Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Bigfoot on a park bench at Lake Leatherwood Park, Eureka Springs, Arkansas.

some Bigfoot hunter I am, didn't find this one when I was there, just popped up on Instagram 4 days ago and the nice person told me how to find it! 2nd entrance to Lake Leatherwood Park once you come off of 62. just go straight and you'll come to it. I'll tell him to be expecting you
google won't tell me how long it's been there....maybe the Lake Leatherwood we went to was something different from Lake Leatherwood Park?

Tuesday, January 7, 2020

The Twelve Days of Christmas....

on the first day of Christmas, my Sasquatch gave to me....
possiblities are endless...a footprint....2 tree knocks...3 howls...

Monday, December 30, 2019

unveiling the 2020 to-do list version 1....

drumroll please......dum dum dum dum dum dum dum.....
my 2020 to-do list: in no particular order....make myself a voodoo doll Krampus...call Haunticon Omaha hotel...watch for Alton IL tickets on FB....could we go to Squirrel Cage jail while we're at Omaha? check days/hours...finish binding on KJ's quilt...make another t-shirt quilt...casino hotel room for concert?...is Gangster Tour still on Saturday? check....what are Holladays Sat. hours?...Birthday gift for BRENDA....update genealogy...my grandbabies...KJ's marriage...family pics for my own personal genealogy...not to blog. I used to fancy myself the history keeper of this tribe...but I've lost most interest in it over the years.

Sunday, November 3, 2019

We drove many miles of lonely but scenic Kansas back roads to get here and we were glad we did. The ball of twine itself was the main attraction, of course, but the town itself, although declining in economy and population, still retains spirit and pride. We ate our picnic lunch in the very well maintained city park (across the street from the Ball) which had clean public restrooms. A cute little old original library bordered the park. Several folks working nearby were friendly and appeared to be happy. No gloom and doom to be found. When life gives you Cawker City, make the best of it. A car guy had a 2 block long collection of rusty old classic cars and trucks, even a WW2 halftrack, so that was interesting as well. Fun stop.

World's largest ball of twine This is a premier tourist destination in Cawker City, KS on US Hwy 36 near the geographical center of the 48 contiguous states. Started by farmer Frank Stoeber in the 1950s, this giant ball of string is a unique monument to American thrift and ingenuity. You can even add your own piece of string to the ball! Twine Days celebration each August.
Joe Hill also introduced me to this. thanks, Joe!

Vandalia, Illinois: Kaskaskia Dragon RoadsideAmerica.com Team Field Report Address: Rock Island Ave., Vandalia, IL Directions: I-70 exit 61 and drive south toward the Wal-mart. Make a left at the light onto US Hwy 40/Veterans Ave. Dragon will be on your right in about a mile, at the corner of Rock Island Ave. Tokens at the liquor store across the street, or behind the dragon at Kaskaskia Supply. If the dragon is out of breath, let Kaskaskia know! Hours: Tokens available until the liquor store closes. Admission: Free to view; $1 per token for flames. RA Rates: Major Fun

learned about this from a Joe Hill short story!

to. do. list.

Kevin Xmas
deb xmas
$400 cash xmas
katie xmas
quilt to karen
box up kj dvds
coat to katie
JHBB games at Mercer
cereal display box on amazon
real world life insurance for deb about Jan.2020
taking Katie to Nashville TN next year
Haunticon Omaha April2020
Haunted Alton June2020
find bigfoot xmas cards I bought
xmas stamps

Friday, October 18, 2019

The Awakening - The Buried Giant, Chesterfield

Where else but Chesterfield can you see a 70 foot giant clawing its way out of the ground?
so, where in the hell is Chesterfield????
answer: a suburb of St Louis

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Thursday, August 22, 2019

Here's a Halloween decoration project so fun and creepy, you'll lose your head over it. These shrunken heads are made from carved apples, which are slowly dried in the oven. As the apples shrivel, the spooky facial features become more prominent, and each head takes on its own personality.

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Things You'll Need Apples (any variety)--- Lemon juice--- Salt--- Water--- Hobby knife--- Small kitchen knife or steak knife--- Wire--- Brown permanent marker--- Pearl beads--- Staples--- Fur trim--- Skewers--- Floral foam--- Container---
Step 1: Mix Salt and Lemon Solution Mix half a cup of salt and half a cup of lemon juice in a half gallon of water. The measurements do not need to be precise. The salt will help draw moisture out of the apples, and the lemon juice will help keep the apple light and uniform in color.
Step 2: Soak the Apples Select the largest apples you can find. Larger apples are easier to carve, and because they will shrink in size, it's better to start bigger. Any variety of apple will work. Peel the apples, and place in the salt and lemon solution for about 30 minutes. If you leave the tops of the apples unpeeled, the shrunken heads will have little hats (or hairpieces). And if you leave the bottoms unpeeled, you will have a base for the heads to display them.
Step 3: Draw the Outline of a Face While the most intimidating part of this project is carving the facial features on the apples, remember that the faces are supposed to be distorted anyway, so don't worry about anatomical accuracy. Start by using a sharp hobby knife to outline the eyebrow line and the nose. Cut deep into the apple with the knife.
Step 4: Carve the Eyebrows and Nose Using the outline you've cut as a guide, carve into the apple with a small kitchen or steak knife so that the eyebrows and nose become more pronounced. Do not worry about making the features symmetrical. This head is not entering a beauty pageant.
Step 5: Carve the Eye Sockets and Mouth Carve deeper under the eyebrows to create eye sockets. Under the nose, create a mouth by leaving a horizontal section of the apple uncarved, and then cutting a slit in the middle of this section to make lips. When you're finished with each apple, place it back in the salt and lemon solution.
Step 6: Dry the Apples Cut 12-inch pieces of wire. Poke them through the tops of the apples and out the side, twisting the ends together to secure the apples. Then use the wires to hang the apples from the middle rack of the oven. Turn the oven to its lowest temperature, about 170 degrees, and allow the apples to dry out in the oven for a full 24 hours. The oven does not need to be on the entire time. Turn it off when you leave the house or go to bed. Note: Instead of drying the apples in the oven, they can dry naturally in a low-moisture area of your home. This process will take at least a week, however, so give yourself plenty of time before you need the shrunken heads.
Step 7: Accentuate Features After 24 hours in the oven, the faces will be shriveled and bumpy, which is how we want them to look. If your apples are larger and need more shrinking time, that's fine. When your apples have reached the desired shrinkage, remove the apples from the oven, and the wires from the apples. The meat on the apples will be stretchy at this point, so you can use your fingers to accentuate any features
Step 8: Embellish the Eyes Color the eye sockets with a brown permanent marker. The marker adds a hollowness to the eyes and makes them look tormented. For the eyeballs, attach a pearl bead in the eye sockets with some craft glue.
Step 9: Add Staples on the Mouth To make it look like the mouth has been sewn shut, insert staples across the mouth. They should just poke right in without the need for any adhesive. While you can use any type of staple, the staples for staple guns are thicker and therefore more visible.
Step 10: Add Hair Although the shrunken heads have a little apple peel cap at the top, adding a mop of hair makes them even more lifelike -- and sinister. Many elements can look like hair, such as yarn or cotton balls. These heads feature fur trim, which has been pinned onto the apple. Give each of your shrunken heads a different hairstyle
Step 11: Place the Heads on Skewers While the shrunken heads can just sit on a table, inserting a skewer through the bottom of each of the heads makes for a creepier display. Place some dry floral foam in a bowl or decorative container, and stick the skewers into the foam. You can also insert the skewers in the soil of your houseplants, or place them in a vase for display.

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

names for future Siamese twins....

Hortense and Hildegarde
Tildy & Tessie
Bertram and Beeazalbub
thinking maybe conjoined sock monkeys? conjoined teddies? why limit myself just to dollies?
made a conjoined sock monkey/flying screaming monkey, Zee played with it, not sure where he ended up.....