NEW ARTWORK - Horse and a Basinji

I want to be riding THIS horse on THIS beach, with this purpley-blue sky. :)

You can purchase it (though my heart will break) at my etsy shop.  I secretly get soooo scared that someone will want to purchase one of my Oil Pastels. :(  I'm soooo relieved when I haven't sold anything new.  I need therapy, but that's a whole 'nother topic.  My friend Mariya, advised me to take down anything that would break my hear to sell.  I'd have two items to sell if I did that.  The 67 Chevy and Mrs. Beasley.
I am thinking about making a line of Notecard Blanks using my Artwork.  That way, I can keep them all! :)  I'll just paper my house with them. :)

I finished an Oil Painting, that was a gift for my nephew Jake, for his Graduation.  I looked and looked at this, wonder what was wrong with it.  Finally, I added some eye details and WA LA!  Complete.

Jake, give it a couple months to dry.  I'll give it to your Grandmother- Mary :)

How I almost drowned in the wave pool at Six Flags

So my friend Teresa and I are sitting in a shallow end of the wave pool, up to our necks while sitting.. waiting for the waves to restart...　as the waves start coming...　i notice a shadow cast over me..　i look up....　and I see this HUGE yellow polka dotta bikini butt coming at me.　apparently this chick got knocked by the waves in my direction...　

This is all I saw:
 

　THEN...　as this bikini blankets my face..　i'm pushed underneath the water...　with my head now pinned to the bottom by this HUGE ASS　...the girl couldn't get up... 　
 　my friend Teresa, thankfully notices, and GRABS my arm and yanks me out from underneath the Ass.　and i am saved.　the girl in the bikini never realized any of this had occured.i was 28To this day...　Everytime i see a yellow polka dot bikini, hear that song, or think of a water park/wave pool, i have flashbacks.   Its like a trauma no therapy can heal you of.as I was flailing underneath....thinking "this is how I'm going to die"...H-U-U-GE...ass coming at my head..ok...

Abduction attempt Fountain Lakes? WTF?

FINALLY, I make it to 4 Fountain Lakes trails and 2 days later...AN ABDUCTION ATTEMPT!  I CANNOT EVEN BEGIN TO EXPRESS how much this angers me. 
The night before the dogs and I ventured out on this WONDERFUL trail and wetland area, I watched an unrelated story about a young girl, taking pictures at some river bank GETS MURDERED with not one but 3 ligatures, no rape, no robbery, just murdered. :|  The film was taken from the camera which sort of sounds like the 2 ACCUSED  fisherman nearby might have been doing something "fishy", and as a result MURDERED the witness who took a picture of it.  (1 convicted due to the other dropping dead pre trial)

So I'm already on HIGH ALERT due to this story I watched.

As we walked along this trail, we found a spillway...we go down to the bank...out pops a fisherman.  I ALMOST had a heart attack.  Luckily, he was not a killer, this day.  We quickly ran away...cuz i'm freaked out to begin with.
Throughout the entire run, I was looking for a "killer" to pop up on the trail.  At one point Chance even alerted to something down off the trail, growling and backing up...I proclaimed "A KILLER, RUN!" 

2 DAYS LATER a jogger gets grabbed by a man AT THIS SAME TRAIL who popped up from the weeds next to the trail, with a gun who said "Don't yell, your coming with me"  She responded with "AAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"  and takes off running.  She gets away.  Whew! 
His description:  Fuller face, red hair, facial hair, baseball cap, red shorts.   THAT COULD BE SO MANY PEOPLE! :(

To think, an abductor could have been behind these weeds at this very moment just make me want to arm myself with weapons. :(

To make matters worse:

The next night, while walking my VERY OLD SLOW dog, Gus, two doors from my house, a LOUD "semi sounding" full size red truck first passes by 3 times, then finally pulls up in the dark, so DARK i can't even see, with a couple of hoodlums inside and creepily ask me "Whaaatts going oonnnnn?"  I asked "Do I know you?"  They're like "Prob not, what are you dooooinnnnnnn?"  "Uh, WALKING MY DOG! :|"   They leave, I panic as I hear this LOUD truck circling the area.  I keep thinking they're going to come back and my dog is so slow, there's nothing I can do.  The next day, a guy in a similar, if not the same, truck drives by and sees me standing in my driveway.  We made eye contact as he passes, I'm talking he had to turn his head around as he passed,  he was staring so hard, and  then I realize he now knows where I live. :( 

My CONCLUSION TO ALL THIS:  I totally need some weapons.

Aunt Carols Elephants!

My Aunt Carol and Uncle Bob (top left) rode a couple of Elephants while they were in Thailand.   I HAD NO IDEA ANYONE THAT I ACTUALLY KNEW had touched, much less ridden an ELEPHANT! yay :) 

She sent me this pic of these two beauties just SMILING up a storm!   ...and the elephants are smiling too. :)  HAHAHAA!...eehhhh..it's late.

All are looking like they are having a delightful time.  I trust those handlers treat them well. :)

...so then i drew this picture for my SWEET Aunt Carol, to express my totally tickled and DELIGHTED appreciation for the elephant necklace she made for me. 

Hope I did the sweet souls justice!   It's coming your way soon Aunt Carol! :)

Deweys Pizza on Delmar w/Yamini!

FINALLY after 2 years of procrastinating, sweet sweet Yamini and I executed our lunch plans!  Dewey's has been our favorite pizza spot since we met back in 2006.  Sweet Yamini gets more beautiful each time I see her. :)  It must be all the love from her new baby boy that is doing it!  ok...he's already 2 years old...but that's what little boys do to Mama's!  Well if babylove heartmelting...causes you to look like this, I better get started, eh?

Dewey's Pizza is a cute little pizza place in Clayton, MO on the famous Delmar Blvd.  They don't just have regular toppings, they have EXTRA special gormet toppings!! 

The Pizza's are delicious, but we love the Calzones.  Mine was stuffed with Spinach, Artichoke and fresh Oregano!   If you ever come to St. Louis, you must visit this pizza place.  No, I don't get paid for advertising...just tryin' to spread the joy!

Hiking at Quail Ridge Park

One of my MOST favorite pastimes is hiking with muh-COMRADS.  Not only do I enjoy the exercise, but also the fresh air and peacefulness of the forest.   I am quickly able to get the most recent radio song from repeating in my head by switching it to the song of nature.  The birds and squirrels chirping, almost rythmatically, the sound of the tree leaves rustling in the wind, the dive bomb buzzing of the horse flies and other insects that come to circle my head several times as a warning to GET OUT OF THEIR TERRITORY, :|  which always follows the sound of my footsteps as I run as fast as I possibly can, while proclaiming "I'm leaving, I'm leaving!" 

Sometimes I run through a spider web that is crossing the trail and at that point I hear INVOLuntary screams that echo quite beautifully throughout the land.   :|  I digress. 
Once or twice I take a spill only to open my eyes to muh-COMRADS hovered around me, almost as if to say "This is no time for a nap, what is she doing, sniff sniff sniff?"    These guys run free during our hikes, SHHHHHHHH don't tell the rangers, and the sight of them running full doggy speed through the woods, and happily bouncing around in celebration at each creek entrance, just fills my heart and makes it all gooey and such.   There's nothing better than a free running dog....that is on a mental leash, of course. :)

These pictures convey the paradise, until the next night when your husband wakes up to 3 ticks crawing up his arm and one going across is forehead. :|  Oops.  Well i told them not to go into the long grasses! 

 

UFO?

I think I see a UFO in this one.    Oh no wait, that's the house...landing.   haha! 

We had a wonderful 4th of July holiday!  Hubby and I enjoyed bbq Hamburgers and watched the neighbors fireworks...they  put on a show like they were shooting from a barge on the river!   Chance even watched the explosions and we oo'd and ahhhh'd together.   We were even sprinkled with a little firey ash!  He especially loved the screaming ones, he was a tad concerned about it, but I told him they were pretty so he just stood there calmly.  He's so smart, its scary. :| 

Jack, Chance and I went hiking yesterday...stay tuned for more pics!

In the meantime, here's Jack next to some flowers. :)



BOSTON: It's more than a feeling...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSR6ZzjDZ94

  I have come to the conclusion, that BOSTON is my all time favorite band.  I've only realized this in recent years.  Upon hearing any BOSTON song, I am instantly soothed and transported back to a time of blissfulness.  Memories of my buddies from FHS, from back in the day when Wentzville barely existed, when the AMOCO station at the corner of 94/40 was the closest civilization for miles, when a 79 Camaro could be spotted atleast once every 5 seconds.  My hubby reminds me of this era and continues to have that same "Boston-y" "good ole boy" ambiance about him. 

This day couldn't have started any better
A kiss from hubby and he left for work
Dunkin Donuts coffee
yoga with the dogs (they are pros at down dog)
a delightful sunrise coming through the clouds
an airplane taking off at the small airport nearby for my driving amusement
BOSTON: More than a feeling playing in the backgroud.

If I didn't know better, by having performed my daily reality check, I would think i was either dreaming or dead. :|  I should really buy some lottery tickets today :) You know, when I start feeling all blissful like this, amazing things start happening. :) 

Stay cool.