October 2022 Blog Train and Fan Freebie

 Up here in Wisconsin, we usually tolerate September just to get to October.  Days are shorter for sure, but it's usually warmer and less rain.  The days are perfect for visiting a pumpkin patch with the grandkids, complete with a corn maze and feeding baby goats.  We get out to the pumpkin patch on an old wagon pulled by two beautiful Belgians.  I raise horses, so that's always the best part for me!  Another tradition is that the kids come over and we decorate Halloween cookies.  It's a fun way to spend an afternoon. Thought you might like to see last year's cookies.  I just put out all the sugars, decorations and candy and let them get creative.  Not to brag, but I think the kids are following in their Grandma's artistic footsteps :)

I loved working with the deep, rich colors for this month's Blog Train.  I hope you enjoy it for scrapbooking your own October Memories!

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Fan Freebie --

I love Halloween.  It's just a sweet, fun holiday.  

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The Boo Update --

Happy Birthday, Boo!  I can't believe you're 4 already.  Now, please get off of my kitchen counter!

Until Next Month!

September 2022 Blog Train and Fan Freebie

August flew by way too quick, and here it is September already.  I've had such a great summer working with my horses and other animals, gardening, and just enjoying sunny, warm days outside.  Since time stops for no one, however, I guess we might as well embrace fall, too :)  Now, I'm voting for a longer fall and an early spring.  We'll see.

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Fan Freebie --

Here are a handful of graffiti stamps to enhance your layouts.  Have fun!

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The Boo Update --

Boo likes his meals ON TIME.  Around 11:30 each morning, he tends to hang around the kitchen waiting for L-U-N-C-H.  I can't say the word out loud, because he KNOWS that word when it's said.  I'm also beginning to think he can read a digital clock.  That said, this is how I found him when I came in from the stables LATE, as in 15 minutes late.  He wouldn't let me into the kitchen.  He was like "if you want coffee, you feed me lunch first!"  He won.  I fed him lunch just so I could get a coffee refill. 

Until Next Month . . .

August 2022 Blog Train and Fan Freebie

Summer has been moving right along and here it is August already!  Summer seems to fly by way too quickly if you ask me.  I pretty much spend my summers outside and enjoy every minute of it gardening, training horses and just soaking in the sun.  Never a boring minute.  And we've had just enough rain to keep everything green and growing :) 

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Fan Freebie --

If you read my text above, now you know why you've been getting graffiti as a Fan Freebie for the past few months :)  Gotta run . . . the great outdoors is calling me!

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The Boo Update --

I came in from outside and found Boo like this.  Had to take a picture!  The back of his head is hanging off the barstool, as is his hind leg closest to the cabinet.  I just shake my head.  Sound asleep and no care in the world.  I wonder what he dreams about.

See ya next month!

July 2022 Blog Train and Fan Freebie

 It's been a long time since I've even been near an ocean, but with this month's colors, it just seemed like the right way to go.  The little mermaid in the bottle frame is my granddaughter, Claire.  And she wanted everyone to know that she doesn't really have a tail -- just in Grandma's computer.

I set up the frame in the sand so that all you need to do is slip your photo behind it.  I also included just the bottle frame alone so you can position it anyway you want.  Just slip a sand border behind it and a sand border in front of it.  Tilt the bottle frame any way you want.

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Fan Freebie --

Thought you could use some "wishy-washy" graffiti to dress up your pages!

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The Boo Update --

I had to take Boo to the Vet last week for an eye problem.  It just didn't look right and, as time went on, it seemed to be getting worse.  There were times that one eye was totally open and the other partially closed.  That is not normal and the 3rd eyelid looked swollen.  In this photo, I'm not sure if he was trying to distract me to get the coffeemaker going or daring me to tackle him once again to get his eye meds in.  The one thing I have learned is that saying "hold still" does not work!  After a week of meds, his eye is looking much better.

Til next time . . .