my little joys

claire in the grass.. pretty self explanatory..

here is kenton giving auntie some flowers.. i told him to try to hold his hand still to which he screwed up his face all tight in concentration.. *(which of course was cuter than a button. ) Leah says that he gives her flowers all the time now.. what a little precious.. (*keep that trait for your wife -buddy!! )

leah & claire.. what lovely ladies..

claire bear is getting better at walking alone, although she still wants to hold your hand.. here she took about 2 steps before she fell down and cried ;).. such work it is learning to walk! ;)

kenton is obsessed with Thomas the Train.. everywhere he goes there is a train in his pocket.. Also, note the dirty fingers as his second great obsession is playing "dump truck" in the dirt pile in their backyard.. hahaha. .. i am greeted many times by him grabbing my hand saying :"Auntie... dirt pile.. come. " hahahahah

momma and her chicks .. :)

so yes... it was a fun friday.. i was a little worn out so i dont feel like i was the best company to have over on a friday night.. but still, it was nice to lay in the green grass with the kids crawling all over us.. and especially fun to put claires chubby little chub in that cute red tu-tu!!!.. man alive.. i am going to dress up my kids in all sorts of outfits..

sailor boys and girls in tutus galore!! care to add your kids to the lot?

HA

love those munchins!!!

The Dovecote

i remember about this time last year i was so busy planning everything for our wedding.. now it seems a little slow in comparison.. i DO miss going to thrift stores and trying to find little things here and there to use as makeshift spendy decorations..

i think my dear, that i would love to start a wedding decor rental shop and you my lassie can help me shop for milk glass, cake stands, bistro chairs, fall foliage, tin canisters, compotes, silk and lace tablecloths and other such beauties that we can find in the dust!!! we can call the place: "Dovecote" like Meg's little haven in Little Women.. and instead of her and her red headed snippet and twin children, we will have tea and crumpets and old lace veils...

**a lady from work today told me she wants my help with her daughters wedding.. she wants me to come up with colors and themes.. i am thinking it will be a pleasant distraction.. **

ALSO, you will be home soon, and we can look for little treasures to fill your new place.. we can go on "buying trips" to unique/g-will and instead of coming home with pots and pans we can accidentally buy 'show girl ' dresses and wild gypsy shirts..

sound like a deliscious plan?

well then.. you best be hightailing it home soon!

~the gypsy crow

illlilly- noissssss

here is J and i .. at the dirtiest truck stop on earth..
sick-o.. the bathrooms were so nast.. and the floors were unclean.. but.. at least they had a giant fish in which to set the ole 'timer' and take a mid-trip click..

here is the latest Kuriscak project.. they bought a little plot of land by their house with some friends and planted veggies to harvest for dinners/snacks.. the vegatables are deliscious.. AND, they planted mongo pumpkins to harvest come October.. so cute.. would love to do this someday.. its just a little plot of land that the city rents out..

patty and the corn...

some dahlias just for the beauty of it..

jonnies momma and ben and ash's little pooch Layla.. ( a Mini-pincher.. )

Ed and some ready to eat peppers!!!

all in all a great weekend spent with, as usual, GREAT food and good company.. !!!!!

quarter century!!!

i am now officially an old maid, .. at 25.. a quarter century.. woof..

this is my piece of Birthday pie from Jonathan when i woke up.. dont mind the mascara under my eyes! ;)

the birthday presents waiting for me when i woke up.. it was all just a little much for Orca..

she is wishing she was my birthay present so she could pop out of a cake and give me a loving scratch... :)

susie homemakers got nothing on us!

blueberry mamma ?? for my birthday with Leah on friday afternoon, i forgoed getting a pedicure for makine Pies in the kitchen like a modern day martha.. we decided on apple and blueberry and OF COURSE as it was my bday, leah wanted to turn it into a Photo shoot!! *(which.. i am ok with :) so here is to the apple/blueberry Pie birthday goodness!!!!

the end result was.. well.. ok.. the sides fell off, shhhhh .. the apple was a bit better.. tell you more about that later..

do you dare pick the apple of temptation? :)

yummmmm... i dont even like pies all that much.. but i like making them !!.. happy birthday from leah .. OH.. and she got me LOADs of flowers as my present as well, will send pic later..

first train to RED WING

RED WING: home of the ole crockery and shoes.. it was a lovely day.. no chance of rain.. and we enjoyed it!! here we are at the Red Wing STAR.. famous for something, not sure what.. i am being 'theatrical' as usual.. jumping around.. while J looks nto quite as titillated as i .. :)

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh the welcoming sigh.. can you find me? where is H-iraldo?

of course, you MUST stop at any distractions along the way.. complete for my birthday was a small flea market.. granted.. it was more full of old men with star wars characters that lovelychandeliers.. but a girls gotta stop and find out for herself.. WHO knows what treasure could lie in the podunk cities of Wisconsin

of course, while in rome, act like the romans.. well, .. here we are in the antique stores ,,, with antiques.. (J reminds me of a Shriner.. all he needs is the little cart to wheel around in.. ) Dont mind that both of us are sort of frightening in this pic.. (*our big eyes make us look more enthused than we truly are :) wink

home of the crockery..

"what a crock! :)"

good times had by all///

next stop birthday land..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HANNAH JOY

Interesting Facts about the day you were born! Ofcourse I had to look at Wikipedia to see who did what on this day! I'm sure you've looked at it a million times before but here you go.
1543 – King Henry VIII of England married Catherine Parr , his sixth and last wife, at Hampton Court Palace. I wonder how he got rid of this one?

1862 – The Medal of Honor, the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government, was first authorized by the U.S. Congress.

1580 – Ostrog Bible, the first printed Bible in a Slavic language, is published.

1804 – Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies after being shot in a duel. how exciting!

1962 – The Rolling Stones perform their first ever concert, at the Marquee Club in London. wah. Their old....this was 22 days before you were born!


And these people have your same birthday! You've got some good ones!
1817 – Henry David Thoreau, American writer and philosopher
1852 – Hipólito Yrigoyen, President of Argentina whoot whoot argentina
1904 –Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet, Nobel laureate hey go watch the movie il postino! its great and he's in it...as himself :)
1937 –Bill Cosby, American comedian and actor. oh dear. i just thought of jonathan's impersonation...eck.
1955 – Bambi Woods, American porn star, best known as the title character in Debbie Does Dallas ohhhhh my.
1956 – Sandi Patty, American singer DOES ADAM KNOW!
1971 – Kristi Yamaguchi, American figure skater....give me a double axel!

And just think...they are all older than you, you young pixie! oh no. rochie has infected me!

For My Hannah

Here are a few more shots I have taken throughout the month that made me think of you, or that I thought you would enjoy!

1. San Telmo Market. This is the stand of beautiful fabrics, lingerie, and old lace that I absolutely fell in love with. I wish that it was cheaper or that my body fit perfectly, both of which I doubted! Isn't the number on the left gorgeous. Heartache.

2. Welcome to the Evita Peron Museum. I will now give you a small tour of the place. (Illegally mind you as cameras were't allowed!)

3. A lovely Garment worn by the miss Evita herself. Poka dots....your fav!

4. Another lovely number. Eva..you've got taste. 5. The Museum was inside a home she created for single mothers. It was even turned into a school and there was a section for Mass.

6. The Mass area. Beautiful no! Nice Work Mrs. Peron. Nice Work.

bday blues

well its official.. i am getting old... real old.. i mean i know you already hit the quarter century.. but its still quite a shock to me.. oh sigh...

so last night, the bike my dad got me was STOLEN.. i had it 15 minutes.. went to the library with J, and then locked it up with a bike lock.. came out.. and someone cut the lock and rode away..

i sat in the street blubbing like a baby..

my 15 minutes with the bike.. sad. we had to walk home ....

we had to call my dad and tell him that we already had his bike stolden....

so far this birthday weekend sucks..

so now i have no bike whatsover.

sad.

dream world

since you are in the middle of FALL i thought i would send a long a little fall inspiration that is my dreamworld. Someday i would like to be in the country.. with a house and a barn.. and a long table full of pumpkins to carve with my favorite friends.. a harvest party, will you come? ;)

In retrospect, probably not a good idea

McDooogs

Street Walker

Happy 6th of July!

summer snippet

the 4th was excellent.. i got this white skin out into the summer loving sun and burnt myself to a crispy bisquit.

Hello. My name is Juan. I like fireworks, face masks, and long walks on the beach. Call me if you want your own....boom boom pop pop....fizzzzzzzzzzz.........

happy 4th!!!!!

happy America day to you over in Buenos Aires.. make sure you light off some firecrackers and whoop the national anthem in the streets.. just because you are a 'foreigner' does mean you shoudlnt show some hometown pride! ;)

and oldie from the kur-chacks! ;) happy independance day to youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!