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Packing Fall Kitties Snow and a new project
Packing Fall Kitties Snow I think this is soo funny!! Today is about Packing Fall Kitties Snow and a new project. I know that you all think I have the pumpkins and gourds covered, right?? Well it sure does not look like it while they are spread all over the house. However, when you look a this pile is there a color that I am missing?? Hummm?? From Galvanized, Purple to green and even brown. Fall would not be done without all the leaves and floral too. It is a pretty big pile. There is garland, stems and individual pieces here. Soo, to move on to Christmas, I needed to…
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We hope for a Happy Thanksgiving to you!!
We hope for a Happy Thanksgiving Joe and I are enjoying a quiet day hope this year. We hope for a Happy Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones. Remember to hugs them and tell them that you love them. We are so thankful to be a part of your life everyday. Thank You so very much for your love!! Hugs and Have a Great Day getting Crafty!!
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Last of Fall and Happy Chickens this week.
Last of Fall and Happy Chickens I love how this picture turned out… Today is all about the Last of Fall and Happy Chickens. The Cleveland Pears were the last to look beautiful. However, with all the wind we had today…. I would bet that it is bare now. Do you see the little sliver of a moon on the top left. The last of the fall looking shrubs. The Oakleaf Hydrangea is looking AMAZING too. That dark burgundy color has been on this for over 3 weeks. I keep walking past it and meant to take a photo sooner. It sure is loving its home!! While cleaning out the…
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Last of Fall Growth and Kitties of course
Last of Fall Growth and Kitties Today is all about the Last of Fall Growth and Kitties of course…. Do you still have color?? Meaning color on any of your trees?? Our Cleveland Pears are the last to change. The one in the front has a lot more green then this one. I am loving all the amazing color that we had this year. How about you?? Did Mother Nature give you some beautiful colors?? I know that this does not look like much. Kinda looks dead. However, this Bridal Vail that I brought inside was looking worse believe it or not. Joe wanted plants in the master bathroom. So…
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Snow Kitties and making Soup this week.
Snow Kitties and making Soup What a week, holy cow… no bulb planting. However, Snow kitties and making Soup was what I did this week. This was about the trace amounts of snow. I know I have friends that did get lots more. I know they were not ready and neither was I. As you can see in this photo, I starting organizing my lanterns and stuff that needs to come in for the season. There is a TON of stuff. Chairs, clay pots a long with all my little cute picks for my pots. You know the butterflies, angels and other things. Ohhh how I love decorating my potted…
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1400 Bulbs to Plant and Winter Prep work.
1400 Bulbs to Plant and Winter Prep Guys I have been wanting to get thing done. However, the much neede rain has my hands tied. With 1400 Bulbs to Plant and Winter Prep work to be done I need a few nice days. Tonight is supposed to be our first hard frost. Ohhh my poor flowers. That is okay… I am working on planting lots for spring. Soo many pretty new Tulips and Daffodiles that I have not seen before. I am even more excited because I was able to share some of my bulbs with neighbors too. Planted at four of my friends houses, plus a couple other places.…
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Fall Delivery kitty sillies and holes this week
Fall Delivery kitty sillies Today I have Fall Delivery kitty sillies and holes this week. Here is the last of the Fall decorations. I love decorating this cabinet!! I especially love how even though I only add a few things each year, It always looks different. Move something here or there. Change the placement, and boom its amazing!! I have a TON for you this week… buckle up!! I found this HUGE bumblebee on one of my flowers. Plus the Dahlias are still showing off. I know there is not much time left to get in on all the different colors and that nature will be hibernating VERY soon. I…
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Fall on the Hamscher Homestead, a peek
Fall on the Hamscher Homestead Yes, the decorations for fall are complete. Okay, mostly. Fall on the Hamscher Homestead must have a few pumpkins and gourds. However, I have not seen any that I can get excited about. What I am talking about is real pumpkins and gourds. Trust me when I say that the inside of the houses is a sea of orange. Yes, in all shades. There are colored leaves, scarecrows and loads of sunflowers too. This is the corner of the kitchen counter. I might have found new candles for this arrangement. I need to wait and see. I do love me some LED flicker candles that…
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More Kittens and Lots of Fall decorations
More Kittens and Lots of Fall Well, yes, it is true. There are More Kittens and Lots of Fall decorations on the homestead this week. No we are NOT keeping these, I am coming close to looking for homes for these five little cuties. Not sure what is what yet. I do know that the Cream and White is a female and one of the Orange Tabby’s too. This mom is currently being called Girlfriend. I can not say what I was calling her, Joe got mad at me. Anyway, They are not in the house. And Yes, I have approval to find homes for them. Fingers Crossed I can!!…
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More Naughty kitties Birds and a big group.
More Naughty kitties Birds Ohhh my YES, More Naughty kitties Birds and a fun big group. I have since moved and locked up since this has happened. This poor Aloe plant is still struggling from this. I repotted them in three pots too. Trust me when I say that there was dirt everywhere!! The window ledge, both sinks and yes even the counters. Solution… Yes, there has been one. No one is allowed to run around at night. All 9, yes Nine cats sleep in the bedroom with us. Door closed. That was the only way that I found to be able to wake up and not be stressed. I…
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Naughty Kittens a Wedding and friendships
Naughty Kittens a Wedding and friendships I see you shaking your head. Yes, this is Naughty Kittens a Wedding and friendships too. Yes, this part is naughty kittens at work. They like to chew on the plastic thanks to Donnie. This is what happens once the bag breaks. They get excited and it truly goes all over. Yes, I sweep it up and put it in the box. However, this is about a half of an almost 10 pound bag. All I can say is… UUGGHH I was honored to be able to attend this beautiful ladies wedding. Kaitlyn you were an even more beautiful Bride. Joe and I were…
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Creative weekend fun and a kitty update.
Creative weekend fun and kitty Ohhh what an amazing time. The Creative weekend fun and kitty update is all that I have this weekend. Starting off with these lovely and beautiful ladies. I was soo happy to be able to spend several days up at a demonstrator friends event and bring some of my team with me. Guys this is why I do what I do!! It is the beautiful smiles that I help create and cultivate through our love of stamps, ink and paper. This is how I met these ladies. All because we like bringing smiles to our families and friends faces too. I am truly blessed for…
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Big Day for these Boys, a trip to the vet!!
Big Day for these Boys It is that time… the Big Day for these Boys. Both Wayne and Henry go off to the vet in the morning. They are at that age and things needs to be removed. I am a super supporter of spaying and neutering your pets. There are so many, unwanted, unloved and sad pets in shelters. Plus dumped out in the country. Ohhh yeah that is one reason why I have soo many to take care of. I feel it is better to be responsible when it comes to your pets. Please take being a pet owner seriously. They depend on us not only to love…
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BackStage event in Las Vegas Leaders event
BackStage event in Las Vegas This is my third year qualifying for the Leadership event that Stampin’ Up! Does each year. The first year was online, boooo!! The second year, last year, was in New Orleans. AS usual SU pulled out all the stops, Food, Fun and Loads more!! I was super excited to hear that 700 people attended, PLUS, I found out that only 3% qualify for this event. HOLY COW!! I know right. I was surprised also. However, my favorite part was being able to spend time with folks from the home office. Yes, including Sara, our CEO and our Demonstrator Manager Shannon. These two beautiful ladies are…
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Upcycled trunk and gardens galore kitty too
Upcycled trunk and gardens galore I have been busy in the gardens as usual. Today is about the Upcycled trunk and gardens galore! Starting off with the perfect tree trunk. I found this trunk in the burn pile. Had to cut about a foot off the bottom and then I used my auger to be sure that the trunk was down far enough so that it would for sure to stay in it place. Here are a few more peeks. I moved the rusty concrete mixer down a bit, thanks to help from Joe! Extending the flowerbed about four feet. Angling the mixer a bit more towards the driveway, Adding…
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Dad’s 80th Birthday Party 4 states of family.
Dads 80th Birthday Party Lots of family for this party. We had family from four states, Illinois, Indiana, Texas and Florida too. Here is the birthday boy with Trevor and myself. It was fun to be able to spend time with ALL the family!! I know that Dad had a great time. That smile of course says it all!! Check out the group. There are three generations of family here. I was soo fun. Food was great, all the smiles were amazing, We did have a few that technically aren’t family, however, they are. It was awesome to see Valarie, plus Lonnie and John. It has been just too long…
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Trouble Kittens Chickens and Flowers of course.
Trouble Kittens Chickens and Flowers Yup, we are going to start with the trouble!! However, there has been a bunch of things going on this week, Trouble Kittens Chickens and Flowers of course!! Anyway, This is what I woke up to… it was a succulent massacre. Ohhh, I was not happy. As you could guess. That was when the water bottle was brought back upstairs. Wait there is more…. Almost everything on the window ledge was knocked over and some was even found on the floor. i was able to save most of the poor plants. However, as you can see there are many MANY pieces. I will be doing…
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A Party Cats Plants plus I am exhausted
A Party Cats Plants plus With the summer winding down there is still soo much to do!! However, you need to take time to celebrate friends when they are getting married. I was soo happy to Celebrate with Kaitlyn and Phil. The day will be here before you know it!! I know that smile is a HUGE indication of your happiness!! I think that Henry is taking lessons from Donnie. Donnie is on the left and Henry on the right. They sure take lots of naps. Kinda wish that I could join them. Well once in a while!! Especially with the weather that has been soo warm!! How about where…
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Enjoying Creatures and Landscape today.
Enjoying Creatures and Landscape today What an amazing week I had… Wow… travel, weeds, chickens, kittens and also Joe. Starting by Enjoying Creatures and Landscape today. Here is a bug for you first. This big caterpillar will soon be a Beautiful Monarch Butterfly. I found it under a broken clay pot. I was please to see it. As I do love my butterflies. I very much look forward to finding the soon to be chrysalis. However, the best will be the butterfly. The journey I am sure will be an amazing thing to watch!! See the bird bath in the photo on the left?? It was over there that I…
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Kitties Weeds and Playing in the dirt again.
Kitties Weeds and Playing in the dirt Gotta love Kitties Weeds and Playing in the dirt. Well, not the weeds but this photo I truly LOVE!!! Clyde and Wayne hanging out in the craft room and of course napping!! Dang this bed is not big enough for these two. However, the chair is not going to be big enough soon either. Soo glad that Clyde loves his Littles. I talk about the kitties in the dresser, here is proof. They literally climb up the back of the drawers and open the drawers then pop out in either the top or second drawer. It still spooks me when he drawers pop…
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Butterfly Weeds Summer on the Homestead
Butterfly Weeds Summer on the Homestead Thankful for the rain however, still having to water new plants. However, Butterfly Weeds Summer on the Homestead is soo much more. I was able to finally pull some more weeds in the Memorial Garden, plant some flowers AND add my American flag. Guys, I know that the flag looks backwards here. BUT wait… it is correct if you are looking from the street. Which way would you have put it?? I actually struggled with this… Because I look at it from the house, right?? The craft room, porch and inner driveway. You know how I feel about butterflies… No they are not bugs…
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Outside Flowers and Pond Action Homestead
Outside Flowers and Pond Action I could not get a good photo of this… it was either too dark or not light enough. The week on the Homestead its all about Outside Flowers and Pond Action. This amazing bush is soo happy!! It is a Oak Leaf Hydrangea. I purchased it several years ago on the clearance rack and it was NOT good looking for sure. However, it sure it now. Holy cow this thing has been blooming for almost two weeks!! So many more pretties this week. Going from left to right. Hollyhock, Two different Coneflowers and a soon to be flowering Dahlia. The hollyhock has also been here…
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Inside and Outside kittens Flowers too!!
Inside and Outside kittens Flowers Ohhh my sweet Henry! Today is about Inside and Outside kittens Flowers too!! I was up late working on stuff in the craft room and Henry was doing a great job of distracting me!! He claims he was just helping… See mom this paper is cut crooked! Thank You sweetie, very helpful, hahaha. Funny how these guys also like to be helpful!! And super snoopy!! I walked away from that basket and found all three of them on the princess palace. Let me say that they were not happy that there was no dirt in that basket. However, they did like the choice of Lemon…
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Chickens Kitties Shopping and Gardening phew.
Chickens Kitties Shopping and Gardening The chicks have been out for weeks. They have been separated by that screen. I have been slowly letting the big girls see and check out the littles. I am soo excited to see all the newbies get to roam the whole pen area. There are 10 newbies and they will be roaming soon. The one I am holding is one of the newbies. She is soo pretty. Although this week has Chickens Kitties Shopping and Gardening to share!! Ohhh these kittens. What can you say, awwww soo cute, right?? Violet has become an official Princess. Even Cuddles lost her bed on the cedar chest.…
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Hands in the Dirt a week on the Homestead
Hands in the Dirt Hello and what am amazing week!! Starting off with Hands in the Dirt. However, this job was not glamorous AT ALL!! The poor chickens!! It has been way to long since I have cleaned out the Chicken Coop. Uggh, it was sure gross to say the least. After two buckets full of free fertilizer spread around all the evergreens it was time to put sand and a new pine shavings inside. The girls were very happy!! Soon we will be introducing the new chicks to the inside of the coop. They have been residing under it. In the shade and things are kinda getting a little…
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Happy Father Day Dad and all the Dads!
Happy Father’s Day Dad Happy Father’s Day Day!! I hope that you will have an amazing, relaxing and fun day today. Well, this goes to all the Dad’s that is!! My dad has ALWAYS taught me to “not burn bridges” and think before I speak. That is not all, he has taught me to drive a car, in the snow. However, one of my best memories was when he held Trevor for the first time. His first Grandson! Yes, the first time he was a Grandpa!! All the boys call him River now. He will always be Dad to me. As the first born, I had him all to myself…
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Kitty Assistance and More Flowers this week!
Kitty Assistance and More Flowers Henry decided that he wanted to help. He knew that the worked needed to get done for the BOGO sale! He tried to get his siblings to help, however that went poorly. So meet my Kitty Assistance and More Flowers for this week on the homestead. As you can see Violet and Wayne were just TOO busy to help poor Henry. However, Clyde and Henry found a sunny spot to relax after all the hard work. These three are getting to be very entertaining!! Running jumping and acting super crazy. Poor Butterfly she is just exhausted!! Thankfully she has lots of willing helpers!! Yup, I…
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Nature Cuteness and more cuteness this week
Nature Cuteness and more cuteness So yes this one of my hanging baskets. This one is right out the craft room window. Do you see the yellow and black butterfly?? it is by the post on the left side. This beauty was going from flower to flower. Apparently I am not the only one that enjoys the flower. Today is all about Nature Cuteness and more cuteness of course!! I know that the photo is kinda dark. Please do not judge. I was in the house working on the dishes when I saw that Blue Bird has potentially claiming residency in my new birdhouse that I picked up two days…
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Weekend full of LOTS of plants and green!!
Weekend full of LOTS of plants Only one photo today… because there are sooo many things to share… it is going to need to be a two parter. The Weekend full of plants and green. So here is the breakdown…. Pulled all the weeds in the Memorial Garden. Yes, ALL of them. Plus I put down the mulch. 54 bags in total. That was over three days. Next up was annuals. Guys I plant lots!! So far this weekend I planted 47 different pots. Some have one several have multiples. Those are for the deck, chicken coop garden and the deck. I still have 14 more to go. Plus I…
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Memorial Day remembering and honoring
Memorial Day remembering and honoring I hope that everyone has a beautiful weekend. As a Military Mom, I am choosing to be thankful and grateful. This Memorial Day remembering and honoring this that we’re taken too soon. The ultimate sacrifice for me and you. Those men and women that did not get to come back to their families. All I cam say, humbly is… Thank You! Hugs and Have a Great Day getting Crafty!!
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