Talk About a Mish Mosh!

 Second Post of the Day

Heads up! This may be the mishiest moshiest post I've ever written. Hang onto your hats, folks!

I'm thrilled that so many of you have wanted blackened beeswax ornaments! I am going to need to pour some more to meet the demand (and have been in contact with those who've already ordered from me to let them know.) I only want to do one pouring for these, so I'm going to end the ordering time on Sunday night, November 3, at 11:59 PM Eastern.

That means that if you want an ornament and haven't let me know yet, you need to do so by then. After that, I won't be pouring ornaments again until I'm prepping for the Kalamazoo show later this winter.

What's available (or will be poured again) can be found here. Email me at horsiemama8@gmail.com to place an order. 

The BreyerFest 2025 Celebration Horse was announced yesterday.

Will Coleman and Phish? Yes, please!! 

But on the Cigar mold?? I was so disappointed. And so were a lot of hobbyists. 

I really thought that, considering this is the 75th anniversary celebration BreyerFest, Breyer would make this piece one that had deep roots in the company - maybe one that had been sculpted by one of their more prolific sculptors (Moody, Hess), possibly was a vintage mold that still appeared occasionally in the regular or special run line ups, etc.

The Cigar mold has its fans, but like Rugged Lark, Khemosabi, and others, it is not one of Breyer's popular molds. One source reported that Will Coleman chose the mold for Phish but that doesn't change my disappointment. I don't like the mold, never have and never will.

I do collect Breyer's blankets and so I look forward to getting the one Phish is wearing. But my Phish most likely will end up in the hands of a Pony Pal.

Finally, a few Fall photos as we end October and celebrate Halloween.

Tuesday evening I heard a leaf blower going and looked out the window to discover it was operating in my yard. A man was blowing all our leaves to the curb where the city will come around and collect them.

I don't have a clue who he was but he did say he lived on the next street over. He blew all the leaves for three homes on our street - ours, our next door neighbors', and a home across the street and down a way. Interestingly, enough, I think he targeted homes where he knew there was some sort of issue - I'm often in our yard or the park on my walker; perhaps he'd seen that and thought he'd help us out? He never said why.

Bob, our next door neighbor, sadly is in the end stages of cancer and in palliative care so no doubt he really needed and appreciated that help. And the home across the street that Mr. Leaf Blower did? The husband suddenly died of a heart attack. He was only in his forties, and he left behind a wife and several kids. 

Whatever his reasons were for including us in his act of service, we join the other two families in being grateful for his kindness. (And if I can find out where he lives, I'm going to bake him some bread and take it to him.)

It's Halloween - how about a Halloweenishy picture?

Doesn't this look like some sort of monster or alien that is oozing its innards?

It's huge, too. It may look familiar as I posted a photo of it earlier this fall. (When it was in better shape.)

It's a giant puffball alongside the lane to Leslie's farm. They're edible, but I think that that one is well past its prime!

Speaking of Halloween... My sister Leslie and I enjoy re-enacting 18th century living history. Our sister, Jenny? Well, she's a witch.

She even came with me to BreyerFest in 2017 and found new pieces for her witches outfit while walking the halls of the Clarion!

She lives in Indianapolis, and her village of Irvington has a huge, week long Halloween Festival that draws people from all over to attend. (This was their 78th year!) A group of local women began a tongue-in-cheek witches' group that doubles as a service organization and they have become a much anticipated crowd favorite of the Irvington Halloween Festival. 

Jenny and the rest of the witches performing in the Halloween parade. There are a few warlocks who have joined them, too. 

They have become so well known that they have even been asked to march in the Indy 500 and the Indianapolis St. Patricks's Day parades!

Busy day ahead and lots of trick or treaters expected tonight. Hope those 16 bags of candy are enough.

Tammo can't wait for all the kids to come by!

Happy Halloween!