Happy May Day!

 I hope that something brings a smile to your face today!

The May Baskets are finished.  I made 20 this year.  The racoons are filled with candy... the baskets themselves are made out of paper...the pattern requires 17 pieces to be glued together.  I like playing with paper almost as much as I like playing with yarn.   All the paper for this project came from the stash in my desk:)

I put a bit of tissue paper in them for a pop of color!

And they are in a cake pan ready for deliveries!  (When I was growing up we always put our homemade baskets in a cake pan or muffin tin to make deliveries easier...my baby brother and I would hold them in the car).   Let the smiles commence:)

If you took a May Basket to a friend...young or old..tell me about it!  

Far Side

Car Show Adventure

 Yesterday afternoon we washed up Tilly and took her to her very first car show 33 miles away.  It was an adventure on her longest trip so far.  She did great! 

There were many cars there but we heard from people walking through that she was the only Desoto there.  Many people knew exactly what she was and all about her push button drive.  One lady said she learned to drive one that was the family car...a baby blue color and she could get lots of friends in the backseat!

We packed a picnic lunch and took some chairs.  The parking spot we got was not great but it was an easy get away when we wanted to leave.  Neighbors had their car there so we got on the road before they did...comforting to know someone was behind us ...just  incase. 

Newer cars, older cars...all kinds of pretty cars.

It was such a fun afternoon/evening.  We visited with lots of different people and saw a number of people that we knew.  We got home before dark...time enough to water/pick tomatoes!

Far Side

Murder Mystery Dinner

We attended a Murder Mystery Dinner.  Three actors/actresses made up the troupe from the cities.
Far Guy felt good enough to attend….we had purchased the tickets a long time ago.

Many people that attended wore 1930’s style clothing…we didn’t get that memo but probably wouldn’t have dressed up anyway…but some people were all decked out!

Other than the three main actors they picked people out of the audience to play the parts of suspects, they also gave them folders with scripts.   Far Guy played Mr Greenspan…a wealthy banker.  At one point someone came and got him to give him special instructions….he whispered to me “Don’t get excited with my antics.”

We were given bribe money and suggested questions to ask suspects with name tags throughout the room.   We also had pencil and paper to record motive and opportunity and crime scene photos.

Four course dinner…some kind of fancy salad with a very vinegary dressing, Cream of Tomato Bisque Soup (it was a little chunky for me) I ate the mostly liquid part and then got up to ask a suspect a question and when I came back my soup had been finished…I blamed Far Guy but he said nope he didn’t touch my soup.  The Third Course was a pasta dish with some kind of cream sauce…you could have steak, shrimp or philly cheese to accompany it.  Far Guy said he got three shrimp…I had steak and had to hunt for it.  Dessert was various cakes…I had chocolate with a cherry sauce…it was really good.

There was much comic relief as the plot unfolded.  Far Guy as Mr Greenspan was poisoned at one point…he slumped backwards in the chair…the Doctor came over and touched his nose and pronounced him cold and dead.  They carted him off wearing his glasses and hat and he returned the same old Far Guy.

We as a group…two other friends went with us…deduced that the murderer was a woman…lipstick and a wine glass at the crime scene…so we guessed the most likely suspect would be the Doctor…which was wrong.  But it was fun anyways…Far Guy got an award for “The Best Death Scene”
It was a fun evening.

Eggciting Time

A few weeks ago, our daughter Jen called and said "Mom, you should get some plastic eggs and fill them with candy and egg your neighbors." Well, given the chance to egg someone was way too tempting to pass up.

I needed a partner in this eggciting project..so guess who I called? Well next door neighbor Jo of course she seems to be up for small adventures! I warned my nephew and neice..he is the one that busted me last fall when we were delivering cute little scarecrows in the neighboorhood after dark. I drove, most people know my little red vehicle,so they probably won't call the cops. If they do I can imagine the report, two old ladies with bunny ears, leaving nests filled with eggs have been apprehended and held in jail til after Easter.

We made a list..and checked it twice. At houses with dogs we made sure the eggs were up and out of reach. I purchased candy that is wrapped, put it in the plastic eggs..scotch tapped the egg shut and about half of the eggs have a band that says. You have been egged!! Happy Easter!! I made the band on the computer, cut and pasted it in different colors and cut them out with a decorative scissors. Easy, peasy..you too can egg your neighbors! I even egged a few guys in the local grocery store parking lot..they drove away smiling.

I borrowed my ears to Barb so she could be in the photo with her kids! 

It all went off without a hitch..the little kids liked the delevieries..the weather was beautiful..it was a great day to be out and about, it was almost seventy degrees..almost unheard of for Minnesota the last day of March.

You all have time to do this before Easter.. I had to do it yesterday..because I am cooking Easter Dinner this year and I will need to start getting ready..as I am sure that our guests will expect more than just boiled hot dogs:)