life with depression, borderline personality disorder and Aspergers.
♦Good therapist? Bad shrink? How to tell.
♦Are you a chronic apologizer? (I know that I am.)

Colors:
26 ~ Gray
27 ~ Red
28 ~ Yellow
29 ~ Green
30 ~ White
31 ~ Gray
1   ~ Gold (Ironic that this is April Fool's Day!)

Special announcement:

Happy Birthday Scott!!!!!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Para Abnormal does it again!

Don't forget to wear green....or I'll give you a pinch!*

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Sl'ante to you all!

*Yes, I am am Irish.

'Tis The Season...

…of spring.

Which can bring some great things…and some not so great things.

Top 5 Positive Things about Spring:

5. More puppy sightings

4. The muscle cars are out

3. Bulbs are blooming

2. More day light

1. Cook-outs!

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Top 5 Negative About Spring:

5. Mounds of dog poo left after the snow melts

4. Your neighbors Christmas decorations looks REALLY ridiculous now

3. Guys start wearing “not-really-a-shirt” shirts*

2. The ground is soupy mush

1. Yard work

 

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The Animal Trade is (still) Alive and Well

A group goes under-cover in a exotic animal market.

WARNING: Don’t watch this is you are faint of heart. It is a very sad video.

Exotic animals do not make good pets. They need to live in their native habitats.

They are (most often) acquired illegally, and kept in inhuman captivity.

Slow Loris Wiki-page

Slow Loris Conservation Wiki

Rata-toony

Possum+snowboard= Amazing!

Manilla Monday

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Art:

An amazing painter.

It starts out as an egg…then they paint it as is would look slowly cracking open.

Duane Keiser

Beauty:

Thank goodness! Makeup companies that make foundation  for very pale girls. (I have been searching for pale shades forever!!!!)


DIY:

Book/purse....Yes please!

Also from Rookie, collage for beginners. (I love collage…you never know how it will turn out…and it doesn’t have to be anything in particular.)

Dye yarn with Kool-Aid. Fun!

Make paper poppies. They are really beautiful.


Feminism:

This is a great article that dissects “The One Ideal Body.”


Fun:

X-rays, and embroidery.

Cute dog, doing cute things....

Lol:

This makes me smile. : )

Future Hipsters

Noms:

Waffle maker + classic foods = amazing!

Make your own peanut butter....OMG YUM!

This is a cool idea! (baking pan)


WTF:

Scary nails!

Colors:
19 ~ Ivory
20 ~ White
21 ~ Brown
22 ~ White
23 ~ Purple
24 ~ Brown
25 ~ Orange

Vallhund-toon

If you have never heard of Swedish Vallhunds….check them out!

Rasputin and I really want one.

Here is a fun valllhund video.

Enjoy!

So Long Pinterest.... *Update*

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I decided to delete my Pinterest account.

After reading this, I decided I didn’t want to take the risk. I don’t want to be sued for copyright infringement.

To sum things up:

     You bear the brunt of copyright infringement…not the site.      

Yikes!

I am sad to have deleted it. I had a lot of fun on the site, and met some cool people.

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*Update*

Now that the dust has settled from me deleting my Pinterest account…I have realized a few things.

1. I spent WAY to much time on that site.

2. The “thinspo” on there was really getting to me.

3. I still really miss the folks I knew through the site! Courtney D. Had some of the best comments. : )

So if any folks from Pinterest do find my blog, feel free to drop me a line. I would love to hear from you!

Mignon Monday

Mignon (French) Adj.
Definition: small and pretty; dainty

Need moar coffees now!!!

Nubbies play in snow. So cute. : )

Crafts:
♦Make your own display cloche.
♦Blank wall behind the TV? Here is a cool diy to fix that. Aunt Peaches, has the greatest ideas!
♦Chalkboard paint of any color.
♦DIY stationary.
♦Street signs, but would be cool for tons of different things.
♦Re-make thriftstore finds.
♦Easy necklace remake.

Hair & Beauty:
♦How to style your hair, in Victory Rolls.

Feminism:
♦This makes me so sad, girls on YouTube ask commenters if they are pretty.
♦Thoughts on The Girl Hate Cycle.
♦I guess “provocative” is in the eye of the beholder. Do you think a long sleeved sweater over a dress with tights is too provocative for school? Read all about it.
♦Wow, Disney...how dissappointing.

Lols:
♦Mutant cookie sheep!
♦Closets as timecapsules. Very amusing, and reminds me of myself!

Positivity:
♦A woman’s love for her horse…saved its life. (Don’t worry happy ending!)

Colors:
12 ~ White
13 ~ Gray
14 ~ Topaz
15 ~ Crimson
16 ~ Coral
17 ~ Blue
18 ~ Gold


Note to Spaceman Steve: I keep waiting for mauve to come up, so we can celebrate Suave Mauve Day!

Turquoise for Thursday

The color for today is turquoise, so I thought I would share (some of) my turquoise, and silver collection.

From Left to right, top row: Round medallion and green turquoise necklace ~ gift from Melanie, Silver earrings ~ from Gramma T, asymmetrical glass bead necklace ~The Icing, silver bracelet ~ gramma Honey.

Middle row: Green turquoise pendant with Nellie’s ashes ~ gift from Ellie, heart shaped turquoise ring ~ found in 100+ year old farm house I grew up in, turquoise pendant ~ Gramma T via aunt Sammy, vintage steel and faux turquoise “S” pin ~ flea market, faux turquoise bouquet pin ~ aunt Dorothy.


Front: Artificial turquoise, soapstone, and feather pendant made by me ~materials from Michaels, groovy elephant ~ gift from my sister Allison.


Have a good weekend!

Note: I know that I said I forget where I get things from….which is true for clothes…somehow I remember where all of my jewelry came from…weird eh?