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It’s The Great Pumpkin!

October 30, 2013 By Talya Tate Boerner

wordless wednesday (almost)

“Each year, the Great Pumpkin rises out of the pumpkin patch that he thinks is the most sincere. He’s gotta pick this one. He’s got to. I don’t see how a pumpkin patch can be more sincere than this one.” – Charles M. Schulz, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

Sam and Andrew’s house! (across the street from us)

Happy Halloween Eve,

talya

Grace Grits and Gardening

Farm. Food. Garden. Life.

Musical Pairing:

It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown

I Dream of Pinterest…

October 23, 2013 By Talya Tate Boerner

My name is Talya, and I’m addicted to Pinterest where my cuisine is forever delectable and my front porch beyond Southern Living worthy. To escape the ordinary, I stroll into a peaceful world of barns or churches or a magical land filled with pots of paint and jugs of Mod Podge. Is this photo pinnable— ooooh maybe virally pinnable?…YES, I have a problem.

Last night I fitfully rearranged Pinterest boards in my dreams…

This was written for GBE2: Blog On Week #127. Prompt: Write three unrelated nano-fiction stories consisting of exactly five sentences each. This is the first of three (maybe…).

talya

Grace Grits and Gardening
Farm. Food. Garden. Life.

Flying Bats – Halloween Craft

October 22, 2013 By Talya Tate Boerner

THIS flying bat project is my favorite Halloween craft. I made these flying felt bats several years ago after reading a how-to article in Country Living. Click HERE for the original felt bat article and template.

This project requires only stiff black felt, duct tape, scissors, one piece of paper and a pencil.

Draw a bat pattern on the paper. Cut out the first bat and use it as your pattern for the others. The more bats you make, the better. I have about forty in two different sizes.

Duct tape the bats across the front door area of your house as though they are flying in a colony. To make your display more realistic, space them unevenly and not in the identical direction. In nature, bats fly in a more sporadic formation.

See how these real bats look…

Morguefile

Here’s my naked front door.

I’ve added a few of the largest bats.

Duct tape…

Here’s a shot with all the large bats attached. (Look closely and you can see two schnauzers watching from inside…).

Fill in the flock with smaller bats placing most of them on the left-hand bottom side and the right-hand uppermost side. This creates the illusion of distance.

That’s all there is to it!

A flock of bats would look great indoors as well around a window or fireplace.

After Halloween, use care slowly removing the bats as duct tape can peel paint. Store your bats folded in a plastic bag. Next year, they will be perfectly shaped as though flapping their wings.