Yearly Archives: 2015

OCTOBER

27 Tuesday Oct 2015

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October has been an awesome month for us.  We spent a couple of weeks on a New Mexico adventure, came home and worked on fall projects; Mom had a birthday and it’s going to be Halloween soon.

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The leaves are just starting to turn here in Oklahoma; we already know October is going to be our favorite color.

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We haven’t had a frost yet so some spring plants are still lingering.

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Jump in some leaves if you got ’em. ~ Indy and Lucy

We’ve Got Mail

26 Monday Oct 2015

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We love to get mail.  We like the real kind that the postman brings and puts in the mail box on our porch.  It’s ever so much fun.  Ruffles and Munchkin, our friends from Singapore, sent us a Halloween card.

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Our pals with very charming witch hats on are there on the front. Elena Adam drew the cover art. On the back is a picture of the real Ruffles and Munchkin.

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The inside says “Trick or Treat.  HAVE FUN RODENT- HUNTING!!!”  It also had a sticker and a chip in it too.  Mom is calling it her lucky chip. 🙂

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Thanks, Ruffles and Munchkin. ~ Indy and Lucy

Howl O Ween

23 Friday Oct 2015

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Mom has posted several of these on our page, her page, and so on and will probably post more before it is said and done.  This was just the “try on”.  Every year Brother refuses to costume.  She thought if she got him something like a harness, he would cooperate.  Remember how he refused to walk with the bat wings on last year?  Any way, she found this marvelous pet shop on Etsy called Prettiest Pets and ordered us Bat Prince and Bat Princess outfits.

Ones like these will be available at the STLSTR auction beginning Fri.  Happy Treating from your two special bats. ~ Indy and Lucy

Going….Going….Gone

22 Thursday Oct 2015

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The Friends of STLSTR benefit auction is a highlight of the fall.  Donating or bidding, it’s a lot of fun.

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This is a cute oilcloth billfold Mom is donating.

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If you need a change purse, she has donated it too.

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Scottie pin, it’s there.

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For you rusty gold lovers, here’s a Scottie for your Christmas tree. She also donated a pair of Halloween costumes (Bat Prince and Princess) like ours.

Look at these cute things donated by others.  Mom is making her bidding list.  Come join us this weekend. ~ Indy and Lucy

Bring on the Fall

21 Wednesday Oct 2015

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We are sorry Mom has been a slacker and has not been current on our blog.  After we arrived home safely from our New Mexico adventure, there was tons of stuff to do.  Fall yard chores were first: trees trimmed, grass planted, garden beds cleared and another panel of fence went up.  We, of course, assisted in all of this.

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Dad went to Tulsa to see about Grand PaPa then they made a day dash to the War Eagle Crafts Fair in Arkansas.  It has been busy.  Dad relocated our Welcome sign that we received for Christmas last year from our friend Wendy Bowthorpe.  It looks good on our garden gate.

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He also installed the address Scottie that Mom had refurbished with a new powder coat and house numbers.

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The trees are just starting to change here.  Rain predicted for weekend.  Mom says we need it.  All we can say is “GoodBy Summer, Hello Fall.  It’s about time.” ~ Indy and Lucy

ROUTE 66

14 Wednesday Oct 2015

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The Route 66 Museum in Elk City, OK is actually a complex of museums dedicated to transportation, pioneer life, blacksmiths, farms and ranches.  We have been through Elk City many times coming and going from Santa Fe but this is the first time we had ever visited the museum but it will not be the last.

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The transportation museum takes you on a journey through the 8 states that the Mother Road passed. There are antique cars, a mock drive in theater, the Joad’s pick up from the movie “Grapes of Wrath”, roadside attractions which lured people to pull over and many more things my parents remembered  traveling this road on vacations with their families.  They had some great memories.

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As you wander around the complex, you can immerse yourself in the lives of early pioneers of Western Oklahoma, visit a schoolhouse, opera house, doctor’s office, gas station, funeral parlor, stables, and more.  The farm, ranch and blacksmith sections feature a windmill collection, vast collection of tools used and/or made by these early settlers.  So if you have any interest in America’s Highway, you need to stop here.  We recommend it. ~ Indy and Lucy