Back in the mountains

Everything looks great here ..very green a lush and beautiful as ever...
We are starting the day at 38 degrees, this morning, and it is sunny and cool,with a high of 64 degrees expected..
A feast for the eyes after six months of being away...And how the air smells like the clover that is in bloom every where here...
Until I am here I forget things like how much art I have really done..[every wall covered here too]...

My studio

The Peonies and Iris are in bloom ..my favorite....

Now on with this beautiful Day ..Hope everyone one has a great  Monday...

It seems summer is here..

                            Tampa Studio

Brandon Studio

I sure am enjoying the flowers, as they hit full bloom, from our already hot weather...
work and home are both having air conditioning troubles trying to keep up with the heat....88 degrees both yesterday and the day before...
This is why we live in Florida , but, it is only early May....
My favorite boy called me on his own yesterday to face time..He said he missed his Grandma Sandi... [made my heart melt]
I am a bit late with this, but, I have had a very hard time trying to get the pictures on my blog page so....
We had so much fun getting our two studios together to paint..
First Brandon's artists came to our South Tampa studio to paint..
And the very next night the Tampa artists went to the Brandon studio,  and a wonderful time was had by all ....
So Sorry for the delay in reporting these events,
What a good time we had getting to know each other......So much fun...
Thank You !! Thank You!!! Gina and Todd for getting us all together and for painting with us....
Now on with the day at hand.. Hope all have a good and safe one....

A wonderful mother's day

              Cheers and Happy Mother's Day to all you Mother's out there
                    More power to you....

I had the best day yesterday...Thank You!! Thank You!
I started the day early by making sandwiches for the people at the home my mother is living in...
They take such good care of her ,and I wanted to do something to give back a bit...so I made lunch for 32 people and it was fun to see that it gave even then nurses and care givers, lunch, plus, a break so as not to have to work so hard on Mother's Day.
Mom will be 90 years old next month,and is doing pretty well for all she has to deal with, and I am so thankful to still have her in my life....
At 12:30 I was invite and went to Jamie's house for a wonderful Mother's Day lunch.
It was so nice to get to catch up on everything, going on with everyone ,we rarely get to see..
 we spent the whole afternoon out on the porch enjoying the food,    the company and the beautiful yard full of butterflies that Jamie has been nurturing for some time now..
many, many catepillars are going through many ,many milkweed plants to make such beautiful creatures....
It has been a long while since I have had time to sit and enjoy the company of old friends...
Thank You Jamie for hosting us all and being such a good friend....

May , Five months in....

Yesterday was my first time to hop in the pool this year ...
We have had high 80's and low 90's for the past two weeks and the pool water has reach 81 now..
However it is expected we will have rain and a cool front come through tomorrow ,so the pool water will cool down for a bit....
It sure does feel nice in this heat....
We were also lucky enough to get to go to The Columbia in Ybor City on Thursday evening and man was that some yum....
It has been many years since I have been there and it was a pleasure to feast on the 1905 salad, as well as,all the other goodies they are known for....
I have still been working on the travel journal slowly, but I have been a bit under the weather so have not added color to many of the entries.
Here we are five months into this year...Holy Smokes... How does that happen so fast now??
Happy Cinco Day Mayo in only two days ..this is what I am teaching to celebrate that day....