No Rain for two days now....

WOW ..maybe I should not say that out loud..
Anyway    The tree guys were able to work yesterday and get the old dead trees down and cut back some,so they aren't a danger ,hanging over the house... Thank You!!! Thank You!!!
I also want to say a big Thank You to which ever angels are watching over me these days....My two right side tires were not set back on properly after a tire rotation and by the time we checked there were only two lug nuts holding the front one and three holding the back one on.... each is meant to have five.... Anyway Thanks again for looking out for me..... {that was quite scary}
The private party Monday night,"Looking Up" was so much fun... Thank You Mellow m
Mushroom folks for choosing us to have your party...
Tuesday I went to P.W.A.T. to pre-paint, Wednesday Mom and I went to Sam's and the grocery store and Thursday I was back at P.W.A.T. pre-painting... Tonight is "looking Up".. Tomorrow is S.O.S. in the A.M. and" China and Wine" in the P.M.
Busy Busy and Happy Happy...
Hope all are Well and have a great Labor day weekend.....

Anyone Out There Need Some Rain???

We have  had plenty and are still having one or two down pours daily.... It's raining now......
First of all let me be very Thankful that the Hurricane was not as bad as they expected...but also hopeful you are all alright!!!!!!
Where did that week go????
Pet Portraits went very well yesterday, as well as the meeting before hand.
Saturday the girls met for lunch and a movie ,instead of breakfast... lunch was yummy, the movie was good right up until the last 10 minutes, and then, not so much...Just be warned in cause you plan on seeing "One Day" It's not the feel good movie I hoped it would be....Very upsetting instead....
Amy and Jalyn worked all weekend and were able to get the baby shower invitations in the mail last night ..Thank you both very much...
I am getting very excited to get to see Jenn on the 14th. of September...It can't get here soon enough....
I worked everyday but Saturday, and am doing" Looking Up 'tonight...and this is a good thing ,just in case you thought I was complaining , I not!!! I am very happy....
I hope you all have a very good week ,and if you need rain just give me a nood and I will try to steer it your way....
bye for now....

More Rain Last Night

Holy Smokes, the yard is flooded again from the downpour last night.....
It's been another busy and productive week here....
Last Sunday evening we had a very nice time at the bosses house get together..Thank You ! Thank You!!! Most of the artists were there from both studios and it was nice to see everyone....lots of good food and good company.....
Monday night Bruce and Jamie came for dinner and we had the left over Shepards Pie .. still yummy...
Tuesday night we had a full house at P.W.A.T. and I assisted Tobey and Becky and all went very well...
Jenny got the great news ,that she and Andy are having a boy!!!!! Everyone is very excited about this news!!!!!
Wednesday, Wy and I went to Sub World for lunch for the first time and had a very good lunch...Amy has been telling us to go there for years and we finally did, and will again.....Later that evening I taught Gerbera Daisy for a private party of 14 people ..That went well too!!
Thursday we picked up Rowan early while they started on Amy and Erics new roof ...and later Jamie came over with a container filled to the brim and overflowing with baby boy winter clothes for Jenn.. We skyped Jenn and showed her every piece...We had fun with that....
Friday we picked up Rowan again, I smashed my toe,Ouch!!!! but but a bit later I was able to get the first four Pet Portraits sketched on canvass...
Yesterday was very busy!!!!! I started of course with breakfast with the girls... then it was off to Teach "The silly Goldfish" from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.  and then to assist with 29 people doing the" Starry Night" ...Erin taught this one and Becky had 7 people in the other studio...
We had another really bad storm last night with lots of rain and high winds.. lots of water standing in the yard this morning again....
Well hopefully this will be a day of rest and maybe a few pet portraits will get sketched... we shall see ... anyway ya'll have a good one ya hear.....

Another week Gone

It's Saturday morning and as usual I am up and moving early...
Wy and Amy got home safely on Tuesday night and I had Sheperds pie waiting [with hamburger not lamb] anyway  yum...
Wednesday A.M. I had 18 for the "Silly Gecko" and that went pretty well..
Wednesday night we had book club at Mimi's and we all had a good time and loved the book.."The Beach Trees" by Karen White. We missed everyone who couldn't make it ...
Thursday night my class was cancelled ,the air conditioning in one room was out..
I am so looking forward to today.The book club is getting together to see the movie "The Help" and then going to Cracker Barrel for the southern cooking... should be fun....
Wy and I are both reading the next book club book, "What Alice Forgot.. Man it grabs you and pulls you in and you can"t put it down.. My favorite kind....
It was 99 degrees on the back porch at 5:00 p. m. yesterday, needless to say we were in the pool many times ...It will be the same today...
Hope you have a good one on this Full  Moon Saturday 
bye for now .......

Days Off

Sunday was a peaceful day and I got a bit of house work finished, plus the prepaint for"Ciao Time". I can't wait for this one ,it is so cute... I cut out 6 stencils for it..[ "Oh, Ye Of Little Faith"] I just want everyone to be comfortable that it won't be too hard a painting to do, so a little help might be appreciated....Anyway if you like it as much as I do, come do it with me.....
This morning I took a picture of the beautiful morning clouds in the sky, and it wasn't until I got it loaded on kodak easy share, that I discovered the rainbow in it.. What a nice surprise.... way to start the day.....
I picked the first dozen grape tomatoes from my pool side garden and can't wait to taste them... yummm......Two Roma's too!!
I am off to see Dr. Germain this afternoon for my regular check, all is well...
Thank You Jamie, for the Pack and Play, I am very excited to get to use it some time soon....
Amy and Wy should be home tomorrow night and I can't wait to see them ...Have a safe trip.. Please Line the road with angels....
Well that's it for now, It was a very busy and very good week... Thank You!!!! Thank You!!!

Feast or

How is it Friday already???
I was lucky enough this week to get to work every night but Monday,[ no class held] and twice this Saturday,[s.o.s.].. It was great to get to assist both Nava and Tobey, and get to see how they each do things... Thank You!! Thank You!!
Last night I taught "Treasure Island Sunset" and tonight I am teaching "New York, New York" Saturday night it's" A Stroll at Night2 "...Busy, Busy Busy!!!! But in a good way!!!!
Jenn and Andy are headed for the Gorge for phish this weekend, I hope they have a great time....
Amy and wy are showing[ Beyonce] [I do not know how you spell it]around North Carolina and taking photos as they go.....fun...
I am finally going to get to pick my first tomato this weekend, it's been a struggle ,what with all the rain and heat.. I lost just about all the 21 plants that were in the ground, but the one's in pots on the pool deck are doing well and turning red...Thank You!!!! Thank You!!!! I can't wait for that first bite of a home grown.....
I did two sketches while waiting to get my mammogram at 7:30 a.m. yesterday, so I will work on adding color to those today...
Best I get busy, so, have a good weekend all...

Another Month Gone...

 WOW... Here we are to August... I guess we will probably sail through it too!!!!
Teresa and I had a great time looking at every one's sketchbooks at The Full Sail University in Winter Park, and what a nice school that is ....
The Art House Co=Op had everything organize so well, and it all went so smoothly it made it a pleasure to be able to see many peoples works...
 Thank You Teresa for doing so much research ahead of time to get us ready to see  many more books....
We were both  honored to be included among so many talented people.. What a nice experience it was to get to see them..
Sunday we had paint your own Pet Portraits at P.W.A.T. and it went very well.. They have done it enough times in St. Pete to be able to help us with a time schedule and with four Teachers having 6 people each, it was a good class and all the paintings turned out great.Thank You !!! Thank You!!!!
 I hear from Wy and Amy that all is going well in North Carolina ,and it is just as hot there ,but they are having a good time visiting and sightseeing....
Jenn is still getting much cooler weather in Seattle and she is getting some sketching done in her 2012 sketch book....She is also feeling pretty good and is happy to have her hubby back from his recent trip to Florida...
I am heading to mom's and then to work to prepaint for Thursday night's Treasure Island Sunset..
Hope everyone has a good rest of the week... bye for now.....

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!!!!

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......