Corn, Pumpkins and Apples

Corn Maze

Pumpkin pick off the vine
Homemade pumpkin pie ice cream

Apple Picking

All done in Arizona. A beautiful fall day.

We are just outdoor people

I tried to do more than outside, but look at that tiny lizard. Not any bigger than my pinkie!

Give me a sign

Because it is day 10, and plants have dominated.

And I thought you might need a snake....

Why I am late for work.

Stopping to smell the flowers in my front garden.

Really, Little H makes me so sad to leave him. Jesse snapped this photo after I had left for work.

Getting Better with Age

Happy Birthday Big Budda!

Monday Doodle Five

Just a little something that I did in class tonight, and then took a photo of.

A sticky day 4

Just what could be in there...











Caramel Apple Cookies! So Tasty, Recipe Here.

















Check out my pumpkins. :)

Christmas presents in the making

Using this..

To make these...

Felt chips.

Fall in to a Garden

This is the time of year when I really hate living in Arizona. I want to experience the true fall. I can enjoy that mornings are cooling off and the beginning of fall, at least an Arizona fall is peeking in. I am trying not to get out my seasonal depression by trying new things. Things that you can't often do during autumn in other locations. A little thing was planting a fall garden. Here are my lettuce sprouts. I am also trying some late pumpkins, which just breaking the seeds. I am also growing strawberries and broccoli. My favorite addition to my yard this fall is my pomegranate brush, especially when I was able to "harvest" the first fruit.

3 photos for day 2. All taken in my backyard.

Day 1

Day 1 of October, Day 1 of photo for a day.
My goal is not to use my iPhone to take photos, but I know that I will do it more than once on Mondays and Thursdays because of class. But Really I need to do a photo a day for the month of October. When accomplished I will have one more thing check off my 25 things to do before I turn 25!

Cutest Dog- Vote hayden!

Here is a great way that you can help me out! Vote for little H man to win!!! Vote daily!!



Can't say no to that face... Can you!?!?!

Hold on Life

This was the last time that I feel like I got out of the house. We took a road trip to my big brother's wedding.
Congrats to Andy and Bryanne. I know they will have a great life together.
Now I have school and work. Both have been really busy that I hope I can coem up for air soon.

Fishy Obsession

Attempting to escape the heat for a day, we made a trip a couple hours north.

This is just outside of the Tonto Fish Hatchery. I have a weird obession with fish hatcheries. I can't explain why, but I truly enjoy going to them and seeing the fish at each different stage of life. After this trip, I added to my 25 things to do before I turn 25- Visit all 5 fish hatcheries in Arizona. They are really in 4, because 2 are in the same location. Until we find time to do these trips, I will have to enjoy the AZ game and Fish Live Fish Cam!

Sewing went to the Dog

I have been trying not to blog about little H much or talk about him unless asked. Because well I don't want to become the crazy lady from work... but this is more about what H is wearing and not about him....

Yes! A bow tie! My big brother said that Hayden an attend his wedding ceremony, only if he wears a bow tie. I made this for him. Although it is not perfectly made (a lot more hand sewing than I was ready for), he looks adorable in it!
Hayden even helped make it... He wanted to make sure he looked good!

After he had a bath... looking so good!

Lots of other projects are in the works as well. Have to wait what else is going to get created!

custom!

I finally got around to customizing! Although I will admit that it is not 100%... I just can't believed I lived here for so long without making it mine. . .

Here are some my current favorite color schemes. .

Yellow and grays

Carnival. . .

Here is some fabric that I got a couple weeks ago. Makes me want to win a gold fish on the midway and get a balloon animal from a clown.

Veggie out

I love summer veggies! I would love to have a garden that would survive the heat and more exact my dog. H loves loves veggies, especially when digging to get them is included. This summer I joined 3 other girls to buy a share of veggies from a local farmer. Each week we get together and open the bag of veggies only to find what was harvested that week.



This was my share this week.
Organic and local. All this for only $5.58 a week!





Although it has been a lot of squash (he had 5 different types in our fridge Monday) I really do enjoy the garden fresh veggies!

Creative Pants on

Yes.. I have been feeling like creating, baking, making, and *gasp* finishing projects.
I have looked at some very creative people's blogs and have formed an ambitious project list.

Sewing!

With the help of some ladies, I sewed this bag. I love the material. Next class is skirts and today I got the cutest material for it. I have been trying to practice, so next time I get my pocket on a bit straighter.














Baking!
Here is what I created! With a bit of inspiration from Bakerella . I had seen them before online, but hers just are so well put together, that I had to give it a try. BBQing is for the 4th of July right?!









S'mores Cupcakes!
This is an almost completed one. I got the recipe from A Homemaker's Habitat. Her recipe is adapted from the original Martha one that got me craving a camp fire.

I got the Arizona Firecrackers today. This is about all that is allowed in Arizona. I just want some sparklers! But instead I get a sound with no spark.










Can't wait to get a start on my project list filled with more making, sewing projects, and a couple Christmas crafts (even in July). First up is a bow tie for Hayden to wear to my brother's wedding!
Here the little H is celebrating the 4th.









Off to get started on something crafty!

Sunday Hugs

All the childhood books that I loved now becoming movies. Although I dislike when movies don't follow books. So waiting to see how they turn out.

Bike rides in my lovely neighborhood, always make me smile. Even though it is getting a bit to hot these days. But still a nice break in the day.Beautiful glacier!

I miss colder weather days.. like when nights cool off.

Stick it to the week's end

Yes! i love the post-it notes!
Inspires me to get my to-do list all checked off before the weekend!

Friday Frenzy!

Title	Ice cased Adelie penguins after a blizzard at Cape Denison
Creator	Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962

http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=53684

I can't grasp the fact that is was taken on the First Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914.
And yet today it makes me smile! I love penguins!