Crazy Aunt Shirley Strikes Again

Ms. Moon gets a bit of the spirit...

Adrienne bathes in fairy light...

Michelle reflects...

And me?

Well, I get a fiber optic Marilyn with AC adapter.

Yard For Sale

This is Crazy Aunt Shirley's sofa. It's a victorian style from the 70's. It resided in the same house as Captain Kirk's table. At the same time...

I love it but it would be best fitted for someone with a concave ass. I sat on it yesterday and was probed quite thoroughly by the springs. Hell, it may have even gone where no man has gone before. But, not really.

So, our yard sale is on. And that's fun. Sort of.

Ode To The Photo Essay, No. 2

We've had a busy week.

We witnessed some lizard love up close and personal on the back patio.

I wish you could see the color of the guy in the back. 

He was golden brown and it looked as if he was blushing.

Maybe he was. We were watching him get his lizard on.

We helped my mom move this Mother-in-law Tongue across her porch.

It was just the tiniest sprig in an arrangement sent to my grandmother's funeral.

That was sixteen years ago. And this isn't even half of it!

She tries to divide it every few years.

I want some of it next time.

You thought I was kidding about turning the commune into the compound?

I wasn't. These are some of the first posts set.

I have a special love and appreciation for fences.

And here is the big truck they use to do fence stuff.

It has a concrete thingy on the back we're all quite taken with.

Have you ever watched one of those things spin?

It's mesmerizing...

It's been windy and overcast and raining.

One afternoon, we found a clear moment to look at the new statue in town.

It's really cool and the camera phone doesn't do it justice.

The metal part is made up of birds and it spins in the breeze.

I tended the squash.

It's doing much better but I can't say the same for the okra.

I don't think the soil was warm enough and the okra is stalled.

We took the kids to our favorite local steakhouse. 

They were a bit solemn while waiting on the saddle.

But then Joe did lots of funny things...

And they loosened up nicely.

We took some nighttime photos of the Clematis vine because it was just too beautiful not to.

And last but not least, Crazy Aunt Shirley sent some neat binoculars in a leather case. 

They are lined in burgundy velvet and have a compass in the case, too!

Zoe likes to look for the moon with them.

Freezer Living

I thought I'd share another gem from Crazy Aunt Shirley's stash. This is a booklet that came with a Sears freezer back in the late 60's. Check out the lady's dress/robe. It's hard to tell from the picture but it's deep purple in color and she is translucent. That's why she seems to have fruits and veggies on her dress and seems to be resting her left hand on a chicken. Gotta love trippy sixties graphic design!




Here is a little introductory excerpt...

Dear Homemaker:

Each time you store food in your Coldspot freezer during the coming months and years, it will be very much like depositing money in your Bank savings account- storing it up toward some special goal. Your Coldspot freezer is a Time bank that lets you deposit extra time in the form of future meals prepared on the days you have time to cook, and allows you to withdraw that time later for civic or public service activities, special family outings, shopping trips- or a leisurely weekend without the drudgery of meal preparation.

Hmmmm. This idea of a Time Bank is ingenious! Ohhhhh, if only I could put my civic and public service activities and special family outings and shopping in the freezer....