Cancun 2013

Our wonderful vacation, my daughter and I shared.

 

 

Cancun, Mexico

 

 We didn't stay in the hotel itself...we had our own villa.

 Drinks at 9:30 a.m.

 Ocean views

 

 Awesome food, and as much as you want to eat.

 Lizards the size of small dogs. You see more of these than the little ones.

 An  ancient observatory.

 One of the seven wonders of the world, totally amazing to see up close.

 Chichen Itza

Please learn about this place on line and it's incredible history.

 Amazing carvings.

 A sink hole where anyone can swim. Not far from Chechen Itza. No one knows how deep it is.

 Beautiful gardens everywhere.

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 Sunrise

 More lizards the size of small dogs.

An end to an amazing vacation

 You know that the weather is getting warmer when...

 Your favorite duck comes back to your yard and...

 struts his stuff on your back deck and sometimes swims in the pool.

This duck has come back every Spring for the last three years.

A Little Sparkle...

 

 

I was recently visiting a older cousin in an assisted living program. She is 92. We talked for a while and she mentioned that she remembered that I liked her sparkly jewelry. She is known for her jewelry. She said that she had some that she no longer needed or wanted.

 

 

 She handed me a small box of things, told me not to open it there so I said I wouldn't.

 We visited for a little while longer and then it was dinner time for her. I wheeled her down to the dinning room and I said my good byes and left. It seemed  that it took me forever to get home but I made it.

 This is what I received.

 Necklace, earrings and bracelet.

 Necklace

 Brooch

 Bracelet and earrings that match.

 Brooch

I am asking all of you what do you think?

Packages...

Over the last two weeks, after being under the weather again, I received two really special packages.

 

 

One, from Lynn at Trash To Treasure Art. This is the greatest ring ever. It will go with just about everything. Please check out her blog and see what else she makes.

 

 

 

 

 

The second package came from Stacy at Magic Love Crow. I haven't started this very intriguing book yet, but it looks like it could be awesome. Please check out her blog and see all of her paintings of crows.

 

Both of these bloggers are amazing artists so, please visit them soon.

 

Talking about the weather. Has anyone seen Spring yet?

Blocks Of Art

I would like to introduce my latest endeavor.

I call them Blocks of Art.

If you go back a few posts ago,  you might remember that I was experimenting with backgrounds. I was also playing around with doodling. With this new attempt I have put them together!

 

 

The process starts by doodling on  drawing paper.

I use a fine brush tip marker, which allows for varing widths of lines. Then I incorperate different types of pens. I have fun doodling, but tend towards flowers.

 

 I mount the designed papers on blocks of wood of various sizes.

 I present them on small easels. I think they are so cute.

 They fit nicely on a  bookshelf or anywhere.

They will soon appear in my ETSY store.

 

This is what I woke up to this morning.

I couldn't resist taking these...

Isn't nature beautiful?