i could have dance all night

The other night we swing-danced to Bow Wow Wow as the mister was prepping a dinner for the next day and I was gathering up materials for a new school week. The blinds on the front windows were still open and we could see our neighbor across the street work on his lawn. The sun hadn't quite set for the evening, the witch-baby was curled up on the sofa, and the dolly-cat was winding herself around and around the mama a-go-go's ankles.

My socks made my feet slip-slip-slip across the floor as the mister spun me around and around. For the first time possibly ever I could actually follow his lead. We were laughing and dizzy and breathless.

It was magnificent.

the tarantulas are late this year

 

Last weekend we hit the road and drove out towards Pozo to see if we could find and tarantulas. Their wanderings tend to build in number around the time of The Orionids which usually hit just before Halloween. We usually spy them around the first week of October so I packed both lenses and we headed out....

We saw quail, deer, turkeys, goats, cows, horses, magpies, and lizards....

 

But no Tarantulas.

So we enjoyed the drive and wished for rain...perhaps that is the kick in the pants they need to wander...

Here's hoping.

pom (egranate) happy

I have so much I want to write but so little brain power floating about to do so. It's probably best as some of it is a bit of a buzz-kill (most of it actually) with a bit of an Emergency Room adventure thrown in for fun. At this very moment I am duking it out with a sinus infection from Hades that decided to throw an old fashioned rave in my left ear. We're talking some serious OUCH factor...the tear inducing kind...the kind that meds failed at helping, and the kind that had me circling the kitchen island in tears at three-thirty this morning with an occasional pause to press my ear against the cold marble-y counter.

 

After I finally managed to fall asleep and then gradually wake up to put something in the belly to mingle with the meds, I spied the pomegranate I picked up at the market the other day after catching a video on a friend's facebook page on an easy way to de-seed one. I decided to try it and holy moly....it worked like a charm!

I ate half of the arils with a bit of yogurt and then I tumbled back to bed for a four hour nap and ate the rest of the arils once I woke up. So very pleased with how easy this was, I ventured out...painful raving ear and all to pick up a few more poms. I can't wait to whack a spoon against them! Watch the video here, and yes, it is a smidge longer than it could be but I get it, I do. When something blows your mind like this, you gotta share!

***the most tie-consuming part of this process is separating the pom in half once you score around it. If you have a problem with it, score a smidge deeper and try again. Once you have two halves, the process moves along quickly.

six more day of the dead diys for you

 

*comedy tragedy sugar skulls

*paper calaca

*altar in a jar

*cardboard and paper maché sugar skulls

*paper plate sugar skull mask

*painted newspaper sugar skull

scrumdilly diy: ten pretty pumpkin projects

*homemade pumpkin butter

*pumpkin spice oatmeal

*pumpkin french toast bites

*chocolate chip pumpkin butter roll-ups

*tiny pumpkin place settings

*chocolate chip pumpkin cakes

*chocolate chip pumpkin bread

*pumpkin spice magic pie

*thread wrapped decorative pumpkins

*diy pumpkin pie spice

day of the dead dillydilly: five diy projects of yore

*wooden spoon sugar skulls

*newspaper garland

*how to build an altar

*newspaper sugar skull garland

*dollar store sugar skull