my cousin was losing her hair due to chemo for breast cancer treatment--upon returning home one day, her four big ole sweetheart sons met her looking like this!!
now THAT'S true love!!
she had surgery, treatment, lots of prayers--and is well now!!
love and prayer!! positive attitude and support!!
miracles DO still happen!!
2 second time around! 1990
wedding for second time--we're in black and attendants are in white!!
i wanted to be different--and loved the 'after 5' style of the dress!
groom is beside me maid of honor is my cousin, her husband is best man--they introduced us in the beginning!
flower girl--niece ring bearers--nephews
3 'my kids' favorite photo of my daughter, son-in-law, and grandson-taken as a gift for my mom and dad-i talked the photographer into being sure this 'take' was printed--she loved it and we did too! he didn't want to do 'pictures' and just as the lady clicked the shot-he snapped his hands up! oh yeah, he was making sunglasses!
4 my pride and joy! my only grandchild, andrew (17yrs) july 4th, 2008 dad's annual fish fry
5 'still He came' cd of original songs-created by my brother, larry, and me-all the songs were written my me, larry, mom or dad really proud of this one!
6 santa gabe! now 10 months old--here is gabriel joseph in his santa hat and cheeky smile!! gotta love 'em!
7 'my kids' again! they sure have changed since the 'sunglasses' photo haven't they! christmas-2006
8 big trouble in little package! 'waffels'
9 'a boy and his dog....kinda' my grandson and his rowdy dog, waffels-christmas-2006
10 best buddies! my grandson and myself-christmas-2006
11 size doesn't matter even though he's bigger than me, i'm meaner! :) me and grandson, he's 16, i'm not telling how old i am! christmas-2006
12 pooped out! all the excitement wore out my big ole grandson, but 'waffels' was going strong! christmas-2006
13 best parents in the world! my mom and dad--june-2003
14 gary's rocks my next to youngest brother is a flint-knapper, and does beautiful work!
15 gary's rocks these were framed and given to me for my birthday couple years ago--the center one is based on an ancient Mayan piece uncovered in a dig in peru--i really love gary's work!
16 'gary's rock--my jewelry' here is an obsidian arrowhead, flint-knapped by my brother, gary that i designed into a pendant for a necklace!
17 this is the wall in the kitchen of a friend of mine--she wanted something light, airy, with a few flowers, mushrooms, and maybe a little birdy
18 ta da! here is the same wall after a couple of saturday mornings, some acrylic paint, and lots of elbow grease! my friend got light, airy, flowers, mushrooms, and even a little birdy! she was really happy
19 blue bird of happy! here is the little bird in detail-perched on the old stone wall, under the cherry red blossoms, singing his little heart out in the early morning misty mountains
20 geek art that's what i like to call my computer painted artwork-hee hee used a paint program and had fun, now have colorful sunset too! "Real pretty, I had a site where I 'p..." View Comments...
21 'the hat' more geek art--love the way the light is behind the cowpoke--i like to try different effects like this
22 'light seeds' this one is to remind us that we are all children of light--hence the pot filled with 'light seeds' just waiting to be sown
23 'lighthouse end' pencil sketch on paper-got on a lighthouse kick a while back, and did them in all kinds of media, this is one of my favorites because it's so 'minimilist'
24 'afternoon delightful' photo of afternoon sky taken by my grandson (14 years old at the time) really good work God!
25 'red passionata' acrylic on gypsom board did this wild trio of bloomers while stuck at home recuperating from a fall-(was laid up for a month and couldn't use hands at all, and could barely stand)--my left hand was first to heal, so i did this left-handed, and normally i'm a righty! private collection
