Totus Mel Necklace Giveaway

This morning on Twitter I came across a giveaway for one of Totus Mel's fab necklaces.

She makes the most amazing tatted treasures.

Check it out here on Fire and Ice's Blog.

Breathing Space

Just Past Pull & Be Damned is a little beach we like to visit. It's usually quiet, this weekend we were the only ones there.

At home I find it's hard to relax most of the time, it's difficult to sit still without thinking about something that needs to be done.

Here, we get a little reprieve from household duties.

There are interesting creatures to be found.

Treasures to collect.

And little boys can throw sticks and stones with reckless abandon.

Duffy's Birthday

Today is my friends birthday. Do you have one of those friends that is more like family than a friend, one of the first people you call when something exciting happens, someone who you can call in an emergency and you know they wouldn't give it a second thought before coming to your aid. She is all those things and more, and I hope her day is great!

Also I hope she likes what I made for her.

Happy Birthday Duffy!

OWOH Winners

The One World One Heart event has once again come to an end. Thank you so much to all of you who entered my drawing.
I flung all the names into the magical random number generator this morning and out popped

Prpldy

and

Susan

Thanks again,
Have a great day!

My Valentine

Happy Valentines day everyone!

This is a Valentine my Hubby made for me

He has a quirky sense of humor. He really is a sweetie.....really!

A Day For Visiting Family

Last week my family took a trip over to Port Townsend, Wa to visit one of my brothers. It's a fun little town to visit, if you are ever in NW Washington it's worth a side trip.

Port Townsend is full of artists, and my brother is one of them. He has always had an interest in archeology, and has found his own little niche. He specialises in antique bottles. Most of what he finds come from digging up old outhouses. It may sound gross, but it's not....really! What he is looking for is anything from the early 1900's or earlier. At that time all the garbage went down the hole in the outhouse. So much time has passed that by now it's all just dirt. Along with the bottles he finds all sorts of bits of dolls,toys,pipes,various household items, guns (someone got away with something) and pieces of broken china and pottery. He saves all these little bits and bobs to make mosaics.

His work has a ton of personality, from the simple designs like this girl on the moon
(sorry, I didn't get a good close up of the little doll)

To this skull and bones.

Notice all the little details, the fork in the eye, the little doll ear on the left the horse teeth, and he's smoking a pipe.

Some day I hope to help broaden his market but for now his stuff is for sale around Port Townsend in the coffee shops and gallerys.

After touring his work we had a lovely breakfast and a walk on the beach where we found 2 of these large red jelly fish.

Homeward bound.