Cowgirl

Ladies and Gentleman!!

We have a WINNER !!! CHAS, WAY TO GO GIRL !!!!!

Here is a picture of a billabong......................

It's a great morning happening up here in my neck of the woods!!! :)

Burl Ives or as George put it, B.I. for the Silvery moon song. Way to go George!!!!!

ChattyKathy..........yes, I am talking about the "Billabong" in that song

Chas, sorry my dear, but not even close!! :blink:

Sudo........way out in left field........Heehee !!

Anyone else want to have a go at it ? What is a "Billabong?"

So for now, I leave you with this catchy little tune, that's electrifying !!!!!!! OOOOOOOH BABY !!!!

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Cowgirl

I looked up the word "Billabong" LOL!! You'll NEVER guess what it is!!!! Too bad cause I had a great song picked out for that one person who could figure it out!!

Paw and Sushi, I need the name of the performer or it's a nooo go !!

Cowgirl

RAF !! There I did something about it............

All right Mr SmartyPants (Sudo) just to make sure we're on the same page what are his initials??

For those of you who did not get it or the performer that is, if you can tell me what a "Billabong" is without looking it up, I'll dedicate the next song to you........ :)

Cowgirl

Tom.......................TCH TCH TCH !!! :) Where is your mind, boy???!!

Here ya go, just for you....

Sorry Raf, gettin' ahead of myself here!!

Cowgirl

Good morning all !!

I woke up with this one on my brain, don't know what I was dreaming, but it must have been pretty good to have this going through my mind..............................a real oldie, my dad used to play it all the time! Song and title pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeee :)

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Raf..............................I'm going to help you out a bit !!

Cowgirl

A year since you quit, your last puff???

Cowgirl

Hey Socks (in a box) !!

Can I be your groupie?? That was totally awesome !! :)

Cowgirl

P.S. Great to see you ChattyKathy!

I was invited last night to go to an outdoor concert, it was awesome !! They're a Canadian band, but maybe some of you have heard of them. I couldn't believe the number of different guitars they kept playing and when they brought out the "mandolin" MY KNEES JUST WENT WEAK !!! Blue Rodeo is the name of the band. Here's two of the songs they played last nite.............................

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Chas, I thought he was going to make an announcement in regards to these guys having their annual convention somewhere in Florida this year...................

DMiller

I'm drooling here, I would love to hear that version you mentioned, being as part of it is done with the MANDOLIN!!! I looked quite a bit for it last nite but couldn't come up with anything, if you find it sometime, could you post it on here?? Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!

Thanks

Cowgirl

Hi Rhino !

Just want to say, duct tape has more than one use, it works great on plants as well!!

MR. D MILLERRRRRRRRR..................... OMG!!! Where on earth do you come up with this stuff????

I listened to it once and that was enough for me!! I don't want to torture them (the boys) that bad !!

Cowgirl

Herbiejuan..............Why 136? I don't know, I bought too many packages?

Coolchef...............Guess I'll be passing out tomatoes for a while, alot of those plants are cherry tomatoes I might add.

Cowgirl

I just finished transplanting 136 tomato plants outdoors the other day, that I had been growing from seed on my window sil this past winter. Well I'm not to happy right now, my twins decided to give 56 plants a haircut and used the sizzors and cut them all off. Now all I have left of these 56 plants is little stubs!

My question..............................will they grow back or are they history???

Cowgirl

I was just listening to "Dueling Banjos" as I was doing laundry, I know there's probably tons of versions out there, just wanted to know what's the best you have heard? Anyone?

P.S. I realize this is a guitar thread but the version I have been listening to has a guitar in it!

Cowgirl

Hi Coolchef!! Well that explains the fur balls growing out of my ears!! :) I had no idea those were toxic, I just like them for their sweet fragrance and how pretty they are. Lilacs, never heard of eating them.....hmmmmmmmm, what do you eat them with? It's not like one of those things you put on pizza, like pineapple, is it?

DMiller, I must say that is gorgeous!!

Cowgirl

I was out on an early morning run along the trails near my house and I was on this rugged part of a trail that no one ever goes on cause it's all overgrown, All of a sudden I came upon this incredible scent, stopped me in my tracks and I look around, I couldn't believe my eyes, thousands and thousands of "Lily of the Valley" flowers and they are just bursting with fragrance!! It is so tempting to just take a blanket and put it down in the middle of all these flowers and lay down for a little nap, breathing in the scent! Hey that would be a good title for a poem "I Fell asleep Amongst the Lily of the Valley" Any poets out there? Anyways, I'm off to go fill my vases!

Cowgirl

Hi SafariVista!!

Thanks for the encouraging words!!

To answer your question, the man is making $100 on each rooster, I'm making $70 on each one, and those 3 roosters are on consignment, the rest he will buy off of me out right. So each piece that I make the price will vary depending on how much time and details and the type of materials I use on each particular one and the size of course. The neatest thing about this about this whole thing that gets me so excited were his parting words, he said, "Have fun with it, just go wild with your ideas, let your imagination go!" So I really get the opportunity to express myself through this kind of work which means alot to me, plus getting paid for something I love to do! I've got so many ideas running through my head right now!

Safari, if you have anymore questions, please ask away!

Cowgirl

Thanks so much everyone, the names must have paid off big time, I just got back from talking to the guy who's going to carry them for me in his store/gallery and he loved them so much he wants me to do 30 more pieces!! I couldn't believe it, I was floored and then he went on to say after that, they'll buy any piece I come up with as fast I can get them made! Also, I had made up a few treasure maps on the side just for fun and I brought him in a sample, and he wants to put those in his store also!

I can't believe it, I'm beside myself right now!!

Cowgirl

Here are some pictures of my work that a few of you wanted to see, the 1st pic is what it looks like after I've built the body and applied the papier mache and the other two pics are the finished product, sorry the pics are so big, I don't know how to make them smaller.........................

Herbiejuan........pussified???? Lol!! I want it simplified!!!

Act2 and Bowtwi, you're thinking like me, just some good ole' tires and some paint and some of that duct tape to keep it all together, can't get much simpler than that!!

It's the guys like WhiteDove, Goey and Herbiejuan that want to add all that fancy stuff and turn it into a man's go-kart, kind of makes me think of "Tim the Toolman" on Home Improvement! Although Ckeer had a great idea!

In fact I bet if a few of us women here at GS got together, we could come up with quite the go-kart that would leave the men behind in our dust !! LOL!!

Maybe something like this....................

THE MEN VERSUS THE WOMEN

Here ya go, Shellon !!

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NO, JUST KIDDING !!! :) This is kind of what I really had in mind..................