Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Monday Morning






 
I do know this is Tuesday but.....On Monday Morning
 I got to do a children's class for the first time at P.W.A.T. and it was great... The kids all did a wonderful job of making the painting their own and the results ,Well see for your self... Artists in the making....  What a nice way to start the week off....
We had a pretty quiet Fathers day, than at 7:00 p.m. We met Amy, Eric ,Chris and Allen Jalyn,Wy and I, at Sunset Grill for a very nice dinner...Thank You!! Thank You!! Amy and Eric....
It has been Hot- Hot- Hot..Here and the pool has been a life saver for us.. How did we get so lucky???
Thank you also, Amy and Eric for you and your friends  coming to paint with me on Friday night ..Everyone was very creative with their Beach Houses ... and we had great fun with the second line ...Thank you Leslie for that...
Today is the first day of summer but we have been feeling it for months now...
Isn't that the original reason we lived in Florida??/ I guess but... It's getting hotter all the time...Air conditioning   Yeah!!! any way It's mid-month, Who would have thought?? 
On with this one, Hope yours is going well......

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Birthday Fun




It was a Birthday week around here this week and we had some fun with it....
Mom's was on Monday but Teresa, Deb ,Mom and I went on Sunday to Lowery Park with a bucket of KFC and all the fixens for a picnic and sat out under the trees ,by the river and enjoyed the sounds of nature, people having fun and the company of each other.. then it was off to Bo's  for an ice cream cone to cool us off... Very Nice Day!!!
Tuesday Evening we celebrated Jalyn's birthday ,Amy and Eric came for dinner, Pork chops in the crock pot, yummy and tender... Then an early evening swim in the pool. and then cake....
Yesterday Wy had to have another tooth pulled, after it broke off on Sunday, That went well and he is doing well... I went to prepaint" Beach House" for Friday nights class..
Amy and Jalyn went to the zoo for the day and then went to dinner with friends....
We Had a very nice, badly needed rain to finish off the evening and went to bed at midnight to the flashes of lighting and the sounds of thunder.. We needed it so , it was almost music to the ears....

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Tampa Bay At Night




I am pretty excited to get to teach this one to a full house tonight... It is an original by Tobey, and is a great painting of Tampa....
 I am also very excited that Jenn got to go see the sketchbooks that Teresa and I did for Art House 2011 ,on display in Seattle for only three days before they move to another part of the country... She really enjoyed getting to see them, and others....
Teresa and I are going to try to see them in Winter Park on July 29th, 30th or 31st.. We shall  see!!!! Should be fun..... I sent for the Art House 2012 sketchbook yesterday, and am looking foreward to it's arrival very soon, so I can once again get started ....
Well it's Saturday morning, and you guys know that that means so for now ,I have to wrap this up and get moving... Have a great day all....

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Catching Up....






Summer is here even if not by the calendar...
 Jalyn got home, after being gone a month,Welcome Home!!!!
 We had Amy and Eric over and had a very nice dinner last night... I  put a roast in the crock pot by 8:00 A.M. and than went to do a bank and store run, at 1:00 I went to do a prepaint at P.W.A.T., and was back home at five...At 6:30 we sat down to a yummy dinner and good company, very nice evening![ This is Amy's last week of school for this year.] Eric has now started training for his new job...
There are now some small tomato's visible on my plants and I cant wait until time to pick them... something else to look forward to....
 I had another very busy, interesting and good weekend last weekend and am hoping this next one will be as good...
Mom and I took her new puppy "Willy" to get fixed and come to find out, he is a Great Dane...going to be a big fellow!! He is so cute, and now we know that there are two large dogs in their household....anyway he is doing well and back to has little boy ways..... [He gets up on the couch behind Debbie, and pulls her pony tail]
Wy and I had a fire in the yard and picked up all the limbs this week ,as well as,worked on spreading some of the  huge pile of mulch ,that the tree guys left us.. So, tired and a bit sore, but Life Is Good!!!!!!!
I am so enjoying the blog and pictures from John and Jeanette's Great Adventures... Keep Up the good work,keeping in touch... You are missed!!!
Jenn is feeling pretty good these days, and Andy is enjoying his new position in the company and his new office... Both are excited about the baby coming !! As are we....
Y'all have a good rest of the week now...now that you are caught up on things around here that is....