HOW FUN! one of my customers sent me this pic of her Battley doll sitting in his Halloween Tree

here is his story that she wrote;

Battley is hiding high in his Halloween tree. He has cast a spell over the children's candy corn in their "trick or treat" sacks using his new jingle bat wand. He is the master of all things candy corn!! With a wave of his wand the candy corn become gigantic and scary. When the trick or treaters see this they look up in amazement to see what has caused this magnificent transformation. They can hardly believe their eyes when they spy Battley perched high in his Halloween tree.

see how fun the tiny dolls can be up in a tree!

THANKS GEORGINA!!
used by permission

JUST GOT WORD!we will be on the back cover of Celebrate365, fall issue

it's sorta tiny in the pic, so I put a larger one up of her...I assume she will be inside as well, as she is for sale!
Anyone interested let me know and when the issue arrives and she becomes available, I will notify you!
Thanks for all your interest and support!


We will be on the back cover of CELEBRATE365, with our Lyticia Foxglove! excited and anxious to see her in print.

YEAH that's way cool !

OH MY~HOW CUTE ARE THEY?

JACK RAYMOND BRAWNER



DYLAN MICHAEL GOLDBACH


MY little grandbaby boys!! getting so big!

FAMILY TIMES!

Uncle Jon and Aunt Telcia Muretisch


Great Great Uncle Don Payne meets Jack Brawner


Daddy Brawner and Jack





the fam, armstrong, seeber, payne, muretisch, brawner...what a bunch!


Uncle Ethan meets Jack~


Jack doin raspberries for Uncle Jon


Jack meets Sanders, with Aunt Telcia


Aunt Telcia and Jack makin funny faces


Great Grampa Raymond Armstrong


Diggin poatoes


Mommy and Jack with a potato


Grampa Seeber meets Jack


Auntie Katie meets Jack

HALLOWEEN BUG? FLOWERS AND BLACK BERRIESI love bugs, so I had a fun time tonight taking their photos!

I WATCHED THIS SPIDER SPIN IT'S WEB.. SO AWESOME

BLACK BERRIES, NOT QUITE READY!!

around the farm today

tiny currant tomatoes

and the currant tomato flower, i love yellow

pretty purple petunias

a very favorite~hens and chicks

FUZZ BUGG FOR REALI finally got a photo of one of thesethey are called wooly aphids, discovered back in the 90's

THOMAS ALVA EDISON~PAUL DONALD PAYNE

My grandfather, Paul Payne, worked side by side with Thomas Edison for 13yrs. He was his right hand man and has many patents to his credit.
I thought it would be fun to put some of the photos of my grandfather at his desk in the Edison laboratory back in 1930.
If you click on the photo, I believe it will enlarge for you.

I have TONS of paperwork from Paul's desk, Edison signatures and drawings of designs they worked on. It is quite fun to read through all this stuff!

I LOVE BATS!this year's colony sleeping peacefully inbetween the barn rafters

They are brown bats, excellent to have around since they eat at least their weight in bugs every night. We are surrounded by a large creek, so they are quite at home here. They are really adorable, these are babies, learning how to live and survive.
I will try to get some better pics and post them later...

how fun!

NOW THERE ARE TWO CUTE KIDS!

FLYING J


JACK~the result of an incredible merger...

LEGGO MY EGGO! little Dylan

AND HE DOWNS IT!!

MY BABY DAUGHTER'S WEB SITEclick here

she is taking a sabbatical to start her family...I went to her site tonight to listen to her sing...
wow...inspiring!



Her sister Mandy is also an amazing vocal artist. Will be working on getting some of her songs up here too!!

then there is the SON, Jonathan...wow, amazing as well...but I know he has nothing recorded for me to share with you... maybe I will pursue him!!

a pretty farm near us I love this view

more 'round the farm pics may 09

The Hydrangeas are about to bloom!

Finally got a pic of Eve~ our wonderful white farm cat (indoor/outdoor).
She took on quite a few orphaned kittens and raised them as her own.
She is of course now spayed, she likes being free of responsibility now!

Brandy spankin new evergreen

Dr. Tomatoes tomatoes

around the farm

Sanders the palomino~and dirt mixture, and Chief~paint, note the black heart, and mud mixture



Dr. Seeber doing what he loves best!


yummy beets and turnips~coming up!



I just love teensy pine cones


I just LOVE dandelions!!

STRUGGLING THROUGHguess I didn't think there was anything that could keep me down so long!!

Had surgery on April 14th, but good news, no cancer!!

Then I guess I didn't have enough already, so I did it again on April 21.
WOW, THAT ONE GOT ME...I guess I thought I would be up and running again by now
but as the doc said " 3 months".
I am trying hard to get back to normal...but the doc knows best.

Got quite a few doll bodies sewn up for the hospital stay of a week, soI could turn and stuff them, and am busily making them into creatures. Thank God for things to do that we love to do.

It's been quiet, daily messages from Shanna and phone calls from hubby, dogs barking, and FOX NEWS, mixed with old reruns of Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, and Beverly Hillbillies fill my lonely and painful days.

Hubby has been wonderful, picking up jello, broth and things I can eat from the store.
Still can't really eat yet...guess that is all part of the recovery process, the parts that they don't warn you about.

Well nuff droning on...back to painting and keeping busy, 3 months is a longgggggggg time.

THANKS TO SHANNA FOR MY LITTLE RECOVERY GIFT!! I LOVE YOU BABY GIRL...thanks for thinking of me...it means the world.

JACK IN SEPIA~DYLAN IN GIGGLES

A FEW OF OUR BARN CATSthey are almost all polydactil

THIS IS NOSE~bet you can guess why




TWO OF OUR STYGIAN WITCHES~friendly in a mean sort of way


AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST~one of the barn tabbies

OUR faithful and fearless K-9 copsprotectors of the farm and familySKEET, GINGER, STAR AND WICKET in that order

some of our kitties~Lacey, Chat, Tom, Leo, and Bear in that order

WELCOME JACK RAYMOND BRAWNERMarch 9,20096lbs, 13 oz, 20 in., to Shanna and KeithMY daughter and her hubby

WE DID IT AGAIN!and were excited to see the SD&A article in the May 09 issue!, what a great job they did for us!

Stop by your local bookstore and pick up a copy of this fun, creative and informative magazine!
Thanks for all your support and interest in our work.

OUR 4TH ANNIVERSARY!FEB 11, 2005Dr. Roger and Robin Seeber

PHOTO FROM OUR WEDDING PICNIC~MAY 21,2005

MR. AND MRS. JONATHAN and TELCIA MURETISCHJAN 31, 2009

THE MURETISCHES

MY BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS

MY BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER'S HANDSOME HUSBANDS

AND OF COURSE LITTLE DYLAN GOLDBACH

PITTSBURGH STEELERSSUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS!!!AGAIN!!!!!

THE STUDIO!Mr. Tom Thumb and his mischief!note his sneaky little ways

Tom Thumb!~he is a handful, he can't stand to see anyone try to take a cat nap when there is playing to be done!
He will poke and prod and touch as much as he can reach just to see if he can wake Bear up.
It is quite hilarious, so I just sit back and watch.




THE DOOR~this is the door into the studio...
I love my door knockers and real snake skin that we found out by the driveway.
We have a resident black snake (very aggressive, will bite, but not poisonous)who comes around often.
You can just barely see my Taylor 12 string acoustic sitting behind the door!

THE CHAIR~the place where I actually spend 90% of my life!
My mother's chair~left to me after her passing, she would be happy to know it is so inspirational.


One of my studio walls~with Christy Meyers Ashton Drake ornies displayed, and you can just see Tansy Tormental up on the fabric shelf.





One of my favorite views~

THE DESK~and world map so I can see where all the dollies go to live.
And plenty of kitty beds since they follow me from room to room all day long!

Not a particularly "better homes and gardens" style, but it's home, it's me and it's AFFORDABLE...and I can see my horsies from my studio window!!

my little bugster~Skeet, he has a place under my desk.

AWWWWWWWKITTIESand little Skeet

Tom, Leo and my 3lb. papillon pup Skeet.

Leo the lion kitty loves sleeping with his polydactils over his face.

Tom and Leo have been hanging around napping together a lot lately.

Skeet just watches from a distance.

BLOGGER UPDATE

I just visited all the blogs I have listed. It was a fun journey and eye opening in some cases.

So many fun things to read and pictures to see, and art to appreciate. As I have mentioned in the past, I only advertise for those who return the favor, so as I check my blogs, I add or delete as necessary.

I would love to add anyone who wants to play!! It is amazing how many 'hits' you will get on your blog from others, especially popular well visited blogs.

Just drop me a note.. and thanks for the entertainment, I really love taking a moment apart from reality, and jumping into yours!!

robin

CHRISTMAS EVE~CHRISTMAS DAY

THE COOK~and hubby, Roger


THE HAPPY COUPLE~Jonathan, my son and his fiance' Telcia


ALL THE DAUGHTERS~Mandy, Katie, Kasey, Shanna, Telcia


NOTHER HAPPY COUPLE~Keith and Shanna, my daughter and her hubby, and baby Jack Raymond, not yet born


Daughter Mandy, Dylan and her hubby Kevin


Step son Ethan hanging with Dylan


Mommy Mandy and Dylan 5 1/2 months

A FEW of Robin Seeber's favorite things!

MY MOTHER'S PRECIOUS Catherine McCullough Soap Stone Sculptures


My prized porcelain horse collection in antique cabinet


I love BUTTONS!!! SPECIALLY metal ones.


Antique crazy quilt stockings I made about 12yrs ago.


One of my latest additions to my Santa collection~Ornies by JoanDougArt~awesome creations!!


THE LATEST ADDITION TO MY SANTA COLLECTION~sold to me by Candy, and made by The Smiling Goat Primitives~what a doll!

NEW PET PICSSKEET~my little papillon buddy

SKEET~6yrs old, no vet visit but weighs 3.4lbs!! woo hooooo


TOM~my new kitty buddy and creative partner as he prefers to sit in my lap and on my chest while I try to paint...LOL
Tom's vet visit weighed him in at 3lbs! wow...


LEO~tiny lion... vet visit today, he weighed in at a whopping 2lbs!!

HOUSE FIREWhew!! all is okGod is good!!

You can see how high the flames went, just at the height of the door. It was unreal looking out the door to see the house on fire!!

MEET LEOone of the barn kitties that has decided he prefers the in of doors!!

an absolutely gorgeously exotic kitten about half the size of Tom, but the same age. So Leo gets to see the vet tomorrow for his check up and worming. I do believe we found a home for him, but no promises made yet. They wanted photos, well they will get them tomorrow...they will want him, how can you not, what a kitten!

He is about the cuddliest kitten I have ever known besides Tom.

Jonathan and Telcia~my son and his fiance'wedding date Jan 31busy busy busy, and fun!!

TOM AND HUSQVARNAhe is too cute