Farmer's Fair Farm Nails

Happy Dead Day Loves,

Hope your weekend is going well. Mine has been okay. It's been raining, yet again, ugh. We have had so much rain this past year it, it's been ridiculous. I'm so tired of gray, dreary and rainy days, oh well, such is life (and global warming, I suppose...).

Friday we went to our friend Mike's funeral. It was beyond sad. My heart is so broken for his wife, Tanya and their daughter, Kylee. It's so sad. Mike was only 39 and such a good guy, sigh. I guess it's true what they say, "only the good die young". His life was cut way too short. I plan to be there as much as I can for Tanya and Kylee. They are such good people and it's just not fair.

After the funeral my mom and sister went to visit my brother and that was really nice. I hadn't seen my brother and sis-in-law in a while, so that was really nice. My brother is currently laid up from elbow surgery so he appreciated the visit too. I love my brother and his wife Sue so much. They are awesome!

Last Saturday Casey and I went with his family to a little local Farmer's Fair and parade. It was nice until it started getting cold, raining, windy and then hailing about 3/4's of the way into the parade and then Casey and I left. I'm to the point with all the rain we've had that I don't even want to be in the rain and getting wet so we left. I was so cold and wet by the time we got to our car to come home, ugh.  But it was still really fun and I enjoy going every year with Casey's family who are such wonderful people too :)

So, of course for the event I did some farm themed nails. I think these came out super awesome. I LOVE the little barns :) Hope you like them too :)

The yellow base is China Glaze "Happy Go Lucky" and the green is Sally Hansen X-treme Wear "Green Thumb". I sponged some "Green Thumb" on the yellow to stamp on. I stamped using a pumpkin nail polish from Rite Aid called "Fanatastic" with Creative Shop 90 plate. The glitter is China Glaze "Something's Brewing" and on my thumb and pinkies I put a coat of Sally Hansen Diamond Strength "Twist of Lime" to finish.

Happy Go Lucky and Green Thumb on their own. These were perfect for farm nails I think :) 

Have a great rest of the weekend. Talk soon. I leave you with today Dino and Miss Betty being lazy as cats are so good at :)

Polish & Purrs,

Melly

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Witchy Witchy Witchy

Happy Thursday my loves,

The weekend is almost here, yay! It's been a long week this week.  Saturday night a good family friend died suddenly of a heart attack. He was only 39 and so young. It's so sad and just not fair, sigh. My heart is broken for his wife and daughter. So sad and Mike was a really nice, kind and good guy. His funeral is Friday. I'll  be going with my Mom and sister. After that we are going to go see my brother who is laid up currently after having surgery.  He's off work the next six weeks so he's  going to get bored and need some company, poor guy. Also, one of the last two remaining cats of my Dad's is dying, his days are numbered so it's been sad this week. It's so hard when one of those living connections to Dad

Tonight I have some more Halloween nails. This time it's some witch gear. I love how these turned out. They are cute I think 😁

The green base is Color Club "Feelin' Groovy" and the purple is OPI "Vant To Bite My Neck?". I drew the witch hat, legs and shoes using a black striper, gold striper and China Glaze "Stop Beachfrontin'". I then put a coat of BaronessX "Amatista" on my index and pinky nails to finish.

Feeling Groovy and Vant To Bite My Neck on their own

That's  all for tonight. Have a great rest of the night, talk soon.

I leave you with kitties, but, of course 😀 Here's Dino, Miss Betty and Buster (RIP buddy).

Polish & Purrs,

Melly

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Global Cat Day or what used to be Feral Cat Day

Happy Tuesday!!!!

I hope that today finds you well and that life is good :)  Today is Global Cat Day or what used to be known as Feral Cat Day.  It began as a day to spread awareness about cats in communities that are part of trap/neuter/return (TNR) programs and as a way to help feral, stray and free roaming cats in all different areas. An organization called Alley Cat Allies who are huge advocates of feral cats and TNR began this day quite a few years ago and it's evolved into lots of people doing special things on this day for feral and free roaming cats.  To learn more about feral cats and TNR please visit https://www.alleycat.org/

For years I have done my part in helping feral cats by volunteering to help trap for spaying and neutering and also strays thru re-homing the adoptable ones that have shown up. I've shared a few pics of the three very special ferals (that turned tame) that I've had in my life at the end of this post.

I also have a few pics from our friends' wedding this past Saturday.  Now, on to the nails.

I did two bases here, the green is Broadway Nails "Sour Apple" and the orange is OPI "Aloha From OPI". I then sponged Color Club "Feelin' Groovy" on the green nails to be stamped. I stamped using Broadway Nails "Blackout" with Bundle Monster "BM-S162", What's Up Nails "B036" and Chez Delaney "Chats & Chiens 001" plates. I put a coat of China Glaze "Pret-A-Potion" on the orange nails to finish.

Sour Apple and Aloha From OPI on their own. I think these look great together :) 

Here's Jolene and Chris during their first dance.

The Prancing Pony bar that is part of a Burning Man regional theme camp, it's where they met so the bar was at the wedding and it was great :)

The write up they did about meeting at The Prancing Pony and a bit about what Burning Man and what the spirit of Burning Man is.

Casey and myself :)

One of my nearest and dearest friends, Mandy and me :)

Mandy with her wife, Jes, another of my nearest and dearest.  I love these ladies so much!

Our friend, Sarah, and Casey and me. We love Sarah bunches and bunches too, she's awesome!

Sarah and her man, Kidd, we loves him loads too :)

Here is Billy, Momma Kitty and Little Shit in the back.  Momma and Billy I started feeding after we moved in and it took me a couple years to earn Momma's trust to get her fixed, then she became my sweet little girl till she died.  Billy was the first to come around, then Momma did.  Little Shit was Momma's kitten that I got fixed as a young kitty. Momma and Billy both went to Rainbow Bridge in 2014. Little Shit is still around, but he's very elusive and we don't see him too much, but I still love him just the same.

Some pics of Momma. She was my little girl and I miss her so much every day, she was super sweet.

Billy, he was the best too, so friendly he became. I miss him too every day.

A couple of the rare pics I have of Little Shit. He's so cute and I wish he would have come around more but oh well, at least we can provide him a safe place in our yard and feed him every day.

That's it for Global Cat Day.  Have a great rest of the night. I'll talk to you soon!

Polish & Purrs,

Melly

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Super Spooky Halloween Scene

Happy Thursday!

It's almost Friday, yay!  I am ready for the weekend!  We have two good friend that are getting married on Saturday and I can't wait for their wedding. It's going to be so nice to see them get hitched. They are both really good peeps and I am so happy for them. The wedding is outside and it's supposed to be really nice weather that day too so I am excited :)

Today I have my first Halloween nails for this year. I love these so much, they are so spoooooooooky, don't cha' think :)

My base is China Glaze "All "Aboard". I sponged on Essie "Coacha-Bella" an and unknown mini OPI (the gray). I stamped using Orly "Platinum Blush" with What's Up Nails "B031" and "B036" plates. I put a coat of Orly "Love Each Other" on the others to finish.

All Aboard on it's own. Purples like this will always have my heart :) 

Have a great day! I am about to leave for work now. I leave you with Dino and Miss Betty looking cute :)

Polish & Purrs,

Melly

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Fare Thee Well....Rick Grimes....Tally Ho'....

Happy Dead Day,

Oh, how it feels so good to be able to say that once again :)  Tonight is the season 9, wow, the 9th season premiere, of The Walking Dead. I am so ready for my favorite show to be back on! If you are a Walking Dead fan then I am sure you know by now that this is the final season for Rick Grimes played by Andrew Lincoln. He's been the leader since the beginning and it is going to be weird without him on any longer. In my opinion though there are enough other strong characters on that it will be okay. I don't really see the show going for that many more seasons anyways, so we shall see what happens in The Walking Dead universe going forward.

So, since it is Rick's final season I have some Rick Grimes nails for tonight.  I just did some super simple simple sponging and super simple stamping for these nails. I kinda like the simplicity of these, they are cute I think.

My base is China Glaze "Sun of A Peach". I then sponged on China Glaze "Give Me S'more" on the nails to be stamped. I stamped using Uber Chic "Zombie Love 01" and Creative Shop "09" with Konad Black Stamping Polish. I put a coat of Catrice "Miss Money Penny" on my index and pinky nails to finish.

Sun of A Peach on it' own, pretty color, terrible formula, oh well, I still like it :) 

There you have this season's premiere nails.  Enjoy the premiere tonight if you are watching. I know I sure will. My sister will be coming in to watch with Casey and me tonight.

Have a great rest of the weekend. I'll talk to you later. I leave you with more a couple more old pictures I found with Buster in them.  December 4th will be one year since Buster went to Rainbow Bridge. I miss that cat so much.  He was a good boy and my buddy. I miss him.  Here he is with Betty and Mr. Kitty. I do enjoy coming across these old pics with him in them but at the same time it makes me sad because he's no longer with us, sigh.  But, then at the same time it makes me smile remembering him and he is still with me every single day and I do know him and I will be together again one day.

Polish & Purrs,

Melly

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