I can't believe it is the 12th of August already!

You know, I took a small vacation from painting for a little while to have some summer fun, and when I woke up it was August!!! So I pulled out the paints and started painting every chance I got. These are some of the paintings I have done in the last couple weeks.

Tomorrow I am going canoeing with Ben, Barbie, Haden and Hannah, at the Mohican River in Loudenville, Ohio. It is about a 1 1/2 hour drive from here. We will leave early to get there about 9am and canoe for about 2 hours. After we get back to the car, we will drive to Riceland, Ohio and eat at Bishop's (home of the nutty muffit, and FANTASTIC onion rings). Hopefully my Mom and Dad will meet us there for lunch. Later we will go to Kingwood Center in Mansfield and then back home. It should be a fantastic day. I CAN'T WAIT!!! I will post some pics of the day tomorrow night.

I work on Friday and then leave from work for vacation!!! Back to Hilton Head for more summer fun! YEAH!!! I will be doing some painting there for sure.

Where has the time gone??? Here are the pics.......see ya later......

Memorial Day Weekend

This has been a fantastic weekend for me because it started on Thursday! I went to a flea market in Hartville, Ohio and then went to Kingwood Center in Mansfield, Ohio. If you get the chance go and visit Kingwood. It is beautiful and peaceful there. 

Friday I went to the Book Loft in German Village. I had never gone there before but I always wanted to go. I could spend all day there with no problem. Books of every kind and very good prices! I can't wait to go back.

Saturday I went and got a haircut and then came home and had a cookout. Ben, Barbie, Hannah, Haden, Chad, and Mary came over. Katy was at the Asian Festival here in Columbus and I missed her, but I knew she was having fun.  We all ate too much, but it was fun to be together.  Later in the evening we took Hannah and Haden to a park to play and all watched a movie together at the house.

Today I went to Mary and Chad's house for another cookout. Mary and I did a little shopping and then I came home and made a playlist for the blog. This playlist contains the songs I like to listen to when I am painting.  I did paint some this weekend but didn't finish anything yet. I will finish 4 paintings the first of the week and will post pictures then.  For now here are some pics from Kingwood.... I hope everyone had a happy and safe weekend. I am back to work tomorrow morning....

Frost tonight!

I am so glad that I haven't planted any flowers yet because it is supposed to frost tonight. I did however get up the courage to mow my yard this afternoon. I was a little worried because I haven't totally recovered from my last bout of poison ivy! I will let you know how things are in a few days... I have several Angels in the works but only listed 2 on Ebay tonight.  Here they are....

Spring is finally here!!!

Well I know that spring is finally here because I have the worst case of poison ivy and oak that I have had in years! That's what I get for doing my spring cleaning up the yard. I have lived here for 6 years and never come across poison ivy but I am making up for it this year. I went to the doctor and got a shot so it should not last too long.

On a lighter note, I have had 2 vacations. I went to Hilton Head Island for 10 days the end of March and it rained every day except the last day. I didn't really care because it was 70 and I could sit out on the back balcony anyway. I just love that area! I went to Savannah, Beaufort, and Brunswick too. What a fabulous time it was. I came back and drove home from work in light snow the very next day! Have I mentioned how much I like snow?

The end of April vacation was much better. I went back for 7 days this time and it was 80 and sunny every day! I had such a wonderful time walking the beach, sitting at the pool, and painting outside. Everyday was better than the day before.

On Mother's Day evening I assembled new patio furniture for the very patio with the poison ivy growing. Roundup makes poison ivy killer so I bought some. Hope I don't poison myself putting it out there.

I am going to try to blog more...keep your fingers crossed, I get busy and forget to post.
I have been painting a lot so here are some new Angels.

Latest Angels