Category Archives: holiday

Nov1

Photo Hunt-Blue

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Fish house display, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.

This is from the Philadelphia Flower Show 2006. I don’t think I’ve used it before, but it’s a popular shot of mine that I am fond of too. It’s on Cafepress and a pal requested it on a long sleeved t-shirt. It looks awesome!

I call it ‘Fish House’ as the little window indeed is a fish tank.

Here are newer shots featuring blue:
A blue hydrangea from my yardBlue hydrangea
A blue glass water feature at Caesars in Atlantic City:
Blue art with water wall in Caesars

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From last night, a snap of my dear niece and me at her house:

She’s a hippie chick and Bri called me a rejected Munchkin! You don’t see my black and orange striped socks and Mary Janes.  I also have a ton of makeup on.  I dressed up mainly for my mom as she seemed to need a little Halloween spirit.

A scene from the Phillies parade off the tv. I heard there were maybe 3 million people there!

Oct30

Guest Ghoul

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I’m helping out with this:

So I went through the files and found an interesting thing:

The program from the Broadway Play

And the inside looked interesting. The actor who played ‘Benson’ on tv- Robert Guillaume, played ‘The Phantom’ at one time (not the phantom seen back in 1992). That phantom is spooktacular!

And a clipping from the local paper when they were setting up the theater for the show in Philadelphia. I heard that the director, Hal Prince was very close to the theater goers that night!

Look where I found the mistress of this blog, partying over at Pea’s Corner! My oh my! I heard she was dipping into the hard cider!

Oct27

Halloweens from the past

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I’ve been wanting to scan and group these for ages! I could find most of Sean’s Halloween costume photos except for when he was a Sorcerer (made from my graduation gown) and Inspector Gadget(I know I just saw that somewhere). Almost forgot him in his Pizza costume!

Sean was in Kindergarten in the first shot. I used a gold t-shirt of mine for his tunic and made the collar from green felt. I think the hat, etc were in a package to buy, but I added a nicer pheasant feather to the cap. The next shot is also Kindergarten (he was in a two year program). The third photo is preschool. I added the fancy feathers to the helmet. He roasted in the sweat jacket while running around and playing in the classroom. The last shot he was two and a Magician. He also had a hat with a bunny in it and a cape with a red lining.

Sean in his Halloween disguises

Since Titanic was big around this time, he was a sailor. That was my grandmom’s beret that I added a band to. He is holding a little life preserver- for a cat, don’t you think? I think that’s 6th grade. The skeleton bones were the white vinyl Contact paper stuff. He’s wearing a bowler with a skeleton ribbon. It poured rain that year and the bones started to unpeel. I believe this is 2nd grade. In the next photo he is the Phantom of the Opera-5th grade. And then he was Mickey Mouse when he was 3. The shoes were mail order, but I did the pants up and added his mouse ears from Disney World to a black knit hat. He was even in a parade in my hometown that year.

One year old Sean and pal:
Sean as a Pumpkin
Sean at 9 as a Pizza! I made this from scratch. I was hoping my niece would wear it, but she has her heart on being a hippie. The box is from Piz*za Hut and I added lights to it. It looked neat in the dark.
Halloween 95

Oct23

Welcome to the Autumn Gathering!

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Welcome to an Autumnal gathering hosted by Artsymama!

(Enjoy the links I added too)

No need to ring or knock, I’m expecting you!!

The front step and door

Isn’t this a silly tin bucket?

Funny face pumpkin tin

The coleus is just starting to fade and wither, but looks pretty on the step next to the faux pumpkin. I love to carve pumpkins, but haven’t done one in years. Maybe I will this year!

Pumpkin and colorful Coleus

If you look through my front bay window, you’ll see a tower of pumpkins and Casper the Friendly ghost!
Casper and the Pumpkin Tower in front window
I have an antique hutch with some cute figurines on it to the right of the front door. The one holding the pumpkin cookie cutter is an Annalee.
Annalee figurine and friends
I wrapped some leaves around my Nancy Noel painting to give it a special look for the season.

Nancy Noel painting surrounded by leaves
I saw this sign at Michael’s and had to get it since I live on the west end of my road-the ‘Wicked Witch of the West’
Wicked Witch House sign
I have this sign on the other side of the bay window
Treats Pumpkin Sign
Under the Treats sign sits a Scarecrow I made 14 yrs ago and little Valentino the Webkinz frog dressed in a Boo Sweater
Scarecrow I made and Valentino the Frog in Boo Sweater
This is actually a demitasse cup holder, but I added faux pumpkins and coppery ribbon I found at the Dollar Store
Pumpkin Tower
This is the fireplace mantel. I have three mosaic urns on display for autumn, two on the mantel.
Mantel decor
I cross stitched the middle of this wreath back in 2001
Bump in the Night Cross stitched Wreath
I saw this idea in Michael’s so I added some glitter to a faux white pumpkin
Glittered white faux pumpkin
I’ve had this little Anne Geddes pumpkin baby for years. My son was born a week before Halloween, so I keep this on display all year long. That’s Sean in the background. My mom gave me the glass pumpkin.
Anne Geddes Pumpkin baby
I purchased this awesome Halloween Book from Tootie over at Honey Girl Studios (the link is to her site All Hallow’s Eve). and love it with my orange and black glass mushrooms. I have a small collection of mushrooms since I live near ‘The Mushroom Capital of the World’
Halloween book by Tootie
This a Halloween tree on table next to my special book. I have many Art Trading Cards that I made stuck in its branches. The tags are by Tootie.
Halloween Tree
Here’s what it looks like lit up showcasing a tag I bought from Tootie (from a set)
Close up of Tootie's tag on my Halloween tree
I have a small collection of owls. I know I have an owl cookie jar somewhere too! I cross stitched the box lid.
Owl Collection
Casper looks spooky and cute all lit up!
Casper the Friendly Ghost
Here’s my bay window. I have glass pumpkins that I added orange lights to. I have a few crystal pieces that made the window glow.
Bay window bathed in orange
A little trick or treater in my Halloween tree
Close up of Halloween trick or treater in tree
More orange glow
Orange for Halloween
Thanks for visiting. Happy Autumn and Happy Halloween!
Tinkerbell from behind
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Jul4

Ka-boom!

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The above is in our driveway. Sean bought a big package of fireworks. It started to rain right as they were finishing up ‘their show’.

And my dinner:

Baby back ribs, coconut shrimp, a little drumstick, red potato salad, tomato with EVOO and fresh basil, green bean salad and cucumber salad. We had brownies for dessert. It would have looked nicer on a pretty plate. After we ate outside (just the 3 of us), it started to drizzle. Mom is over my Uncle Don’s for a few days.

Jul4

Happy Independence Day!

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(If you’d like this as a desktop, click on the above image and then save the largest version to your computer).

Some ATCs-I made 4 altogether:

Celebrate for the 4th of July ATC

National Pride for the 4th of July ATC

Oh…and the tomato tepees are working-so far-that’s if they don’t get too much bigger. Bri didn’t put the mulch down thick enough and we have weeds galore. That’s his job, I have enough flowerbeds to weed. I do ‘clip’ up the tomatoes. The clips were suggested by Martha Stewart and they work really well. They are clipped to cording that is attached to the top of the tepee and a long nail in the ground.

I plan to make baby back ribs, wings, coconut shrimp (the wings and shrimp are prepackaged), green bean salad, cucumber salad and potato salad. I may toss a pan of brownies or lemon squares in the oven for dessert. Yum!

The weather is iffy, but I may go to the fireworks to try and get some photos as I was inspired by a few I saw on Flickr. We’ll see. All that cooking is tiring. : )

Have a blast!!!

Jun15

Happy Father’s Day 2008

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I just took the above before they went to visit the patriarch. I sent him over a nice wooden window box filled with geraniums, purple spikes, a few red petunias (that I added) and a flowing purplish flower.

Happy Father’s Day 2008, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.

To Brian-you are not only a dad but also a pal to Sean. It’s fun to see and hear the two of you while you are watching a sporting event. You also act more like brothers than father and son sometimes too! I know becoming a dad all those years ago was something you were totally excited about and scared about at the same time. You didn’t really have any experience with kids like I did. I think you did a great job!

The above was made in flickrtoys.

This is on our desktop today.

Feeling blue over watching ‘Meet the Press’ and the tribute. I was ok until the end of the show when they did the photos. Tim seemed like the perfect dad to me.

Apr1

And it’s no joke…

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It’s 70 degrees outside!!! I’m inside and wearing a sweater though.


Just got some bloodwork drawn this morning-terrible slow place-45 minutes with only 3 people ahead of me. The woman who draws the blood, does the paperwork too. She had to stick me in both arms-ouch! Wish me luck with that. Next week is my cornea thickness test as it got postponed.
I promised Brian a nice dinner, so I better get busy with that.