Rock Hall Autumn Fair/ Festival

We had a wonderful time at the annual autumn festival.
The fair was a huge success, although quite exhausting.

We did have the dogs, Giupetto and Gianna with us for an hour or so on the second day, but I forgot to take pictures. They were dressed in the super hero costumes and they were a huge hit.

The weather was great, the crowds were great, and there was live music both days.

Fun for all.

10 year anniversary

Today is our 10 year anniversary. It is a beautiful day today, so hopefully we will get to spend some of it outside.
Traditionally - 10 year anniversary gift is tin or aluminum, and my husband got me this beautiful aluminum sculpture from Peru. It is called A Flower for My Love. And I just love it!
Silly man keeps coming in with a flower and assuming the same position as the sculpture. LOL

It also came beautifully wrapped and on the outside of the paper bow is what I believe to be a worry doll. It fit right on Gianna's neck as a pretty bow. LOL

 

I couldn't find anything I liked for him in aluminum or tin, but while on line shopping I saw this.

 

I insantly knew it was the right gift. He loves plants.

He put it all together and here is his little miniature garden with little mini gnome, 3 plants, little deck chair and pillow, stepping stones and garden gazing ball. :-)

My New Ankle Tattoo - July 14, 2013

Here's a sample of some of his work:

Just kidding - here is a video of the tattoo I got last night.

Our trip to Montauk

A video of our trip to Montauk - June 2012

John's sister Linda and brother in law Andy invited us to visit their campsite, where they were camping on the beach at Montauk, NY. They had a trailor and a screened in tent for the picnic table. The put down a rug with chairs all around. A wonderful day of relaxation, comfort, fun and family.

We started our day with a little breakfast at an old stomping ground where we had been years ago in Montauk - John's Pancake house. Then did a little shopping. Bought a new floppy straw hat, which unfortunatey I did not get a picture in, and a cute Montauk tee shirt, which John says makes me look pregnant, but I love it. We then all met up at the pool. John's daughter Jennifer was there with our grandson's Thomas, Stephen and Nicholas. AAlso at the pool were John's sister Linda, her husband Andy, their daughter Danielle and her husband Herb and their 2 kids Christian and Natalie. Enjoy.

Giupetto's 8th Birthday - June 2, 2012

Here's his birthday video:

Memorial Day Weekend

The flag went up and the sun came out for a bit.

We planted in our flower pots on the decks. John insisted on buying the plants and flowers this year. My preference are impatients as they bloom for such a long period and do so well in various conditions.  I know John's favorite color is yellow, but impatients do not come in yellow, so I told him to get something in the purple range. That should go nice with yellow.

He bought some hanging ivy type for the upstairs balcony shadow box, with these little purple flowers, and we chose Coleus for the bench seat.

Here's a video of the pictures I took of our 4 day weekend.

Here's a movie with some short clips of the making of the Rock Star design on the embroidery machine:

DaVinci's 2nd Birthday - May 2, 2012