Smokin' Good Times

Just got back from a 5 day trip to Las Vegas with my Mom and sisters to visit our Grandmother for her 80th birthday. Since she's my last grandparent I felt it was important to spend some time with her. I know now where I get my spunkiness that's for sure. Most of the time she kept right up with us! As one of her birthday cards said, '80 is the new 60!'. Maybe it's right.

The lights of Freemont Street are so much fun. The last few times I was here, I didn't have the greatest camera to capture them properly.

The overhead light show was awesome with psychedelic images and 60's music.

I love the old neon that they are restoring and displaying around downtown.



Of course we had to make a trip to Pawn Stars! I love that show. Saw a lot of the pieces that were on the show but not the owners.

Storm Troopers are patrolling the streets for missing droids.

"The night before I left Las Vegas I walked out in the desert to look at the moon. There was a jeweled city on the horizon, spires rising in the night, but the jewels were diadems of electric and the spires were the neon of signs ten stories high."

 ~Norman Mailer

Opulence in every window.

 All the casinos had displays celebrating the Year of the Rabbit.

This one was at the Wynn.

I even found Elvis... or maybe his ghost?



Street performers abound.

I snuck a photo of the two Michael's.

Everything is larger than life!



Even in the day, the old neon signs look cool!

We also went to Mount Charleston, Red Rock Canyon, Bonnie Springs Ranch, Hoover Dam and boating on Lake Mead!

More photos to come!

Global Warming?

I can't believe there is still so much beauty in the garden. It's almost December and I found some pretty little flowers and lots of green. It's been raining for 3 days now. I guess the 150+ bulbs I planted are getting a good soaking. The bulbs I bought were 50% off at Home Depot and 75% off at Christmas Tree Shoppe - what a bargain! I can't wait until next spring.
Click on any of the photos for a larger image.
This one looks like an alien flower to me.


This smoke bush has such beautiful red foliage!


Lupine leaves are so pretty in the rain.


Scottish harebell. Click on this one, it looks really pretty. I like how you can see spider webbing.


I've also been busy in the studio thanks to my husband's parents for watching Zoe so I can work. I have a Believe unicorn plaque ready to go up on ebay tonight as well as a palomino Christmas sign, Zenyatta (race horse) ornament and a really cute one with a black horse and cat looking at a decorated tree.

Christmas is coming...

I've been working hard this week on some new Christmas horses. I'm probably not going to put them on Ebay until next week, maybe even after Thanksgiving. I'm working on two horses kissing under mistletoe and a horse decorating the Christmas tree with a cat. Here's the other three I've completed this week.
The Saddlebred is currently on ebay...

That Fjord is so cute, I wanna kiss him on his soft nose:)