Art Cars

In Houston, Texas we have the Art Car.

We have the Art Car Museum and the Art Car Parade.

It's the ultimate altered art piece...

so every once inawhile you will see one out on the streets...

On the way home from my son's house in west Houston a couple of weeks ago, we passed one.... fortunately I wasn't driving.... but I only had my phone with me to take pictures.... but I knew you'd love these anyway...

You just need to click on the links above to see more!

So sorry about the quality of the pictures...

but don't you wanna do this!!!!

Have a great weekend!

Birds Flying South....

 At least two years ago I ordered a little birdie kit from

Alicia Paulson.

You can see her birds

here

You make them out of paperclay and let that dry 24 hours, then cover them with paper mache.

I left mine pretty bumpy so they are "rather rumpled".

I like them.... I would like to make some smaller ones.

I crocheted the wire to make their necklaces...

I just realized when I published this...

there is a little bit of dust on my table!!!!

Oh my!!!!!

and below is last Saturday's picture of my daughter at the Texas A&M game...

I'll get another one tomorrow.... then we have a few weeks of away games...

I need to get back into blogging more often!

Maybe as the weather cools (???)

and the wildfires cease,

I'll get back into it.

What have you been doing?

It's Starting to Look A Lot Like....?

 Pottery Barn has their Christmas stuff up!

  Edited on Friday... due to comments....

those of us that make stuff for Christmas have already begun.....

so I think this isn't as upsetting to us.

Plus, I have my first grandchild due in early December.... so I'm getting it all done before then so I'm ready!

You KNOW you can replicate some of this.....

Don't you like that word.... replicate? !!!!

I'm always picking up berry stems at Christmas time....

.... and I love this deer with flowers in his antlers....

And this journal..... it's A Line A Day journal.....  I can do that in one of my many blank journals waiting for their job!

Now.... if Anthropologie will just get their stuff up...

(and...no.... I don't even have my fall stuff out here in Texas... where it's going to only be in the 90's the rest of the week!

Yeah... summer is ending...)

Butterflies amidst the smoke

 ... working on potential wall art for grandbaby's room....
inspired by Margaret....

 I tend to do browns and neutrals.... so working in nursery colors is a stretch for me...

 Please continue to pray for Texas.... our drought... the heat has gotten better.... but the fires are raging..
most of these shots were lifted from the internet and are from the Magnolia Fire... close to Houston...

 God bless the firemen....
 

Happy Labor Day from Texas

Got this image here.

It's the Bastrop fire.

Continue to pray for Texas.

Close friend's family in Bastrop... had to evacuate house in ten minutes last night.

We still don't know about their house. 300 homes burned.

Fire danger big in Texas due to heat, drought and excessive winds.

Some good news yesterday...

Texas A&M football season has begun.....  it was still in the 90's for the night game in College Station.

But there was wind!

In fact there were road closures in College Station due to a brush fire.

We have a really TALL yell leader this year!!!

The Aggies did win! Beat SMU!

......and my soon to be born granddaughter attended her first Aggie game.....

She's due in December!
(yes, that's my daughter)

Gig 'em!

And pray for Texas!

A current event update for you....

These photos are from the Austin Statesman newspaper photographers..... we do have a chance of rain over the weekend... here on the Gulf Coast.  It's not a drought buster, but will help.  Praying the rest of Texas gets rain soon.  The belief is we may not make it to 100 plus degrees today! Ahhhh....the 90's!!!

Pray for rain for Texas!