Thursday Evening...

Good evening, everyone!

 

I hope everyone is warm and dry with all the strange weather happening...

 

Tuesday night we had tornado warnings...(it had been close to 70 degrees that day) ~

 

We actually took the kitties to the basement,

 

 since they would be heck to catch in a hurry, if we all needed to go downstairs!

 

The storms passed us with no damage here; it's been super-windy all week, though...

 

late this afternoon it SNOWED again for about 15 minutes,

 

and the temperature is supposed to be in the teens tonight...

 

No wonder folks are sick!

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Today would have been my Daddy's 92nd birthday...



Here he is at 6 months old...isn't he a cute little fellow?



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My favorite photo of Daddy with Ring, his Great-Grandfather's dog...


 

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His graduation photo from Mizzou (University of Missouri)
in 1942.



When Daddy passed away I found his original diploma; still in the cardboard tube, pristine.




I immediately had it matted, but had not yet had it framed; of course, it was lost in the fire.



When my youngest son Jonathan was sending his high school transcripts



 to several universities a couple of months ago,



I went to the Mizzou website to get their address, and on a whim e-mailed one of the



under-graduate "helpers" for newcomers, telling her about the diploma.



The next day I got an e-mail from the registrar, telling me they would be happy



to issue a replacement diploma for Daddy, at no charge.



I thought that was so nice, and unexpected!



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Happy Birthday, Daddy! ♥



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Okay, here is one of the "arty things" I promised! ;^)



Another Fairy House ~ this one is the home of "Godiva the Chocolate Fairy"!



I did it all in "chocolate" colors, from the darkest "dark chocolate" to



"milk chocolate" to creamy "white chocolate"...



 

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I had such fun trying to make the polymer clay look like candy!



This is the first time I've ever done anything in a monochromatic color scheme...



and you know, it was so strange...



I kept wanting to smell it ~ especially when I was making the "chocolate roses"...



like the clay had somehow transformed into chocolate!



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It has found a home with the Chocolate Gypsy Queen herself,



Wendy of Victorian Chocolate Molds...(click here to go her wonderful website) ~ ♥



I hope she loves it!



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And... here's a new one that I'm working on tonight...



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Since the gourd "roof" didn't have a curly, "fancy" stem,



I added some polymer buds, leaves and tendrils...



More pics of the progress on this one tomorrow, I hope!



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One more thing; a question for you...



This bean pot was my Mom's, and now it's my daughter Mandy's ~



I thought it was mainly decorative (in my house it would be!) ~ ;^)



Do any of you know about "bean pot" cooking?



(Please share if you do!)





Have a good night, all...and a creative Friday!



Love,