I seem to collect just neat photos and such. Stuff that really doesn’t warrant a whole post, but that I feel like I want to share. Just because.

Like this….

This is the first watermelon that I’ve ever grown. It got pretty far, though when I sliced it, it was still pretty weird inside. A little flash of red, but it clearly wasn’t done hatching.

Still, it’s cool. Next year…. we’ll give watermelons a better chance.

And this… my new door wreath.

It’s simple and pretty, the little berries are actually glass beads or something like a bead, only bigger. I like it a lot. I got it at Michael’s craft for 50% off and it was only $4. I really have been trying…. no succeeding in staying away from big chain stores and shopping giants. I’ve been very successful. I had to go to Michael’s because they sell these floss boxes that we use for making rock kits and we were out. I’ve looked around and just can’t seem to find them in bulk anywhere else. So, now and then, I guess it’s okay.

I wanted to make a wreath, and I just might, but then right now, I’m getting into our busy time with holiday rock orders… (yeah, believe it or not, rocks and minerals for Christmas is a BIG time… and we do about half our sales for the year now… it’s crazy.) So the chances are, I won’t get to crafting anytime soon, so I thought, hey, I’ve been really super good the last couple months… haven’t bought ANYTHING new (except food!) and so this really caught my eye. It looks very nice again my weird green door.

I loved this picture. It was from a blog about houses and tiny houses and this pair of cute cottages in Oregon that are made out of LOTS of recycled and repurposed parts and such. I wish I could find the link again, but I lost it. At least I saved this picture. I thought… how cool would that look on my shed. I just might do this. I love the overlapping tin look. It’s just beautiful. I’ll bet if you contacted a school or like a institution of some size, restaurant, perhaps, that feeds a lot of people, and ask to save the big tin can lids they open up… they would. It wouldn’t take too many to cover up a shed…

Last and not least…. this single beautiful white daisy decided to bloom in the cold autumn rain. Not sure why, but it did and it’s beautiful. It’s the only one, just a single. I love when Mother Nature throws a little curve ball. It lets me know that even something as solid and set through the ages as the cycle of plants can sometimes be a little wonky. And it’s okay. It’s fine.

I guess we people can be a little wonky at times too…. and it’s okay. It’s fine.