Because I was trying to remember what this thing looked like (from the Flintstones episode "The X-Ray Story") and couldn't find an image of it, I'm posting this so others can have this reference too. When ever I think of a "germ", I always seem to default to this thing! I guess because I was still fairly young when I first saw this episode on TV and there weren't many science shows on at the time to show me what a real germ looked like.
My husband took these lovely photos of me in my Grizelda costume. Aren't I just gorgeous?
Here's a photo of me as Grizelda, the Ghastly Gourmet. It was difficult to photograph the make-up on my face. I may do a better job on Sunday.
Two girls from work, dressed as Poison Ivy and Cat Woman.
The group of them, Cat Woman, Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy.
Rich Weston in his First Prize winning homemade Robot Costume.
Martin Geiger's Second Place winning costume, which I thought was sheer genius!!!! Ripley from Aliens!!!
This is my Grizelda costume test...without the make-up. I just applied the latex prosthetics with a little spirit gum, so I could remove them easily. The make-up test was done a few weeks ago and I didn't want to waste it because it's expensive. I'll post more photos after the big day, when I'll be in full make-up as well.
This year, I didn't think providing the kids with their costumes was going to be my job....I thought their father was going to take care of it or else I wouldn't have made them costumes. So yesterday, off we went to the crowded mall to buy ready-made ones. My son recently turned 13, so of course he's getting into scarier costumes....so he chose this one. Out of shear luck it fit him!
Of course my daughter, being still 9 years old, chose a Princess costume. It was the last one in that style at the store.....probably because it was slightly damaged....actually flawed. I noticed it seemed to have a tear in the front seam where the white fabric joined the coloured panel down the front...but on closer inspection, I realized the sewing was just off. This was actually a good thing because I was able to fix it by hand when we got home. She had tried it on over her regular clothes in the store, so we knew it would fit her. I got her a plastic tiara at an accessory store and she was done!
She borrowed my silver wedding shoes for this photo but she has silver ballet slippers at her Dad's that she can wear.
Mission accomplished!
I looked up some of the weirdest sounding recipes I could find and copied them out with a calligraphy marker, then "weathered" the book with tea stains, Port stains, beet juice, cinnamon, paprika...even some Ovaltine powder.
They're all real recipes......nothing silly or made up....except for the Larks' Tongues in Aspic....but I wrote it so you could really make it if you wanted to.
The best thing that came of this though, is that I learned from my Birth Aunt about a book called Larousse Gastronomique and I got my hands on a copy of it from a used book store. WOW!!! What a great book! I copied recipes from it into my book as well, and information about hanging meat etc.
I finally had the pleasure of meeting my half sister, Jacqui, yesterday as we celebrated my 46th birthday. She's 4 years younger than me....but much taller!
He was visiting yesterday as his owner cut down our 50 year old, half dead apple tree in our backyard.
I took these photos mostly for my daughter, because she thinks he's gorgeous and she wants one of his puppies! Apparently he gets studded every year and helps produce a batch of pups.
Although he's very beautiful, I don't have time to look after a dog, so my daughter won't be getting a puppy anytime soon! They're a lot of work and this one enjoys going for 3 hour walks every day!
Luckily I had my camera nearby, so I photographed the bug. We were cutting down our old, 50 year old apple tree in the backyard today....so I suspect the ladybug was one of the tree's inhabitants.
Maybe I should alter the costume so he can borrow it in the future.
I didn't take many photos this year....not sure why....but I at least took these of my husband and daughter riding the carousel together! It was coming to a stop in the second photo...my daughter wouldn't be that brave if it was going full tilt!
Peter Murray on bass, Troy Feener on drums
Phil Naro
While visiting my brother-in-law, I not only photographed the old delapidated house, but some photos of his house and yard also. In the vast vegetable garden there was a grasshopper who didn't try to jump away as I got close.
And what would a visit be without photographing Clark....eternal puppy, killer of mice, voles and groundhogs.
Clark was eager to lick my husband's face! He was shedding like crazy though....Clark I mean...not my husband.
And here is the Dannys' residence.....after a lot of restoration work. The house is from the early 1900s I'm told.
