http://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/video/headlines-part-1-71612/1409836

A little article that Amber's newspaper, the Oconomowoc Enterprise wrote......about a
rooster that was found in the KFC Parking lot in Oconomowoc , MADE IT ON THE
JAY LENO "Headlines" portion of his show. Haaahehehe!
Amber said their little article made it's National Debut on The Tonight Show and is shown on this clip around the 4s second mark! It's brief, so don't blink! :) The link is at the top here and I will paste again below because it is hard to see! Enjoy!
http://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/video/headlines-part-1-71612/1409836

In the early morning, some birds come to visit. They like to sit on my water hose or solar light there. They were LOOKING at me as I shot their pictures....I wonder what they are thinking. I am thinking how absolutely beautiful they are. And our NEWEST visitor is a Northern Flicker, in the middle in the grass with the red on the back of the neck . Isn't that wonderful to see? This is the first time I have ever seen one here at our house and welcomed it to return! :)
Enjoy the pictures, they were fun to get.

 The other day as our sun was setting, this was the view we had in our back yard. Isn't it glorious?
There were dark clouds, brilliant white clouds, the rays from the sun, and a variety of color and form and it was just too pretty. So imagine this is the picture....it is always better in person! :)

Pinterest has gotten me hooked on trying some new delish recipes.
http://pinterest.com/pin/105271710010267667/
The first is a lemon zest and lemon juice muffin with buttermild. I made that this morning and they are light and heavenly!!!!! The next recipe was a stuffed green pepper using carrots, red onion, and cauliflower(no rice)chopped tomatoes and ground beef.
http://pinterest.com/pin/105271710010202763/
This came out great and I topped mine with salsa and jalapenos to kick it up a notch. The bottom picture shows it raw in the crock pot. This was a slow cooker recipe!!!!!! It came out fantastic and both recipes taste super. Mmmmmmmmmm! So this is my art for this week. :) Food is art right?
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxxo

Lakefront Festival of Arts

The Lakefront Festival of Arts....

how to describe this? This is the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the juried festival. There are 170 artists who bring their exemplary work to exhibit and sell under tents at the beautiful and unique Milwaukee Lakefront, right by and in the museum as well. There were special attractions for the kids, and a silent auction and live music and a wine garden. There was the sand sculpture and many MANY beautiful pieces of all kinds of art to view, from wood, to metal, clay, fiber, fabric,jewelry, pictures, paintings, mixed media,quicky and unique. More than I can describe! Photos were discouraged, so I did the best I could.

Here are a couple links to the artists pages of a few different things. Just amazing!

James Eaton

http://eatonart.com/je/je-gallery-frm.html

Nicario Jimenez

http://retablosnicario.com/

Betsy Youngquust

http://byart.com/gallery/latest-work/

James and Victoria Mullan

http://mullaniumbyjimandtori.com/catalog/songbirds

Paul Klein

http://newhopeinwood.com/

John Petrey

http://www.johnpetrey.com/

James Borden

http://www.timeshapes.com/index.php

Marilee Hall

http://marileehallceramics.com/

David Burton

http://davidburtonartwork.com/sculptures.asp

Anyways, these are some of the ones that blew us away! We wish that we had more $$$$ to be able to purchase some unique pieces from these people, but we felt honored to be able to view it all!

It was a good (very sweaty) fun art intake day! :)

By the way, we parked at Veterans Park and a Yellow School bus shuttled us over, that is what the picture of the back of people's head on a bus is. And then the city views from the parking area we felt was even kind of pretty. But it might have been heat stroke! Hehahaha!

These are Poppies and Lupine! LOVE them!

Here are some of my beautiful flowers and one little

puppy who looks guilty about something! Heheheh! He did not want to sit still, so I had to usea firm voice and he was sad about that! Look at those eyes!!!!!!!!! :) Good Boy Rufio!!!!!!!

Aren't these just the most fun?
The heads are amazing and the site for them is here........
http://stonefacecreations.homestead.com/HEADGALLERY.html
The troll someone just did in their yard garden and I love it!
Link to the original posting is here........
http://gardendesignpictures.com/
I wish I could MAKE some of the heads to plant in........I think they are FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am in love with them!!!!!!!
Wishing you all a great Tuesday!

 Amber and I made some peanut butter chocolate chip cupcakes with peanut butter frosting for her Harry Pottery dress up party!

 These are the finished cupcakes. Amber called them "Divination Cupcakes" because Professor Trelawney tells fortunes. She also included a fortune below each cupcake that is tucked into a secondary cupcake paper to be found when eating the cupcake.

 The REAL Professor Trelawney and below is Amber ready to go for her party! I made the head scarf and we found the rest of the things, including the clothes (at Value Village) and Merchandise Outlet helped with the glasses and ball. :) Such fun!