T stand for I need sunshine

 Greetings!

This is T Tuesday with 

Bleubeard and Elizabeth. Come join in.

If you read yesterdays post you know that this last weekend we had a storm from the depths of the heavens. Weather effects my mood more than anything. I am that girl who needs sunshine. Yeah I know, why do I live in the PNW and on the Oregon coast. 

However, Monday we had blue, cloudy skies and today is supposed to be better. With all of the bad weather my bush squash gave me this. The first blossom of the year.

My next door neighbors started raising pigeons. Seriously? There is pigeon shit everywhere. When I say raising pigeons, I mean they have hundreds of them. 

Not sure what they are doing with them, but they are a pain in my buttocks. 

This one is in my front yard.

I am organizing and getting rid of old paper work. Of course in going through folders I went through art folders too. Then I remembered these on my flash drive.

These are just a few of the faces I have drawn over the last 5 years.

Now to get into the T-Party.

We have a store here called, Grocery Outlet and they have the best beer logos. 

This is Beer is made in Bend Oregon.

 

I hope you all have a great day today.

 

Nicole
 

 

Movie Monday

 Hi Everyone and Happy Monday.

My Monday?... is to clean the carnage that a 50mph sustained wind storm left behind. Holy crapoly I truly thought the barn, the fence, something was going to blow over. Those things were safe in my yard but not my neighbors. We lost power and my garden got torn apart. So far I have lost my cabbage plants. I already have more started in the house. The rain came down in sideways buckets. As much as I tried to save the lettuce and spinach those got drenched and the seeds are lost I will have to start those over as well. I can't even talk about the potatoes. Lots of broken stems. The winds simply ripped the coverings off the plants like it was nothing. This weather is crazy stupid for almost being  June. So wish me luck when I head out side that the garden held up. 

Now for Movie Monday. I have been hooked on another series. It's more soap opera-eree but I love Viola Davis as a strong professor lawyer teaching a group of ambitious students. The story lines are many and deep rooted in the lives of all the people and I think that's what keeps me interested. BECAUSE no one could get away with the outrageous deceptions these people do. LOL 

The series is; 

How to get away with Murder

I am watching this on Netflix.

If you don't have Netflix there are other streaming options for just a few dollars.

 

 

Hope you have a great day. 

 

Nicole

 

Friday Face off FFO

 Hey Everyone!

Ahh today is  Friday Face Off, (FFO) and I welcome anyone who wants to join in. Link your blog post that features a face. It's that simple.  

My face today is a drawing, well, a freaky drawing. LOL

This was so much fun to draw.

Here are a few older pieces too.

The next 5 days we have rain. 

The garden is covered 

but I did manage to pick these early today.

 

Now I want to feature Rain from rainfrances.com
She is an incredible lady that shares her many talents in so many ways. Please visit her blog and then click onto her you tube channels. You won't be disappointed. She made this special for FFO. Thanks Sis!

I am linking up with Gillena at Lunch Break, Art for Fun Friday.

I hope all of you have a wonderful Friday.

Nicole 

NOTE; I made some java script changes so the link up is now working.

TAD Thursday Art Date with Rain

 Greetings!

Today is TAD, ya know that's

Thursday Art Date and the beautiful Rain is the host. Each week she has a theme to follow....or not. The choice is yours. This week is flowers blooming. Like a lot of you our weather has everything blooming and growing late so I have located some flowers from last year.

The photos of the flowers were taken in April of 2021. This year I have no flowers yet.

I want to share 2 garden hacks that I use and know work. The first is getting rid of baby flies. You don't want them in the garden dirt but it is almost impossible to keep them out. Take some cheap apple cider vinegar and some clear dish soap.

In a pie tin add maybe 1/4C of vinegar and a 1t of soap. 

Set the tins in your garden and watch the flies die. The smell also keeps other critters away too.

The next one I swear by. I got this from an English gardener on Youtube, Project diaries.

I'll put the link below but know I have changed the recipe a bit.

This is a repellent for anything from rodents to deer and anything in between.

You will need

4C strong peppermint tea, 3T chili powder, 3T garlic powder, 2t onion powder, 2t chili oil (if you don't have it any oil will be fine). 

Make the tea and add all ingredients to hot water. Let stand for 4 hours. I do put mine in the fridge. Now for the fun. You want to strain this until you have all the granules removed from the liquid. I start with a small strainer then go to cheese cloth. Once it is strained I pour into a spray bottle and keep in the fridge. Now, if you don't get it strained enough it will clog the sprayer. I also warm it just a bit when I get ready to use it.

	I allow this to dry and I spread around my yard. Wear gloved when you do this.

 Stand back and at arms length spray all your garden areas. I also use this on my fence line and around the barn. Don't allow the wind to spray it back into your face. It's burns. LOL

Have a great Thursday and be sure to stop by Rain's, she always has a lot going on over there.

 

Nicole