Fall Flashback - 2006

I was going through my pictures today because I wanted to share these pics with a friend who just had a baby.  Goose is just about 7 months old in these pictures and it was her first Halloween, all the way back in 2006.  It was before I had a blog, so I'm not sure that I've ever shared these picures here before.  I did a few edits in Picnik (I used the Lomo-ish and Holga-ish actions) and I am really happy with them.  These pictures were taken with a regular old point and shoot, pre-DSLR days, but they came out great.  And yes, that is a REAL pumpkin! It was the biggest one I could carry off the patch.

I can't believe my big girl Goose was ever small enough to fit in a pumpkin!

Not Waiting

Autumn doesn't officially begin until September 23rd, but its rainy and I am in the mood!

I love this time of year.

The rain.

The colors.

The smells.

Rich and abundant and full of life in every way.

My favorite holiday (other than my birthday) is Halloween!

This year, I'm not wasting any time and I already have started to "spook"ify my house. 

I started with a wreath for the front door.

(All of my decorations/supplies were purchased from The Dollar Tree.)

Then I moved onto the kitchen.

A couple of ominous crows moved in and set up their nest in my light fixture.

I made a batch of poisoned apples.

A crow is keeping watch...

We still need to get pumpkins, but that will wait until we can make our annual trip to the pumpkin patch.  I also haven't decorated the outside at all and I have loads of spiderwebs left.

And costumes!

YAY!

Goose wants to be a fairy godmother this year.

I will probably buy her a dress and then make her "stuff"

I think I am going to be a Hershey KISS... (if I can squeeze back into the dress...)

How are YOU getting in the mood for FALL?

Halloween!!

I actually have more than two pics to post BUT my memory card is seriously failing me right now and won't let me upload anything, so, I'm gonna have to add those pics later. I thought I would at least share these two right now, since I know you are all dying to know what exactly an Angel Pig looks like.

Trick or Treat!


Emmmy-monster (biker chic), Harley-beast (pirate), and Goose, my little Angel Pig .




Rockin' GooGoo style!


Ever wonder where I get it? Now you know?? My pops loves Halloween!


Just Meezy - bored while Hub played beer pong...


ENJOY! I'll be back to post more later tonight.
ETA- I hope you all had great Halloween's!!!

Pick of the Patch

I know I said I'd post these like a week ago, but remember the crud Goose caught? Well, she decided to share. Laid me out for like a week. No joke, we got back from the patch at 5 and by 7 I felt like I'd been hit by a truck... pretty much till the next Friday. Sucked. But now the house is healthy and I can post some over due picks.

Halloween Dry Run

Can you guess who I am?

Dress: ModCloth $50

Apron: The Dollar Tree $1

Belt: Value Village $2

Necklace: VV $3

Sterling Pearls: Silpada

Headband: Dollar Tree

Bumpits: $10

Fake Eyelashes: $5

Photo: Rollip Pro

PS - Hint: You have probably eaten and/or baked my food.  (Prize may be involved if you are the first one to post the correct answer, and it shouldn't be hard since I've been talking about it for a long time.)

A Crafty Post! OMG!!!

My Goose informed me a month or so ago that she wanted to be an angel pig for Halloween. An angel pig? Where on earth did she get that idea? An angel pig? Now... I KNOW you can't buy that costume in the store. I'd prefer to make it anyway, thats just how I roll. So, we picked up some pink sweats and a set of pink wings at Target, got some supplies to make her halo and ears at Michaels (all in all spending about $25)

Here is what I have done so far. I still need to make her nose and sew her curly-cue tail onto her pants.  

What do you think?

I'm quite proud of it and she looks adorable in it. (But no touchy-touchy 'till the big day!) 

On a side note, the other day, I was telling my mom what Goose wants to be for Halloween.

Me: Yeah, she wants to be an angel pig. Not real sure where she got that from.
Her: Oh, how funny. An angel pig? (Noticing my confused look) You don't remember, do you?
Me: Remember what?
Her: Pigs with wings were your Grandma's favorite thing.
Me: What? I remember she like pigs, but not the wings.

I think we both had tears in our eyes at that moment. My Grandmother passed away when I was 12, maybe 13. She had cancer and she was one hell of a woman and fought hard to the last moment. 

I don't know what you believe, and honestly, I don't know what I believe, but I do KNOW that my Grandma is watching out for us. I know because of the small signs she gives us... but only if we pay attention. Maybe its a smell, maybe its blooming flowers on a bush that hasn't bloomed in years... but I know she's there, watching, protecting... loving. 

So, this was supposed to be a happy/crafty post. I didn't intend to get all deep. But I guess its still happy. 

How lucky am I that my grandmother, who has passed, still lets me know she's watching. That her love has transcended all and my daughter, while she will never KNOW her, will feel her presence and love. Not everyone is open-minded enough to feel these things. And I am thankful that I am. And that Goose can (and that she's listening!).

Pumpkins

I love carving pumpkins. I don't have the patience for it though. In the beginning I feel ambitious and set out to carve something fancy-schmancy but it never really works out that way. I just carve in some simple goofy grin.



Goose didn't really know what to think. She was more interested in her sucker. Hubs and I were able to get her to dig in after we'd done it though. She was a champ at picking out the seeds for roasting. Yummy! No pics of seed roasting, but I assure you, they were delicious. Recipe was courtesy of Martha.

In a brief moment of clarity and general okay-ness, Goose and I decorated our front porch a bit. We don't live in a neighborhood and got NO trick-or-treaters, but I so love to decorate for Halloween and I wish I had been feeling better (ie anxiety/panic) so that I could have. Shit, the day before Halloween I dropped $50 at the grocery store to make miniature caramel apples and I was too sick to make them. BUT my mom did make them for me and took them to my sisters' Halloween party and they were a hit, so at least they didn't go to waste. I was even going to dress up like Amy Winehouse and it was gonna be the SHIT!

Anyway, sorry for the tangent. Back to the minuscule decorating I did.


I got the idea for the pumpkins with noses from Martha again. They were so cute and I had planned to do more (thus the uncarved pumpkins.) My favorite part was the way the noses wilted by the time Halloween came. Reminds me of several very dirty jokes which I will not share here. He he he.



Cute though right? Next year I vow to have an entire army of carrot-nosed pumpkins!



Oh... and just in case there was any doubt in your minds....

Hunter's Farm

Another October brings another trip to the pumpkin patch. Oh how I love the pumpkin patch, especially when it's sunny and not raining. This is our third year visiting Hunter's so I guess that makes it a traditions. They have hay rides, a train ride, merry go round, a GINOURMOUS slide, over priced-under cooked food, a petting zoo... everything a kid would LOVE, and of course Goose was no different.

Her favorite parts were the llamas and goats. They had grain you could buy and the goats would happily slurp them, tounges snaking around your fingers, not missing a drop.

Also, the slide. The slide which you had to be 3 or older to go down alone. Miss Goose was not happy about that, especially when I told her she was too little. "I AM NOT LITTLE, I am BIG" she exclaimed to me. So we snuck up the slide together and I would go down first, so I could catch her (she insisted) and she would go down next. But honestly, I don't think the attendant would have cared, she was a teen aged girl with head phones on (safety first of course), and she wasn't even taking tickets for the ride.

The Train Ride. She loved it but Momma was a little worried b/c she was all alone and I couldn't see the entire route she rode on. She survived though.


She was terrified to go on the Merry Go Round alone so I had to go with you. Let me tell you, that thing is 100+ years old and not meant to hold anyone over 50lbs. I was scared. This thing was so old it didn't even have a motor, just some guy pushing pedals like on a bike! Very cute and nostalgic and vintagy though!


Goats and Llamas



The BIG slide




On the trackor ride to the patch. Goose was so scared when they dropped us off. She burst into tears and started yelling "COME BACK!" Poor thing thought they were leaving us for good!


Thinking they left her. SO SAD!



My camera doesn't do too well in low light, but with a little photobucket editing (LOVE it, SERIOUSLY!)I was able to make thse two somewhen presentable. My trick is adding a vignette, it makes almost any picture look better. Ha ha ha!




TFL!