The Clothesline

Back in April when we initially filled the pool and it was a chilly 63 degrees, Randy agreed to heat it a bit so we could swim! My mom brave...

Well, as rumors have it, some of you know that Marta and I went to the Quilt Show in Long Beach, CA on Friday. I have classes planned all d...

Today I had all the grandkids over for the day. When school let out I got some crazy idea one day that I could help the two older ones with ...

The dog show was on last night, and Jennifer watches them all. As I came into her room the cutest Boston Terrier was on the screen so I froz...

Today was really great. Marta got home and came right over so we could play with our new paints and brushes. We had a wonderful visit, she s...

There are a few things that mean summer is here! One of them is eggplant and fresh tomatoe sandwiches (to die for!) and the other is fresh p...

Well its that time of year again, deep sea fishing is here. Casa Colina plans about 3 trips a year and Friday was our first. The fishing was...

I belong to a watercolor group online and we set challenges up weekly. It is great fun to have such a rich selection of photos to pick from ...

Well tomorrow is the fourth, a day set aside to basically have a party and end the day with fireworks. Its great, a fun filled day in the mi...

Back to the doctor at UCLA for Jennifer's throat. With the traffic on the freeways lighter than normal we made good time and arrived ear...

Today we were being baked alive as the sun heated us into the triple digits. Marta came over and we had lunch, swam and watched my grandkids...

We went up to visit my mom and hook up her electricity. I hadn't been to "the valley" as it is called for over 4 years. I won...

I got a new case of pastel pencils so I can do some details that large pieces of chalk won't allow. I was dying to play with them and wa...

I am so hungry to draw. Sometimes I feel as though I need to be able to just stop everything and just disappear and get absorbed into a pain...

I am home from the show and trying to get all the orders out along with unpacking. Next I will have to try and get my studio back to some so...

Well we made it back alive and well! The show was great and we had a ton of fun being a part of all the commotion and excitement. ...

Well, I have been scrambling to get things all wrapped up for my first trade show. I am frantically trying to get all the last minute detail...

I am busy sewing new quilt patterns that I am designing for a trade show we are doing in May. I feel like a production sewer! It will be nic...

I have added some captions under each picture, just drag your mouse over the picture to read the caption. The photos have some glare from t...

Made some final changes on the drawing, I will now enlarge to the proper size and make sure I still like everything before I begin to paint....

My son and his wife are in the middle of a major remodel on there home. They are adding rooms, redoing their kitchen all new flooring etc. I...

I had a spa night, I invited Marta and Rudy and Dawn and Mike over for martini's and tapas. Randy makes a wonderful, summery martini cal...

I decided to look at the photos put up for this weeks drawing event. The host posts 16 pictures and then you choose which ever ones you like...

Another hard day yesterday, the post op check was not good news and the fact that Jennifer may have to have more surgery or a permenant trac...

As some of you know that follow my crazy life on my blog, we have been working on our backyard and a pool. We designed everything and have b...

I managed to get out last week with Marta and Dawn for the museum's life drawing class. When we arrived there was a note on the door say...