This time of year is also great to head up the road from where we live to Oak Glen. Scoring fresh-picked apples and seeing a few beautiful birds along the way = priceless!
Speaking of birds... this little baby ran into our window a few weeks back. i went out, held him and talked to him for about 20 minutes. he was so incredibly sweet. He had knocked some feathers off on the other side of his head, and had hurt his eye, but eventually he got his bearings back and flew off. later that evening i walked outside and saw tons of yellow finches feeding on our finch sock. they all got spooked and flew off when they saw me... all except one. yup, my new little friend let me walk right up to him :)
We recently surprised our boys by taking Mr. D out of school for a couple of days and doing an overnight stay at the Disneyland Hotel. Of course i absolutely love the Haunted Mansion and the imagineers totally knock it out of the park by combining the experience with the Nightmare Before Christmas. so much fun!!
Bunches and the Boys on Pirate Island...
Bunches also got me a new winter hat! oh, i love it so!! Looking so forward to wearing this throughout the winter!! I'm a rabid Muppet fan.
took this pic on Paradise Peir just before we left to come on home...
and here's a piece i did for the "Bodies of Waters" show at the Big Car Gallery... Here's the deets if anyone is interested! John Waters himself will be in attendance on Nov. 12th!!! eeeeeeek!!!
and with the fresh apples in abundance, i made my very first, completely from scratch apple pie. i have to say, i loved doing this... it tasted soooo amazing, and i'm ready for more! (i realize this sequence of pics may not be as appetizing coming just under the Divine/poo painting...)
Sloanie came by to help with the pie and play dress-up :) She also brought a batch of her homemade spaghetti sauce, and whipped up an awesome dinner. i love that my friend loves to eat as much as i do...
being vampy...
i scored this lovely little pair of dolls at our local pumpkin patch last night! They're so fancy and adorable that i'm just going to keep them on display all year long. i love them...
my little punkin face amongst the pumpkins...
Dylan and i scored a prop in the corn maze..
Bubba rules..
So that's what things are like here. Just days away from Halloween - yikes! we've been so focused on decorating we haven't even stocked up on candy! I'll send Bunches to that part... in the meantime, here i sit, passing the time with wine and catching snowflakes in the house...
Have a spooktacular Halloween all!!!
