Life Through the Eyes of my Scattered Brian

I probably need to do this more often, reply to your comments, but for some  reason or the other, I  don't.    Liz over at  Laws of Gravity Said this on my blog of only putting up FALL stuff and not putting out any Halloween. Good job avoiding Halloween. You're doing better than the stores (which have  some Christmas out already). Although,  it is close enough, if you ask  me... (For Halloween decor, I mean.) When the temps start to change and there is a crisp in the  air I start wanting fall to hurry up. As far as putting Halloween out, I would do it in a minute, but  I am trying to respect and enjoy  each holiday or season. Course both my favorite season  is FALL and my favorite  holiday is  HALLOWEEN. Terry (Dad) over at Brian's Home ~ Forever (brianshomeblog.com) said~ Make sure the ant traps are not accessible  to  tiny paws. We do have an exterminator that  treats and does a barrier outside, but  never inside with kitties. The other day I was willing to take  Misty an

I showed another pic of  this print but I had it stacked on a couple of books, but Friday at Dollar Tree, I found these boxes that look like books so, I put these in the place of  real books.  I painted this several years ago  to hang on the front door. I went out on Friday, still dragging but I need fresh air, I stopped at  Dollar General and I fell in love with these glass pumpkins. The smallest is plastic but I thought it went well with the other  two, for the guest bathroom. When I went out for air, I  saw this. For years now I have been photographing different mailboxes. This has to be the best yet.  I have not bought much off Market Place on FB, but seriously this has to be the best buy' Round coffee table, solid wood, from the 70s, for 30 bucks. Overlook that mess in the background, cleaning and picking up and I usually make more of a mess when I clean! haha On top of that, I have not had a coffee table in  so many years, but with a  sectional and so much couch in between th

You all must know me well enough to know that when I went out for air the other day I  took my camera. This is the railroad tracks across the Duck River. Also, stumbled across this cool looking  church. Love old barns and structures that are falling down. Love some old rust also. This looks like an old farmhouse.  Pretty sure this is also an  old farmhouse.  My sis in law is a quilter so, every time I  see one when I am out and about  I take a pic to send  to her. It felt nice to get out a little bit but it wore me out.  Do you even just go out and ride around. Pam  

 Have you ever seen a window at a 45 degree angle like the one below? These windows are mostly found in Va. but some other  New England homes.  It is called a Witches Window or a Coffin Window. It was said that Witches could not move the broom around in  such a way to enter the window. Okay, but there are other windows that are not a 45 degree angle... DUH! Why a Coffin Window? I read it was to allow a coffin to be lowed down from the second floor. Yep, not buying that one either, why would you have a showing of someone in a coffin on  the second floor. There again, lowering  a coffin would basically hit the roof on the way down. Although these both sound interesting, the fact is that they were installed to be able to allow more light in and better air flow. So, do you think that a window, located there, at an angle would actually make a difference? I personally have no clue.  Don't you just love  reading about folklore and trying  to understand the thinking behind them? Course, I

Evie on her way to school Thursday. She is rocking those glasses!  Who can't love that smile! Now don't get me wrong, although she can be a sweetie, she can  be the biggest brat! She is going through a ugly spell in the things she says and how she treats others. New babe on the way,  this girl better get her crap together. My deck is screened in and  yes, it has the type of door that slams so nicely. I had an issue with it catching on the floor of the deck back a few months ago. It was dragging so with that you did not hear that slam. You had to pull the door closed. I checked out the door and  realized, more than once, that  things are not made the way they used to be, right there in the center the pegs that fit in the holes was pulling out. I could have taken  the door down and apart and fixed the problem with some construction  glue, but why would I do that when I thought up another fix that is working great. Wouldn't you know, can't locate  a pic, but anyway, it was