Walk at Mark's Bay

Took the dogs  to Mark's Bay yesterday.  It was a gorgeous day.  I'd go again today but Mac got too much exercise and fell down the stairs last night.  He's OK but it scared me.  He needs to take it easy today so we'll stay in.

A Walk on the Beach

 I took the dogs for a walk on the beach today, and they had such fun!  In the above photo, Mac is jumping for joy, lol.

 I don't know if you can see the fence posts in the background, but there are about 50 of them, and Benji peed on each and every one.  It took forever to walk that stretch, lol.

 The ice just melted a few weeks ago and it's so nice to see open water!  Yay!

 Benji was a real trouper, even though he doesn't seem to like walking on the sand, lol.

 Mac pulled me up and down the beach and ran circles around me. 

 The beach is lovely at this time of year; we had the entire place to ourselves!

 It was pretty windy out, as you can see from the state of poor Ben's hair. 

 The ice just melted a few weeks ago but Mac still couldn't resist playing in the water.

 He really loves the beach.  I do too.

 

 

 Benji prefers the trails over the beach.  He's very picky, lol.

 Mac ran, and drank water, ran, and drank water.

 We walked all up and down the beach.  It was much easier walking on the packed, but wet, sand than the fluffy dry stuff.

When we got back to the truck, I discovered the driver door wouldn't close...at all.  I had no phone and nobody was out there so I had to use Benji's leash to tie the door closed so I could drive home.  My Dad fixed it, thank God.
Hope everyone else had a nice day!

 

Teeny tiny needle felted bunny

 Happy belated Easter!
I was sick for a week but am thankfully feeling better now.  I made this cute little needle felted bunny rabbit for one of my sculpted dolls. The bunny is about the size of the tip of my thumb, very small.  Baby girl (I forgot her name, lol) seems to like her new pet.

First flowers of spring

Crocus

 

 It has been a very long winter and the last of the snow is finally melting.  The crocuses are blossoming and their vibrant purples and more muted lilac colors are such a welcome change to snow and old moldy leaves.  I'm allergic to the ground right now, as it's full of mold/mildew.  A few good rains and a few sunny days should clear that up soon. 

Last of the snow

Crocus

Mom, Easter

 We had a nice, quiet Easter, with just me, Mom and Dad, my cousin Linda, and the dogs, of course.  Mom made a beautiful Turkey dinner. 

Mom and Dad

Mac and Ben watching Mom cook

 My dogs were thrilled because they each got a plate of Easter dinner.  Mac even had apple pie for dessert, lol.  Ben was too full.

Mom and Dad, Easter

Mom and Dad, Easter

Mom, Dad, and cousin Linda

 The meal, and the pies, were to die for.  My mom only made 3 pies and some Easter bread (she normally makes 6 pies but my Aunts and Uncles didn't come over for dinner this year so she said she "cut back" and "only" made 3 pies.  For 4 people, lol.  The coconut cream and apple were delish, but my favorite was the banana cream pie.  Yum!  We also had a huge bowl of fruit with home made whipped cream.

Pie!

Now we're all cutting back and trying to lose the weight we gained from eating all of that lovely pie, lol.

Sculpt 8, polymer clay OOAK baby girl

 This tiny girl has  loads of character, lol.  I painted her with Genesis heat set paints, and I am really happy with the way her skin tone turned out.  I will never go back to blushing with chalk again.

Polymer clay OOAK baby

 I'm learning to sew and made her little onesie and skirt, attaching it to a crocheted bodice.

 Here whispy baby fine hair is mohair,and she has two tiny ponytails.  \

I added a few photos with my hand to show scale  She's about the size of my index finger.

Miniature OOAK baby sculpt

Miniature OOAK polymer clay baby with plastic canvas crib.

 I made the crib for the last doll, out of plastic canvas.

Ooak babies

I had fun making this one!  She has the best hands and feet out of any of my sculpts so far, but her ears are weird, lol.