Pamela Overmier of Kingfisher Farm

PFatt FRIDAY!!!

2009-07-10T11:14:00.001-07:00

This shy little guy is for sale uber cheap on my etsy site!

Here is a happy-to-be-living in the country bird, "My Country home" is stitched to the side, as if done 200 years ago. Her wings are jointed with 100 yr old rusty overall buttons, the kind found on child's clothing.

The federal style house was stitched like so many were in days gone by, and you can see this house stitched into linen samplers in the book, "Girlhood Embroidery".

This sweet little bird is actually a pin, but you can hang her on the wall too.

The newest edition of PFATT Marketplace is up!

Take a Peek!

Pin Keeps on eBay

2009-07-07T12:57:00.000-07:00

~Sold~

Pin Keeps galore on eBay now! And a cute little old bear in my etsy shoppe!

Jenny Wren

2009-07-06T09:04:00.000-07:00

Jenny Wren sits on her rusty wire nest, farm archaeology at its best, found object base with lots of rust and patina. I love using old objects. The character they have cannot be duplicated. They have an honest raw beauty. There is a pocket in my pin keeper, also a Fuzzibax invention which contains a genuine antique bird call! This pin keeper has a wire holder, in which I have tucked an antique photo of 2 school girls. It is really beautiful as a sculpture however you can use it to hold pins and needles. Wren spins on top. Overall height is 9 inches. From her humble nest she learned to fly....
This could be the most powerful statement made, nothing from nothing? No something from effort and innovation! Fly! See her in my Etsy shop. She was featured in Stuffed magazine's premiere issue.

Thunder has new wings and a tree

2009-07-05T18:10:00.000-07:00

Thunder is now SOLD with a few revisions. He has new mohair jointed and wire armature wings, and a woolen twig.

Wednesday's thoughts and a score!

2009-07-01T14:03:00.001-07:00

My "poulette" ( french for baby chicken ) went thrifting. This is what I found. Can you guess what it is? I will put all good guesses in a hat and pull a winner, who shall receive a prize! I thought it fitting to find a piece of Americana for the Fourth of July!

I just scored an antique heavy salt glaze pottery item at the thrift. I never get much at the thrift anymore, the new manager raised prices and got rid of the volunteers that used to give me deals! When something is old she knows it and marks it way up, mostly way more than it's worth. But this time she just knew it was old and put it in the case. For giggles I asked to see it. I about died. I kept looking at it in disbelief that it was what it was and how cheap! It has a modern simplistic circular design and is very heavy.

We had the 7 layer taco bell nachos. YUM! Last night Mr. Kingfisher kept telling me not to eat the mushrooms and forbade Leah from eating them. They are among the "safe 6" easily identifiable. I've not seen them here on the farm before. I'm still alive and gosh they were good! I'm going back out for more, there were some little ones coming up.

My horses always entertain me.
I made their pasture bigger the other night. Jezabelle is so smart. She saw me out pounding posts and started to get very excited and running around, she KNEW what I was doing! When I opened the gate and she and Kiddo flew by me. It was so fun. I hung all the laundry out to dry that day. The wind blew it dry in a jiffy. Today is cool. Good sleeping weather! We've had a scorching heat here in the Midwest, so it is a welcome respite. Happy Fourth Everyone!

Nature Nurture

2009-06-30T18:53:00.000-07:00

Its about time for another wild mushroom post! I found these inky caps today. They are now in my stomach!
Here's what they look like before washing:

Here below is proof positive of inky caps. The water you soak them in turns to ink!
I soaked the mushrooms in salt water to rid them of the inhabitants.

Now here they are in the fry pan with butter, saute for 20 min.

They were absolutely delicious. Incidentally, the plant in the photo above is Burdock, whose root is also edible, as are the flower buds. For more information on foraging safely check out "Wildman" Steve Brill. He has a lovely vegetarian cookbook out. He was once arrested for eating a dandelion, and gives tours in parks to anyone who wishes to know how to forage. He's quite a character, having been interviewed by everyone from Al Roker (twice) to David Letterman.

At last

2009-06-29T12:38:00.000-07:00

Some bears I made a few years ago.

My pink water lily is blooming again.

Today our regular internet came back on. We had to buy a new el cheapo(but what's cheap these days isn't really) computer to get MIFI internet from Verizon, which costs you by the minute like a cell phone. Of course this wasn't fully disclosed by the dealer (mega box store) since they just started carrying it a few days ago. Now Mr Kingfisher suggests we cancel that and take back the new hardware. But gee its so pretty. I think we should keep it and just delete Vista off of it and put all the stuff from our old computer on the new one. Anyone know how to do that??

Dear Red

2009-06-29T06:15:00.000-07:00

When it is hot may you have a drink of cool water and a shady tree.
When it is cold may you have a warm fire.
When you are hungry may you have a meal.
When you are lonely (which is all the time) may there be a gentle hand scratching your thick skull.
You have broken my heart in running away. But where ever you are, may you be safe and much loved.

Camping out week 2

2009-06-25T15:07:00.000-07:00

It's about time for desperate measures. Mr Kingfisher is looking at alternate internet. I said don't cut ties what about all the email trapped in our inbox??

No internet at home

2009-06-23T11:51:00.000-07:00

Thunder storms knocked out our provider's tower at 5:30 am last Thursday. So I cannot access my kingfisher farm email from my site, so please use kingfisherfarmprims@yahoo.com.
Red has not returned home. I am done with my summer college courses. No Internet for 5 days is getting old. It's sad how addicted I am to the net, but it's been tricky trying to take quizzes for college at public library instead of home sweet home. Hopefully Red will come home and the tower gets fixed soon!

Thunder is on eBay!

2009-06-14T15:59:00.000-07:00

Thunder makes his eBay debut! He is listed tonight, Sunday, and ends next Sunday the 21st, on Father's Day. Red is still missing. I am beside myself. He is microchipped. I hope that helps!

Dolls.

2009-06-14T10:18:00.000-07:00

I can't get enough of images of dolls.

Old ones. Good ones!

Pretty, tattered, pretty, battered.

Please me with your frocks of old,

your lucid eyes and locks of gold.

Shredded petticoat let them come, I'll dote!

Baby COME HOME

2009-06-13T04:57:00.001-07:00

Red please come home. Today. We miss you.

Girls just wanna have fun!

2009-06-01T20:37:00.001-07:00

Marisa rides the Kid.

First time in the saddle for Vivi, and a natural talent. Definately not her last ride!

Jezabelle gets spoiled.

Mrs O and Vivi.

New friends. Sneaky the snake with Marisa, Leah and Vivi.

Girls just wanna ride! My student and her study buddy and friend came and rode the ponies, ate some snacks, scooped up tadpoles and cuddled some critters. It was a glorious break from studying. Now back to term papers. I have too many of those to count. (obvious sighhhhhhhh)

My Garden of Weeds, Garden of Knowledge blooms.

2009-05-25T08:16:00.000-07:00

I am not pulling weeds, I am writing papers and taking tests and quizzes and observing classes. My creative life is on hold for a bit. But here are some images I snapped last week of my flowers. My mini pond is about overun with honeysuckle and iris. The big pond is teeming with tadpoles.

I am commuting several days a week to university and have a lot of stress. As the oldest student I feel I have a lot to lose if I fail! I mean, my life may be over half over, but I am determined to be productive. I have a long road ahead of me. I must in order to teach French, pass the OPI or oral proficiency interview. But now my head is all Spanish, and I don't have the c0ursework to graduate in that, it would take years more schooling. Alternate certification programs dont exist in foreign language these days. So this summer I have embarked on a new journey. I do miss creating. But my studio is not as enticing as the barn. Gotta go ride and burn off some stress! Happy Trails and hope you enjoyed my garden. Pam

Happy Mother's Day

2009-05-08T20:14:00.001-07:00

This little baby makes his mama very happy. He is in a zoo somewhere in eastern europe. I forget where! My love affair with rhinos continues. Adorable.
Have a great Mother's Day. I will have a bunch of new things up for sale on PFATT Marketplace on Sunday. Take a peek! Pam

New things in my Etsy shop!

2009-05-02T07:32:00.000-07:00

I will be adding new things this weekend to my ETSY shop. These 2 little birdies are already there! (Owlet is SOLD but birdie is still available.)

It's a dog's life

2009-04-26T15:36:00.001-07:00

This new dolly pocket is available on my penny doll blog.

A loyal friend, a doll and a cello. Oh, and a pesky little sister!

Inhale. Slowly. Hold. Now exhale!

A nap after a cross country mud run.

Gee boss, your breakfast smells better than mine!!

Free Free Roxana Saberi

2009-04-18T07:59:00.000-07:00

http://roxanasaberi.com/

There is a great injustice being served to a hard working and courageous young woman. Please go to the site above and post a message of support, and read about her. So many people are without freedom and justice. Roxana is their voice. I pray that she is given her freedom immediately.
Update 4/20/09: This article tells the real reason she is being held, she is, as I suspected, being used as a political pawn:

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1892488,00.html?xid=rss-world-yahoo

Tweedles goes to VEGAS!!

2009-04-16T20:03:00.000-07:00

So long little buddy! Have fun! Maybe you'll see the glitteratti on the Vegas strip! UH oh, he's a little blurry, he's moving a bit fast. Don't blink, wait, he's GONE!! Be careful for goodness sake!

Exciting news on my Penny Wooden blog!

2009-04-13T11:06:00.001-07:00

http://pennywoodendolls.blogspot.com/

Favorite time of year

2009-04-10T08:03:00.000-07:00

This little bird has a special price on PFATT Marketplace!

These owls are on sale too, if you are interested please email me.

Here is my new etsy banner made by Sandy of Samiamcreations!

This little owl is on sale too, he is in my ETSY shoppe.

I love this time of year. The frogs are singing, birds returning. As in, Meadowlarks and Blue Heron and Robin red breast.

We had the roof on the porch and house repaired, and that is a huge relief. And a new metal roof to the garage to match the green barn doors.

I have been so busy at school, translating for my Spanish speaker and taking an accelerated Speech course. Glad that's over. Now I can perhaps find time for some pleasurable things again, like cooking and sewing!

Hope your longer days are happy. Pam

A Heroine of Mine

2009-03-28T18:49:00.000-07:00

Anita Roddick was and still is an inspiration to me. She founded The Body Shop. There are copycats to her business, just look in your local mall, but they can not take what she had. She was an activist and a businesswoman second. When I think I cannot do something, I think of her and I get empowered and inspired. She valued diversity and culture. She would not lower her moral and ethical standards to make a buck, in fact, those qualities were the keys to her success. Anita, in heaven, I salute you.

Revealed!

2009-03-16T16:14:00.001-07:00

Here he is, my tiny little Buddha bear! He came to me completely by surprise. You can find cousins to adopt here.

Ah that's better. Cooling my posterior in the famed Kingfisher Farm Moss! Delightful.

Thank you Peng Peng for my delightful little fellow. Happy St. Patrick's Day!

PFATT Marketplace Tuesday March 1Oth

2009-03-09T19:48:00.000-07:00

I have new work available on PFATT Marketplace! Be sure to visit. It's fresh and fun! You'll never guess what this shoe contains, ok, I'll tell you, my first RHINO!! Go take a look Tuesday March 10th.