This been one of those weeks. You know the kind where you have good intentions about getting to things..but it just doesn't fall into place that way? lol I did finish this little project yesterday, that I thought I'd share. Totally loving the papers from the new "Creating with Vintage Patterns" CD from Crafty Secrets.
I've used this little girls many times.. and never get tired of her sweet face. She is from the "Altered Fairies" Creative Scraps Sheet.
I've been wanting to share photos with you from last weekend. We took in a the festivities here. It was our annual town celebration. There are things going on all weekend of course but these photos are from the Parade, Carnival and Park activities on Sunday.
We always enjoy the parade. So sweet and quaint. Typical small town parade. Gotta love that.
Jarad and Dan both had to work :( so they missed out on the fun. Kate brought Riley. Cloey stayed at our house to play with Aly and Molly while we were at the parade. (4 dogs along might have been a bit much:)
I love this photo of Kate and her niece Violet. What a little doll!
Check out the little ones sharing candies. Not that they were eating them or even understood what they were..but it was so cute the way they were handing them to eachother.
After the parade, we walked over to the park to take in the carnival. It was such a great day..not to hot and slightly overcast. They kept saying a chance of thunderstorms later in the day..but around here we seem to get that alot lately. lol
We had a great time and totally enjoyed all the things they had going on in the park.
and I "do" mean.. "all" the things....
Oh.. my ..... yummmmmm
Well, we made it the entire day without rain..but by late afternoon it was obvious there was a storm rolling in. We headed for home (good thing its only .. up the road) and made it just before the storm hit.
We have certainly had our share of crazy storms this summer, and this one was no exception! The skies turned black , it rained and crazy and the wind blew and blew. NO tornadoes this time, thank goodness!
About the time the storm passed, I was inside and heard Dan outside.. saying.. "hey Vic, come here and look at this". Check out this sky!!
I am telling you , it was the strangest looking bunch of clouds I have ever seen in my entire life. It kind of freaked me out. The photos really dont do it justice.. it was surreal looking.
These weird looking marshmellow looking clouds where hanging so low.. and were in rows! Just row after row of them.
These weird looking marshmellow looking clouds where hanging so low.. and were in rows! Just row after row of them.
They started out dark, and very ominous looking like the photo below, but then as the sun started to come out and light them from behind, so you could see the blue sky. (trust me, they were much more beautiful then) ... When I wasnt thinking the world was coming to an end!! lol
I wish you all could have seen them in real life..it was really something.
When they had passed, I went in a googled to see if I could find out what they were. I found out they are called Mammaus Clouds.
and here is what it said.....
The clouds are called Mammatus clouds . They do not precede a tornado, or foretell a storm, but are formed when the air is already saturated with rain droplets and/or ice crystals and begins to sink. The worst of the storm is usually over when these kinds of clouds are seen.
They are quite rare, but really beautiful. This is supposed to be one of the most beautiful Scenes in the Sky..
I would have to agree!