Elgin Western Days 2012

 Same Clown Princess / New Queen!  

       Congrats to Ashley Lozano

              

       

        Pinkie and Jakey the Clown!

I want a Rainbow Mohawk wig!!!

      

          Colorful Butterfly Hat!

Two Western Day Princesses with a magical Unicorn!

Kids just wanna have FUN!!!

Every one both young and old had TONS of FUN

at Elgin Western Days!!!

Jakey the Clown

Jakey's Green Thumb

There is something so rewarding about
nurturing baby plants!
It involves love of life and the celebration of spring!!

Planting seeds in the soil of the Earth.
Watching as they sprout and grow...

On Jakey's home page you will find on the top right a link to a page called
"Jakey's Green Thumb"

As a member of the River Valley Farmers Market
the following plant babies will be available for purchase at Veteran's Park
in Elgin, TX. on Saturday mornings:

Broccoli

Cucumbers
Burpless
Marketmore 76
Poinsett 76

Eggplant
Asian
Black Beauty

Green Beans
Bush & Pole

Herbs
Basil
Rosemary

Melons
Cantaloupe
(Sierra Gold)
Watermelon
(Crimson Sweet & Sugar Baby)

Okra
Clemson Spineless #80

Tomatoes
Boy O Boy
Celebrity
Cherry (Sweet 100)
Crimson
Espana
Roma
Superba

Peppers
Cayenne
Green
Habanero
Hungarian Yellow
Pimento

Squash
Acorn
Butternut
Gooseneck
Patty Pan
Pumpkin (Big Max)
Zucchini (Black Beauty)

Organic Pest Control
Concentrate: $ 3.00

Happy Gardening & Healthy Eating!!

Jakey the Clown

Elgin Hog Eye Festival 2011

Jakey with two of the "Sowpremes"

They put a pink boa on me to add some bling!


The Sowpremes arrived at the 24th Annual Hog Eye Festival in Elgin, TX. riding in on the back of Harley Davidson motorcycles! These gals can really sing!!



I made a lot of motorcycle balloons! The kids like having a choice of who is riding on it; a dog, a monkey, Mickey Mouse or Spiderman!

Personally I like the monkey on a motorcycle - I make great monkey sounds! :))
As my mother would say:
"Drives me bananas!"

I love working the home grown festivals in Elgin!

Jakey the Clown

Highland Mall Family Fun Nights Finale

Highland Mall Family Fun Nights Finale
August 11th, 2011

Two-Headed Dragon & Texas Twister

The children all had FUN!!!

Lots of games and face painting too!
This girl has eyeballs painted on her eyelids!!

Butterfly Hat & Monkey

TONS of FUN for everyone at
Highland Mall in Austin, Texas!!

Jakey the Clown

42nd Annual Elgin Western Days - 2011

Miss Western Days Queen
with The Clown Princess!!

Jakey posing with a pretty young girl all dressed in purple!

My sidekick "Mr. Twist" enjoying the
Carnival at Western Days!


Loads of FUN!!!

Jakey the Clown

Old Pecan St. Spring Festival 2011

Did I say "spring"? I should have said summer!
Mother's Day hit 98 scorching degrees in downtown Austin.
Thank goodness for sunscreen and Gatorade...

The other clown at Pecan St. just looked at these 2 goofy guys weird when they asked him to make them "embarrassing" hats.
Doesn't stop Jakey!
A pink octopus & a neon flower hat ought to do the trick! LOL

Mom took the picture - sure wish she had gotten the bat that was perched on top of this kid's hat! Really made for a complete ensemble!! :-)

Okay. I admit Jakey wasn't the only colorful character at Pecan St.!!

These 3 siblings loved their hats!
I was given all of the flowers from the booth that is pictured behind them! The very talented vendor makes unique vases! Should have gotten one of them - all the flowers would only fit in this pitcher when I got them home!

A beautiful reminder of a very fun Old Pecan St. Festival!!

Jakey the Clown

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Jakey the Clown

Total Lunar Eclipse - Winter Solstice 2010

It was cloudy - thick clouds...


this image is a sequence taken in Florida


of what I wanted to be able to see for myself...


362 years


since the last Total Lunar Eclipse on Winter Solstice!


That's 14 & 1/2 generations...


So it's possible that your
great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandmother witnessed the event!


Santa Claus is even older than that!


How old is Santa Claus??

1600 years old + !!!

Santa Claus is timeless !!

Jakey the Clown

Christmas in Bastrop, TX. !!

Candy Canes & Christmas Sceptors

In front of the Lumberyard Music Hall

for Bastrop Main Event

During Lost Pines Christmas in downtown Bastrop, TX.

Held a "Belly Laugh" Contest!

HO - HO - HO !!!

THAT was FUN !!!

Jakey the Clown

Tis the Season to be Jolly!!

HO HO HO !!!

Wishing a Blessed Christmas to all

And a Very Happy New Year!!!


Jakey the Clown

Pinatas!

These kids were having fun gathering the candy from the pinata!

A word about pinatas...


Many moons ago I worked a birthday party for a 3 year old boy. Mom got him a dinosaur pinata, since dinosaurs were his favorite thing at the time.
He loved and hugged on his new "toy" friend!
So, when all the kids at his birthday party started hitting his new friend with a baseball bat, he erupted in tears & there was no consoling him...

Since then I have always felt that inanimate objects make much better pinatas...

I like Star pinatas myself! :-))

Jakey the Clown

Fun & Games!

Seriously.

Would you play Parcheesi with this guy?

Maybe if he stuck his tongue back in his mouth?

Well, I played with him...

SKUNKED him too!!

He claims I cheated though - using outdated rules written in the 1930's...

His eyes might pop out if he knew the game was created in 500 B.C.!!

LOL!!!

Jakey the Clown

The Big Red Nose

Did you know that clowns love to garden?

That's because they love watching things grow - like Feet, Smiles & Big Red Noses!

The Big Red Nose in the picture is just about ready for use! Ha ha!!

NO, NO, Please DON'T throw it at Jakey!!

ACHOO!!

Now THAT was a juicy sneeze!!

Jakey the Clown

Red, White & Blue!!

Veteran's Park - July 4th, 2010

Jakey the Clown

4th of July Parade!

Okay. I think that the blue hair looks a little scary... ;-(
BUT it was the 4th of July, which kind of called for red, white & blue!
The kids didn't seem to mind at all - clowns are supposed to be somewhat strange.
Perhaps since my sidekick Fiona looked normal?

Elgin City Hall said it was the first time they had a clown in their 4th of July Parade.
There were lots of Cub Scouts and even The Statue of Liberty!

There was a program in Veteran's Park afterward, and had fun making balloon art for the kids!
Thank you Fiona for helping me!! :-))

Jakey the Clown

Jakey & The Jokester

Elgin Western Days Festival 2010

With my sidekick Morgan (The Jokester)!

He wowed the crowd with jokes like:

Waiter, this soup tastes funny ?

Then why aren't you laughing !

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

It's all relative... :D

Jakey the Clown

My very own Cheshire Cat!

Talk about camoflauge! Squeek has it down pat!

She still can't reach the birdies though... :-))

Jakey the Clown

Colorful Characters / Ms. Ivie Flowers

Ms. Ivie checking out Jakey's set up

I LOVE chocolate brownies! Sweet, gooey, chocolaty and yummy!

Ms. Ivie Flowers gave me a bag of brownies she had made. She makes a lot of brownies, cakes, breads, cookies and even cans jams and jellies. How fun would it be to hang out in her kitchen and get to lick all the bowls!

Ms. Ivie sells her baked goods every Saturday in front of the Dollar General in Elgin to raise money for her church. I set up next to Ms. Ivie to make balloon art to raise money for The Red Cross Haiti Relief Fund. She thought I was quite the colorful character - I made a new friend in Ms. Ivie!

I made Ms. Ivie a flower on a stem in a heart balloon, and she wore it on her arm all day long! She knew a lot of the people that came by and took the time to chat with them all.

“How are you today?” she would ask…

So, I chimed in and would ask: “How are you today? Ms. Ivie and I are doing great! We’re sweet and we’re funny – guess which is which??

Ha-ha!! She’s the funny one!!”

pointing to Ms. Ivie. Then we would both giggle!

Remembering how sweet and tasty those brownies were on my tongue… Well, my sweet tooth knows where to go on Saturday mornings!!