Identification time

This fella or little lady was discovered in our slate pile this evening.
Can anyone identify this snake?
He has a creamy or yellow belly and slithers.
He's about ten inches long.
He is on the Eastern side of the Coastal range of Western Oregon.

EEK!!!

I joined a charm swap

Michelle at Faerie Dust Dreams is hosting an Alice in Wonderland Charm Swap.
She still has some available spots if you are interested.

I'm back!

I'm able to post now, but too late for the OWOH event.
I will do a giveaway soon to make up for it!
A huge thanks to my sweet baby girl for posting when I couldn't!

continued!

this is trixie-lou again!

my mom is doing great... it is only a problem with internet connection not connecting to her blog!

:)

A WARM WINTER

-a note from craftyhala's daughter-

she will not be posting for awhile, and oh no! that means she won't be taking part in OWOH.

toodles!
-Trixie-Lou-

Not ready yet!

Lisa of A Whimsical Bohemian has her One World One Heart event going on again and I'm not ready yet!
Try back in the next few days!

Random Stuff

Did I ever show what I won from Tim Holtz over on his blog?
Well here it is...cool stuff.

Wild Turkeys are everywhere around here.
These folks got spooked and ran for the hills!

These two are of the same rainbow over Crow.
It went on forever.

See ya soon...

A lot has been going on around here

I want to get some arts and crafts done, how can I in this mess?

I thought I'd share a view into my life.
This is my crafting "corner" in my bedroom.

It is such a mess.
I needed more space to work, so...

I salvaged wood and pieces from a couple of dressers and shelves that were being thrown away and I built myself a craft/ work table.
It is far from pretty and still needs strips of wood put in and on to make it look better and some paint...

I have a place now to bead and cut and paste and glue and glitter ...
I am stoked.
Yay!

We're still clearing and cleaning to get ready for the excavator to come and put in the manufactured home.

This is the view from our mailbox into the neighbor field.
I love all the moss around here.

The home will go in front of the pump house there.

Look at the shape of this part of the tree trunk.
I'm saving a piece.

This is the home at the storage yard where it is sitting right now.
Can't wait to get it here.

Oregon Coast trip

My daughter came to Oregon for her holiday break and the day after Christmas we went to the coast all the way up to Lincoln City to look for glass globes.

My husband finding me sea glass in a tide pool.
We didn't find any globes, but we saw lots of sea life and that's really what it's all about.

Isn't it beautiful?

My mother-in-law getting some pics of the waves and boy were they ever huge.

I always said one day I wanted to live in Oregon and this is why.
Just look at the Ocean.
A dream come true.

Christmas Eve

This tree has these spike where the birds have eaten away at the cones growing there.

Our tree.
After a few days, we will put it outdoors to be planted.

Our ornaments are in storage so we strung popcorn and here Katie and my mother-in-law are decorating.

We have strung popcorn and gumdrops, homemade cinnamon applesauce ornaments, coffee filter snowflakes and candy canes on our tree.
So cute.
Happy Holidays.