2012 Primero Homecoming First Attendant

  Wow~ First Attendant!  Here is Jayson & our girl last night at the Homecoming game. Of coarse neither of them would look at me for a picture!

Surprisingly enough.....

 I didn't get the heebie jeebies when I found this pretty furry  tarantula on the way home from market a few days ago~ I think because she is actually so huge~ as big as my hand no kidding, and furry....she feels more like an animal than an arachnid to me. I brought her home for the children to see and then we let her go on the woodpile.  I thought you all would enjoy seeing her too~ I have never seen one out and about before.

  We went on our last camping trip of the summer last weekend, and this little guy is more my type ~HA!  I posted a few years ago now about a stick bug we found out by the chicken pen~ we just never hardly ever get to find them, and this fellow was just out for a stroll, so I didn't mind picking him up to snap his picture.

  Here he is on the cedar tree~ they blend in so well. Just think of what you can see, if you take pause for a moment and really look.

 Its Homecoming week this week~ Pip will be cheering before the game tonight, and at halftime Jayson will be walking Tressa out on the field to see who makes Homecoming Queen this year~ she made Princess and is so very excited to have made it that far! Of coarse we are so proud of her and I am hoping I can get a good picture to show you tonight!   Welcome Welcome Fall!!!!

 

A Tale.........

Once Upon a time....not so long ago

Within a vinefield, not so very far away....

Lived a cannibalistic Creature

Borne with an unfulfilling hunger & no shame.....

Dare Ye Not  tarry across the River to the Mystic Lands,

or walk to & fro without thy talisman close to Watch o'er & Protect Thee 

Trust in me this advise I give freely~

& Heede a warning from a close Friend...

Beware a Blood Moon~ Ye Must NOT tarry out!

A mid 18th c  Dainty Pearl for your Pleasure~

 This shoe is a single survivor from c1750. Made same as an adult's, but so tiny, for a young very affluent  little girl. The wonderfully stocky 1" Louis heel covered in pink silk to match the flowers in the silk brocade upper. Remnants of the original pink silk binding remain on both latchets. A scant 5" from back of heel to toe, pictured in front of an adults pair of shoes for size comparison.  Actually looking at the picture now, it is the little subtle details that tell a certain fashion era from the other~ the child's shoe has the broad chunky heel and round toe of early 18th c. The later adults pair has pointy toe and tall Italian heel. Now look at the tongue shape~ pointy as well, so we can firmly date the adult pair to 1780s and no earlier.

New Dollys on TDIPT Mercantile & eBay Specials!

  This is wee little Buttercup in her antique needlepoint pocket~ she is on eBay this week!

  And I hope you can come over to the TDIPT Mercantile to say hello to Dollye & Pollye, my latest Queen Anne Bedpost dolls~ they all cant wait to meet you!  Just click on the respective links on the right hand sidebar to see them

Little Kindles for the Dolly~Haus...

  I couldn't resist adding a few more picture of some of the little wee beauties I have done lately~ sooo tiny and perfectly fitting for the dollhouse.  Precious above is not even 3" tall and I have dressed her in a tiny scrap of prized irridescent silk taffeta

  And here are some little ladyes playing with the kittens~ the couch is a true 1-1 scale dollhouse size~ while these are not the same girls as in the shoe on eBay this week, they are of same family and size....so if you have a dollhouse in need of a keeper.....go check them out!