You all know that I am the metaphorical ‘fencesitter’. Choosing a side or position on a subject has always been an issue for me, I vacillate back and forth as new information comes in and I’m easily influenced. This is unfortunate for me but often the joy of my children, who know they can easily get their way when dealing with Mommy.

What you don’t know about me is that I dream of fences. Yes, you read it correctly, I long for a fresh white picket and a gate that creeks when it opens or high green hedges with a pathway arch cut in the center and  glimpses of the garden offered here and there, a temptation taunting the passer by. I page through house and garden magazines curious to see the different ways people cordon themselves off from the world. Envy fills my heart at a concave pickets and french gothic cuts even a plain dog ear fence sends me off to dream land.

I’ve been told that fences represent a person closed off to the world, an introvert. One thing I have never been is shy so I may be an exception to the rule. I just know that some day I will get my fence. I wonder what I will dream of then?

What fills your dreams?

I am entering my first advanced contest.

The topic is cemeteries, one that is dear to my heart.

The problem is I’m not sure if I am quite ready for advanced yet.

These are the pictures I am thinking about entering…

I’d appreciate your true opinions of them.

Critiques are welcome so bring it on!

Remember I asked for it.

I wish that I had noticed the flag was behind the rod,

I would have moved it in front of it. These are things I’m learning,

the question is… is it good enough?

I would title it

For God and Country

This is my favorite I think.

can you see the marker in the foreground?

It says Love too.

I’m not sure that will show up under compression though.

Opinions please!

Oh! Seedsower…

Who I told about the site…

Who shares my love for a good picture…

Has taken her first metal! A silver!

Second place out of 52 photos!

I knew she would kick my butt all over.

Ahhh well something to strive for!

A woodsman marker!

I was looking for one for an individual and this is a husband and wife.

So I will keep looking, at least you guys can see what I was trying to find.

What’s up with me lately?

I am just not feeling very social.

I’m without wheels again for awhile.

I was thinking I would be anxious,

but actually I am wanting to just burrow in to my home and enjoy not having to go anywhere.

I did get a chance to photograph a cemetery yesterday.

I am entering a couple of those shots and after I do that I’ll share them or link them when I put them up.

WOW there are a lot of  I’s in this post…

Hope all is going well for you guys!

Yes… I stalked him.

Okay, a little bit of a head cold going on here, makes it hard to think. 

Doesn’t stop me from thinking, just makes it a little harder.

If you could be any where in the world right now where would you be?

Also… Is it true that ‘freedom’ is just another word for nothing left to lose?  

My friend Kestryl thinks it is, and Janis, obviously thinks it is, what do you all think?

Isabelle helped me plant 200 muscari bulbs under one of the maple trees in our yard.

We found some owl pellets under the tree and are looking forward to dissecting them tomorrow.

It was frosty here yesterday morning.

The coneflowers looked beautiful!

Oops… We missed some.

This weekend I spent in Detroit with my sister and nephew.

We really didn’t do much, but it was fun. I love seeing the kids play and just BE together.

Scenes like this just make me HAPPY.

Notice the powdered sugar in his eyebrow.

On the way home we swung through Lansing

We went to my FAVORITE glass supply store!

Delphi Glass

I stayed under a hundred dollars, it was hard though.

Then of course we went to the Mega Mall and you’ve seen what I picked up there.

It was nice to spend some time with my Aunt and Uncle too.

We also stopped at Uncle John’s Cider Mill for Cider.

We shouldn’t have,

they were having a festival and there were a couple thousand people there.

The cider was worth it though and the pumpkin sugar cookies… yummy.

I also met this man!

I have forgotten his name now… bright girl that I am… :-S

But he is from Glen Arbor which is about a half an hour from my home,

and one of my favorite places,

funny to find him in the middle of the State.

A couple of his works!

Well I think that is most of what I had to share from the weekend.

I might find more to show you tomorrow!

Have a great day all!

ANG

One good thing about Hell, at least, is you can probably pee wherever you want to.~ Don’t Fight the Deepness Jack Handy

You know… it must be a guy thing… really. I haven’t ever had a problem peeing in the bathroom, in fact I enjoy having a door that I can CLOSE. I have done the deed outside in the open, out of necessity and not by choice. You know when people tell you its a freeing experience… Yeah, well,  they are full of it.

What do you think, Would you like being able to go to the bathroom wherever you want?

Some of my new friends don’t know that I have a small addiction… ARTOMAT! I guess you know now.

If you want to see my Artomat purchases from the past there is an album in my photos blog.

Here is the link to the Artomat site, just click the machine and it will tell you ALL about it and where to find them.

I wanted to show you my most recent treasures but for some reason Xanga isn’t uploading for me today, I wonder if I offended the God’s of Xanga upload in some way… Hmm… I’ll try again later.

I do have some pictures of something else cool that I purchased. I just couldn’t help myself.

I know some of you will look at it and think WHY?! MY GOSH! WHY?! Well… because,

I…just…couldn’t… help myself!  I collect things, I like looking at things. Tiny collections are my favorite. I don’t get terribly attached and often I will give things away or trade things, it’s more about the experience of a thing, or being able to enjoy something for awhile. That makes perfect sense now, doesn’t it?  Something else my newer friends may not know, I can be a bit tacky. Enough of the build up, This is what I bought, it is what it is, no one else has to like it.

I bought him at the Antiques Mega Mall. What a cool place that was. Jill you would have LOVED it! There was stuff everywhere! I also found a pair of the Bailiy’s winks cups that I have been looking for, but I had already decided to purchase Watson here, so I will continue my search for those.

Alright, I will try to upload the Artomat ART later… I WILL!

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Finally! They uploaded.

I love screen printed images. I don’t know why, the lines just appeal to me.

Also I thought the Monster Box was the way to go in light of the month.

This is a piece of resin jewelry that she has poured layers of resin and painted on the seperat layers so there is a little three diminsional diamond painting in it that you can’t see in the picture.

Jon chose one of these too, His had a folk art skull in it, I was jeolous!

So those are the ones I got this trip. Right now all of them are in a neat stack in my studio, but I have plans to hang them up soon and I will post a picture of them to show you all then.

Doing a lot here, one thing I did get to do…

THE ARTOMAT!!!

This time I got to take my brother in law and sister in law along with Isabelle and the threes’.

I thought I’d show you different parts of the machine.

Some of the choices.

Jon making his first purchase as Anna and the three’s look on.

You want to see what I got, don’t you?

Well I’m NOT going to show you right now.

Sorry.

Just still a little busy here, I will put them up tomorrow.

Today is the trip home.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

ANG

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Made it home, now I’m completly wiped out.

I’ll post ART tomorrow, plus I got some other things to show you.

I’ll post them tomorrow.

I WILL!

It was wet and dark but the colors were gorgeous so much of it!

It killed me that we were in a hurry and I couldn’t stop once!

Took the kids to ZOO BOO…

They were cute…

I didn’t get the standard pose of them in their costumes!

I know, I dropped the ball, good thing I have another chance.

Having LOTS of fun so far…

I’m with my sister SO you know she’s dragging us geocaching. *sigh*

I can hope we go by the ArtOMat…

Catch up with everyone soon.

ANG