Thankful That we Moved To So. Calif

Just a few minutes out of town there was snow in the mountains
This is Mt. Baldy

coming back down the mountain we had a spectacular sunset

A double rainbow

So peaceful

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We came across a farmers market by accident, here is what we found

A lot of firsts for me.

I have never tasted a persmon. It was ok

These were delisious. Like dried apples

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Then the best thing ever....

REAL Belgum waffles.

He put in a big ball of dough, takes a little time to get done.

The smell, heavenly

The first one...he accidently put on salt...kinda funny, but

we got the powdered sugar

Perfection

LOVE SO. CALIFORNIA!!!!!

Fire King and Scale

Its not an exciting photoshopped photo, but I got this vintage scale for $5.50 because they thought the top was broken off...they all come off, What a deal!!! Then I've been needing an old glass measuring cup.

This one, says Fire King...$1.00. I might be going back to THAT antique shop!!!

Now I need an old red cookbook and that should make for a good photo!

Job update

I decided to go along with Stacey today just to keep her company on the drive. We left the house at 8 am, and we just got home...8 PM. First interview was in Rolling Hills, above Long Beach, over an hour away. She thought the interview went well. We went to a couple of antique shops, I'll show you what I got tomorrow. We found a Fish eatery on line....bad neighborhood, we went to plan B. Found a place that was jammed packed with people. Never seen anything like it, fish taco, soooo good. Then we stopped back by home for 15 min. and took off in the other direction, an hour, for the second interview...went VERY well. She got to see the apt, the office shes really excited. They said they would be making a decision a week from Monday.

Here we go ago again

Just a quick note...Stacey has a new job interview in the morning in Pacific Palisades, then at 6 another, it is her second call back on that one....Please send good thoughts her way...she needs a job sooooo bad.

Latest Acquisitions Letter I

Last weekend I went to an antique mall...never a good thing if you dont want to spend money.

Our sweet kitty wanted in the picture

I found this wonderful old Coke bottle...I dont know how old, but it looked old.

THEN....I found this green scale, and it was 20 percent off...yeaaaa. THEN I found

These adorable leather childrens ice skate...when I picked them up...I knew I could

resale them...on the way home I thought..SALE???? no way, childrens skates are hard to find...

Where is there ice in California!!!

I'm thinking I might give the metal part some glitter...I thought about painting

a little scene on them, but I probably wont

Here's how I bought them..all tied up messy, I put newspaper inside to reform them. I'll be
putting out my painted sled. I sold soooo many sleds in the past, I did keep this one.
The price of reg. old sleds here in Calif...$$$$ I use to buy them for about $10 in Oregon.

Cute buckle. Glitter on the blade?? what do you think??

For my letter this week, "I" I am going with

Ice Scates

Please join other I's at Mrs Matlocks class

Sunday Venice Beach Farmer's Market Love

Fresh Asparagus

Love this shot of the fresh flowers

We caught this guy enjoying a pancake right off the griddle


Garlic Roasted Peanuts, aaaah~ the aroma

The beauty of tomatoes

We sampled...but didn't buy any, why?? It was really good

Black Apples

Oh, and the muffins!!!

Fresh made English Muffins. Brought back memories of my Grandmother who

made the sourdough and then the english muffins $8 a package

freshly made pesto....oh so good!!!

Sunday Sunny Skys in Santa Monica

View from where we had lunch in Santa Monica

Love this sign over the Pier entrance, 80 Degrees in NOV. I LOVE IT!!!

Another view from 3rd Street Promenade

I'll be playing with this photo in Photoshop

TTV Camera and Coke

This is the camera I used in the previous post for my Through The Viewfinder

See all the beauty on the glass, lots of dirt and grime.
Yesterday we discovered a "new to us" antique mall
in Ontario...I will be visiting often, Loved it.
I have been wanting an old coke bottle for "photography purposes"
only $1.00

Kimberly Crest House, Redlands, CA

Stacey and I went to visit this beautiful old home. The home of Kimberly Crest. I altered it a bit with some photoshop texture

Isn't it just beautiful


I took my old camera and did some TTV photos, Ilove how

they turned out...TTV, Through The Viewfinder, not altered at all

shows the sun filtering through

I wanted to show you what it looks like looking through the old camera, then taking the photo, I have to hold the old camera in my left hand, way down low, then use the large digital photo to try to look through and focus...I got to giggling I was having so much fun

It was such a fantastic sunny day. I love how this caught the brightness, and it warps it

Hope you enjoyed my photos, I'm so glad I took the old camera, I'll take a picture of it tomorrow and show you which one I used

Oh, this all has to do with toilet paper...Here's the link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberly_Crest

Bird Painting on my Wall in Progress

For those of you that are new to my blog, a quick update...6 mo. ago we made the descision to move from Oregon to So. California. We love it here, the sun is shining...aaaaah.

Problem: there will more then likely be an earthquake, we dont know when or where...

If I'm in bed...I dont want to be hit by anything hanging above our heads...for 6 mo. I've been living with this delima. One idea, I was going to make one of those white coffee filter wreaths...but thats a bit foofie for me...I'm an artist (that is still so hard for me to say) I havent painted much for the last 8 mo. (exept for the spoons on my header)

I found a little rubber stamp...it gave us an idea...I love it when ideas land in my hands.!

I'm an apartment manager...so, I guess that gives me permission to paint on my walls....With the aid of my daughter...we painted this bird cage above our bed...what does my husband think you may ask...dont ask...ha ha, we've been married for 38 years, so, he has learned to just go with the flow...makes life easy!!!

This week I'm linking up with Frugal Friday at The Shabby Nest, and Romantic Home.

Happiness is....

This week Alphabe-Thursday...is the letter H...I love my H...Happiness!!! Here is what Happiness is to me...So. Calif. Blue Skys, gorgeous ocean, beautiful beaches
The abundunce of fresh veggies

More Blue Sky's

I'm in love with Palm Trees

Please check in with our teacher, Mrs. Matlock at

jennymatlock.blogspot.com

for more H's

My Day Off

Saw this cute little fence

Went to the Irvine Flea Market, the weather was fabulous...we got there just as folks were starting to pack up...thats when the best deals are made. I've been wanting an old stoneware

coffee cup, I couldn't pass up this "rootbeer" stoneware bottle. I've started collecting a FEW small things for the sake of "photography" thats what I keep telling myself...ha ha ha

I have just a couple of things I want to replace that had to stay behind when we moved...I wanted an old typewriter...she had $25 marked out on the tag with $15 written in...I asked her if she would take $10....Yeppie, it is now mine...Cant wait to use it in my photography!!
Have you looked at the price on ebay and etsy, wow, really expensive

I added a couple of textures...its to much, but I didn't have time to fiddle. Speaking of textures. Kim Klassen is having a class on making our textures...hands on, gettin' down and dirty textures. So, I'll be making my own soon! whoo hoo

Now for some sad news, I've been fighting with myself to keep up with Pink Saturday, Its been a chore for the last 6 mo because of my schedule. I pulled out, not going to do it anymore (right now anyway) Its amazing how much better I feel after making the decision, I've been doing it for years and years and it was sad to send the email to Beverly, but whew, I did it.

I feel bad my blog isn't the same as it use to be, I know I've lost some visitors, but we all change

and go different directions. At one point I thought I'd stop blogging, but, I love doing it, I love all the visitors and friends I've made. I love doing Jenny Matlocks Alphabe-Thursday

My daughter has had a rough time trying to get a job down here in So. Calif. She has an interview on Monday. It sounds perfect, we're praying it will be "the one" Life will change

again once she moves out, I will be able to create more...right now we are having the time of our lives visiting cities, antique shops, stores, beaches, mountian...

LIFE IS GOOD

Giddyness Alphabe-Thursday

So, I'm walking into Borders, went to thumb through the Somerset Studio Magazines....

And I see this photo....looks familiar...WHAT??!! Its mine. I knew they said it was going

to be published, but I didn't know which one, or when, so I was a little giddy....

Mrs Matlock...our Teacher for Alphabe-Thursday...has given us the letter G this week.

I think the word "Giddy" is a perfectly good use of the G letter.

Please check out out other G's at jennymatlock.blogspot.com