Unique and Fun Garden Decorations .........and Cheap! It's time to dress up the garden with some new decorations. I am way behind with my gardening this year as this spring has been a really wet one. We had snow still on the ground a month ago and now we are in full blown northern Maine Mud Season. But I can't put the process off any longer so as soon as the rain stops … [Read more...]
House Portrait – Perfect Gift for the Person who has everything!
Stumped for the perfect gift for an Anniversary, Birthday, Mother's Day or Christmas???????? Try a House Portrait by Grammy Mouse In my other life (before blogging) I am a folk artist. My style was Americana/Primitive and over the years I have been very successful at it. I have had my work published as limited edition prints, licensed to greeting card companies and … [Read more...]
Grammy Mouse, Maine Folk Artist
The Folk Art of Grammy Mouse Thompson, Maine Folk Artist Who is Grammy Mouse, Maine Folk Artist? Grammy Mouse is the pseudonym that I use for my folk art painting. I am sort of semi-retired from painting and don't paint as often as I used to. There are health reasons that without going into a long detailed explanation involve my asthma, COPD, the medications for those … [Read more...]
The Living Scarecrow – A Real Halloween #TrickOrSweet
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #TrickOrSweet #CollectiveBias Halloween.....it's all about the fun, the tricks, the treats, and the spooky scary stuff. As a kid, the scary stuff was the most fun for me and I have those memories to this day. We lived in the country so we had to" trick or treat" along a … [Read more...]
DIY Oil Change with Pennzoil Platinum Full Synthetic Oil – It’s a very good thing!
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #DIYOilChange #CollectiveBias Change your own oil - a great way to save money! Hi! Doug (aka the Wilderness Son, Family Mechanic and Mr. Fix It) here, bringing you something to do yourself to save money and preserve your vehicle engine. Change your own oil with … [Read more...]
Free Frameable Easter Printables
Frameable Easter printables help get me in the mood for Easter! Today I am working on frameable Easter printables hoping they will get me in the mood for spring and Easter. If I look out the window, thinking Spring and Easter is a stretch. Here in the Maine Northwoods we have lots of snow on the ground and it hasn't started melting yet. I'm talking 6 feet of snow on … [Read more...]
Soft Moist Gingerbread Cookies
Making My Gingerbread Man a "Softy"......The search for a Soft Moist Gingerbread Cookies Recipe I love anything with ginger in it and I definitely love moist gingerbread warm from the oven with a huge dollop of whipped cream on it. Yummmmmmmmmmm..... but I am not all that crazy about hard gingerbread cookies. I'm a soft cookie fan and most gingerbread recipes I tried … [Read more...]
Home Depot Zipper Pathway Reveal – It’s Done! #Digin
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of The Home Depot. Thoughts and opinions expressed are my own. I am grateful to Home Depot for this opportunity to work with them and receive the materials to enhance and improve our backyard. Well the project is finished. Our new Home Depot Zipper Pathway is complete. The ugly backyard is taking shape and while we still … [Read more...]
Building our Paver Stone Zipper Pathway #Digin
Building our Home Depot Zipper Paver Pathway This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of The Home Depot. Thoughts and opinions expressed are my own. I am grateful to Home Depot for this opportunity to work with them and receive the materials to enhance and improve our backyard. The Zipper Pathway has been planned, and the materials have been purchased with the … [Read more...]
Home Depot Road Trip! Time to #Digin
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of The Home Depot. Thoughts and opinions expressed are my own. I am grateful to Home Depot for this opportunity to work with them and receive the materials to enhance and improve our backyard. Shopping Trip for Our New Home Depot Zipper Pathway We got the pathway staked out following Home Depot’s Garden Club project … [Read more...]
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