Kiss Boo Boo 4" x 4" Collage, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.

My mom called me about 5 tonight and said my Uncle Don’s neighbor had called her and said she needed to come out to his house (she can’t drive in the dark). My uncle was so weak he couldn’t stand up. He’s been having major bowel issues for weeks and weeks. His stepdaughter called 911 and met them at the hospital as she is about 10 minutes or less from there. He has a massive infection as his white blood count was high. And he was also dehydrated. I am wondering if he’ll be able to go home alone now. He’s 87 and a prostrate cancer survivor of 13 yrs now. Only time will tell. I think he needs someone to take care of him.
So I made a nice dinner anyway-baked pork chops with mushroom gravy which was suppose to have white wine, but the cork got stuck in the bottle from Manheim, PA and I broke the bottle opener. I had Paula Deen’s scalloped potatoes (a bit salty) and au gratin (sort of, I didn’t bake it) cauliflower. Sean use to come home for dinner, but they only want to pay him for 1/2 hour and he doesn’t have enough time to go back and forth. I arranged the food in one of those Chinese take-out plastic boxes so he has a homemade dinner for tomorrow.
My card is for me and my uncle. I think years ago a wrapped head meant you had a toothache (remember Our Gang Comedy)? They have taken all their medicine and need their boo-boo kissed. The kiss is a foreign stamp.
I’ll update about my uncle tomorrow.
~~~Way to go Phillies~~~
The Flyers won 3 games and so can you! 1 down, 2 to go!

Hunter’s Moon 4" x 4" Collage, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.

I just happen to see on my Farmer’s Almanac calendar that in a few day’s the Hunter’s Moon will be full. It’s hard to name these things.
My nerves are bad from the Phillies vs. Giants game. It’s tied as I type this, but the Giants aren’t giving up.
I found the moon in a catalog a few years ago and the face is so nice. The butterfly is like his bow tie. I really like moon photos, etc. so you will probably see a few more over the next 10 months.

Happy Fall Squirrel and pedestal, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.

This is what I shipped off last Thursday and my friend got it on Saturday-all the way out to California! She really liked it and it was so fun to make. I basically used a bit of glue and wire. The pedestal is a spool for that wide Christmas ribbon which is cardboard. I used pretty fall scrapbook paper and some punch out yellow letters. I added some mosaics around the top. He is sitting on one of Martha Stewart’s acorns-it’s a half of a box that I colored in. I made the little hat-the hardest part! He is wired on by his tail to the acorn. Around the border are tiny leaves. My friend not only likes squirrels, she likes Snoopy too, so he was put in a prominient spot on the front. The trick or treat bag is a bought embellishment. Finally he is wearing little orange and black bells around his neck.