My eldest usually carries her cell phone in the back pocket of her jeans. This actually works surprisingly well most of the time, but not when she rides. We have been brainstorming acceptable alternatives. She is not a purse person, nor a fanny pack person, nor one that likes the riding pants with the special pockets. We needed a solution for jeans. I saw some clip on pouches, and she made a positive noise, so I made one!

I bought some goat leather in natural so that she could decorate it herself (if she wants), and swivel clips and a heavy duty zipper.

It works! There is enough give that it doesn’t interfere with her riding, and the phone can’t fall out of her pocket into the dirt. I would make it differently if we need another one, but the basic concept is sound.

So I finally took down the scarecrow and his ghost mantel. Rather than store the whole kit-n-caboodle somewhere inside, I removed the hat and clothes and set the chicken wire frame up in the woods. Not just any old where, but sitting on a branch, waiting for next year. The gray wire is really hard to see in pictures, so I took a video too.