More Julian

Well....nearly 2 months later I've (thanks to Richard) figured out the glitches in my ability to post. So now I'm playing catch up. Sorry all my posts are out of order, but at least you can all see the pictures that have been sitting in my camera for the longest time!

Enjoy the memories....


First Sighting!



Do I have Food on my Face?
Being Vocal!


News travels fast!



Liquid Libations!


Susan's Famous Crab Cakes!


Val's Infamous Smashed Beet Potatoes! It was actually quite good - despite some of our grumblings!


Our first Breakfast - Is that Susan hiding?



Great Food and Beading Fun...what more could we ask for!



What a great weekend!

PS - Pat loved her "cross" and wanted to make sure everyone knew she put it on the wall by the kitchen and loves it!

More Scary Pics

As I came walking up the front porch steps, the door opened and Richard stood there with a shocked look on his face - he hadn't seen my new look! All he'd been privy to was a wig sitting on a lamp, cut netting on the floor, drip system tubing coiled by my knitting chair and felt pieces stuck to the rug! And this was my Halloween Costume before Thursday! Needless to say he insisted I come out to the Studio (garage) where he had elaborate lighting set up and grabbed my prop camera saying "Put on a little more makeup and meet me in the garage!"

The following "scary shots" are the result.....Enjoy!

Happy Birthday Marcia

After celebrating her Birthday day in Florida, we finally got to spend a few hours celebrating Birthday Lunch with Marcia. Vagabonds was the pick of the day so David didn't have to spend tooooo much time at the store alone. But with all abandon, all braved the unknown, and walked in to be greeted by a newly mustached Jerome!

After a staggered start, waiting for drinks, we finally got our orders --- all be it a little mixed up. Val's was prepared all wrong and was started over, Marica and Gail's split order ended up with salad on one plate and fries on the other. But after we finally settled, realizing this is the "Vagabond Experience", we had a wonderful visit and heard all about the Florida trip, Vale's new dress (a Jeffery selection) with felted earrings to mathc and of course announcements from 3 of us!



Marcia was delighted with the mix of eclectic gifts and they were all perfect for her!

When we all get together, our support and happiness for each other overcomes all the "meal issues" and "hangovers" (you know who you are)!

It was a great lunch!

Once again...Happy Birthday Marcia!

Scarey Shutterbug!

It was my good fortune that Richard left the house at 7:00 a.m. to golf, forgetting that today was Judy's Halloween Day at school. He always takes her picture before she leaves for work when she's looking her best, or her worse, depending upon the costume. So I had the privilege. Now I'm no Richard, but I did my best. This was my first sighting.



I took many, many pictures, most of them blurry because I was laughing too hard to hold the camera steady. Here's a lovely full length view of our Shutterbug:





She'll have to tell you how she managed to get the Bug Back. It had to do with tubing of some sort. Mind you, our Judy made this entire costume. In her spare time, of course.




As always, she does detail well.

Waning Days, fall meals

In the interest of my previous recipe post, I thought I'd share a lovely dinner.

A nice piece of steak, a dry rub, grilled, sliced thin and tossed with salad

Rub
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp black pepper, fresh ground
1 tsp coriander
2 tbs brown sugar
1/2 tsp red pepper flakes

mix and rub onto steak before grilling

salad, greens of your choice, I used

spring mix
arugula
fresh baby brocolli
dried orange cranberries

with a dressing of olive oil and balsamic vinegar, 1 tsp of sugar and wire wisked before tossing onto salad

Slice grilled steak thinly and toss with salad

Merlot, crusty bread and candlelight, aaahhhhh.......

Shibori Ribbon

I've been inspired.....and I have many other things I should be doing, but I love this shibori ribbon, coupled with a big old crystal and some seeds and crystal sequins, pretty....

I did stitch the ribbon closed to make a tube and then did peyote end caps with a loop and crystal closure. I finished it this morning and will wear it to lunch. Could be a teachable project not too difficult, but would definitely require some hands on.