It Sure Is Quiet Around Here !

I do believe this is the very first time this has been the case... I sure hope all are doing well.. I am...
Today Teresa and I are going to Winter Park to see the sketchbooks from the Art House Co-Op project 2011... that should be fun....
This week has again been a busy one. I have gotten two doctor visits out of the way...Thank You!! Thank You!!  and all went well...Just one more in two weeks and that's checked off the list....
Teresa and I did the Sketch Crawl on Saturday, heading for Ballast Point Pier, but it was so ,so Hot- we ended up doing sketches of a huge oak tree in the yard of Kojak's BAR-B -Que...Oh well, maybe when it cools down a bit we will go back to the pier. We had Bar-b-Que for dinner..No surprise there I guess.....
Tuesday night we had good crowds for the two painting classes.. I had 16 people for "The Three Poppies" and Becky had 17 for" Looking Up."
I have also done 12 sketches for this Sunday's Paint Your Pet class.. Pre-painted the picture for Saturday night's class,did two sketches in the 2012 sketchbook,added color to the Kojak sketch and done a little sewing.. I am not bored to say the least ,but I am having fun.....
Well time to get moving ,Hope everyone has a great weekend.. Bye for now!!

Busy, busy

I have had a busy week already and its only Wednesday....It started off early Monday morning with a class of 16 at ten A.M. and we painted "The Silly Gold Fishy", and everyone did a great job too!!! When I got home I was able to get two of the pet portraits sketched on canvass...
Monday evening we met Amy and Eric at Honeys to have dinner, and they had a live band playing.. Very nice... that band is there every Monday night 7-11 p.m.[They are good .]
Tuesday morning I watered the garden, If you can imagine that, four days of no rain and 94 degrees has taken its toll, after three weeks of them almost drowning....
 Then I was able to get two more pet portraits sketched, before heading to P.W.A.T. to assist Tobey with" Moonlite Cherry Bloosoms." She had 27 people for this one and they all turned out beautifully....
Today I hope to get the house straighted up a bit, Andy is coming for a visit..
I am also hoping to get two more pet portraits sketched.. before going to work to teach my creation," Palms At The Beach"...
I am off to Mom's tomorrow, and then working Friday night doing "Cobblestone Walk".
I talked to Jenn last night and she was so happy to get to spend a little time with John and Jeanette, wandering throught Pike's Market and visiting, showing them her neck of the woods......
Amy has not been feeling her best so it was off to the doctor for her yesterday.. Turns out to be ( Ass-ma) as I like to say... hope you feel better soon...
That's about enough for now.. hope you all have a great week...

Wrap up of yesterday

I had a very nice day yesterday..Thank You ! Thank You!!!
A great breakfast and visit with Pat and Linda, after which we headed to Hallmark for their ornament kick off... I was able to get Amy a" Sprite Fairy" for her car, and deliver it too!! Yeah!! I had been looking for one for a while...
We had a very successful painting class last night...Thank You Charles for your assistance...Everyone had fun and all the new artists did a great job on their paintings....
Charles is just back from studying in Paris, and it's nice to have him back...
I finished the book club book and really enjoyed it.. now I am reading Michael J. Fox's book "Always Looking Up" and it's good too... I also just finished Barbara Walters' Auditions" and It really brought back memories.....Very good Too....I am really loving the Nook!!! Who would have thought.....
Well welcome to Sunday.. A day of rest??
 I am watching the U.S.A. World Soccer Match ,but what else I do not know ...Have a great day....
I am having real trouble getting the pictures to show up instead of the tiny little boxes ,you can't even see, to click on to get the pictures.. so sorry, something changed.. I never used to have any problem, but now it is everyday.. I put them in ,take them  out.. I don't know why!!!!!!

Mid July

Here we are to Saturday again and I am looking forward to the breakfast club.... I had to miss it last week for S.O.S., so .....
I did a prepaint yesterday A.M. for tonights class, called Attitude.. It's a good one... We already have 15 people signed up, should be fun....
I now have 5 completed sketches in the new book... Yeah!!!!!
Jenn has two completed and sent me pictures, Very nicely done....
Amy called to say a huge tree from the neighbors yard landed in her yard, and Thank You ,it did no real damage... Startled her though..and now a mess to clean up....
It's still wet and hot here and taking it's toll on my tomato plants.. I still haven't gotten one to eat, the wet has damaged the plants, not dead thought so I still hold out hope... of course, you guys know me ,always the optimist....

Well it's time for me to wrap this up and head out for the day... have a nice one ,all.....

Ox Tail

Okay, Okay, When I am wrong I say I am.... They were very good!! Thank You Amy!! It was a very new experience for us and some times we need to shake things up a bit.....You were right also when you said they would put you right to sleep, I was asleep after only ten minutes in the lazyboy...... however when I awoke 20 minutes later I could not get back to it until after one... that's what a little nap will do for you....
Wy and I did yard work yesterday , picking up all the limbs and tree trunks that had fallen, from all the wind and wet weather we have had lately..We had a fire to burn it all ,It was entirely to hot and humid for that kind of work, but it had to be done and now we are glad we did... I am thinking it was worth all the aches and pains?????
 When I got to work on monday morning at 9:00 A,M. and got everything set up and waited, It turns out class had been cancelled... Oh,Well!!!
 Tonight I am teaching" Looking Up" and I have been so looking forward to this one, it should be fun.....
U.S.A. womens soccer game today, Amy is having us over to watch it this morning, it should be another good one...  any way you guys all have a good one .....

Nature....

One of the young deer just came straight up to the den window and looked in at me.... What a thrill!!!! Those babies sure grew up fast.. This one is beautiful.... She is still wandering around the yard,,,, What a sight!
We went to Honeys yesterday to meet up with Amy and watch the women's soccer match against Brazil... U.S.A. won at the very last second and it was exciting to watch.....
Wy and I had cauliflower pizza from Anthony's last night and it was great...Yummy!!!!!

I am off to teach a teen class this morning so perhaps I will get to write more later, but if not enjoy your day and I hope you get a bit of nature today too!!!!

WET

The ground is so wet here that we have mushrooms every where... I took many, many pictures of them because there are so many different variety's... holy smoke I have never seen so many in one yard before... granted this a big yard ,but.... w-o-w  I am impressed.....
Yesterday was a very good Saturday...Thank You, Thank You!! I worked S.O.S. and we had two people come to work on their paintings, they both expressed how nice they thought it was to have the place to themselves to finish little touches...
I was able to pre-paint The Blue Butterfly for next Friday's class...
I am almost finished with the new book club book and I really like this one...
The Beach Trees by Karen White. It's a must read ..to me anyway....
It's going to be a scorcher today, it was 82 when I got up at 5:45A.M. and the sun is beating down.... That should take care of some of the water standing in our yard.. It won't take long....

Have a very nice Sunday y'all

Quiet...

 It is way too quiet here now.. The birds took flight yesterday A.M. and there is nothing coming from the fireplace now.... They left early this year.
It Poured and poured all night thursday night and all day friday...We had huge puddles in the yard, but it has already all soaked in....
Thank You Pat for coming to my class last night I had so much fun ,please tell Grace thanks to for me.. you both did a great job and I can't wait to see your pictures on facebook....
Today is s.o.s. class so I will have to wrap this up quick and get ready to go... I hope everyone has a great Saturday!!!!!

After The Holiday

And a wonderful day it was!!!
I finished up a lot of little chores I had started, Made a punch bowl cake to take to the Bar-B-Que.. and started working on adding color to the first sketch in the book.
Thank You ,Wallace and Val... Wy and I enjoyed everything, and your home is so comfortable and beautiful,Thank you for including us... The food and seeing so many old friends was great, it was a very nice evening....[ We will send pictures]
The play ,Friday Night was very funny and good, you all did a great job... I am glad to hear that the crowds picked up for the rest of the weekend..
Tonight is our book club meeting and the book is" The Other Wes Moore". I am looking forward to discussing it and eating at Marcello's.. Yum!!!
I have now gotten four sketches in the book, but only one started with color, so there is still that...

 There were many birthdays this weekend so Many Happy Returns to you all....and its back to some sort of routine for this short week... Everyone have a good one, and I will be back here again soon....

July

 

 Holy Smokes, am I behind or what??  
I just don't know where the time goes!!!!
It has been busy around here.. Last night at P.W.A.T. we had" The Working Women Of Tampa Bay" , and they had a fund raiser for childhood cancer," One Voice" ... They each got to paint one to three, 3x3 small canvasses {35people} with three different pictures to choose from, and it was great fun . Leslie and Marvin provided lots of good food, a wine tasting and it was a big hit with everyone. Talk about organized chaos, and a wonderful time was had by all !!!!
We also had the first Paint your own Pet over the weekend and had a good turnout for that.. The artists draw the picture you send in and then you come in and paint it... they turned out great.. We have another date set for it in July and it's already almost full...
Jalyn left yesterday for jobs up north, for an undisclosed number of days and she will be missed...
The girls are getting together today to go to the movies.. that should be fun.. first time in a long time for that....
Amy and Eric and friends have a play opening tonight.." Bedfull of Foreigners ", at Carrollwood Players and this is a funny one.. yall' come now, ya hear!!!
We have been invited to a Bar B Que on Monday and that should be a nice day , no rain expected and good company...
I also recieved my sketchbook 2012 so I have some work to get started on...
 Jenn and Andy headed for Watkins Glenn for a Phish concret this weekend and its close enough that they get to visit family as well .. have a great trip you guys...
Happy Fourth Yall' be safe!!!!