The East Willy Cauldron

Sarah's Placemats

2009-08-01T20:53:00.000-07:00

We went today and got them laminated at Staples and they came out soooooo great. Sarah, did it all, she selected the special wordings and painted everything herself, I only advised here and there etc etc etc. I think that they are soooooo AWESOME!! They are so special in real life, I don't think they render as nice here. We are now all ready for our "Gala Evening" to occur on Monday.

Work'n away on placemats for the Gala Evening

2009-07-30T19:00:00.000-07:00

The Shower

2009-07-29T06:12:00.000-07:00

Kristen wins the Wine Tasting challange.

T and Judy, the Matron of Honor. Would ya believe that she just had a little baby boy 5 weeks ago?????

The "Wine Tasting" We had 5 different kinds of red wines to try and guess what we were drinking....I got 2 wrong.

Here comes the Bride!! And yes, she has to wear this and carry the bouquet for the rehearsal, it's tradition!!!

It's tradition to carry the bouquet of all of the bows that were on your Shower gifts
at the rehearsal on the Rehearsal dinner nite.

Judy & Walt

2009-07-20T10:38:00.000-07:00

What went out on the wedding invitations

2009-07-20T07:30:00.000-07:00

That is indeed their real hands...The invitaiton has a response card attached to the actually invitation that all one has to do is sign yes or no and drop the card into the mail. It is an great looking fold out invitation.

Dragged out of the garage...

2009-07-20T07:26:00.000-07:00

I used "Old English" staining polish and it make the 100's of scratches and nicks disappear from the human eye. And a couple of coats of polish on top of that made it shine!!

Ity Bity Tiny Messy Room

2009-07-19T06:39:00.001-07:00

Okay guys, don't faint, but, I have decided to blog again...if only to brag about the miracles I plan on doing to this 8x10 room. Geeeesh, I have so much stuff.

Let see if I can transform this room into a little den/guest room and still manage to keep all that stuff in the room.

Negative Painting

2009-04-02T08:12:00.001-07:00

I got to sub in an art class last week and again this afternoon. I just finished my homework and that was to paint a "negative" painting. You put watercolor on a 1/4 sheet of watercolor, then scribble all over the place and then try to extract an image and then make a painting by only painting the negative spaces.

Three tails of a cat.

2009-03-24T19:17:00.000-07:00

Cat Highness

2009-03-17T07:02:00.000-07:00

A New Respect for the "rings of time"

2008-12-02T16:25:00.000-08:00

I have no way of telling you what a 100ft dead tree looks like...but, if ya will look at the last pic. you will see the man's son standing by the tree that his father is cutting up. So, look at the photos backwards and you will get a sense of the height of the trees here in our local area.

I got "estimates: from 1,300 to 650 and guess who I went with?? The tree was DEAD!!

My Crazy Sketchbook

2008-11-17T08:34:00.000-08:00

These are 5 second sketches without changing paper for each sketch...these are to get the essence of the subject.Again, these are 15/20 second sketches of the live model.Again these are very quick gester drawings As awful as some of my sketches are, I did see great improvement in my work in such a short while. These, if I remember, were 5 minute poses..

This was (if I remember correctly) an exercise about abstracting a figure drawing. Shaping making and attaching it to the figure.

Three Months!! I have not Blogged in Three Months!!!

2008-11-07T09:49:00.001-08:00

Wow, three whole months have gone by since I have been here.

But, what I did manage to gain in these three months, is a beautiful and handsome new daughter and son in heart... I am just so blessed to have these wonderful young people in my life and now part of the family.

I wondered if I should even try blogging again...I am always so busy with this or that...and I don't seem to have the time to visit my friends' blogs, which keeps me uninformed as to what they are up to.

Soooo, I shall see what happens and take it one day at a time...today I blog...tomorrow???

Now, I shall show you what I have done as homework for a class that I get to go to once in a while. Last week's assingment was to do something with the drawing of "ribbons," and this week, "trees".

See ya later....maybe...

Granny E Finds Me a Strip of Beach

2008-08-03T04:47:00.000-07:00

This is the James River. Granny E found me this little tiny strip of beach for me to play on. We got there at 8AM and I swam for an hour...then Granny E took me back home so that she could get her bathing suit on and come back here. We stayed here until 1PM, when folks started coming and visiting our private little beach.

I had such fun frolicking in the water as she would throw the ball or my favorite red toy in the water. She actually got in the water with me...and then would sit on her towel and spend time reading " Lonesome Dove" which she is having a good time with!!

I, of course, would come as close as I could to her and shake the water off of me, and then rest my drippy body as close as I could get to her.

That's me far out there. I'm "Cruiser" my soon to be "step brother" is Bixby whom you all know.
You have no idea how much fun this is!!! I have serious hip problems, and Granny E does have to lift my back side to get me into the car. But, put me in the water and I can swim all day!! And I can run after balls too. But, Granny E and I take the sames meds. She for her knees and I for my hips.
Now, to get to this little strip of beach, Granny had to slide on her back side all the way down, cause it was steep going down. She had no problems climbing back up though...just going down.

Oh, such fun!! Throw it again!! Please throw it again!!!

Style...and Comfort Zone????

2008-07-30T18:03:00.000-07:00

Okay, here I am doing this photo all over again..."in my style" whatever that means....

Remember the "Blue Pants and the Blue Dolphines...LOLOLOL !!!! I still chuckle over that...and I showed a friend of mine that painting"and she said to me......"that is sooooo NOT you,

what were you trying to do???? I told her that I was trying to get out of my "comfort zone!!!!

I do have to admit that everytime I "stretch myself " the paintingsare awful!!! I seem to not know what I am doing....and FEEL that I do not know what I am doing!!

And my question now is....to myself, do I have toooooo much control over what I paint and therefore, it is not a painting, but, an illustration...?????????????

I love doing what I do best...........and I do have to admit that I feel that when I do what I do best........I am not growing!!!

Or is it just "my style"????????????

How do you feel about your art?????????

I went for a bike ride this morning...

2008-07-27T06:49:00.000-07:00

Had to keep looking straight ahead, lest I get dizzy...
When I finally came around the mountain, I came here to rest a while. Actually I came here to sit and figure out why my camera card was full. Geeeeeee...remember when our "dance cards" were full...ohhhhhhh dear, am I dating myself again. It must be the altitude of that mountain bike ride that made my life flash in front of me....LOLOLOLOL
I rode my bike this morning for nine miles taking beautiful pictures of "Crepe Myrtles" all over the place. And then it said that my camera card was full??????????? What the hell....?????
So, I sat down to see if I could see what the problem was.....because... and of course, I should have been able to take a dozen more pictures to bore you with....

But, ya guessed it....in the process of trying to find out the mysteries of digital cameras.......I deleted all of the pictures that I had already taken in trying to find out why my "card was full" when I "knew" I could take a lot more!!!

Geeeeeee, Here, I had pixs of Crepe Myrtles in every red shade possible and there are white one toooo. Crepe Myrtles are sooooo beautiful and come in bushes as well as trees.

So, I guess I will have to go back up the mountain and look for more Crepe Myrtles another day.
Cause even with my cute little black padded bike shorts...my butt hurts!!!

"Puppy Aura" Has No Aura...

2008-07-20T18:37:00.000-07:00

This is a 15 x 22 that I decided to paint on Sunday. The pix is from a photo of T and the boys that I loved. I think that it is way too stiff and flat......and in making a b/w of it realized that my values are too much the same and too close to each other. Gotta make a few changes and see what happens.

Okay, today is Monday and I just came back from the art group and asked for honesty cause I told them that I did not like it and yet I loved the subject matter and knew that something was waaaaay off with this painting.

And I did not like the color I used for the dogs....

This is just tooooo funny!!!

Joanne thought the dogs were blue pants that T was trying to put on!!!!!!!!

Pearl thought that someone was feeding dolphines.!!!!!!!! (cause of T's shorts.)

Yes, I did use the wrong color for the dogs....(I knew that)

The image is too centered...(knew that too.)

But, the real problem was that the painting had no style!! Bingo!! There it was!!!! The flatness, the lack of punch or center. It had nothing to say!!

I was sooooo happy to hear all of this. Sometimes, ya just can't see all that is wrong. You know something is wrong...but, ya can't see it enough to correct it.

Soooo, the end result is always good!! One learns and one gets to ....to start all over again, this time in my style and we shall see what happens.

Blue Pants????????? Blue Dolphines???????? Tooooooo funny!!!!!

Blueberry Pick'n and White Peaches toooo!!

2008-07-19T11:27:00.000-07:00

My friend, Joanne, called last nite and asked if I wanted to go blueberry pick'n and pluck some white peaches tooo.

So off we went this morning at 7:45AM to a farm in the middle of 'no where" by Chickahomony (sp??) River. It was absolutely beautiful and I had such fun pick'n the berries and the peaches. We ate some right off the ground and the peaches were soooooo sweet. This farm is organic and if we look like we are dressed funny, I was told to cover up as much as possible. The sweat was pouring into my eyes as I was pick'n the little blueberries.

So, I came home and ate 2 peaches that were ripe and immediately put the berries in the freezer in a single layer and am freezing them. The rest of my peaches are on the counter......riping.

Wow, Look at the Color of these Roses!!

2008-07-17T17:36:00.000-07:00

I was sooooo thrilled when the doorbell rang and there stood a florist holding this glass vase full of these most gorgous roses from M. This ole gal just smiled from ear to ear, cause it was indeed her birthday. A day to celebrate by going to lunch with friends and then going to the consignment shops "just to look around" and laugh at all the "junk" and lo and behold...Look at what I find!!!

Sooooooo exciting!! This is an old copper hot water bottle!!! It is approx. 12 inches long by about 7 inches wide. I held one in my hands over 25 years ago and could not afford it at the time. And here I find one tucked in a corner for $28!!!!! It certainly was the last thing on my mind that I ever expected to find. It was a gift from the Universe handed over to me on my Birthday!!

Abundance!!! Abundance!!!! It made me smile big time and feel so grateful for "just everything". It just made my day. and even though I had promised myself not to buy any more stuff, as I have enough stuff and don't want to have tooooo much stuff around. But, I could not/can not resist extra bits of more copper stuff. I just LOVE old copper!!!

and now I add this gem to my collection.

Blue Eye Shadow Anyone???? A trip back to "yesterday"

2008-07-12T05:07:00.000-07:00

I don't think acrylic nail were invented yet.....I was an ole nail biter. Geeeee, the eye shadow is not as blue as it is on the slide. I mean, this was intense "Glow in the Dark Blue" eyeshadow!!!! Toooo funny.... and to think that I probably thought I looked good that night, not knowing that I probably scared little kids with those eyes.....LOLOLOL

This is when we got engaged.....1971 I had made that dress...yes, I really did sew in those good ole days. And this is also before I started to frost my hair. Hair??? I actually had a lot of hair....what in the hell happened????

We could have saved on electric bill with those eyes.......scary!!!

Showing a bit of leg here....hahahahaha and we will probably find our way home with my "glow in the dark" eyes!!!

Would ya look at the hair??????????? This is with Margaret, one of the Yayas of 40 years.
Okay....I had to put this one in.....cause I look damn good!!!!! even with my "glow in the dark" eyes....hahahahahaha.

Remember "Her"??????

2008-07-07T15:04:00.001-07:00

This is probably the worst painting I have done in a long time!!!!

I would have thrown her away, if it was not for the fact, that my art group, told me to "keep on going" even though her eyes were all screwed up........and since they all paint better than me....I kept on screwing her up a bit more.....hahahhahha

Okay, here she is and this is the last you will see of her...........so enjoy her hair!!!! cause I know I did a good job there!!!!.........and that is in the eye of the beholder...lest I forget.

Hey, Wanna Go On A Roller Coaster....ahhhhhh "no, Thank you!!

2008-06-30T18:07:00.000-07:00

Needless to say, my heart was in my throat, just watching this thing go down!!!
Right now they are on the tippy top....

and now you hear the screams of terror as it goes STRAIGHT DOWN!!!
Here is the view, so that you can see how STRAIGHT DOWN IT IS!!!
This is more my speed, thank you.
Plwase note that I am in a boat down going slowly down the rapids....but, not before I was able to shoot this picture of the roller coaster near us...please note that those folks above the little boat...are UPSIDE DOWN!!!! travel at speeds about 60 miles.

Had enough???...is your stomach all settled??? Okay, I can not tell a lie, yes, I did go on the 'Big Bad Wolf" roller coaster which I think was in Italy...and aside from Judy sitting next to me, I prayed to the whole of the heavenly unseen world that I be safe and live to see another day including my children's weddings and their children etc etc etc.

WHY??? WHY did I want to do that to myself...LOLOLOLOL Actually I loved some of it....and this roller coaster is kindergarden in comparison to those photos that I am showing here.

Yes, Busch Gardens is indeed a lot of fun, and we saw a show in Ireland that was incredibly wonderful and just as good as Riverdance!!! These youngdancers were awesome!!

Yes, I still have a bit of the adventure seeker in me...not that much, but, a little bit...and yes, I would go back and ride the BBWolf...and this time with my eyes open...cause you see...I never once opened them from the time they strapped me in until I got off....LOLOLOLOLOL!! My eyes missed the show, but, my body got to "see" how it felt to be twurled and spunned and dipped at 60 miles per hour............and I was in that sweet feeling of pure fear and praying all the way for it to be over with!!

These Beauties Surround me...Magnolias

2008-06-23T06:15:00.001-07:00

Bike Journal

2008-06-23T05:47:00.000-07:00

This is my bike which I love, considering that I can ride it with bad knees. I need a rear-view mirror!!! Can't hear the cars behind me.
This my friends, is a "Dander Bag" it holds my camera and cell phone. And it is very convenient and cost $5.99. It is perfect for my tooling around the neighborhood.
The walking paths, that I having been riding my bike on . Yup, I got a little bell to let folks know that I am on their path.... I have ridden on the road, but, have found that I can not hear the cars behind me, especially going down hill. I get a whooooosch sound with my helmet on.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm nice place to have a wedding.
But, I think that I like this area better...

Look at these neat Bookends that I received as a gift

2008-06-21T09:47:00.000-07:00

I absolutely LOVE them.

Okay that is enough blogging for now.

Don't want ya'll to get toooo use to the fact that I just blogged 3 days in a row...hahahahahaha

My Porch "Buddies" I Love Frogs!!

2008-06-21T09:24:00.000-07:00

Since I don't have much to Blog about, here are some of my porch buddies to you to admire!!!

"Humble" Beach Dwellings (shots taken from the car)

2008-06-20T05:21:00.000-07:00

except for this one.....

A Tree House

2008-06-20T05:11:00.000-07:00

This is where I stayed with a friend for 2 days in the Outter Banks. This was a great house!!! The deck wrapped around the whole house with hammocks at 2 corners, and was on a canal, and you truly felt as if you were in a tree house.

Front of house
Wrap around deck
Park of deck over looking the canal.
This is where we had dinner.
Because there are sooooo many trees, you only have this view if you are

downstairs and walk to the water.

Whoooo You Look'n At??????

2008-06-19T07:20:00.000-07:00

Nice day today, let me craw outta my hold and see what is going on...

Hmmmmmm, someone is very close by.....let me see who it is.
Hey!!!!! who you look'n at?????
Yuck!!!! Smelly old feet here...hope she took at foot bath in my world
And here is my world!!!

"FI-DI FI-DI FI-DI " Okay, Okay, I "DI"

2008-06-09T10:42:00.000-07:00

I think that I mentioned that I was asked if I would contribute some flower paintings to be shown at some sort of Garden Club here. And of course, the subject matter had to be flowers and gardens and that is one thing that I don't usually paint.

So this is it. This is all that the muse could get out of me at the present moment considing that I was not originally in the mood to paint, let along flowers. But, as I painted this make-believe flower and I let the muse do her thing I began to get into it.

I like the cropped version better, and if ya click on it, ya can see the colors better....I may still fool around with it a bit more.....or get a smaller mat

This is watercolor and gouche on gold gesso'd 1/4 sheet of watercolor paper.....in case ya wanted to know.

Flying Black Bug

2008-06-08T10:17:00.001-07:00

The butterfly looked black, but, the yellow dots are actually on its body and not on the wings....the wings just have a gently outline of faint dots.

If you click on the photo, ya can get a real good look..... if you are so inclined to do so.....go ahead, take a real close look at its naked little body as it is busy eating away.

Did ya click???

Ya did???

Sheeeeeeesh the nerve of some people???? Hope you don't go around eating without any cloth on .....ya never know when someone might just "click" and take a real close look at you and your little body as you are busy eating away........(this is getting way tooooo politically.....LOLOLOLOL

Sorrrrieeeee, only a black butterfly do I have to offer you....even though it is a very lovely black butterfly at that.

I have not felt like painting at all!!! Sorta in a painting funk....no energy to get energized, and yet, I have stuff to finish, and I am just letting it lay/lie/laid there.

A friend came over and I told her how I was feeling...and she said to me that the cure is FIDI FIDI FIDI!!!

F--kit Doit.........so that is what I am going to do this afternoon.

Old Flower - New Twist

2008-05-30T09:01:00.000-07:00

I was asked if I had any flower paintings to display as they are having a Garden Day in June and they want the Art Group to provide images of flowers and gardens etc etc.

Sooooooo, I went and had a look to see what I had and found this old watercolor that I had doodled with and never finished.

I am chuckling as they are quite conservative in taste here, and this is sooooooooooo in your face and far from conservative....LOLOLOL

My Exercise Diary

2008-05-19T08:25:00.001-07:00

Dear Diary:For my birthday this year, my daughter (the dear) purchased a week of personal training at the local health club for me. Although I am still in great shape since being a high school football cheerleader 43 years ago, I decided it would be a good idea to go ahead and give it a try. I called the club and made my reservations with a personal trainer named Belinda, who identified herself as a 26-year-old aerobics instructor and model for athletic clothing and swim wear. My daughter seemed pleased with my enthusiasm to get started! The club encouraged me to keep a diary to chart my progress.

MONDAY :
Started my day at 6:00 a.m. Tough to get out of bed, but found it was well worth it when I arrived at the health club to find Belinda waiting for me. She is something of a Greek goddess -- with blonde hair, dancing eyes and a dazzling white smile. Woo Hoo!! Belinda gave me a tour and showed me the machines. I enjoyed watching the skillful way in which she conducted her aerobics class after my workout today. Very inspiring! Belinda was encouraging as I did my sit-ups, although my gut was already aching from holding it in the whole time she was around. This is going to be a FANTASTIC week!

TUESDAY :
I drank a whole pot of coffee, but I finally made it out the door. Belinda made me lie on my back and push a heavy iron bar into the air then she put weights on it! My legs were a little wobbly on the treadmill, but I made the full mile. Belinda's rewarding smile made it all worthwhile. I feel GREAT! It's a whole new life for me.

WEDNESDAY:
The only way I can brush my teeth is by laying the toothbrush on the counter and moving my mouth back and forth over it. I believe I have a hernia in both pectorals. Driving was OK as long as I didn't try to steer or stop. I parked on top of a GEO in the club parking lot. Belinda was impatient with me, insisting that my screams bothered other club members. Her voice is a little too perky for early in the morning and when she scolds, she gets this nasally whine that is VERY annoying. My chest hurt when I got on the treadmill, so Belinda put me on the stair monster. Why the Hell would anyone invent a machine to simulate an activity rendered obsolete by elevators? Belinda told me it would help me get in shape and enjoy life. She said some other shit too.

THURSDAY :
Belinda was waiting for me with her vampire-like teeth exposed as her thin, cruel lips were pulled back in a full snarl. I couldn't help being a half an hour late; it took me that long to tie my shoes. Belinda took me to work out with dumbbells. When she was not looking, I ran and hid in the restroom. She sent another skinny bitch to find me Then, as punishment, she put me on the rowing machine -- which I sank.

FRIDAY :

I hate that bitch Belinda more than any human being has ever hated any other human being in the history of the world. Stupid, skinny, anemic, anorexic little cheerleader. If there was a part of my body I could move without unbearable pain, I would beat her with it. Belinda wanted me to work on my triceps. I don't have any triceps! And if you don't want dents in the floor, don't hand me the damned barbells or anything that weighs more than a sandwich. The treadmill flung me off and I landed on a health and nutrition teacher. Why couldn't it have been someone softer, like the drama coach or the choir director?

SATURDAY :
Belinda left a message on my answering machine in her grating, shrilly voice wondering why I did not show up today. Just hearing her made me want to smash the machine with my planner. However, I lacked the strength to even use the TV remote and ended up catching eleven straight hours of the Weather Channel.

SUNDAY :
I'm having the Church van pick me up for services today so I can go and thank GOD that this week is over. I will also pray that next year my daughter (the little shit) will choose a gift for me that is fun -- like a root canal or a hysterectomy. I still say if God had wanted me to bend over, he would have sprinkled the floor with diamonds!!!

Be Careful When Sunbathing in the nude...

2008-05-09T16:25:00.000-07:00

Personally, "my girls" hid under my armpits.....they don't like the sun. Sooooo, if I don't raise my arms to wave to ya at the beach.....you now know why....

Hey George!!! I don't Like It Here!!!!

2008-05-07T17:46:00.001-07:00

"All she does is bitch, bitch bitch!!! I am soooooo tired, I worked so hard building this nest with her, now she wants to move....doesn't like the neighborhood.... "
"Ethel., plezzze, Can't we stay??? we can poop all over the place and the owner does NOT mind!!! Look at what we built together, it is a fine home for our kids!!!! It is an intergrated neighborhood, just take a look around ya and see who all is flying around here, it will be great for the kids."
" NO!! George!!! I want out of here!!! If that woman comes around one more time with her camera and opens that door and scares the poop outta me, I will not be able to raise this kids without psycological counseling. I will leave a sign on the door, George..........Ready Made Nest....Rent Free!!"

Post:
And sadly, the woman with the camera saw that they had left a beautiful brand new little nest behind the wreath, untouched. May they have found greener pastures that did not cost an arm and a leg in flight time....

M has a Birthday and Grandwolfff is here to Celebrate

2008-05-07T17:05:00.000-07:00

Yes, I made the Strawberry Short Cake....but, what gives with these strawberries???? They were big and beautiful to the eye and totally tasteless!!!!! They were Dole.....so, not from China!!!...no desease, no bugs, no discoloration as you handled the fruit...but, yet, .......I did not check to see if Dole has a stawberry patch over "there"....LOLOLOLOL

Give me back the small, tiny, red, full of flavor strawberries that make the back of your mouth hurt, cause they are sooooooo sweet. Are our days of "pure delectable flavor" gone?????

I was soooooooooo disappointed in the taste, so I called a friend, who quickly brought over a little bottle of "Cointreau"....no one here would have "Kirsh" which is what I, normally, would have used on tasteless fruit......and I had had no time to go the the liquid store to get a small airline bottle of it......if they even carried it. Hey, I did learn a few things being french..........ya sometimes gotta do what ya gotta do, to make things taste right." And everyone LOVED the whipped cream...

And there is ole M teaching Bixby some new tricks...

Gently Bixby, Gently....

My Friend has these painting accepted by a gallery!!!!

2008-05-07T16:46:00.001-07:00

Her work is beautiful!!!!

What did ya Expect??? My Finished Masterpiece?????

2008-05-01T05:13:00.000-07:00

No, can't you see that I am a very busy woman??? Sheeeeesh!!

Coward, that I am...LOLOLOL

2008-04-30T11:58:00.000-07:00

I am taking a break, so decided to take a progress photo, I find that it helps a great deal seeing it this way.

It is written somewhere that one should always do the eyes first, cause if ya muck them up, the painting is for naught....

So, I cowardly put in a little color....not ready yet to do those eyes. I don't do eyes well, so it is always a moment of, shall we say, moments of hesitants...

The Muse inspires, she does not paint the eyes for me...sniff sniff

Another Approach

2008-04-30T06:32:00.000-07:00

Went to the Art Group yesterday, that is where a bunch of artists get together and do their own thing, but, we are together and have fun.

I took a photo of the model off my computer and decided that I was going to use another approach with "her" and so I spent the time at the Artist Group drawing her.

I am now going to try and paint her...Jan wrote me a little note that was so nice...she said that I should stick to my style but, use what I had learned along with it....so that is what I am going to try today.

May my Muse Smile upon me....YEAH!!! Smile, Musey, Smile~~

Mes Fleurs

2008-04-25T20:20:00.000-07:00

Are they not AWESOME!! I am blown away by their beauty.

I am still getting use to being here and discovering new things all of the time. I get amazed at what grows here around me....at this house!!

Spring brings flowers that come to full glory in a week and then they decided "that's it for this year" only to come back next year for a very short stay.......sooooo I had no idea that these grew here, cause I was not here at this time last year.

That very last picture that you see, is in the wood behind the house. That white Iris must be 36 inches tall if not taller, and it is the only growing there by a tree....and lo and behold, ya get to see a golf cart go by as I was taking the picture.

No one can ever wonder as to why I love it so here!!!!

Eye Operation

2008-04-25T14:47:00.000-07:00

After seeing the model, it was bugging me all day at how bad and cross eyed Crazy Lady looked, so I whipped her into the artist operating room and Oh YUCK....once one uses a marker, there is not tooo much one can re-do....but, I tried. I think that I may have mucked her up.....

Ya can be honest!!

"Crazy Lady" and I had soooooo much fun!!!

2008-04-24T13:17:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago when I was subbing at art class, we had a live model and we had to do some life drawings and a contour drawing...a contour drawing is where we can look at the model, but, once the black marker was put to paper, we could not lift the marker off of the paper, nor go across the paper. This was soooo much fun. We all had a lot of laughs at what we were all drawing

The class was ending, and I did not get to finish her completely, so the skirt was added on at home and so was the pocketbook from my imagination.

Today was lovely as I had gotten invited to the end of the art season with Jan luncheon. After the luncheon, we all went back to the class room for "critique".

Now, critique is where you place your painting face down on Jan's table, and after announcements etc. she will pick up a painting from the pile talk about it and try to guess who painted it and she can almost always guess correctly.

She picked up my painting and gave it rave reviews and she could not figure out who had done it....and mentioned 2 other artists before she came to me. I was all smiles!! She mentioned that I had come a long way in a very short time.

By the way, I will be the class sub for the fall season for both the morning classes or the afternoon classes, if there is a need and when I am here. How terrific is that!!!

I truly did have so much fun doing this, that I might just do another one like it.

Who would have known that this painting that I thought was way toooo cartoonish and childish would make me smile all the way home. LOLOLOL

Posts are mixed up...

2008-04-22T09:21:00.000-07:00

I was sooooo happy when cleaning out my desk, that I found the connection cable to my camera and the cd which allowed me to hook up to this ole computer which has nothing in it. Poor laptop is still out of commission.

Sooooo, I am now able to show you all my bird pictures ( just giving our bird lady a bit of competition here....hahahahaha.)

Please note that the posts are out of order.

It is a case of the last is first and the first is last and blah blah blah...
Enjoy!!

Who Lives Behind My Wreath continued.

2008-04-22T09:02:00.000-07:00

I am the first of the flock to take off and leave the past behind me in search of adventure.
Need to find a place with better toliet facilities!!! Bit poop crowded in here!!

Okay, soooo ya were focused on the poop.... well, here I am again, afterall I am very cute!!!

Hey!! who you look'n at??? So what if I am the last one to leave...I like it here.

And off he took!!!! leaving me to have a true empty nest syndrom and having to deal with a lot of ssshhhhhh.....okay, I'll be polite...just guess what I have to scrub off my front door?????

LOLOLOLOL.

It's Spring Time in Willy!!

Who Lives Behind My Wreath????

2008-04-22T08:11:00.001-07:00

The front door wreath sitting pretty.
Can ya see it??? Look behind the large white flower. There is a fine home there.
For 3 little sweeties sleeping away....
All comfy and cosy are we.
Peeky Booooooo. See 3 little eyes look'n at me.

Did I Ever Kick a Digital Robot in the Crutch?????

2008-04-13T14:12:00.001-07:00

We all talk, at times, about past lives...if time has no meaning, and "all" past, present and future, happens at one time, of our own making..."Did I ever kick a digital robot in the crutch", is now the question I am asking myself!!!!

My laptop monitor has died...

WHY???? In speaking to a few folks, no one has ever experienced a laptop monitor that "just died.

Okay now, since September, I have had nothing but, computer problems galore!!!!!!!!! and it has been very costly, may I add to this digital tail. I truly do not have any more funds to put into an old compter either., which turns old the minute I own it!!!!!!!!!!

Soooooooooooo.. and now is the eteranl question...does one sink $$$ into an old piece of hardware......with the experts telling you, "Ya got an old machine here (2003)....and find yourself almost forced to be spending money that you truly do not have......."but, the new one will be zippier and snappier and we will actually give you a trade in for the ole cluncker that you have us working on."..........etc etc etc.

"NO!!!!!!!!!!!! Give me back what I gave you....and , yes, fix it!! It is going to cost $200. If the $200 gives me 2 years, I will be happy.............at that point, maybe they will have fixed all the bugs in Vista. And maybe at that time, I shall see what I can afford..."

Ahhhh yes, this has been on going since September, one thing after another, has not worked with my computers...

Hey!!!! whoever I kicked, GET over it!!!! "Get yourself" "RE-programmed, ASAP!!!"

and hit the "delete key: when it comes to me!!!! Pleeeeeeeze.

At the Museum of Modern Edee Art......LOLOLOLOL!!

2008-04-13T07:45:00.000-07:00

AND AT THE MUSEUM GIFT SHOP, YOU CAN BUY THESE....

Blooms Everywhere - Spring has Sprung in Willy

2008-04-12T17:34:00.000-07:00

Okay...Okay, so I'll never be first in line, waving my hand up in the air and jumping up and down, saying, "Yes, OF COURSE!! I follow my guidance all of the time"!!

Remember, it's that very gentle inner voice that will say loud and clear.... " BRING YOUR CAMERA!! So, of course, I said, "Why???? I am only taking out B, so that he can P and I don't want a camera hanging around my neck, as I hold the leash with 2 hands"..........(any one who's read "Marley and Me" will knew exact what I am talking about......

So, off I take B to P by the lake and I do have my trusty little plastic bags in my pocket, lest he gets an urge to do other things on who-ever's very manicured lawn, as we walk up to the lake.

I swear that I did not put prozac in his water dish.........B was just so mellow and just so sweet walking along and smelling whatever hit his fancy.......and then we reached the lake and the sun was setting. I had the "extention leash" with me...........which allowed B to walk on the rocks by the water...as I sat on a park bench...............and everywhere I looked.....was a photo to be taken, especially when B was right by the water and he stood dead still hearing the ancient call of the geese flying over head.

Okay, okay....I'll try again tomorrow. But, in life, sometimes there are moments that make you feel sooooooo alive......and it becomes a picture of the heart.....and not a photo.

And speaking of photos...........here are a few blooms outside my window!!

Neutral on neutral on neutral on neutral....

2008-04-09T12:15:00.001-07:00

" Titty Titty Bang Bang" or should I call it, "Dreaming of Orbs."????? LOLOLOL

Hey!! do ya remember that art assignment of painting a neutral figure on a neutral back ground???

Well, I finally went back to it ....and that meant, that I truly had to start all over again...... and so I did.......and this was sorta fun.

This is indeed the first time in my life that a painting of mine is absent of bright colors....and I was sorta going into "lack of color" shock. I love color and so many times, I would pick up a color and say to myself...."a bit of color could go here.....and that color could go there".....but, NO!!!! I have to learn to stretch....and follow directions for once in my life............, and not always do the same thing over and over and over again.

So, these classes are indeed a most wonderful blessing....aside from the fact that the women in that class are awesome and open and I truly enjoy Jan, the artist. I hope that you got to see her website......I love her style....here it is in case ya did not get to see her work.... http://janledbetter.com

Watercoloring on gessoed paper is not easy!!!!! At least for me, it is not., but, I am learning about how much fun it could be once I get the hang of it.

I will be going to the art class for the next 2 weeks as 2 different gals called and asked if I could cover/sub. for them, and I am sooooo glad to do so!!! If it was not for subbing......I would not be taking her class..................she has a 2 year waiting list..........and I am not the only one on the sub. list.

Sorry for being absent....I was out buying skirts!!!!

2008-03-31T08:15:00.000-07:00

You've heard about people who have been abducted and had their kidneys removed by black-market organ thieves.

My thighs were stolen from me during the night a few years ago. I went to sleep and woke up with someone else's thighs. It was just that quick.
The replacements had the texture of cooked oatmeal. Whose thighs were these and what happened to mine?

I spent the entire summer looking for my thighs. Finally, hurt and angry, I resigned myself to living out my life in jeans. And then the thieves struck again. My butt was next. I knew it was the same gang, because they took pains to match my new rear-end to the thighs they had stuck me with earlier.

But my new butt was attached at least three inches lower than my original! I realized I'd have to give up my jeans in favor of long skirts.

Two years ago I realized my arms had been switched. One morning I was fixing my hair and was horrified to see the flesh of my upper arm swing to and fro with the motion of the hairbrush. This was really getting scary - my body was being replaced one section at a time. What could they do to me next? When my poor neck suddenly disappeared and was replaced with a turkey neck, I decided to tell my story.

Women of the world, wake up and smell the coffee! Those 'plastic' surgeons are using REAL replacement body parts -stolen from you and me! The next time someone you know has something 'lifted', look again - was it lifted from you? THIS IS NOT A HOAX. This is happening to women everywhere every night. WARN YOUR FRIENDS!

P.S. Last year I thought some one had stolen my Boobs. I was lying in bed and they were gone! But when I jumped out of bed, I was relieved to see that they had just been hiding in my armpits as I slept. Now I keep them hidden in my waistband.
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LOLOLOLOL

Hi Guys,

Well, it is indeed my philosophy that since I am being slowly and, at times, quickly!! being replaced with all of these new and used body parts....I might as well laugh about it.

Do you all remember Ruth Montgomery's "Walk-In's"......well, now I know why I did not recognize myself when I was at Macy's and passed a mirror.........."Wow!!! Now, look at that beautiful, gorgous, lovely looking older woman!!! ....and there was NO ONE standing behind me, or next to me, above me, nor under me...........that's because I forgot my glasses at home!!!! May they stay there forever........hahahahahha!!! Hey, afterall, if I don't give myself alcolades for having reached this ripe ole age......who will???? I'd rather be wine than cheese!!!!!

Wow, I was indeed surprised that 2 weeks had already gone by since I have been here....been a bit crazy with stuff and my being "under the weather" for a good 10 days made me have to catch up on a whole bunch of stuff.

To all who read this most exciting blog that is forever absent.....Chris was doing well, she had 62 staples removed and is now undergoing a bit of an infection around the navel and down....very uncomfortable...is under heavy antibees and if there is no change, may have to go back to the hospital for antibees in an IV instead of oral.

I will be driving down to Willy this week and will be dog sitting again.....prepare yourselves for more pictures of my grandwofffwofff.

Drawing "blanks".....

2008-03-17T17:04:00.000-07:00

I don't have a clue as to how to do this assgnment.....I am mucking it up big time and am frustrated, cause in my mind's eyes....it was a "no sweat" deal.

Make a neutral background on gessoed paper .....and make a woman in black.....now, how hard is that????

How hard IS that???.......all of a sudden, I have no clue as to how how to make a "neutral background"...and then all of a sudden, I can not draw a boob to save my life.....????

Boobs....upside down half circles...with a dot...right????? LOLOLOL

Why is it that what I see in my mind's eyes.......NEVER COMES OUT ON PAPER???

Am I having toooo much fun?? Sure, why not....I, now have to inspect my body to see how my boobs grow...... now, that should be fun....right???? NO!!! my boobs decided without me, they are heading for Florida and don't care for any Canadian Wind blowing through......although, they may salute if a cold enough wind blows through.....but, then they are immediately heading south....and even think that Puerto Rico might be fun??????? Hey!! my knees can only hold so much.......

How in the hell am I going to finish this painting....????

The Ya Ya Sisterhood of 43 years....

2008-03-13T06:40:00.001-07:00

Me, Liz and Chris. Yup, 43 years together. Here we are celebrating Liz's brithday and two days later, Chris was underdoing a pretty radical operation.

C is doing really well, in fact I was amazed at how well she was walking down the hall with her husband when I went to see her at the hospital. She may be going home tomorrow. She did find out that her heart stopped in recovery...and they gave her a needle in the chest.

I don't have much to chat about at the moment... it has been a while since I was here. So enjoy my humble offerings.

Spring is in the Air

2008-03-04T03:50:00.000-08:00

What beatuiful days it has been, perfect for the dog park where a lot of "butt sniff'n" goes on. That is what doggies do...yes, that is what doggies do.

Don't have much to chat about, so sending a few pixs of a lovely day enjoying all of the dogs at the park on Sunday.

I have not been able to get my art project done, as I thought I would be heading "East", but, here I still am. The art project that I am looking forward to working on, is neutral on neutral on neutral, and when done, a figure painted in black must be done on top of the neutral and this must be done on a half sheet of gessoed paper....soooooooo, I am looking forward again to giving this a try.

Woooooffff Woooooffff to you all

2008-03-01T04:32:00.000-08:00

Well. hello there all you nice folks that come and visit TG. I am back for a stay in the country...might fine liv'n here. I do so like it....din't know if Granny is that crazy about taking me out to peeeeee at 4:45AM, But, I'm try'n....I am really try'n....and today, I slept in until 6:45AM. Granny was sooooo happy!!

My Mistress T is off again fly'n somewhere and I get to have Granny take care of me, and she does a fine job indeed. She takes me to the Doggy Park very morning, I love to do my "business" there... they have all necessary stuff to keep the park clean after I go. It is a really nice Park....Granny keeps saying that she is going to take her camera one of these days. I wish she would, I look soooooo good playing with my friends there. And she takes me there in the afternoon tooooo. I LOVE the afternoon, I have a lot of friends that I get to play with and we run around like crazy. Of course I do not listen when Granny wants to go home....I am always having waaaaaaaaaay tooooo much fun.
Look at the nice toy, Granny got me at the Dollar store...I am trying very hard to make this one last at least 2 days...
Well, it was fun talking with ya, but, I am now getting a little bored with you all, as none of you are scratching me behind the ears or by my tail........so I shall take a nap now.....Ahhhhhhh Yes!!!! Life is good at Granny's!!

Ohhhh I forgot to tell ya, that Granny said that she had a AWESOME time in art class, has a wild project to do that she is really excited about and will tell you all about it later. She is quite busy with me at the moment....
Signing off: Grandwoooff-Woooff

Yuck!! I did not find this to be fun....

2008-02-26T15:04:00.000-08:00

This week, we have to do the opposite of last week....light on dark, however, I had to do it on a piece of gessoed paper and I never worked with gessoed paper before. And I had to use watercolor and gouche . Although the watercolor does move around easy...it also quickly mades mud and ya really have to watch what colors you used as it just went everywhere...

Wanna Play a game??? Come'n now - It's fun!!

2008-02-24T05:41:00.000-08:00

SCATTERGORIES . . It's harder than it looks! Copy and paste into your blog.

Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following... they have to be real places, names, things...nothing made up! You CAN'T use your name for the boy/girl name question.

Okay, I have to admit that I cheated, but, only once...and you will see where I did...LOLOL

What is your name...........................Edee

4 Letter Word.................................. Ever

Vehicle........................................... Explorer

City................................................ Eugene, Or.

Boy Name....................................... Eric

Girl Name........................................ Ethel

Alcoholic Drink................................ Enchante (Apparently Enchante is a new drink from Malaysia....did you not know that?? You don't get around much, do you??)

Occupation..................................... Engineer

Something you wear......................... Earmuffs

Celebrity.......................................... Edith Piaf

Food............................................... Eel

Something found in a bathroom.......... Electric Curling Iron

Reason for Being Late....................... Entered wrong building.

Cartoon Character............................. Egor

Something You Shout....................... Eeeeeek!!!

Animal............................................. elephant (how original is that!!)

Body part.......................................... Eye balls

Word to describe you......................... Energetic

NOW ITS YOUR TURN....and may any Ida, Zack or Ursula's who may want to join in this game ....please do, I had a hard enough time with the letter "e"!!!

Now Ya See it....and Now Ya Don't!!!

2008-02-23T05:28:00.000-08:00

I have never been so frustrated with a pattern EVER!! And sooooooooo I ripped it all out.....and it took me almost an hour. I was not about to do 65 bobbles again...and find out that the balance of the pattern does not make sense and ya have to rip them out!!!! If you have done "bobbles" or have ever done a few in your lifetime...you would know what I mean.....

Okay, enough bitch'n and now this is the new one that I am presently working on and it is a joy.....fun, fun, fun.

Knitting is puppose to be fun and not put one in a situation when you want to stab someone with your short pointed little wooden needles.....or hang yourself with the thin little plastic wire that holds the short little pointed wooden needles together...

On this pattern I am knitting on gold colored 14 inch straight metal needles....the pattern better be correct, cause these needles can cause serious damage!!

Nutt'n to show ya but, a rainy day...

2008-02-22T07:26:00.000-08:00

Had fun at the Art Class, but, I acomplished little and have nothing to show. Back to the drawing board today. The assignment this week is to do the opposite of last week's assigment. Again, has to be of a shell, and this time, my background will have to be dark and the shell lite.

Since it is a very chilly, rainy and dreary day today....I am showing you what I see...a chilly rainy and dreary day.

Today is Art Class #2

2008-02-21T04:20:00.000-08:00

Now that I am all finished with the book, I got serious about finishing this art project started last week in class. This was great fun!!! Now, I do hope that I captured the essence of what we were suppose to do??? I'll find out this afternoon.

I am so happy that I get to sub today and next week as well. After that I will probably head up "East" for a while. It would be awesome if I can be the class "subber" when I am here. Someone else called me yesterday and asked if I could sub for them today, but, I had to inform them that I was already subbing. It's nice to be "in demand" LOLOL.

I am in full gratitude to PapaG, cause He sure delivered when I had asked if He would surprise me with "something" that Sunday when I went out walking...and I got that phone call 3 days later...

I Am So Delighted with How It Came Out!!

2008-02-19T19:43:00.000-08:00

This says it all!!!

I just love it!!! I was sorry that I did not have more tiling to be done....Rick was such a nice man!!

The Art of Tiling

2008-02-19T07:50:00.000-08:00

That's Rick, the Tile artist...it was interesting to note that the longest part of this small job was the placement of the center tiles...after that it all went very fast. Will show ya later the whole back splash once the gray grout has been added.

I LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sooooo Exciting... The Tile Guy is here!!!

2008-02-18T09:46:00.000-08:00

It is very difficult to get anyone to come and do anything in construction , when a "job" is considered very small....or they will charge you a hugh amount because it does not pay for them to do it.

I wanted to get the backsplash tiled as tomato sauce does indeed leave its mark and so does splattered grease etc etc etc. I was not crazy about the fact that you could see my eating pattern on the wall.

I was soooooo pleased when back in October, Dennis said that he knew someone that was excellent , but that I would have to wait.....and wait I did!!

I had already picked out the tiles as Dennis had told me where to go, and I made my own design in pencil on the back wall behind the stove of what I wanted.

Lo and behold, on friday, I got a call that he would be here this morning!!!

The back splashed to be tiled and these are the tiles I picked out.

Will show you the completed back splash, when they are done. IT IS COMING OUT BEAUTIFUL!!!!! I am sooooooo excited. It was well worth the wait and the price was right!!!

No Breeeeeeze, Pleeeezeeee!!!

2008-02-17T05:29:00.000-08:00

I have spent the last three days knee deep in the book. I have gone through 2 cartridges of ink and have read and re-read until my eyes went blurry. And have loved every moment of it!!

What you see here is the selction of which letters are to go with which drawing...

I have been like a little kid doing cute and paste with scissors....putting this little drawing here and that little drawing there and then photocopying. Such fun!!

This has truly been a labor of love and joy...and I had better look good being on South Bitch when Oprah invites us to the show....(geee, I don't have anything to wear......)

Hey Dusty D, are ya proud of me??? I'm trying, I'm really try'n to be a better blogger....and not have 2 months inbetween posts....LOLOLOLOLOL

The Shell Art Project

2008-02-15T05:55:00.000-08:00

Okay, this is what we were suppose to do in the art class that I took yesterday.....and how it started: Everyone was suppose to bring a gessoed piece of watercolor paper. I did not...so mine is ungessoed. With a watercolor crayon, (that was to be held with your thumb on top and not how you normally would hold a pencil) ya had to write your phone number down largely and then make shapes connecting the numbers together until you could not recognize the numbers. A bag of shells was then passed around and we had to do a realistic drawing of the shell over our "telephone number" drawing.

Then we had to decide how we would make the background....light or dark....so that we are working with tone, intensity and value. Those working with the gessoed paper can rub the watercolor off and have texture by the way the gessoed was applied. I can not.

Soooooo, this is what I came home with and I have to work on it this week and bring it back next Thursday. We were advised that we could do anything and everything to our drawing keeping in mind, value and intensity. etc etc. so, one can do pen work, add acrylics - whatever. FUN FUN FUN!!!!

I have decided to enlist some holy assistance with this project....."keep praying, guys," so that I don't screw this up!!!!! And I promise to show you the final result even if it is not fit for human eyes!!!! (arn't they cute -now what chapter was that prayer on...."now I lay me paint brush to paper, my soul doth the Lord to keep".......)

I Gotta Undo 300 Stiches!!! Ya gotta be kidd'n????

2008-02-14T06:17:00.000-08:00

Ta fell in love with this poncho and I offered to make it for her.....I should have had my head examined before I agreed to this endevor. The directions are sooooo incorrect in so many places!!!!! If I knew nothing about knitting, I would have stabbed something with the 24 inch circular wooden needles!!!

Do you know what it is like to undo 300 stiches and not loose any!!!!!!!

I have missed so many of my favorite evening tv shows just trying to concentrate on this and make the stiches correct, cause the pattern is sooooo screwed up!!!!

At the rate this is going,this ponch should be finished in the year 2013.....and by that time....I may have ascended.....cause the Mayans don't see me knitting in 2013.....LOLOLOLOL

Those "holes" are not suppose to be there....I will have to fix that when it is done. But this is the back...so maybe no one will notice.....
This is what 300 stiches look like!! There are quite a few mistakes....but, I am the only one who knows where they are... Meanwhile....this is what I should be concentrating on!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey, Dusty Duck!! Quack Quack!!

2008-02-10T08:28:00.001-08:00

Can ya see the white house in the distance?? We live 4 houses away from that house in the woods. We can not see the lake from our house, but it is only a 5 minute walk to it. And here are our "Not for Christmas Dinner" family of ducks. There are 10 of them, and they are beautiful!!!
It is always so delightful to see them, but very often you do not see them for days, they just live at another part of the lake for a while and then come back here.
"Hey, hey, hey, Dusty Duck and all you others!! How you beee??....see how beautiful I am...hope you look as good as me!!!"
The rest of my family looks just as good as me!!!!

Hssssssssssssss!!! Hssssssssssss!!

2008-02-10T08:15:00.000-08:00

Don't even think about Christmas Dinner!!!!!!....do you know what I can do to you if you come any closer to me....hisssssssssssssss hissssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!

Okay, guys, the threat is over, she's just taking our picture....let's preen and show her how beautiful we are!!!!

Were you look'n for Edee.....so am I !!!

2008-02-06T20:24:00.001-08:00

That woman will not stay in place for 5 minutes!!!! I wanted my back scratched....well, I guess I have to wait until hell freezes over!!!

Have you seen her?

If ya do, she will again be making excuses as to why s he can not blog.... yada yada yada etc.

I'm glad that I don't have to go peee according to her schedule, I'd have a bladder bust!!

I did get to see her for a day....and it was fun for the short period of time it was...........then she took off again, saying something about a book she has to finish.......who does she think she is!!!! Ken Follett??? Now, "Pillars of the Earth" , that is one hell of a book...it's got 700 pages and his new one "World Without End" is over 1000 pages. And there she goes about this book that she is involeved in that probably will not have over 50 pages. GIVE ME A BREAK!!!!!

Soooo Beautiful!!

2008-01-28T05:38:00.000-08:00

Here are a few pictures of what it looked like, sitting inside by the gas fireplace and enjoying a cup of jo last weekend. The snow covered the trees and grass, but, all of the roads were completely clear of snow. Ya don't have to wonder why I love it so here!!

And for your viewing pleasure, since I don't have much to chat about at the moment, here is the new lamp that I ordered over the internet...I had never ordered anything over the internet before.....the box was hugh and well packed and J came over to help me put it together. I just LOVE it!!!!

I needed a light that would allow one to read in the corner of the couch.......and I have already spent more hours than I should reading there instead of painting LJ. But, the book I am reading has me hooked, especially since it has to do with cathedrals and the building of them and I can so relate to the time period having lived in Rouen.

I had a crazy thought in the middle of the night...I was thinking about the drawings that Sandy, Laura and Sandra are doing....and all of a sudden I wanted to "catch" up....where that came from I will never know, cause I have got to finish LJ first before I do anything. I am now redoing one or two of her that needed fix'n.

Two Months????? Ya gotta be kidding????

2008-01-24T04:58:00.000-08:00

The annual Christmas picture with "the hat"....no gifts to be opened until this pictures is taken....can ya hear the groans???? This has been going on for 15 years. LOLOLOLOL
May I introduce Chuck, the Terminator cat. He is really very, very sweet and very "talkative". Will always acknowledge when ya pet him, either it is an acknowledgement, or he is saying, "Leave me the hell alone"!!!
T and S had this picture taken on the cruise they went on, I do indeed love this picture.
Kristen and Bret Kristen and Ta....can ya tell that she just came off a cruise????

I can not believe that 2 months have gone by since I have been here!!! Yup, as I have mentioned to friends, I truly believe that I am living in an accelerated time zone. I put my head down to busi-ness, and when I look up, months have gone by.

Thought I would start the year off (HEY!!! what happened to January!!!) with a few pictures taken over the holidays...and whisper gently under my breath, that I will make a concerted effort in coming here more often...

I spent a day a few weeks ago, scanning slides into pictures......what a hoot!!!! I will share what "we" looked like back in the 60's a little while later.

"C" what I finally got finished.....

2007-11-28T17:16:00.000-08:00

Six and a half feet by Four and a half feet..........I did it.....by George!! I did it.........and who in the hell is George????????? I am soooooo proud of myself.....I did it and I actually spent the whole entire day putting it together......that was the worst.....knitting is the fun part, putting "it" together is not as much fun.

And I have to do "fringes".......lots and lots of fringes..........and that should take me longer than knitting this whole thing to begin with !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay...it does not count for my painting.....I'm getting there.....got something started..I did.....I really really did!!!

And "B" is for Bottles!!!

2007-11-20T13:45:00.000-08:00

Showing Off and Telling Monday - Knit One Pearl Two

2007-11-19T06:24:00.000-08:00

Okay guys!!! Here I am!!! I'm back in the saddle again....of course if I truly had to ride a horse, you would not hear from me again for quite a while......best it should be a saddle on a merry go round.....opps, I would get "circle sick" and ya still would not hear from me.

Sooooooo enjoy me while you can....it seems that I do not know what a regular or normal day is.........

I just spent 14 days baby sitting a 60lbs "full of life" puppy that you all saw here. Bixby, loves to peeeeeee, poooooooo, get walked, go running, eat what is not his to eat, drink so that I need to wash the floor afterwards...sleep for 5 minutes and lock me out of the house!!!! Barefooted no less!!!

Yup, was giving a big bag full of stuff for charity to the students of William and Mary University, closed the door behind me.......Bixby jumped up to see what was going on, (it is a half door with glass panes on top) and in his jumping, knocked the lock to LOCKED!!!!!!!!!

It was 8PM, dark and cold!! and I am barefooted....no cell phone.....can't remember Judy's number etc etc etc. The students went over to my neighbors and explanined my plight and God Bless the neighbor, who drove me over to Judy's so that I could get my other key.......and thank God Judy was home!!!!! I learned a lot from that experience.......I am going to hid a key somewhere outside of the house......and I am going to take a magic marker and write some phone numbers down on the house!!! There was a time when I had all phone numbers well memorized into my brain...........now I can't even remember how old I am......we live in a "just press a button" society and I have no clue to anyone's phone numbers anymore. Scary!!!

Okay....that picture is of the aphgan that I started in March with Tara when she was recuperating from her kidney operation. THAT IS THE LAST SQUARE on those needles...... I will be putting it toether soon, but not today....cause...

back on the ranch...I have to find something that starts with a B....ball, balloon, bee, banana.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm???? what will I come up with??? Don't know.

Show & Tell Monday - Hairy!!!! what happened to your Ballls?????

2007-10-07T17:04:00.000-07:00

Hey!!! Hi everyone!!

I am back on my ole laptop in Willy. My computer died in my East home and needless to say, but, I should be getting my citizenship from India any day now........having spent "hours" days on end, on the phone with the Vista makers. Yes, I did get a new computer.

Am I a happy camper with my new computer.......NO!! I had to buy all new equipment......I had a scanner that worked fine....I had a printer that worked fine...I had great speakers that worked fine...............and nothing worked AT ALL with Vista.

I am not here to complain...soooooo I shall put all of that aside and enjoy being here with all of you and show you my crazy Hairy Ballllllls!!!

Crazy Hairy seems to have grown fluffy, fluffy, fluff and little black seeds.........that fly all over the place.

I am going to "deep six" sweet Hairy......and with a lot of gratitude, for "he" gave me a lot of fun with his strange looking balls and he gave me the gift of a fun Show and Tell to share with you.

Bye Bye Hairy and your fluffy, fluffy balllls.

I am out of commission!!! Computer Died!! 9-17-07

2007-09-20T15:55:00.000-07:00

Show and Tell Monday Part 2 - Frank Howell,

2007-09-17T12:29:00.001-07:00

He is/was one of my favorite artists!!!! How I have loved his work!! When in Sante Fe, I went to his gallery. I cannot describe what it was to be standing in front of one of his hugh master- pieces.....to absorb the love he had for his subjects.......and the way he painted. It was a awesome experience for me. And here are more of his paintings to enjoy: http://www.frankhowellgallery.com/

Show and Tell Monday Part 1 - "Tick Tock - Tick Tock"

2007-09-17T10:47:00.000-07:00

Did you know that that sound can get you almost striped searched, if you happen to be at the wrong place, at the wrong time. If you happen to have New York plates and its 9/12/07......it's a loooooooong story....and if ever, you should be looking for the ferry to cross the James River, one day.....don't ask me for directions!!!!!!.......cause ya might get stripped searched.......and hey!!! they were all indeed quite good look'n, these gun pack'n, not amused at first, young men....all 5 of them!!!!........who were all indeed smiling when they finally waved us "good bye". .......and then one of the clocks started with "tick tock - tick tock".......

Here are a few pictures of the clock place that started the funniest of adventures......it is the place where a friend of mine and I went to get our clocks repaired. It is such a fun place!!!! My pictures do not do the place justice, for when one walks into the back room, it is like walking into the story of "Great Expectations"......but, all about clocks that are every shape and color, knee deep in dust, from $50 to $4,000.....and there is Rick....who knows absolutely everything there is to know about them. He puts them back together when they don't work, he cleans them up and will tell you the history of absolutely everything about them, for he knows EVERYTHING about them....everything!! Who made them, and when and how. He is facinating to listen to!!! and the store is soooooo much fun!!

Show & Tell Monday is "Off Colored" Monday (view at your own risk).

2007-09-10T06:33:00.000-07:00

I present to you "Harry's Ballls" or "Hairry Ballls"!!! I am mis-spelling on purpose, needless to say, I do not want every porno sicko to come and visit this blog!!!!

On Saturday, I went with a friend to the Willy Marketplace and as I passed a lovely flower vendor, my eyes fell upon these very strange flowers??? I asked what they were and this lovely lady, says, "Hairrry Ballls."

A gentleman was standing behind me and asks me, "what were they called???" and yes, I had to turn around and smile and say, "hairrriy ballls"...........and it was all I could do not to burst out laughing praying that his name was not Harry!!!

I was told to give them a bit of water and to leave them alone and they would eventually dry out and become a tan color. I have never ever seen such a strange flower, if that is what it is.

Now, if I had some Antheriummm, commonly known as the "peeeeenis plant"..........I could say that I have a lovely bouquet of men living in my house..........

Show and Tell Monday - "Shanti Christo" - "The Peace of the Anointed One"

2007-09-02T18:05:00.001-07:00

Scenery driving up to Jeshua's land.

This is "Pedernal Mountain, made famous by Georgia O'Keefe....Shanti Christo is at the foothills. This is Shanti Christo....and the canyon that I did not hike to, but the rest of the group did.
The view from Shanti Christi, as I stood, and took it all in.

You can not imagine what it feels like to place your feet upon this land....and then perhaps you can.

I will share my joyous experience at the retreat later this week. For now, I want to share with you all, the highlite of my experience.

How do I explain "Shanti Christo" Jeshua/Jesus's land, that I walked upon, this land in New Mexico. 600 hundred acres of the most beautiful, natural and rugged land that is 2 hours out of Santa Fe, and was bought by a series of most Holy encounters.

A retreat center will be built here for all who want to come......and not be "of the world." (It will be a most awesome place!!!!)

The views, as you see, by these pictures, is awesome, and everywhere I looked, it was simple more beautiful.

I was on Holy ground. Yet, I have been taught and believe that everywhere I go and everything I see, if I ask to see with PapaGod's eyes....is indeed Holy Ground.

How was this land different?? I don't know how to explain this. I looked up "Vortex" in the dictionary. Vortex, is a noun. a whirl, a summit, a whirling movement of particles of matter about a center, or axis, or the mass of matter itself, an irresistible force.

I found it interesting, that the word is a "noun".....not a verb, or an adjective....but a noun, like, I Am...You Are, a Presence.

And yes, in the most quiet and simple of ways, I could feel the "force" of this land.....and it was just between me, being me, being free of the ego...that I "felt" the beauty of the land, and what it meant. For several hours, I just basked in being there......just being me.

Believing that I had bad knees, I did not go on the long trek that the others took, having taken my own trek, not knowing a longer one was about to take place. It was as it should be. So, I spend a lot of time all by myself upon this land.......until I discovered that 2 others had also stayed behind. And when we met, it was full of laughter and fun and also of solitude......a lovely solitude.

Several folks (who did not come) had asked me to bring them back stones....and at one point, my shorts were falling off of my hips, and it was indeed funny......but, a decision had to be made.........either, I got rid of some of the stones......or my shorts would be hanging down at my ankles with the weight of the stones in each pocket...........not a pretty sight...... in all of this beauty...........but, I did manage to bring back the most beautiful of stones for each person that had asked.....and I still had my shorts on....

There was lava all around us....a volcano having eruped many, many year ago.....and I walked upon river beds that had gone dry with the lack of rain. But, it was still so beautiful.

For over 2 hours, I was not of this world...I was just me, looking for stones and looking at the canyon that the others had walked towards.......thinking, "they have found an "Essen Cave" and I am not there!!!"......good ole ego at work.......LOLOLOLOL.... it never goes on vacation!!!!

From Jeshua words, I have learned that I am not of this world, but, in the illusion, Mother Earth is indeed real.........and so She was, when I walked upon Her that day. I was so full of gratitude to be with Her and part of Her......and it was ordinary.......and it was extraordinary.

And that to me is what "this" is all about.....we are extraordinary in a very ordinary ways.....

Just like a flower that you look upon........and yet, we are "that" flower"..

Edee

Show and Tell Monday....Wav'n from New Mexico.

2007-08-19T10:17:00.000-07:00

My little Laughing Buddah greets you all warmly. He stands at about 2 inches tall and has a little bell inside of him......a reminder to be Happy and Smile!!

By the time you all get up and check the Show and Tell's, I should be arriving in Albuquerque as my friend, Bonnie, and I are leaving at 6:30AM today and will arrive in ABQ at 10:30AM.

We are going to Jemez , in the mountains, where the Shanti Christo retreat is being held, and where also the natural healing pools are located. The retreat house where we will be at, is run by buddahist monks, from what I understand.....and we are invited to meditate with them at 6AM everyday and breakfast is in silence.

Now dear freinds, please keep me in mind on Wednesday when it is a "Day of Silence"...

Me, who chats all of the time, that even Papa God can't get a word in edgewise........so sometimes Holy Spirit has to hit me with a soft 2 x 4! (big smile here!!) Oh yes, this should all indeed be so very wonderful.

Love you all my sweet friends....see ya when I come back.

Show and Tell Monday "Here's Look'n Atcha, Kid"

2007-08-13T09:46:00.000-07:00

Where did last week go??? I lost a whole day last week, thought it was Wedneday , when it was Thursday. I sooooo feel the "speedup of time" lately. Just not enough hours in the day...

Anyway, here we are, Monday...and I had nothing to share. So, I did some quick thinking, some quick manipulations on the computer with my new camera that was a gift for being soooooo young, in heart and in body and in mind and YES!!! I believe everything I tell myself...and only the good stuff!!!

This is my Bird on a Wire. The softness in the eyes really got to me. Sooooo gentle, so beautiful....and so peaceful....looking at that crazy lady with her camera down below......Yup, just hanging out and letting Life be Life.

Happy Monday, Everyone!!!

An "Eastern" Wind blows in for Show and Tell "Om Mani Padme Hum"

2007-08-06T09:54:00.000-07:00

This is what I see when I sit at my computer, this shelf is right above my monitor and on each side you see the little speakers. Then a wonderful repo of a painting, a small laughing buddha, my wonderful laughing Jesus, my often tooooo full "God Jar" and my power animal, the gray wolf.

This is a close up of the framed christmas card that I received many years ago. This painting of Mother Mary with little J resting in the arms of the Sphinx represents to me the moments when we are just spiritually spent.........and that it is okay to feel that way. There is something bigger and far more gentle to rest upon, that understands and holds us.

Was I a Tibetan monk in a past life??? This is a prayer wheel that someone gave to me who was actually in Tibet, and who thought that I would greatly appreciate this.........and I gave it away to a friend. And I don't know why I did. A year later, the friend came over and gave it back to me.........said that she just couldn't keep it any longer and said that it needed to come back to me. I just recently put it with my other little "altar" things.
There are a hugh amount of prayers in that Tibetan Prayer Wheel very tightly packed....all saying the same thing over and over again........

"Tibetan prayer wheels (called Mani wheels by the Tibetans) are devices for spreading spiritual blessings and well being. Rolls of thin paper, imprinted with many, many copies of the mantra (prayer) Om Mani Padme Hum, printed in an ancient Indian script or in Tibetan script, are wound around an axle in a protective container, and spun around and around. Typically, larger decorative versions of the syllables of the mantra are also carved on the outside cover of the wheel.
Tibetan Buddhists believe that saying this mantra, out loud or silently to oneself, invokes the powerful benevolent attention and blessings of Chenrezig, the embodiment of compassion."

"The meaning of Om Mani Padme Hum is: loosely translated as meaning 'Hail to the Jewel of the Lotus'. According to the Dalai Lama, the purpose of reciting this mantra is to 'transform your impure body, speech, and mind into the pure exalted body, speech, and mind of a Buddha'. Also by reciting this mantra, the meditator seeks to take on the qualities of Chenrezi, the Bodhisattva of Compassion (known in the Mahayana tradition as Avalokitesvara). The sound of each symbol is seen to have some form of spiritual parallel. To make the sound of the syllable therefore is to align yourself with that particular spiritual quality and to identify with it. "

Show & Tell Monday - My Father, the Artist

2007-07-30T06:26:00.001-07:00

This is a drawing he did that looked very much like my mother in the 40's

This is the front of the Catherdale of Notre Dame of Rouen that my father did in charcoal pencils. The Catherdale looks exactly the same today. Those old stones have heard many a prayer from me, for I always go and pay a visit when I am there, and have lite many a candle.

Yes, I do have to admit that for years, I have struggled with my art.........feeling quite inadaquate....and big time at that.

It has taken me 65 years to realize and learn that to compare one's self to another is the ego saying that "you are not good enough"............I have now learned differently from God Himself....that my humble little paintings are just me, expressing myself and..........."This is Good." God Bless my father for teaching me this lesson. "Merci Papa."

2007-07-30T06:09:00.001-07:00

Wooofff Wooofff It is Show and Tell Monday

2007-07-22T18:11:00.001-07:00

I now, present to you, Bixby!!!!

Hi, My name is Bixby and I am very sweet and gentle.......but, I am still considered a puppy, so you HAVE to forgive my transgressions.......like occasionally peeeing and chewing shoes.
This is a very nice toy, my non-fur grandmama gave me......but, I think I would like her sandels better........it's more fun to see those clodhoppers that my master, Tara, had to give her to drive to Virginia with.
Tara and me just having plain ole fun together.

Yes, this is my new fur grandchild, Bixby, whom I abandoned rather quicky when asked if I could dog sit. I would not have been able to handle him without his crate.....he is one big puppy!!!

He is an extremely sweet 47 pound black lab mix about 10-11 months old....(from a Rescue Foundation) who in one blink of an eye chewed my sandels into mincemeat.........my good sandels!!! Silly me, I should have known better, after all, bare feet were made for man to feel free!!!

If dogs can peeeeee in the grass, why should I walk on cement?????????? Maybe I should take that back.......they do other things toooo. But, that is suppose to bring one Good Luck!!!

I Gave Birth to Him........

2007-07-15T20:02:00.000-07:00

and now she takes him.........Yea!!!!!!!!

I took this picture Saturday, just before they left to go to a wedding. I made it into a black and white.

Oh, what a glorious woman she is!!!! I just love her......

I told her not to call me "Mom"......I told her that she only has one Mom.....

May she look upon me as friend....in fun, in laughter, in frustation, in Joy, hopefully not tears........ and may she always know that I will try to always be there for both of them, and try to never judge either one of them. That is my prayer. May it be granted.

I'm Showing But, I Ain't Tell'n!!!!

2007-07-15T19:47:00.000-07:00

yup, I am now into my new youth!! I am now "Queen of the F--k'n Universe"......I got a Birthday card that said so...........and I believe everything I read!!!

I also got an ID card (which I am holding) from my very caring friends of 43+ years.......cause they think that at times I am......"so out there"........that they wanna make sure that I come back. It has my address and phone number........and I told them that I was going to dig out a photo of when I was 20.........so no one would ever find me!!!!

Ahhhhhh yes...........who said that youth was wasted on the young......... for I have just barely begun........................to be elegible for Medicare!!!!!

Happy Birthday to me!!!!!!!! For I AM, Queen of the F--k'n Universe!!

I'm Going to Be a Mother-in-Heart !!!

2007-07-11T07:51:00.001-07:00

Bret is engaged!!!!!!! He took her to where they had their first kiss 4 years ago.....in a village near here, it was 10:20 at night........he kissed her again and then got on one knee and proposed to Kristen........in public. My son, the quiet shy one who absolutely surprised her to the depth of her heart. She thought they were going to the movies.

This is the Kristen Rose that Cecile sent to me....and I am sooooo touched, for Kristen is indeed a rose, a most beautiful bloom of gentleness, joy, fun, and beauty.......and she Loves my son.

For Crusty Crone, I Present to You The Turtlenecks Heads

2007-06-30T10:21:00.000-07:00

Even though they look more like "Microphone Heads." Don't ask!!

Sometimes these crazy paintings just come outta me........I sure as hell, did not "think this one up"!! I even forgot I had it. Am trying to clean out my little studio/den. I have more S..... all over the place than a cow pasture.

I'm soooo square...I had a mandala all along!! Forgot I had one.

2007-06-29T16:49:00.000-07:00

I did this one sunday afternoon when I was feeling bored...ya can tell that, who ever she is, is not thrilled with "whatever is going on".

There must have been some confusion in her black, white and orange mind.......cause whatever is in that mandala is sorta...."jumbled" but, very much a part of her.....I like her earings...maybe I could borrow them??

Oh, what the hell, here I am doing a psych evaluation on my self.....LOLOLOL.. No wonder, I flunked the the "Paint with Passion" class....I did not need to pay a lot of money to paint freely and not know what the hell I was painting......I can do that all by myself....thank you!! Still do like those earings....

It's Show and Tell "ME" Opps, I mean Monday!!

2007-06-25T01:07:00.000-07:00

I had done this painting a while back and it was awful, so I decided to redo it, and I finished it this week. As, you will note, I did not want to waist paint by putting extra lines in my face......no nooks and crannies in this gal's face.....Yes!! that is what I call creative license.

Beautiful Mandalas, but, none by meeee!!

2007-06-25T00:58:00.000-07:00

By Dander By Sue j

I'm Late, I'm Late for a very Important Date!! It's Show and Tell Tuesday!!! ahhhh Was it Monday??

2007-06-19T16:36:00.001-07:00

This is ME saying "Hi" to you!!! Nice to see you looking at me!!!!
See my lovely big flufy tail. Doesn't move much these days....Edee will wiggle it for me.
Hey, look she got on all fours for this shot...eye ball to eyeball!!!

Oh My!! that back leg does not look tooooo kool??? Hey!! didya know that I wrapped my whole body around Edee's grandmother's shoulders back in the 40's!!! I was a prize possession, and still am..........maybe Edee, will take me out on Halloween....

Welcome to my Kitchen, Sunroom room, Dining room, TV room. I LOVE this room!!!

2007-06-15T02:55:00.001-07:00

I am very humbled by having this house....to me it is still a full blown mind boggling miracle that I shall never take for granted. and I thank PapaGod every day!! View from Living room door. I just LOVE to be in this room!!
Back door that goes out to the portico where the car is.
View from the back door
View from the sliding glass doors.

Four windows that will never get washed!!!

Four skylites . I feel like I am living outdoors, indoors

See through gas fireplace, and Mom's dishes.

Entrance to the living room.

Shall we go out onto the porch??

Come sit a while and rest your feet.

Walk'n Around the Living Room

2007-06-14T05:47:00.000-07:00

All this was in my Mom's apartment. I can not believe how crowded that apt was!!
Bit too warm to have the fireplace on...that is the door to the kitchen.
That trunk that you see was used by my folks going back and forth. Makes a great coffee table!! I need to get a frame for that picture!!! We did buy the couch. I will show you that painting that my father did of my mother later....and you will then understand why I am still so uncomfortable about my art. But, I work'n on it!!
No, you can not get to see the bed room that that door leads to. It is a mess, as I am putting my winter woolies away, considering that it was 97 degrees the other day!!!

Sure, you can use the powder room.....and while you are in there, take a look at the cute 1910 etching that says, " Isn't That Practical"

"Isn't that Practical."

Okay, we are almost done walking the full circle of the living room.

And we are now back to where we started, that's my tiny den that you see and the foyer entrance way

Well, By All Means, Do Come In....

2007-06-13T15:54:00.000-07:00

Knock, Knock!!! Oh, Please come in!!!
View of what you get to see if you are not selling encyclopedias!!!! Would you like a cocktail, for that is the liquor cabinet on the left??
This is the little foyer that you have walk into. On the right is great and add 5 more greats and we have my grandmama. In front of the tall tower clock is my little den where I spill my guts to whom ever will listen!!!
This is the itsy bitsy den 8 by 10 and I am planning to make it my art and book studio. That chair that you see is a twin sleeper.........

2007-06-13T15:46:00.001-07:00

Everybody Ready for a New Painting Adventure???

2007-06-13T06:59:00.000-07:00

We could now do something else???

How about a painting in a circle.....like a mandala???

If not, let's hear your ideas, your Voice!!!

Dialing.......Dialing.....Dialing.....

"Hello, may I speak to my Muse, please????"

(my Muse does not know from "tex mes")

Here I am!! Here I am!!!

2007-06-13T05:20:00.000-07:00

Here I am!! Here I am!! I am sorry that when you came to visit, I was not home.

Okay, I have been promising for some time now, to share with you pictures of the house that I totally feel in my heart, that God made all of the arrangements for us to have, through so many sets of miracle circumstances. Many of you know the story.

So today, I shall take you around and show you the outside of the house. And later, I would love for you to come inside and have a cup of coffee, tea......or a lovely glass of red wine, (don't have white in the house) or a Long Island Ice Tea, Dusty D??? I have coke, we can start with that ....LOLOLOL Hey, its gotta be 5PM somewhere!!!

And here she is!!! This is the front of the house Welcome, Welcome, Welcome!!!
This is the side of house, entrance to kitchen and garage. As we walk around, this is the porch which is behind the garage, and steps up to the deck.
The sliding glass door goes into the living room. 1st door on left, goes onto the porch, the next 2 sliding doors go into the kitchen.
Beautiful baby hibiscuses!!!

This is the chat area. No chatting anywhere else!!

View from deck and where I sit and read and meditate.

View from reading area,. I gotta get that price tag off that table!!!!

Leaving the deck which is really on the side of the house and not in back and walking toward the front of the house.

Walking towards the front of the house. Iris have lost their bloom. The front porch as seen on the side of the house.

And WELCOME to our God Given Home!!