Winter Wonderland
Oil on Panel 28 x 22

This painting was still quite wet when popped into a frame and hung on the the wall for Art Crawl

Blazing Fall Colors

I have been upgraded on the computer (My Tom's Hand* Me* Downs) but that hasn't created any more hours in a day for me to post and create art or play in the gardens

Gringas with attitude and a pair of Cheap Sunglasses

Tom was able bodied enough to join the dancers...
Las Animas

where a wave surprised me. I got hammered against the rocks and twisted the left foot leaving me too timid for more swimming that afternoon and definetly no Karaoke on the return trip. Though admittedly I doubled up on the tequila drinks to numb the pain and jealous pangs!

A few afternoons later and several steep stairways to the top of the hill to

discover I had lost important hardware for my paintbox!#?!!*!

Made the best of it as it was 78 degrees in paradise and

absolutely NO SHOVELING!

Always good to get away for a bit- to thaw the fingers and toes.

Also glad we have had three sunny days since getting home!

I have not done a thing in this arena for over 10 months.

The beloved Tom set up the system and I have simply neglected it.

Being it's that time

of year to do a little

inventory of the things you have done over the past 11 months and share with the friends and loved ones all of the warmest wishes - I thought I would do a little retroactive fill in here.

One highlight of 2009 was getting a plien air paint box of my own for the June birthday. We went the following week north to Grand Marais - a good place for a beginner to start what with the fog blowing in and burning off again every 2 1/2 hours! O K so that is a bit of sarcasm.We went out near every weekend for the summer months and have kept going out till the snows and zero degree days of December.

Another beautiful day or four was our mid September visit to Boulder, Colorado. Starting the trip in shorts & tank-tops and on the first day of AUTUMN we are up in elevation and shuffling through 3 inches of snow! It all melted away - so we were able to spend a sun drenched afternoon in the Rocky Mountain National Park wearing our short sleeves before heading home

In honor of my dear friend's 2nd huge celebration in 2009.  Glitter, Glue, Watercolor & Love