The Life of Mrs. Miles

Olivia & Valinda's Junkyard Garden No. 2 Quick Page
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You'll have to thank my dear friend VALINDA for this lovely Quick Page - she's actually assembled TWO for you - the next one to be available tomorrow, then I think I'm going to take the weekend off and just put my feet up, ok? Valinda, I hope you will do the same. To visit Valinda, just click HERE. (Valinda always has a gorgeous giveaway too!)

Company's Coming!

My blog entry will be brief today - company's coming! Some NEW friends will be coming by to enjoy an hour or so with us today so it was a good excuse for me to bake up a pie. (Actually Mr. Miles has been giving me 'sad puppy eyes' and asking for one for a while now...)

The orchard next door to us have harvested their first apples - yes, some sort of early variety, and I'm not entirely sure how they will bake up. Unfortunately for the orchardists, there are more 'windfalls' and 'culls' than crop this year, what with all the freak weather. Wind, hail and sudden fierce rains have taken their toll on the fruit. The result is apples that are unacceptable for sale, but can still be used if used up in creative ways. Most fruits have hailspots (look like little dark circles) and some have bruises, just means more waste when slicing them.

I decided to be artistic with this pie - and gosh I sure hope our guests like ginger, because thats going to be a definite overtone in the flavor of this pie. I'll take more photos when we slice it up - and share my recipe with you, if it turns out to be tasty and worthy of you to spend an hour in the kitchen.

My Latest NEWSHAWK photo

Yes, thats me with a camera permanently attached to my hand - LOL! We came home Sunday afternoon to find yet another fire burning across the lake from our home. It had been started by a lightening strike in the area - there have been so many lightening strikes this year. I was struck by how fast they mopped this one up, using several planes and helicopters! I guess they want to stay ontop of things.

If you would like to see the full news article, containing my photos, just click HERE.

Oh-lala: a KISSING layout by KIMB
(ha,ha - missing your husband MUCH, Gurl?)

credits:

Junkyard Garden No.2 Kit by Olivia Dorazio (ME)
template by Schokomama

Kim said in the email she sent with her layout (can't we all just SEE here skippidy hopping to the airport?) JanMary, Ireland is your home, have you been kissed here too?

"Hee hee- I'm passing the time till I have to go to airport! YIPPPPEEEE-

This is my sister and her husband- this was when they got married in Scotland- at Gretna Green. This is the kissing post-lol"

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Mo' tomorrah everybody. Be sure to come back to download Valinda's second beautiful Quick Page created from this kit!

And for to leave you with something interesting, I found this amazing Photoshop Painting tutorial you MUST see. This artist really is amazing. You'll also find a TON of helpful tutorials and instructions - in FIVE MINUTE videos. NOTE the extra features in each video, look for the little buttons at the bottom of the screen! Who knows, perhaps YOU will upload a tutorial of your own. If you do, let me know and I'll link for you. Just click HERE to be transported to the 5 min video site - the painting of Albert Einstein) or you can watch it right here on my bloggie!

(Valinda, Christy's doll making would be PERFECT here)

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