* vibrant garden *

* vibrant garden *

* waiting for dinner *


enjoy

*** goodnight sweetheart ***

*** love ***

*** love love love ***

my herbie & ruby.. i just love love love them..
i will going out of town for 5 days .. 8-3 to 8-8
& unfortunately all the 4 legged family members are
unable to come... huge stress for me
i have never left them.. they really come everywhere with us..
so luckily i have 2 potential watchers.. one may even stay at my house..
the other will take everyone
even late the guinea pig to his house!!

isn't that terrific???

so i will be stressed mostly about my girl ruby.. but she loves my brothers family & has been there with his labs often so i think she will be fine..
if anyone has any tips for making this a smooth
transition PLEASE let me know..
i would really appreciate it
:)

love love love is up for grabs.. 12x12 quick 5 day auction ..
enjoy enjoy
~ maggie ~

* sleepy *

*** am i nuts ****

alright i am soo tired of people walking up to my door ..
let me explain ..
i don't exactly live on the road.. it is a a long fenced property with a
gated driveway .. even has a beware of dogs sign on it ..
that is the only photo i can find right now..
anyways people actually walk all the way down my driveway to the door..
the front door is on the rear of the house .. random people wander in offering free roof inspections ..
parents with girl scouts selling cookies .... my mailman even wanders down & opens my porch door that has once again a beware of dog sign on it & leaves my mail in the porch ..
sure very nice but ..
please don't..
today a man actually drove down my driveway ..parked his truck walked to the tree line hopped the fence & went down to treat mosquitoes at the pond...
no ..
i didn't call him ..
no he didn't come to my door.. there was no notice... it was like i was a parking lot ..
very strange ..

i have dogs & i don't trust YOU around..

see last year when i moved to this town with in seconds of arriving to my new home
i was stunned with the lack of respect for others space... property ..
& common sense around animals...
the neighbor a 20 year old man & his 50 year old mother decided to go to my truck &
reach their hands INSIDE the vehicle to
" pet the puppy "
surprise he was bitten ...
2 days later a neighbor wandered on my property at night when i was bringing my dog home from emergency vet... ruby was soooo stressed from the move from AZ to MN ..she never had a chance to relax & she developed a huge throbbing hot spot ... she was disoriented & in a cone lampshade deal after just being shaved & cleaned ...
the woman startled ruby & she got a swift ram in the ass with a plastic cone .. she called police ..claimed my dog bit her...

man living behind me had been gardening for the past 20 years on my property...
i told him his garden was beautiful.. he never told me it was MY garden... that is until i picked up the land survey from the city so i could fence in my pets...
i would literally be fencing this man in his home!!
he was totally living in my yard...
still there is no boundries...
we moved 2 months later ..we still own that home .. the neighbors have tried to interfere with
our open houses & we have had to demand them to bud out or we will press charges ..

it is really sad...these people are so terrible.... it all began with in 2 minutes of pulling into the dead end..


in AZ everyone had a fence.. a block wall dividing the homes.. it was wonderful .. there was no question .. it was your property ..
we had a home that was very private..the front was a private brick courtyard & again we had a gated entrance...
people respected signs that said no dogs ..
not here .. they bring dogs where ever they want ...

people here are nuts..
or
perhaps it is me!?!?!?!?

*** paintings ***

up for grabs ...
you know the drill ..... :)

*english garden *

* georgie *

* shoe fetish *

* golden sunshine *

hooray it was sunny today
:)
hope you had a terrific weekend ....
i went swimming today ...

~ maggie ~

** fruity pebbles **

i have sorta rediscovered fruity pebbles .. just when i thought there is no way they could get better...
YES
they did... try them with kemps low fat banana milk ....
you can thank me later.. just go enjoy!!!!

**** Hooray for me :)) *****

look an award!!

i love it thanks vicki !!

now i have to pass it on ...
hmmmmmmmmm
lets see

who do i think is fabulous ..creative.. intuitive .. clever .. funny ..talented ..

*** i read but often don't comment ... i am shy ;*) ****

vicki * nolly posh
chelsea * scraparoni & cheese
turquoise cro
lavina ladyslipper * birdbath chronicles
* a fanciful twist *

from your words ..arts.. photos.. songs & dreams
you all inspire me

thank you!

~ what a week ~

isn't this the cutest picture??????


i painted this for shelly & her sweet babes & look ..they sent me a photo when it arrived...
don't cha just love it... i do!!

i have been so busy... which is terrific but i ended up with a migraine... so i hung out .. in bed sketching... i felt better today but what do you know..weather turned gloomy ... i was even caught in a downpour without an umbrella of course...
just my luck ... this is the second time in 2 weeks ... i was wearing a lightblue wonderwoman tshirt last time & i was at my sons soccer game... !!
i know your saying "hello knuckle head where's your umbrella .. clouds gray skies grab raingear..."
i swear it always looks fine than WAM it's like the gods see me.. giggle ..
& let it rain!!
i decided i need a umbrella hat ...
......

*** and she takes a flying leap ****

i did!
i took a huge 20ft flying leap ...
more like a tight eyed ..white knuckle countdown off
a high drive!!
it was much much taller when ya looked down of course...
from the beach it wasn't so high..
i climbed up & looked around...
yikes!!
just as i thought
'good no line i can climb down'
i see my sons face smiling at me ...then i hear my
5 & 3 year old nieces start chanting
" go maggie go go maggie go !!"

so i took my first 40 year old leap of faith!!!

& i survived...
my son even said i had nice form so
apparently my arms & legs were only flailing around in my
head!!

:)

beagle-mania

blue skies

just a couple attention hogs

all up for grabs..
click image or title to bid...
enjoy!!

* herbie went swimming *

it was soooooooooooooooooooooooo cute... he loved it!! he went with my brother & sister-in-laws 2 dogs marley & forest..
& he did awesome!! he did the doggie paddle of course
:)

* house royalty *

i thought i would share my neighbors dogs with you..
this is what they do when they see
us in our yard
or
ANYONE
drive bike walk past their house
" hellooooo helloooooooo!!!!"

.. i think they are funny

:)

it's angel the lab & cuddles the beagle

* house royalty *

new & up for auction..
you know the drill
click image or title to bid
enjoy enjoy!!

* bang boom zoom *

***** happy 4th of july ******



love
maggie
ruby herbie lulu bing & latte

be safe!

* the throne & love*

~ love ~

~ we refer to it as the throne ~


new paintings currently available .. click to bid :)

enjoy!!
Maggie

* fishing *

colman caught a fish :) a bass i think... they fried it up & ate it ...
they like fish... i like to fish ..
but don't like to eat fish ..
good thing the boys eat them
& kiss them!

still no air conditioning & it is
HOT & STICKY!!

send me & my poor hot dogs cool thoughts please!

~ maggie ~