Paige' new quilt and bed.
A new 3D will tree for the new baby coming.
Carving and acid staining the old front porch.
Our little Pixie Paige.
Newest and Fun Projects
We have been traveling to our kids homes and having fun with our grandkids and several projects.
Paige' new quilt and bed.
A new 3D will tree for the new baby coming.
Carving and acid staining the old front porch.
Our little Pixie Paige.
Paige' new quilt and bed. A new 3D will tree for the new baby coming.Carving and acid staining the old front porch.Our little Pixie Paige.Dear Soldiers. Thank You.
The nurses said John is the only one who seems to calm her down, so John has spent the last four nights holding her while they both slept in that chair. The girl is coming along with her healing.
He is a real Star of the war, and represents what the members of our services are trying to do. This, my friends, is worth sharing. Go for it!! You'll never see things like this in the news.
Please keep this going. Nothing will happen if you don't, but the public needs to see pictures like this and needs to realize that we're making a difference. Even if it is just one little girl at a time.
Autumn Leaf Rose Bouquet For White Oaks Fall Season
Fall Beauties
Fall at White Oaks is a world of discovery. These autumn leaf roses are beautiful for all our fall occasions.
Buggy Book
Falling For White Oaks
What Is $200.00 Worth
MY STORY
One day I went for a run. While I was running I found this small piece of paper on the ground.
I felt lucky, and decided to take it home. On my way home, my mind was racing trying to think of what I would spend my new-found fortune on. Nice dinner? Rent payment? New running shoes?
The Solution
My final decision was simple. I would use the money to help other people. The next week I took the money to the bank which was offering a special $100 bonus for opening a new account. I turned my $100 into $200 overnight. I decided to help 100 different people at $2 each to help make their day and spread the joy that I originally felt.
This began what I call the 101 Happy People Project
Comes A Time In Life
Someone once said,
"There comes a time in your life, when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh. Forget the bad, and focus on the good.
Love the people who treat you right, pray for the ones who don't. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down is a part of life, getting back up is living." Being alive is a gift, being happy is by choice...
Chillin' At White Oaks Dead and Breakfast
Fall is an amazing time of year in Oregon, The pumpkins are huge and the colors of the rainbow. We start our fall decorating and toward the end of September I put up our 'White Oaks Dead and Breakfast' sign. We are a bed and breakfast and people get a kick out of all the fall do's we do.
I love fall and all it entails. It's the big last "hurah" before the rains start.
- Guests are finding some peace and quiet at the White Oaks Dead and Breakfast.
We go all out in decorating White Oaks and I have such great memories of my childhood at fall. Apple juice time. Canning the last of the seasons harvest. Making and freezing dozens of pies.
Just the simple fall smell is a wonderful pick-me-up.
Kimberly
I have found a fun artist and enjoy her work.
Thank you Kimberly for sharing.
The Beginning. The Finish. 
Thanks Redhead Riter
Oh My Goodness. I needed this laughter. I hope you can smile over the bumps in your road today.
Geography Of A Woman
Between 18 and 22, a woman is like Africa, half discovered, half wild, fertile and naturally beautiful!
Between 23 and 30, a woman is like Europe, well-developed and open to trade, especially for something of real value.
Between 31 and 35, a woman is like Spain, very hot, relaxed, and convinced of her own beauty.
Between 36 and 40, a woman is like Greece, gently aging, but still a warm and desirable place to visit.
Between 41 and 50, a woman is like Great Britain, with a glorious and all-conquering past..
51 and 60, a woman is like Israel, has been through war, doesn't make the same mistakes twice, and takes care of business.
Between 61 and 70, a woman is like Canada, cool, self-preserving, but open to meeting new people.
After 70, she becomes Tibet, wildly beautiful, with a mysterious past and the wisdom of the ages...an adventurous spirit and a thirst for spiritual knowledge.
Geography Of A Man
Between 1 and 80, a man is like Iran, ruled by nuts.
Geography Of A Woman
Between 18 and 22, a woman is like Africa, half discovered, half wild, fertile and naturally beautiful!
Between 23 and 30, a woman is like Europe, well-developed and open to trade, especially for something of real value.
Between 31 and 35, a woman is like Spain, very hot, relaxed, and convinced of her own beauty.
Between 36 and 40, a woman is like Greece, gently aging, but still a warm and desirable place to visit.
Between 41 and 50, a woman is like Great Britain, with a glorious and all-conquering past..
51 and 60, a woman is like Israel, has been through war, doesn't make the same mistakes twice, and takes care of business.
Between 61 and 70, a woman is like Canada, cool, self-preserving, but open to meeting new people.
After 70, she becomes Tibet, wildly beautiful, with a mysterious past and the wisdom of the ages...an adventurous spirit and a thirst for spiritual knowledge.
Geography Of A Man
Between 1 and 80, a man is like Iran, ruled by nuts.
AP Photo/Mehr News, Sajjad Safari)
I have too many friends that are men, so it is best if I do not comment.
(silently laughing my head off)
Relax! It is just a joke!
I have too many friends that are men, so it is best if I do not comment.
(silently laughing my head off)
Relax! It is just a joke!
A Buggy Friday
Lady Bug, Lady Bug
Summer and I illustrating and water coloring a children's book I have written. The problem is reading my own writing...It will be fun to finally put my children's fantasy stories on paper after all these years of making them up on the spur of the moment. And NEVER writing them down.
Father, Thank You For A Bright Spot
Fall White Oaks Leaves
I decided I needed to study what they actually were and how they were formed: I mighta, shoulda done this first before I fell in love with them. So here is the story:
Oak Apple Galls
These are large (1- to 2-inch diameter) rounded growths that are filled with a spongy mass. A single wasp larva is located in a hard seed-like cell in the center. Galls are usually found on the petioles or midribs of leaves. They will dry to a brown, paper thin wall. Removing and destroying galls before they dry and wasps emerge from a hole may help to reduce the infestation. While large and spectacular, they cause no measurable harm.
http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef408.asp
So all this time I have been making arrangements and pretty gifts with WasPs in them. Ugh! But they'er so cooool.
I guess this is a gentle reminder that all that glitters is not gold. Check your gold for wasps before bringing them into the house or giving them as gifts. There has to be a deeper lesson here somewhere...My word, you'd think I'd learn after all these years.
I still see them as natures art. And cool. I just check for any stingy thing which might reside inside before giving it to a friend. A not so good a friend, maybe not...Oh all right. I will AllWays check for resident creatures if I must. Picky, picky, picky you all are. Love ya anyway.
Still think they're cool.
Dan
Tamales,Tamales, Tamales!
And Add a Bit Of Sauce...
OK I may have been a little to quick to say I needed to stop whining... Remember the sad whiny tone of yesterday? "Sometimes a day just seems hard. That's it. There are days just harder than others. You start by critiquing yourself in the mirror, then burn the toast, didn't sleep well, someone leaves stinky socks on the chair." Yadda, Yadda, Yadda.
I slip into a light slumber and awoke screaming at being doused with cold water. I hop outta bed discovering the cute little claw foot tub in my room was exploding, water fountaining to the ceiling, which proceeded to shower back down on me as I am innocently minding my own business.
Dear Deer
You know the day I mean. This is how my week has been. "I'm to fat, my gray hair makes me look older than Methuselah. And I feel like a toad." On an on we go. A slow tortuous dance of self annihilation . No good, no fair, life is rotten...Painted Toenails
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| Painted Toenails |
OK, OK I know the title is silly. But upon digging further you'll understand the reasoning. So I have warped sense of laughter. What new?
Pixie Paige
Our little Paige has decided she wants Nana to paint her new room purple...She claims to be a purple princess and needs her room to be as fairy tale as she.
Sooo...here we go. The walls were painted a light mushroom color then at 43" high we taped off a wainscoting. It was painted a light lavender and let dry. We used a 6" roller and a level and painted darker purple stripes. Darcy Jackson did the hardest parts. Thank goodness.
How Grateful Am I?
I have always had faith to follow this creative vision, and been grateful for the challenge of not becoming too worldly in the process.How do we be "in the world, but not of the world"? I have often questioned my motives for a creation. Am I doing this for the pure love of creating or am I after a worldlier goal?
Can I create, enjoy the creating and the attention it can bring, yet be eternally grateful from Whom it was given?
I have given some thoughts to my creations.
A Summer Cake
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| A Summer Cake |
Summer Heather’ cake was a three-month production from start to finish. I actually was trying re-invent the wheel with this eye-popping cake.
SK's Bull Frog Log (Blog)
Everyone uses the word and I bet most don't have a clue where this nonsense, no-meaning, made-up word comes from. Well here ya go:
A blog (a blend of the term web log) is a type of website or part of a website. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. Blog can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.
Most blogs are interactive, allowing visitors to leave comments and even message each other via widgets on the blogs and it is this interactivity that distinguishes them from other static websites.[2]
Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, Web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability of readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art (art blog), photographs (photoblog), videos (video blogging or vlogging), music (MP3 blog), and audio (podcasting). Microblogging is another type of blogging, featuring very short posts.
As of 16 February 2011 there were over 156 million public blogs in existence.
So that's that. a blog is a way for us to write our histories, our thoughts, share a bit, question even more. I think we should come up with a better, classier word to describe what we are doing hour after hour.
What about, let's say 'bogus log', 'begging log', 'blaring log', 'blathering log'', 'but log'. Or even 'barely there log' or maybe 'BS log'? Sorry just had to do it.
Maybe something more positive in nature such as: 'Baron log", 'beautiful log', 'bonefied log'.
Do I have too much time on my hands? Be Specific Log...
Alright maybe I spent to much time thinking and not enough time writing. I'm number 157 million.
I actually like: Bullfrog Log after Barney the Bullfrog in our pond out front.
Bibbit, bibbit.
See You Soon! Bibbit or should I say ribbit
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