Hi, Everyone!
I have been a bad, bad blogger!
(Starting with forgetting the date of Vanessa's Mad Tea Party...)
This has just been a strange summer, so far...
No one will be in public school ~ in my house, anyway ~ this fall...
Grandson Nick will be in 9th grade, but aside from picking him up
in the afternoon, my son Mark will have to do all the school stuff...
I have been dealing with Sikeston Public Schools now for thirty-four years!
(And I am still getting the school-related automated phone calls ~
I'll have to call and remind them that they can now
take my number out of the system...;)
Jonathan and his older brother Neil will both be in college
before the month is out...
And then....then...
I don't know what.
Visit Katie in Atlanta? Visit Mandy in St. Charles?
Twiddle my thumbs?
(Actually, I'm trying to make myself get into the habit of painting again.)
I digress, though...
I really don't know the reason for this melancholy strangeness...
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One thing I'm excited about ~
Probably overly-excited about, as I am at this time every summer...
Tuberoses.
I have a passion for tuberoses...my Grandma Launius had them in her garden.
Always.
I grow them every year in memory of her.
What makes them so special?
They are so fleeting...a week's bloom-time, maybe two at the most...
depending on the temperature...(high temps make them all open up faster).
To me, the fragrance is summer when I was little, spending the night
at my Grandparents' house...which was air-conditioned ~
ours (at the farm) wasn't.
Such a treat...and Grandma's living room was all tuberose-scented
COOLNESS....Heaven.
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A Cypress Vine has laced these two together...
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Okay, this is all of the tuberose photos, I promise!
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Towering sunflowers!
My garden has just grown (like Topsy)
this year.
On its own, pretty much.
It's not being pampered like last year.
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A Cherry-Lime Zinnia...
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"Lime Queen"
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The marigolds are enjoying this rainy day...
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Cypress Vines everywhere!
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They thrive on neglect, though...
Look at this one coming up between the pavers!
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How about a dash of cuteness?
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Older brother Neil has been doing farm work this summer,
and a couple of weeks ago he brought this little baby home in his lunch box...
(A dog had gotten into the nest and this little fellow was the only one saved...)
Isn't he adorable?
I didn't know what I was going to do with him...
After a little online research, I found
Watkins Wildlife Rehab
in Sedgewickville, Missouri ~ about an hour from here.
Conveniently for me, though, a kind soul who works at a veterinary office
here in town lives close to the rehab/sanctuary, and she took him there for me.
Happy ending!
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Here are a few of the ACEOs I've finished in the past few days...
(ACEOs are fun little baseball-card-sized artworks, 2 1/2" x 3 1/2")
I'm listing them on eBay;
If you'd like to take a look, I'd be honored ~
My eBay ID is october*moon...
or, you can click "Fiddlin' Under the Harvest Moon"
in the right sidebar, and go directly there.
I promise I won't spam you (much ~ ;),
but putting them here on the blog keeps me inspired!
I've had fun with them, anyway...
"Tallulah at the Mad Hatter's Tea"
(See my gold polka-dotted teapot?)
Tallulah's fantasy of having tea with the Hatter himself!
Watercolor and Colored Pencil
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"Ladies of the Club I"
Tallulah and her little Mousie friend in their feathery chapeaus...
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"Ladies of the Club II"
Tallulah and two of her little Mousie friends
in their fancy hats and red pocketbooks!
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"Tallulah's Halloween Party"
Tallulah (and helper) stir up a Halloween brew...
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"Conjuring Up a Rainbow"
Tallulah and friends have donned their wizard-garb
and are conjuring up a rainbow...
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"Fiddlin' Under the Harvest Moon"
Tallulah and friend, fiddlin'
in the moonlight...
look at those eyes peering out from under the leaves!
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New post soon...I have lots of catching up to do!
Love,
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