T stands for.... Missed a Week...

 

As often happens when i miss a week of T i get bogged down with things to share... So please bear with me if i'am a little picture heavy.. I finally refinished that wooden circle thingy to put by the front door.. 

I found it at Hobby Lobby for half price.. but the colors were all wrong.. The tree was stainless steel silver... and the wood was old rustic barn wood.. Now alot of people like that i'm just not one of them.. lol  So i painted the tree a bronze color and stained the wood to more match my door..  Then applied an outdoor clear coat.. 

Hubby completed his own household chore.. He installed all the knobs and handles on ALL the cabinetry in the house.. kitchen and baths..  He did such a good job.. He did them in our last house too.. He found a little gadget at a store called Harbor Freight here in the US.  Works like a charm.. 

We had another trip to the ranch  and with a little feed in my hand i made a friend.. 

A while ago hubby bought a handgun for the house.. I don't mind having a gun in the house . I don't have any little kids around. 99% of the time its juts hubby and i..   But  it makes no sense having a gun in the house if i don't know how to use it.. So we worked on that this past week.. Good place to practice out at the ranch.. We didn't practice too much because ammo is expensive but i DID hit the bullseye twice!! 

         Its a 9mm for anyone who wants to know.. 

I painted a ceramic dragon! I don't think its quite finished.. I want to darken the body a little leaving some brighter silver areas... Otherwise i like it.. I think its suppose to come with glass eyes or something.. But i have no idea where to get them.. I may just try to make some air dry clay eyes.. 

There's been lots of golfing going on... I wish i could say i was improving.. But i feel rather stagnant... I'm a pretty good putter.. i can often get it in the hole.. But the tee off at the beginning.. Well mine is usually a dud... But i'll keep trying.. I enjoy being out there with hubs.. AND it should start to cool off soon!! Woo hoo!! 

I took my drawing of 5 'tribal women' and turned it into 10 with the help of the scanner/printer.. I like this black and white drawing.. 

Sketches do not always translate well to paintings.. As is the case here i'm afraid.. Granted all the gems are not glued on yet in this photo.. I call these women 'Keepers of the Stars'... I gave them mirrors for faces so you can look in and see your face.. So anyone can be a 'keeper'.. I used the cheap paint and i ended up not thrilled with the color..  My Husband...sigh..( i can always count on him to be brutally honest) calls them Hotdogs... He says they remind him of hotdogs.. and now when i look at it thats all i can see..HotDogs .. Back to the drawing board.. i may try to use colored pencil on paper for this idea... stay tuned.. 

Sketching out an idea for another canvas... this one of Koi and lillypads and flowers... 

Speaking of which there has been a trip to the waterlily ponds here lately.. Maybe next week i'll make the whole post about the lilies.. Goodness knows i have enough photos!! 

 i have more photos to share.. but i think i'll save that for another time.. I hope you enjoyed catching up!! I'll be around to visit my friends!! Happy T day! Hugs! deb

T stands for .. Let's Go To The Ranch!

 

But before we go to the Ranch let me show you the beautiful napkins i received in the Swap!  I can't wait to use these in some kind of artsy/craftsy way. 

And lets not forget the beautiful ATC cards i received.. Top Row L-R  from Jo and Elizabeth'

Bottom Row L-R  from Sharon and then the one i made...  Thank you Elizabeth and Sharon for all your hard work to make this happen.. I almost forgot this was napkin reveal day!! 

Well hello there cutie!!! I've mentioned helping a friend at his Ranch on here before and on one of those trips i took a few photos... 

At the time there were babies everywhere... I felt like i was babysitting as the Mama's were off eating and all the babies were at the watering hole.. 

                              Adorable.... 

There was an old bus out there too... And if i remember right Elizabeth our wonderful host loves some rust... 

          Must have been pretty back in the day.. 

And finally i'll leave you with my tea... A recycled photo but i did have some from the same place today... 

I'm off to golf this T Tuesday so my visits may be a little sporadic and spread out but i will visit everyone!! Hope you enjoyed the visit to the Ranch! Happy T day! Hugs! deb

T stands for Many Things ....

 .... And not least of which is RAIN!!! We've had RAIN!!!  Can you believe it? I hardly believe it.. Its been so long.. At least 4 months or better since we've had anything substantial ... And not just one rain shower... SEVERAL over several days.. almost rain overload..  But i seriously doubt you would find one person complaining around here..  it tends to be either feast or famine when it comes to rain in TX.. Its been so wet .. hubby couldn't play golf... okay all together now... ' Aaaawwww.... '... lol I don't know what your talking about .. i did not roll my eyes...lol 

The flowers are happy...  Now it may look like my camera blew up the colors on this picture but i kid you not they are THIS bright and colorful ! This is called Pride of Barbados.. and i definitely want some in my yard.. They are a bush and die back to the ground in Winter but come back every year a little bit bigger..  Once they start blooming they bloom all Summer.. drought tolerant.. Checks all the boxes for me..  This one is in the Towns Sunken Gardens.. I took more photos i'll share another day.. 

Hubby built a set of doors out in his shop to block off a portion of it for storage.. No need to cool or heat that part.. We decided he needed some windows in it so he could see if he had turned the light off back there... The black metal in the windows are TX stars and they came off an old set of chairs.. Hubby was going to rebuild the chairs but decided they made better windows! 

I made magnetic frogs!! I have a frog punch and wondered if it would punch through a thin sheet of magnet i have.. and it did!! i then painted it with pearl green and a little Glossy Accents on top.. and taa daa!! it sticks to my frig!! 

Loved it so much i  made several... not sure if i'll do more.. Its a little hard on my punch.. not sure how long it will last.. 

We finally got around to cleaning and straightening our garage... Wow! Look at all that room!! Now we can pull our truck in especially incase of bad weather.. hail etc.. 

I could show you lots more from the week but i know you've got people to meet and places to be.. and partying to do over there at Bleubeard's and Elizabeth's.. so i'll let you go after showing you my cup of coffee... just look through the flowers. Thats where i sit when i visit everyone for T.. I'll be around to visit!! Big Hugs! deb