Saturday, June 12, 2010

Pillow Art, Brothers Huligan, Muskogee, Puppy, Lake Eufaula, and Pete’s Place.

Stephanie’s latest project for Shabby 2 Chic is pillow art.  She’s making them up for An Affair of the Heart in Tulsa next month.  They will also be available on eBay.2010 Jun 12 Steph pillows-Petes Place Krebs-2

Here’s where she does her work.

100_2274Stephanie found this taller cabinet at Habitat for Humanity and Rick helped her put the top on it for a storage/work table.  It’s great for $35 don’t you think?  Just the perfect height so she doesn’t have to stoop over when cutting out fabric.100_2275

Rick and Stephanie treated us to lunch today at the Brothers Huligan in Tulsa.  Thanks Rick and Steph!!100_2278

Want to make $50,000 in a day or less? 

All you have to do is climb to the top of a cell tower like this one and change out the flashing light bulb.100_2281

I could live on $100,000 a year, yes, very easily.  So, I would only need to climb two towers a year.  This one has a platform on the way up.  Looks like a nice place for a picnic on the way to the top.100_2282

The top.100_2280

I haven’t researched this information received from son-in-law, Rick, but I know it would take a lot more than $50,000 to get me to the top of that thing!

On the way back to the Q, Don wanted to show me the azalea garden in Muskogee.  Of course, the azaleas have already bloomed, but the garden and park were beautiful anyway.100_2298100_2300

This bronze eagle was mounted on top of the plaque above.100_2303

In the park was a large pond with a trail around it and several gazebos.  There was a surprise waiting for us on this one.100_2306

The pond really helped drop the temperature with the wind blowing.100_2307

We walked this trail.100_2308

Paddle boats.  I wanted to ride the big swan, but the gate was locked.100_2309

See those strange knobs?  Don’t ask me, I don’t know what they are.100_2311

We made it to the first gazebo.  What’s that behind that sack?100_2315

Awwwwwwwww.  He was hiding.  When he saw me coming toward him, he even got completely behind the sack.100_2313

Upon closer inspection, puppy was soaking wet and shaking, so he must have swam here from wherever he was supposed to be.100_2314

I so wanted to take him with me but that would have been impossible and we were hoping that his owners would be looking for him.  If he was abandoned, there were gobs of people and children in the park, so I choose to think that his owners found him or he found a new home before dark.100_2316

Sort of pitiful, isn’t it?  100_2317100_2318

The geese and ducks were plentiful, too.  Maybe a goose chased the puppy into the water.100_2320100_2322

Where the puppy was.100_2324

This is a huge park.  A really nice place to bring the family.100_2327

Opposite the park was the garden that you could walk or drive through.100_2332

There were a few blooms here and there.100_2334

And a big blue heron or crane.100_2335

I thoroughly enjoyed our time in Muskogee, except for the little puppy.  We got back to the Q and had a nice nap.  Don woke up with an idea for dinner.

Another place that Don had been before, but I had never been, was Pete’s Place, an Italian restaurant in Krebs, Oklahoma, about 30 miles from the Q.100_2346  This place was amazing.  Don ordered grilled Italian sausage and I ordered chicken parmesan, both were outstanding.  Before the entrees arrived, the waitress brought salad and a cheese plate and garlic bread.  Oh my.  Next came a huge platter of spaghetti and meatballs and ravioli.  Are you kidding me?  And if you ate all that, they brought you more.  Guess who went home with two boxes of food?100_2345

So, on the way back to the Q, Don wanted to show me some more of the area around Lake Eufaula.  It’s really pretty here.100_2350

On a side road off of OK-69, Don found a turn-out with a beautiful view of the lake.  This is only a fraction of this huge lake.100_2360

We even saw Bambi and a couple of young bucks!!2010 Jun 12 Steph pillows-Petes Place Krebs-4

The sun had set before we got back to the Q, but there was a gorgeous cloud in the west, outlined by the sunset.  Almost looks like lightning, but I took numerous pictures of it.100_23742010 Jun 12 Steph pillows-Petes Place Krebs-6

It’s nice to know there is a storm shelter just a few feet from the Q.   100_2375

The doors and the sides of the storm shelter are decorated.100_2378

We didn’t realize we were so close to the lake until we started walking around.  It’s dusk, so it was getting pretty dark under the trees.100_2385

A view of Terra Starr RV Park from the water’s edge looking back west.100_2388

Funny.100_2389

We finally made it back up the hill to the Q. 100_2390

Of all the pictures I took today, I saved 110 of them.  Oklahoma is a very interesting state and I still haven’t seen all of it.  Would love to see Broken Bow one of these days, but it won’t be this trip.

 

Psalm 91:6 Do not dread the disease that stalks in darkness,
      nor the disaster that strikes at midday.

2 comments:

Joel and Linda said...

That Italian restaurant sounds great!! Views around Lake Eufaula are great.

Lavonda Pflug said...

Those knobby things are cypress knees. (roots of the cypress trees) Love your pictures. The little deer are is cute, and that poor little puppy!