Well, it wasn’t actually pink snow, but the hue was definitely pink when I took these photos today. =P
Category: Photography
Time For A Catnap?
It certainly seems like it in my house! Painting for the day, inspired by my lazy loungers. (It’s so cold, it’s hard not to join them!)
Happy New Year!
Merry day-after Christmas!
I hope you all had a wonderful day, whether you celebrate Christmas or not. It was basically a normal day for us, as the children decided they didn’t actually want wrap-able items. Well, that coupled with the fact that I couldn’t wait to give one child a speaker system for an iPhone (my old iPhone) so she could listen to all the itunes music she got to pick out. New shoes for all, clothing, books, and Steam games. I figured, why wait to hand out the needful things? So we all just relaxed and did our own thing on Christmas day.
Did I mention there’s no snow? No snow at all, not even a flurry. Hell, it was 60 degrees! It’s been so long since I’ve lived in my native state of California, that I forgot how it feels to not have snow during this time. =P
Now the kids will go down and de-ornament the tree, so that I can wrap it up and put it back down in the basement. It’s time to de-Christmas the house and get things back to normal. That includes me getting back to normal and painting!
Icelandic Yuletide Lads-Stekkjarstaur
I’m sure some of you know by now, that my children are half-Icelandic. Even though we no longer live in Iceland, it’s always fun to participate in the traditions. Sure the Jólaköttur is not going to come all this way and eat either child because they didn’t get new clothing to wear before Christmas…because obviously I’ve bought them new clothes to wear! But still. I looked through my stuff and came across the Jóla Spil card deck, and decided to take a picture each of the 13 nights with the yule lad who’s said to visit. Tonight it’s Stekkjarstaur, or the sheep worrier.
- Stekkjastaur kom fyrstur,
- stinnur eins og tré.
- Hann laumaðist í fjárhúsin
- og lék á bóndans fé.
- Hann vildi sjúga ærnar,
- —þá varð þeim ekki um sel,
- því greyið hafði staurfætur,
- —það gekk nú ekki vel.
Gimpy was the first,
Stiff like a tree.
He snuck into the stables,
And fooled the farmer’s sheep.
He wanted to suck milk from them,
– They did not care for that,
And because he had peg-legs
– It did not go too well.
Bringing Home the Christmas Tree!
Or if you’re like me, you simple drag the Christmas tree parts up from the basement, give it a good straightening out, throw some ornaments on it, and call it a day. (We *almost* decided to get a real tree this year, but then I thought, “what if there are ticks on the trees since we’re in PA?”)
Happy Veteran’s Day!
Happy Veteran’s Day! Enjoy some nautical themes and kitties,, and my old fresh-end-of-bootcamp portait. =)
Halloween 2015!
Another Halloween success! I managed to pick the perfect sized pumpkin for Rosebud this year, and he looked so cute sitting in it!
Front of the house, with Bandit the neighbor cat, who always stops by for a picture, and a bowl of food.
Bandit made sure to show up at night too, for more photos and food.
We should just call Bandit our porch cat, since we’re always feeding him, he’s always on the porch. We even ended up buying him a flea collar since his owners failed to do so. (Who’s in the window?!)
My daughter thought she was going to dress up as a rotten clown this year. I may or may not have gone over the fact that she hadn’t yet acknowledged her Icelandic/Norwegian heritage, and that maybe she should pick a goddess to dress up as. We went with Hel. =)
I hadn’t fully planned out the outfit. She told me a day before this photo was taken, that there was a trick-or-treating event in the mall, and her friend invited her to go. Thankfully I have a thing about saving fabrics, and we just so happened to have some faux fur laying around. Was it an outfit the goddess of the underworld would wear? Who knows, but it worked!
Anna and friends.
Taking Anna trick-or-treating. Also doing our part by cleaning the sidewalks with the train of the dress. 
My Mother had waited on the corner, as we went to the last house of the night. Walking towards my Mother, she looked pretty creepy. The picture ended up out of focus due to how dark it was, but I like it!)
Our Jack-o-lanterns.
Instagram pictures-doing my makeup. Just eyeshadows and powder!
Me and my Mother. We decided that the three of us (my Mom, son, and I) would just be simple skeletons this year.
Family of skeletons and Hel. =P I hope you all (who celebrate) had a Happy Halloween!
National Cat Day!
Hooray! It’s kind of a big deal in our house! Ok, not really, since every day is “cat day” in our house. Still, in honor of today, I figured I’d stalk my children (who always have cats nearby) while they’re in cyber school, and take some pictures. (Really any excuse to take photos…)
*Edit, I realized I should probably toss in a watercolor I did this morning, in honor of today. =P
Glass Gem Corn!
So we planted three varieties of corn this year. My Mom was insistent that she wanted three kinds: bloody butcher, glass gem, and some edible non-gmo corn. I mean, let’s be honest, it’s all for autumn decorating. We started harvesting the glass gem corn today and oooooh my they are so beautiful! I couldn’t help but take photos, lots of photos. Lots.
I’ve decided these colorful kernels look like jelly beans. Delicious, tasty, jelly beans. I really want some right now. I can’t wait to see what the next cobs look like, but we’re going to leave them on for a bit longer as they’re pretty small!
