Foto Friday....

Andy was working on a house just up the road and I went with him to hang out.  Well, I went there to be nosey.  The property is only a couple of miles from our house and it is new construction.

Living out here you never know what you will find and after an hour or so helping out (ok, that sounds good) I went on a walk to the back of the house.

Look at what I saw!

Is this the coolest thing!

I don't know anything about it except it is old.

I wonder if the owner has to pay property taxes on this?

Can you imagine the old miner that lived here?

I wonder if it is insulated...Flat Screen capable?

I love the back door.  It is like a barn door.

I wonder if the Pioneer Woman (Ree Drummond) got her idea to do this to the lodge from this beauty?

Well it was the perfect home, move in ready until the side of the building starts to collapse.


This is a pretty cool building and I truly expected to run into a (or more) rattlesnake(s) when I was going around this beauty.

Now, my fellow bloggers may have their Southern Homes to tour but they ain't got nothin on us in Baldwin Lake!   (I say that out of pour jealousy, serious)

Amazing isn't it?  There is so much history in this town that it is a cowgirl's dream. 

Let me know what you think.  BBQ anyone?

Foto Friday....

As I promise, I love writing in my blog.  Even though it seems like we are all flyin, I think a moment to enjoy a picture is always worth it.

This picture today is from a "Sitting Pretty" class I took last week offered by our gardening club here in Big Bear.

This class was soo much fun.  How do you do it?  Easy Breezy as my friend Kim would say.

All you do is get a chair, take out the middle part, put chicken wire down, and staple it to the chair.  Make sure the wire is deep for the growth of the plants.  Get potting soil and perlite.  Mix the two together (the perlite will hold moisture).

The host brought out baby diapers.  Baby Diapers!!!!  She said cut a couple of hole into the diaper and lay it on the bottom of the basket and it will asorb moisture too!  What a great idea!!!!

Well withink 10 minutes I had my chair done and it came out sooo cute!!  I was really proud of myself.

Total cost:

Chair:  $15.00  I bought it at a Antique shop, but everyone else said they found theirs for free.  I just didn't have time to "find"  so I bought mine.  It was already painted blue and the legs were shortened.  PERFECT!

Dirt: $5.00 (You can find it cheaper)  Remember I live far away from cheap.
Perlite:  $3.99 will last me a LONG time!
Plants: Pony plants $3.99 (6 total) and one geranium @ $2.50
Moss:  You can buy any type of decorative moss even from a craft store, I had some already.
Chicken Wire:  I had some thanks to my chickens.

So, for start up cost around  $29.00 is was well worth it!    Next time it won't be a1/4 this amount.  Maybe just for the cost of the plants.  I can't wait to do more when I have time!
Let me know what you think....

This looks much better now that the plants have had a chance to grow.   Love it!

This is what the class made, how cute is this!

Isn't the little one just adorable?  She made it for her "fairy" garden.  The red chair is actually metal, who knew??

Foto Friday....

Good Morning,

I just wanted to put something on today that was easy to look at.  For centuries, people have been painting fruit and for the past oh 100 years or so, they have been photographing fruit.  I am no exception.  I love to look at a beautiful bowl presenting fruit.  Here here is my Foto Friday of Fruit.

Please have a great weekend.  I am going to sew a pair of cooking pants today.  I hopefully will post my design early next week.  I am excited about doing this.  I think I have overwhelmed Andy with making place mats.  How many sets do we really need?  As many as I want to make!  I love fabric.

Foto Friday....

Can you smell the pine trees?  Can you smell the cool breeze along with the heat coming from the ground?  This was taken on another part of the lake.  Wanna join me for a walk sometime?  I would love to have you. We could make a picnic, sit next to the water and watch the children play. 

Enjoy the "foto".

Have a great weekend!

Foto Friday

Went for a nice walk yesterday and just had to take this picture..this looks like a postcard doesn't it.

Enjoy and have a great weekend.  I am soo blessed to be able to live here and take incredible pictures like this!

Foto Friday....

I was at the feed store today getting chicken food and there was a lady talking about her two "babies" that she nursed back to health.  I started listening to her and she said she was from the zoo and she was the care taker of two raccoons, baby raccoons!

She went to her truck and I asked if I could see these babies.  "Absolutely" she said.  Oh my they were precious!!! 

I grabbed my camera (I keep a Cannon Elph in my purse)  for moments just like this!

I love raccoons, however, they are very dangerous and can shred you or your animals very easy, their nails are like razors!  I saw Billy the Exterminator the other day and he was called to get this raccoon out of a trash can, I laughed and laughed.  His mom on the radio "BEEELLLLEY!  It really is a cute show, watch it sometime it is almost like watching Kid Rock  in a kinda sorta way...

Hope you enjoy the fotos!

Awwee how precious!

This little one is saying "Check out my nails!"

Have a great Friday and an awesome weekend!