where does the time go and good news...

Wow! Its autumn ,well sorta and soon my daughter and here kiddos will be moving bak to texas fr the winter.. I have been busy trying to not think about it.

if you read back thru my posts, last year in December they were in a very scary accident and thank god above no one got hurt. Their truck was totaled and they now have a new one with 4 wheel drive and hopefully no snow.

Things have been delayed due to the shootings in Fort Hood. Its been a scary year,with this just adding the nasty sludge to it.

hatred is every where...Its just so sad, and I'm rather dissapointed that people can't act more like adults in every aspect of the world.

I have had my share of issues with my niece and my sister moving home. I guess I thought things have changed for the better.

I guess I was hoping and perhaps kidding myself.

I hgave icked up another part time job,so model painting is down and customer books are full at the present time so I am trying not to overbook.

I have cast about 30-40 new ceramic medallions,in multiple of about 8 different ones of course.

Hoping to have some photos up soon:)

In the meantime,I also wanted to mention that both my geocities websites are down,But I do have a new one thru weebly.

http://klkeepsakesrestoration.weebly.com/

ps- there is no new paint page...or show website at this time.

Until next time!

hugs and happy Holidays will soon be upon us...

Karen Dietrich

I want cooler weather!!

Wow- Its August the leaves are already starting to fall and my son ill be back in school next week! I am ready for it! BUT.........

I want to be able to get the garden to the point where I can start canning!! Its been hotter the last few weeks than it has all year!

The tomatoes are just staring to turn red, and I still have a bunch of canning to do!

Pesto to make, zucchini to fry up in a rich golden batter of flour and bread crumbs!

All this personal stuff keeps me from starting to create more bisque of this lil mare ,Plus I have a bunch of new things in the works:)

I will be finished with Flora and I will be finsihing up on some custom glazes and even 2 claybody customs- I will probably be working on them in september:)

I will work on my second batch of Gullivers and starting some smaller more interesting Equines:)

Maybe a Zebra? Stay tuned:)

Until next time.. look at these:......

********************

****************

*****************

Karen Dietrich

JULY- WHERE DID IT GO?

WOW! Where did the year go?

Once again time has flown by! I can't believe its Almost August!?

Normally at this point tired from breyerfest and anticipating the arrival of canning to start and then of course fairs and school:)

With Breyerfest as gone for the year, restructuring my work schedule is next on my agenda.

I really didn't "do " a whole lot this breyerfest, only hit a total of 4 rooms , on top of jusdging at the Stone show, showing at the breakables show and hanging ut at the Artisans with a couple of dear friends.

Maybe next year,I'll take on the Artisans again as wll as Nan?

To tell ya the truth I have never shown more than 4 horses that I have painted. Its sad kinda, that I ever get to show my own work. Maybe 2010 will be different...

Ponderings from my artistic side:)

Things have been kinda busy here- A new unexpected foal in April set the summer into its usual tizzy. To top that My daughter moved in (+ a dog & 2 grand babies) and finally in June moved into her own place, which freed up my studio and put me back into work mode :)

I now also work for the government and that keeps me hopping:)

I am back logged on ceramic molding and glazing which I hope to do more of here after school starts. I am just about caught up with restorations (I think I have 5 in my back log) and painting progress is about 6 in que:)

I also hope to paint 2 Roxys and show one myself:)

Sorry I am so behind on the update But I have ben a busy gal:)

Till next time- Lil Brian and I say see ya!

Karen

Where did May go?

Where did May Go to?


Here is is Memorial Day weekend!





This weekend starts the official yard work, fixing fence and fishing season for us. Oh yes and lets not forget BBQing!


It's the weekend where we clean up the flower gardens, try to keep the ponies in the fences and


get out the gear!


THis year marks a sppecial occasion as my Son in law just returned from iraq for 16 days of R and R. My daughter and the grandkids have been living with me since December.


To him and everyone else over there fighting for our freedom, let us remember them with a BBQ and a prayer!





I hope you have a peaceful day with family and friends





Next Blog on Tomm Tomm aka Tomy E the escape artist!


Karen

tommfoolr-E-Pony foal!!

mold sucess!

more info later!
Karen

April fools trick?? NOPE!

Hi- Most of my last few days have been spent at the post office.
Leaving at the Butt crack of dawn, and coming home after 5 pm. Tonight was like every other night this week...except for the fact that -We got a load of hay- and put in the round bales due to the weather changing:)
When I returned, My Husband said he would take care of it, and feed the horses.
I quickly accepted the thought, as I was exhausted(mentally)-LOL
I never thought this job would be a hard one to learn. I can't believe all there is to it!
I came in, finished dinner,sat down to eat, and was interrupted "NOT" by my grandkids but the shocking way my Husband stormed into the house yelling my name. He has done this on a number of occasions when something was a miss or "wrong" in the past.
I heard it alot last year with pony problems. It was a rough year last year. As most of you probably know. My new breeding mare,Ophilia aborted her colt. She never even looked pregnant. I did have her with the stallion however, even though I tried to seperate this a number of times. The mare-Not the stallion would get out.
I stalled her,But I wasn't quick enough and before I knew she aborted a dead foal... the rest is history.
Last year was a total nightmare. The same day lil weebles was born, My 3 1/2 year old stallion passed away.
Then in July Buni..
The reason I am telling you all this??
I was blessed today with a standing fawn colored soon to be silver dapple small colt from OPHILIA!!!!!!!
He is very tiny and very healthy, and has a mind of his own. we have caught him and the mare and stalled them both and tommorrow I am calling the vet for tetnus shots and a check up.

I am still in shock, as the mare and the stallion were seperated when she was in heat. he had gotten out a couple of times,But I nevergave it much thought . The ponies would get loose in the mornings and we would find them out n the mornings eating in the front yard. The mare was still in the pasture...

I am an experienced horse person , and I have been around horses all my life. I have never seen a mare hide a pregnancy so well!
Ophilia is 4 years old. She was the only breeding stock I had left out of my old bloodlines of dusty and my Buni mare..

I can't even express in words how thankful I am.

I thought Brian was playing a late APRIL FOOLS trick on me.
Karen
klfarm@alltel.net

Newest work!

I want to move back to Texas!!

LOL- I bet that is what my daughter is thinking......

We have been snowed in for 3 days now and Its starting to clear out today! This is the most snow we have had in 4 years!

This truck was cleared off the day it started snowing and if you look close your can see how tall the snow is compared to my daughter- hahaha

Karen

Not your typical Christmas!

WOW! What a week or more..... like what happened to the last 2 weeks?

Just the other day I was thinking to myself..." WOW"-the kids will be on their way home. "I need to get busy"!

I have been feverishly cleaning House,wrapping gifts, cleaning out my overly messy,too cluttered of a studio... so my daughter and my 2 grandkids could move in. My daughters husband will be flying back and then leaving for Iraq .

The are going to be living with me for the next couple of months until the army releases money for a place for them to call home.

the last 2 nights were sleepless ones. I worked on Restorations and packed up the last few things that I could before christmas.

Something kept bugging me in my dreams and uneasy feeling of worry...Stress makes me the person that I am, I actually thrive on it -But this kind of stress had me a bit uneasy.

I love this time of year,But I have to tell you that I was almost sick with worry those last couple of nights.

Saturday evening came and I had been calling them off and on.

I was thinking to myself, that they should be arriving around 9-11pm. I was trying to keep myself busy.. baking Christmas cookies and helping Lil "B" with the Icing.

As I turned around to ask my hubby something about the kids ,the phone rang......

On the phone was a frantic voice, with a screaming baby in the background! My heart sank as I realized it was my daughter. She was frantic and all I could make out was that they had wrecked...hitting black ice.

They were turn around pointed in the opposite direction on the side of the road, when another car hit them just as my dughter had cleared the guard rail with her 2 month old infant in her arms when another vehicle also hitting the black ice plowed into the front of their vehicle!

Her husband ,the 3 year old and their pet dog were still in the vehicle!

As the other car hit them-the kennel flew up into the air letting their dog escape in an instant. They escaped with no injuries!!

Thank God no one was hurt except for a few brusies and a couple of throbbing cranial lobes... One of which was mine!

As far as we know , the vehicle is totaled and the U haul trailer may have played in fault of the wreck as the hitch broke,But we are not sure of anything at this time.

My christmas wish was to have my whole family together and It miraculously came true!

Thank you Lord for watching over my children...and yours.

Karen

ps- Guess what? I'm sick and we have a band show tommorrow nite... anyone have any ideas for a stuffy head?

I think I have an allergy or a sinus issue... YUCK!!

what a mess I have........

HI~
Happy Holidays!!
I am so behind on bloggin' !
I've been spending quite a bit of time in the studio these past couple of days cleaning and removing and selling tons of things !
My daughter is moving into my studio space and my grandbabies are moving in!

No photos today...Unless you want to see a HUGE mess!
Gah!!!!!!
Back to cleaning!!
Karen

THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES...

Hi- I Just wanted to come here and thank everyone who has come to visit my Blog and I wanted to take a moment to remember things in my past.

Earlier today as I was recycling 3x 5 floppies,I came upon a photo that I had completely forgotten about...

The photo of of my now deseased old Pony stallion- Dusty whom I had the pleasure of owning for 33 years and one of his colts who went to "meet" him at the rainbow bridge in early 2008.

Its been a rough year for my ponies. We lost 4 this year and it sure did set me back mentally. God never gives us more than we can handle,But there are days that is "sure" feels like it...

My Moral is simple- "be thank ful for the time you have here..."

Happy Thanks giving:)

until next time...

Karen

complaining does work:)

Lookie what I woke up to today:)

Time to finish up my medallions and cook them in the Kiln for a warm and toasty studio:)

Happy Holidays!!

Karen

ITS SNOWING!

Under another winter storm watch so I am hoping for a lil bit more of the white stuff:)

Here are a few more photos of earthanware ornaments I tried my color tests on:)

Enjoy!

Karen

disappointed about the fluffy white stuff

One would think with a photo like this that the ground would be covered....

2 hours north of me and about an hour south they received a nice fluffy blanket of the cool white stuff...But Not me.

I want it!!

I want to have a cool studio to take of advantage of the warming somewhat soothing aroma of my kiln cooking clinky cookies and HSO's...

Even though this looks like we are getting a mass amount of winter, our grass is still here...

Ah well..I am sure we will get "our share" soon:)

K~

another photo:)

IS it christmas yet?

LOL Not really-But its definitly winter!!

These are my latest offerings a hand full of homemade ornaments right from the kiln:)

There were an experiment, so I hope you like them~

various colors and shades as I am testing colors and their colorfast"ness" in the kiln:)

More later~

Karen

work work work!

the desk of KL Keepsakes

Meet the Gullivers!!

Meet the Gullivers!These are custom glazed- the one has a custom tail!


Number #6 Gulliver Black spotted-pending sale-On Hold-Thanks Kari!



Number #5 Gulliver Carcoal grey spotted- For sale






Number #4 Gulliver- Sold-pending sale-Thanks Joan
Thank you for all the compliments on these Lil Guys!
Karen

Welcome, new readers...

Thank you for coming to see Miss Flora,one of my newest creations in the past 3 years. Its been a tedious road for me trying to learn everything about what I can get away with as far as ceramic painting and customizing. These are my newest creations and I hope you will take a minute to look at each:)
Thank you so much!
Karen