The sun is shining

What in the world has blogger done?  I go away for a couple months and I don't even know how to post anymore!  Here's the deal....THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TIME IN THE DAY TO BE SITTING AT MY COMPUTER POSTING, UPLOADING, AND UPDATING ALL THAT I NEED TO UPLOAD AND UPDATE AT THIS POINT..THE SUN IS SHINING FOR GOODNESS SAKE!....ok enough yelling.  I digress.

This here blog made me so sad today when I came and noticed my last post,  RIP Gus...was so NON CHALANT (sp?)  I seriously can't even write much less think too much about it.  I just try to keep the image of him flying thru the heavens, learning the ropes of having shed his physical body, wondering if, for his earthly wrongs, he's had to come back into the earthly realm and re attempt to learn some life lessons that were missed this last time around.  But dogs are already ascended, I hear!  They are here to assist in our ascension! Like stewards of the soul. Well if that's the case, then he has served his purpose.  Gus taught me how to love unconditionally, and he taught me what its like to feel love emenating from another's spirit.  Although he didn't often appreciate being grabbed and held, when he was in my arms, I could always feel his spirit radiating, swirling, and intertwining with mine. 

I still haven't sprinkled his ashes anywhere, I don't know why.

HOLLLLYYY MOLYYYYYY its been a while

Wow, TIME IS accelerating FOR SURE!  I do not know how 7 months went by without a post.  JEESH...talk about losing your audience.

Let's see....what has happened...  OH...Gus RIP 12/12/11  See you later Gus...go learn the ropes!

Florida/Beach XMAS 2011 with dogs....

Traveling Jack

Keith and his parents

Smile baby!

Stocking check

Chance BEAUTY

A sandy smile

Pooped!

I've been away in Massachusettes...

....but i'm back! 
First let me talk about this fruit salad...it has nothing to do with Massachusettes, but was inspired by a salad Uncle Rick and Aunt Joan made one time! :)

 The picture speaks for itself doesn't it?


















Now let me show you the B&B I stayed at in Greenfield, MA
The House on the Hill! 

It was soo charming!

The B&B owner graciously let me drive her MIN Cooper Clubman while I was there!  She must not have spoken with my Uncle Bob about the white knuckle ride he experienced with me in STL, heehee.  I'm officially hooked...I must have one!!!

Got to spend time with my Aunt Carol and my gorgeous cousins...I'm the "one eyed girl" that apparently isn't using her right eye because I had no idea my hair was covering it at the time. :|



There's Grammie, my cousin Marc and I....Marc took me for a spin in his Charger later....

and then the Charger winked at me :) woo hoo!

Then a party with the fam!

This was early on...don't let the relaxed vibe fool you...the JAM SESSION started later....drummers, dancing and laughing of asses off ensued! 

My cousins and I held a quck YOGA session one morning on this mountain top!  I cannot believe how fast they ran up this mountain...I could barely keep up and needed oxygen seriously...and I run every day!  I am frequently called "fast walker" and i couldn't catch them...I'll be re-examining my fitness goals. ;)

It was fun ladies...and gentlemen...until next time!

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! :)