THE CELEBRATATION!

You say what, Celebration! What are we celebrating? It's not hard to think of something to celebrate at this time of year. Summer has begun and Memorial Day was the kick-off party. When you live in a coastal tourist town there is always a BIG WHO going down every single day during the summer. We had so many people on the beach this week-end the flies couldn't even find a place to land. By FOURTH OF JULY everybody is so cranked up that on the FIFTH you can hear the whole town deflating all the way to DALLAS. That's when it is Sooooo over. But then, from somewhere, everybody gets there second wind and we really finish with LABOR DAY WEEK-END! TA-DA! That is really really IT. So celebrate whatever and look for my cards coming soon.

SNEEK PEEK

I have been gone for a couple of days. I don't mean out of town but out of my mind. It seems when I get a lot on my plate I can't focus and therefore; no thoughts for the blog. I think I am back, although many things still flying around in my head and my life. So, back to business. Here is my new endeavor, THE SWEET BY AND BY. This came about because of my mother. She played the piano in church as a girl and had a hymnal from church that I inherited when she died. I have always loved the old songs and find myself humming them during the day. This one is always stuck in my mind and since I live near the water, HERE IT IS! I think it is one of my favorites, of course I say that about each and every one, and it will be turned into note cards in the very near future. SO stay tuned. Got to go there is whirling starting in my head, the day awaits.

WELCOME TO MY LITTLE CORNER

Dear Blogettes,
It has only taken me one hour this time to bring to you these two pictures. It was another miracle! My only doubt is the size. Just get out your magnifier and hold close. Sorry, I'll get the hang of this soon, I know I will. So, to my story for the day. The bottom photo is the entrance to my studio(THE MILLY). The whole floor is painted with these wonderful roses, and no I didn't do it. My whole house was being renovated at the time and I was having heart palpitations (literally). I had seen another artist studio that had her name on the door and my thought, "how clever is that". The top picture is my new creation in progress. What a mess you say, looks like it. No excuses, IT is! But hold on to your margarita, when I finish with this painting I WILL clean the boards. I have to keep everything out that I use so I won't forget what all goes into the BIG PICTURE. I hope you liked this little peek into my corner.

CREATIVITY

Creativity comes in all forms. I have finally been able to get back to the paints, but before that happened it started with KETCHUP of all things. I saw Giada, the beautiful Italian cook from food network, on the Today Show make ketchup with her little girl. She said she makes her own because there are things in the good ole bottled kind that aren't too good. So to me this was a challenge and some creativity. It takes a little simmering and BOOM, there it is, all done. You can go to the Food Network to get the recipe. I always create a new recipe as it is written and work from there. The one thing I would change is the amount of sugar and salt. A little less sugar and a little more salt. Yes, I would do it again and No I haven't figured out the cost ratio to bottled. The good thing about this whole ketchup scenario is, I AM PAINTING AGAIN!

THE RAIN

This, my dear Bloggettes is the rain falling from the sky onto my backyard. On May 12, 2011, that would be yesterday, it rained, stormed, lightened and just carried on in our little town. Everybody on the south Texas Gulf Coast was grinning from ear to ear. There was so much grinning you could hear it. We have been in such a drought that the population of our town was a little grinchy. No more! We are very happy campers, if my rain gauge had not been broken I would tell you the exact amount we received. A couple of whirls and twirls and a break-out song on "Oh Happy Days", you get the picture. Thank-you from above!

THE MAXER

Here he is, the man in my life. This is Maxwell, The Maxer, Poopy and much more. When my partner,The Maxer, and I are not in the house, or in the yard, we are in THE MILLY(aka: my studio). The giant poodle does have a nice cozy bed in The Milly, but when it is hot he wants the cement floor. He will lay there for awhile, but the first squirrel, bird, or next-door-neighbor and he's out the door. There are glass doors and he hears and sees all from his perch. Max does not cooperate often for a photo and for him to smile, well this is worth a thousand words. So Max says, "Howdy Doody to all and to all a good-bye".

I DID IT!

Here it is! I did it, I did it! I got really brave and I did it! This is the gardenia bush. I might have another picture any minute. I just have to go look at my blog and see if this really happened or not. I have a really good one of My Dog Max. Oh, gosh I'm so excited. Check me out! A real blogger!

The Gardenia

Dear Bloggettes,
I made the mistake of saying I was going to work on putting pictures on the blog. Well, I really am it is just taking longer than I thought. I did however take a picture of my beautiful gardenia bush this week. It is in full bloom and looking right good I might add. Anyway I am now trying to put it on this page, but so far none of the wires seem to match the holes on my computer. I have to dig deeper and put the instruction cd on and learn some more. I have been reading, reading, reading about all the electronic stuff this past week and there is a huge learning curve for me. I am not giving up but will forge ahead, I promise. As for artwork, there is nothing happening at the moment. I have laid down my paints, colors, glue, and glitter so I might focus on the business end of The Milly tra la la. I now know this is as important as the creative part. What all this really means is I Am Taking Control of Stuff. No more burying my head in the sand. I Will Be Brave and Learn and Do New Things. Love to all, Milly