Progress....

Here's one of Malias last sketches, if you take a closer look you can see her latest development. Malia is now drawing smiley faces, she even put glasses on one. It's enjoyable to watch her grow and learn, time just goes by too fast.

 

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Scratching post.......

 

Often while daddy Dave is relaxing, usually during the late evenings. Barkley tends to "back it on up" on Dave's outstretched feet, his fav spot is just above his tail. This self scratching technic usually results in a mound of hair(which momma mandy is never excited about). I guess a dogs got to do what a dogs got to do.

 

Back....

And forth......

 

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Pumpkin patch.....

Here's a couple pics of a recent trip to the pumpkin patch with aunt holly and uncle Nate, here Malia is warming up the seat on the ole tractor.

A stop by Wilber's place.....

And a pony just her size......

Ta-da.......atop the hay maze......

If she sits on it long enough what would hatch?....

And of course a pic of ole Ella posing with a friendly sunflower occupied with a not so friendly companion(bee).

 

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Mimes on the loose......

Here's just a couple pics of some of the on going work on the latest rental. Here I a before pic of one of the ceilings in a back bedroom. Besides the horrible drywall job, it also has water damage, this needed to be addressed

After the leak was addressed, I decided to do a texture ceiling to aid in covering the terrible drywall job done by past workers. Texturing the ceiling would aid in time management which is a factor, to anyone who has done a smooth drywall ceiling knows that it is very time consuming to say the least.

So how did I apply texture, well I used the hands on approach which works very well and was discovered by accident. I was using a roller which was working but I wanted a deeper texture to help hide the mistakes.

 

 

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Dinner for a cricket?.......

 

 

Ever wonder what crickets eat? Are they vegetarians? Vegans? Carnivores? I'm not sure to be frank with you but with the diet this cricket is eating its sure to leave a bad taste in his mouth. Ya see that stuff stuck in the cracks of Malias shoe is not mud, it's none other than something left behind by Barkley( need I say more?). Malias shoes have an attraction for barley droppings, or Malias shoes are like magnets drawing her toward these piles forcing her step in them. After some playtime in the yard theses shoes were left outside for cleaning, and it looks like a cricket decided to stop by for din or a just a closer look.

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Artist...

Momma mandy picked up so water coloring materials the other day for Malia, she was excited and eager to create.

In no time at all she was busy creating a master piece, after a little "how to water paint" training she was off and fully engrossed.

 

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Protection.......

 

Latly Malia has been putting various things on her head while she plays. Here she has been putting a strainer on her head, worn almost like a fencer. We do try to keep the knife/swords out of reach.

Here she stirs a strainer full of Legos with her face guard in proper position,......... on-guard. Of course she is not in proper fencing attire, being in potty training mode(no pants).

 

Here's a couple pics of some painted fencing masks I found on-line and thought were cool, imagine looking this in the face while trying to sword fight. They are completely see through the painting doesn't affect the sight of the wearer.

 

 

 

 

 

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