A Wonderous Winter Fete

This actual sleigh/stage coach robber.........has to serve his time in polka dots, arms out........making this announcement...........Do Not Steal anything, unless it's your time to go to A Wonderous Winter Fete on Saturday October 11 in Alamo........10 until 3:30, at The Alamo Women's Club 1401 Danville Blvd. http://www.awondrouswinterfete.blogspot.com/ Be there or be caught off guard for a spectacle of Antiques and Artists!

THE Show of all Shows...THE Wine of all Wines!

I feel like a Devil's Reject........which is the title of the collage above, after a tough week last week. Let me give you an example.......how many people do you know that have stepped out of their car.........tripped over their long toed shoes and keyed their own car. That......... was what kind of a week it was last week........before the weekend of THE Show of all Shows. All my missteps faded away though, when my friend Terisa and I drove to the Tinsel and Treasures show in Danville on Saturday. Terisa had the foresight to bring her camera.........I did not........ and that is why she always has beautiful pictures on her site, and I do not. I try to tell myself that I cannot be perfect in every way.......but maybe for me an occasional step in the right direction might not be a bad idea. So, anyway I am either stuck giving you a narrative of what I saw there, or referring you to Terisa's blog to see what the scene was actually like the day of THE Show of all Shows. Please go to http://sabiiwabii.blogspot.com/

In the meantime I can tell you few more stories about my pathetic life last week and in general, and with my actual tongue in my cheek be truthful. Well........there was a man that came to my husband's office on Tuesday......and I spent about 45 minutes talking to him, thinking he was someone that he was not. I have a habit of thinking I know people..........because just because...........when in reality they are not usually someone I know at all. So, if ever a strange woman comes up to you and starts talking like she knows you .....that would be me! I am such a talker and not a picture taker. I once had my husband speed up on the freeway to catch up with a car, because someone driving the car was someone I thought I knew. When we came side by side on the drivers side of the car..........the driver had a ski mask on. I guess I thought I must have known a bank robber. It was his eyes I recognized I pleaded. The downside is........my husband now no longer believes I know anyone at all. OK, I had to steal one picture from Terisa for this post.......shhhhhh, no I could not do it. I will leave the show pictures up to her. But let me say.....clear your calendars for the Tinsel and Treasure show next year..and ...Save the Date....... every single date until I know the real date.

And now ........Let me ........present for your enjoyment some Happy Happy Cheers to Halloween, and our new HalloVine Halloween wine label created by noted folk artist Jack Roads. This is a peek into the other side of my life.......the winery. It was Jack's suggestion that got the ball rolling to create a Halloween wine. Now, it is fitting that he has finally designed a label, which is also his debut as a label artist. He may add this to the list of his many other artistic accomplishments.......which include being a mentor to many an aspiring papier-mache artist.

This blood red wine is a rich Cabernet, and may be ordered/shipped by calling our toll free winery number 1 (866) 724-2993, and asking for Brette......Monday-Friday. A no shame endorsement because you will love sipping this wine by the fire waiting for Halloween!

Halloween is Busting Out All Over........

Halloween is busting out all over, and I do not even mind if it is weeks early....."witch" is unlike how I feel about the other holidays. Bunnies appearing before Easter........really annoy me............Santa arriving in summer with his shirt sleeves rolled up.......is another source of irritation. From an early age I have had an affinity for Halloween.......witness this drawing above that I found in my mother's closet ......done when I was in Junior High....... It is fitting that it came out of the closet.......symbolic really, as I feel that those who are shy about proclaiming their love for Halloween should take a stand, and come clean about Halloween! You know you love it.....you have to. What's not to like about it!

Well........the lady that writes the following blog, http://curioussofa.blogspot.com/that my friends at Yahoo Group Early, Cloth and Paint turned me on to, is not shy about Halloween. Prepare to be amazed at the spectacle of of her blog this time of year on antiques and Halloween, and her other curiosities. Let me know what you think!

Of All the Blogs I've Thought I Loved Before

So, what makes us start a blog post and then abandon it midstream? I have a huge amount of drafts that never went public. It is one thing to talk to yourself, and quite another to relate what you are thinking and feeling to many. So, I thought it might be fun to take some lines that meant something to me at the time................the ones that stood out above all the muddle of previous draft posts, and share those.........and as long as I was doing that I might as well take random pictures from here and there and post those too. You might call what I am doing a blogland uprising.........in retaliation for all the perfectly crafted and well put together, painstaking worded and perfectly placed pictures that are usually offered on a blog. Then again I could just be doing this.........because my muse ship for this blog post has not come in. Who will ever know...........so here ........a few random thoughts and visions! This is the closest I have ever been to stream of consciousness on a blog. There are no rules, and everything is up for interpretation...............................................................

(Last Saturday evening the neighbors were transported back to Pompeii at the Mount Vesuvius Eruption Party we hosted at our home.)
(..........the combination of sensations that remind me of a pleasant memory..............the sight, sound, smell, color and texture....combined in correct measure and at just the right time....happened late this afternoon, as I was picking weeds................close to the ground. You cannot at will have these sensations ..............they occur naturally and at no particular given time.)
(It's special today..........it's raining cats in a dogs world!)