#scarecrow pumpkin

[ex0skeletal-undead]

Scarecrow, collaboration between vonnart and babswebb on Instagram

[lymphomalass]

"Find yourself joy in giving!

To my mind there's nothing quite like the joy of that "gotcha!" moment when you've found and given someone a truly great gift and you can see they really love it!

I remember when my brother gotcha'd me one big 0 birthday, giving me an album of carefully selected old family photos he'd scanned and had printed up. I was entranced and delighted by the photos of him looking in my crib, of us playing cowboys in the back garden and then sailing together. No pretence was needed. I just loved the gift and everyone could see it!

A few years earlier for his big 0 birthday I'd asked a really lovely fellow artist to paint an oil painting, of my brother helming his sailboat to victory in a race. My brother had not been sure he could top that, but he did!

My brother likes games that double as ornaments, and so for one Christmas I made a little embroidery of playing cards, set it in the top of a hand made wooden cards box, and added a couple of rather nice card sets. Another year I won him a beautifully hand-carved soapstone chess set in a little church raffle, by buying more than 50% of the tickets. I then wrapped each piece individually.... because I am the little blister! I remember my mother rescued him from all the unwrapping...

Obviously, some years it's just not on the cards. Time's too short or an idea just doesn't come, however hard we try, and then expressions of politely simulated pleasure may be the result. It can take months of looking around for ideas and preparation, but by really listening and thinking from the other person's point of view, it is sometimes possible to think of that special gift that'll be treasured for decades, and that's just magical!

One of my lovely customers picked up a commission today, which she asked me to paint as a Christmas present. She'd thought of it more than a couple of months in advance, and I think that painting may also turn out to be a gotcha gift! Well, I'm hoping!

I'll not say more as I'm keeping that piece secret till after Christmas Day, so the art I'm using today is of a pumpkin farm that my husband and I visited last year. Now, that was a lovely day too!

The art (without the text) is available printed on all kinds of lovely things at: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/129079869

Thanks!

Sam aka LymphomaLass xx

[annoyinglysparklygalaxy]

This mood 🍂🥰🍂

[caleod]

19-8-24

[inestheunicorn]

Just leaving a few spooky cute things here to help you survive Monday 🍂

[a-autumn-dream]

[theonethatyoudreamon]

pov you are about to die

[starsprlte]

the mischievous pumpkindog, the clairvoyant clownicorn, the baneful boney, AND the scratchy scarecat! 🎃🤡💀🙀

[aneverlastinghalloween]

[billfrancois]

Sunny's trying her best!

[retropopcult]

Gloria Saunders, 1940s

[cosmopoliturtle]

Pumpkin Patch Performance

[artdunk]

pumpkin seeds

[auralice]

[sun-e-chips]

Decorating for Halloween at Waterspark Bay!

(for the love of all that is Tiki please ignore the floating cart I forgot to fix it and when I realized it was too late)

Let’s just pretend Sun is lifting it for the sake of stopping the package from falling over

[jack1346]

I tried to clean up the background and I did a arkham johnathan