Found the camera and lots to share.

Hello, it's been a long week, and thank God Friday is finally here. When I leave the studio today it will be closed for a week because I'm going to Florida for my certification class in the High Definition paints with Dewberry Designs. I am rooming with my friend Sandy, from Ga., and we are going to be showing each other different techniques with our paintings in the evening. I'm going to share watercolor batiks with her and she is going to help me with landscapes. So, not only will we be learning in the day time, but our nights will be educational too. AND guess where Sandy and I will be on Tuesday night. We will be at Donna's home, can you believe it? We got an invitation this week, and of course we both replied YES!!! Anyway, When I get back I'm sure that I will have lots of pictures to post and share with you.

And speaking of pictures to post, I have about a weeks worth to post so let me get to it.

We are painting a watercolor batik from a book by Kathie George on Watercolor Batiks. This is a very small picture that I blew up so that they could get a taste of doing these batiks. They loved it and so we are going to be purchasing a packet from Kathie George in the very near future.

See Kathy's tee shirt? It saids "Save the Ta-Tas". This is

one of the items we had for our Angie's Amazing Race 2.

And this is Joanie's first time with a paint brush in her hand. Looks like she is having fun.

LaDonna is drying her batik so that she can add more wax.

Maria is sitting and knitting while Joanie paints. Then Joanie is done with the painting and waxing, so now she is ironing off the wax.

And now for the finished pieces. This is Kathie's piece, and she really enjoyed doing this and looks forward to other batiks.

And this is Kathy's piece, and of course she is holding Myles. She is really excited cause she gets to keep him while I'm in Florida. He will be SO SPOILED.

This is LaDonna's first class with us. I think that she liked it and I hope that she makes back for some other classes.

And Penni is becoming a faithful student for Thursday nights, along with Kathie. She didn't want to do the batik But I think she liked it after finishing it.

And of course here is Joanie and Maria with Joanie's finished piece. They are a hoot. And the Pink piece is a batik that I did for JoAnne's pink project that she is doing. Go check it out.

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Then for last nights class we painted roses. But first take a look at the birthday crown that I made for Joanie. I got the idea from Gabriela's blog, she makes beautiful crowns. Did I mention that they are beautiful? Go check them out.

This is Maureen, and she

had come to a class back before Christmas and wanted to come do the roses. She did very well for only her second time in class.

This Kathie's rose, and she did great. The ones that she was practicing were beautiful. She said that she knew what she was going to be doing all weekend, painting roses.

And of course here is Penni, with her new and sexy looking haircut. She said that she is going to call her sister and have her come look at the blog so that she can see her new look. Such a funny girl.

And what would a post be without a few picture of my Myles. And some of the flowers in my yard.

Enjoy your weekend, and I'll be back in after next week. Take care and keep on

Believing.

Charlie

Well, I've managed to misplace my camera.

I meant to post pictures from last Thursday night's class, but I can't find my camera. I know that it is somewhere, I just don't know where that somewhere might be. But class was a lot of fun, Joanie even tried the watercolor batik and that is the first time that I've been able to get a paint brush in her hand. When I find my camera I will post the pictures then.

Today, Monday, started off not so well. At 7:20a.m. my cell phone rang and it was my hubby, Phil. He proceeded to tell me that he had been in a car accident and that it was bad. I got up, threw a jacket on and headed right out the door. It took me a year to get to him, or so it seemed. There were three cars involved, but only two really connected. The woman in the front car slammed on her brakes, for some unknown reason, and the semi truck hauling gasoline slammed on his brakes, but Phil didn't have time to slam on his. Needless to say, Phil's car went under the gasoline truck. He is okay, just very sore. He didn't go to the hospital, which I'm really upset over, but promises to go tomorrow. His car is probaby totaled, and it is his company car. Thank God that he is okay!!!! A car can be replaced, but he can't.

I guess that while I'm on this kind of subject I'll share some other things with you. We are moving out of our home within the next month. We have decided to downsize. Phil had a scare with cancer around Christmas and it got us to thinking. If something would happen to him there is no way that I could hold onto the house that we are living in. So we had a family meeting with our kids and told them what we are thinking about doing and they are supporting us in our decision. We are selling our pool, selling my jeep, and selling my 1955 Ford Truck. This scare was really a big wake up call, and we are going to get all of our ducks in a row. Of course with Phil being in the building business and the construction business has taken a nose dive this just seems to be the smartest thing for us to do. And you know what, I am really looking forward to this change. I will miss my neighbors, I have the best neighbors of anyone, but we will remain close. They come up to the studio all the time and we have a blast. Anyway, Just thought that I would share this with you. And it really helps to write about it, too.

I am going to go for now. I hope that all of you have a great Monday night, and I'll be back in a day or two.
Believing,
Charlie