Those who must be obeyed.......

In a rare moment I caught this picture of my kitties, thought you all might enjoy them.  Beau on the left is the black and white, and Puffin (her sister), is the gray beauty....... Can't tell you how much these guys add to my life.....Happy May Day! Lauri

Baubles, bangles and beads

This week I have been 'in a mood to string' so I made a bunch of junk necklaces.  Unfortunately, my photography skill are lacking so the pictures didn't really turn out well.  All I have to show are some of my trinkets and bits.  This is the neater portion of my work table (just ask Lauri how messy it is).

Here's to being a mad scientist in the lab!

April Showers Bring May Flowers

 

We've had a bit of rain here which we need!  Look what popped up in our gardens!

We can grow cacti here too!

Happy May Day Everyone!

Lulu fulfills a life long dream.....

Yes folks, who knew after all these years that a dream come true would happen for lulu in a fire station in Columbus, TX.  I'm sure she would had rather it been at the

Pink Pony but, we will take what we can get at this age.  So here she is in all her glory (Hugging a pole).......not to mention when she threw herself onto the fire truck.  All in all we had a great time meeting and talking with Chief Walla in Columbus....Lauri

I love a Man in a Uniform

Lauri and I stayed in Columbus, Texas during the antique shows.  One night after supper we met the FIRE CHIEF !  I guess I need to clarify this by saying we left the restaurant and I saw a fireman's bumper sticker on a car.  I made some smarty comment about firemen and that's how we met Chief Walla and Mrs. Patsy Walla.  (We also met Dr. Clive Marburger - yes that Marburger-and the lovely Mrs.  They had dinner together celebrating Doc's birthday WHICH happened to coincide with mine(lulu).  Any way Mrs. Marburger was in a hurry to get home to watch "Dancing with the Stars" so after a quick photo op they left. 

The Chief and Patsy were so lovely.  I asked him if he had any old fireman's stuff for sale.  He did not.  HOWEVER he offered to give us a TOUR OF THE FIREHOUSE!  Being shy and reserved we thought about it for 2 seconds and accepted!

I have to say, the fire department is all volunteer so there were NO firemen hanging around. Damn.  The Chief spent over an hour showing us around.  He has the most incredible collection of antique apparatus that the department really used.  Old hats, the old horn they blew to alert everyone about a fire, a fully restored 1930s Ford fire engine, fire buckets plus all the new gizzys and such.  They have a boat for river rescue since the Colorado River runs through the town.  He even showed us the secret-squirrel x-ray camera that shows heat-emitting objects, such as people, in the thick fog of a fire (I still say I saw Lauri's underwear when he pointed it at her).  The camera costs about $11,000.  He said he put in ad in the paper for donations to buy one and within 2 days he had enough pledges to buy 2 cameras! 

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Any way he was swell to let us climb around on the trucks.  He gave us patches to give to our fire departments in exchange for their patches.  They started to collect them from all over Texas and the U.S.

So we salute the brave men from the Volunteer Fire Department of Columbus, Texas and especially Chief Bob Walla and Mrs. Patsy Walla!

Chippy favorite #9

xo lulu

Chippy Fav #8 Magnolia Pearl

Magical, absolutely beautiful things.  I had often heard and seen pictures of these gorgeous clothes and purses, but not until I saw them in person did I believe how pretty they really are.  The entire booth is like walking into another world.  It just draws you in and about a $1000 later you leave and wonder what happened to you.   At one point I lost Lulu and when I found her she had transformed into a Magnolia Pearl model, yes she took her clothes off, (again) and was wearing the most adorable outfit.  And for those of you who are wondering, I am the chubby one on the left and Lulu is on the right doing a Colgate commercial.  John (Robin's husband is in the middle), can't wait to go back and check this stuff out again.  Chippy Fav #8, Magnolia Pearl.

Lulu here in her new Magnolia Pearl duds. 

And here's my loot from today!

The blue shutters were found three days ago but they looked good so I kept them in the shot.

The little doll...is too cute.  I have a doll collection my grandmother started for me when I was 4. 

Happy Hunting! xo lulu