Three Little Piggies

Several years ago, I bid on these three little piggies at a silent auction. I put them away and forgot about them until last night when I found them in a drawer. I remember now why I bid on these piggies. They make me smile. That's it. That's all. They just make me smile. I think I'll leave them out for a while and then I'll retire them back to a drawer until some day when I run across them again. They'll make me smile all over again.

Happy Smiling Thursday Night,

PG



Eggs and Jelly

I got to visit with my friend Beth this week. Remember, she has chickens that lay Easter Egg colored eggs?

She surprised me with these beautiful eggs. Beth is going to help me pick out some baby chicks so that I can have my own pet Easter Egger chickens. This is going to be a new adventure. Wonder what Hambo Rambo is going to say?

Easter Eggs



My friend Beth also brought me a another gift...
homemade Apricot jelly. YUMMY!
She said, "The eggs and apricot jelly are my
Merry Christmas/Happy New Year/Groundhog's Day/
Lincoln & Washington Birthday gift to you!"


Life is so much richer with friends, especially those like Beth!

Happy Wednesday,
PG

Beginnings

I'm beginning two new paintings. The canvases have been textured and primed. I am ready to begin. I feel a bit of trepidtion as I ponder how I want to begin. I will pray and then wait. The inspiration will come. God is good. He directs, I respond. It's a process. It always is. As I've always said, "Painting is an outward expression of an inward emotion." It's just just the beginning.

The canvases await.

PG

P.S. Oh, I joined a gym today. We'll see how long my exercise regime lasts! Hopefully, I'll be fit and slim in no time. Dream on...

An Anniversary Trip

Hambo Rambo and I are a pretty low-key type of couple. We enjoy getting to the country so it's not unusual for us to take off to the woods for our anniversary. We had a wonderful drive to Devil's Den State Park in Arkansas and stayed in a rustic cabin. It was fun. We went into Fayetteville and ordered a couple of dinners to go (my man didn't want me to cook!) and came back to the cabin, opened a bottle of Tuaca and enjoyed a quiet evening. When you've been married 39 years, it's nice to get away for just some alone time! Yes, we're still in love after all these years.

Cabin #17! It was split level which was quite a surprise.

 

Hambo Rambo creating a beautiful fire.

Beautiful while it lasted.

Morning coffe on the veranda. OK, on the rock patio.

I made coffee for my man.

A pretty waterfall on our way out of the park.



It was a sweet weekend. Thank you, Hambo Rambo for 39 wonderful years.

Happy Anniversary to Us!

PG



Glory Sunset

Glory Sunset
Acrylic Abstract Painting
11" x 14"

There's a hill near our home that I sometimes traverse at sunset. When I top the hill in the late afternoon, the sunset covers the horizon. I always want to pull off the road and just watch as a multitude of glorious colors fill the sky. It's a blazing display that takes my breath away. Glory Sunset painting is my feeble attempt at expressing my gratitude to God for showing me this extraordinary display of His magnificence. 

May you enjoy many glorious sunsets,
PG

Painting is an outward expression of an inward emotion.copyright 2010 Donna Ham  

Spring Filing

This is Spring, my loyal companion. I rescued her on the first day of Spring several years ago and naming her Spring just seemed appropriate.



I thought putting all of my filing in pretty boxes would make sorting through my taxes easier. I was WRONG! However, the boxes are pretty.



When I asked Spring to help me with my taxes, this was her response. 

 

Spring filing? Not likely. She's loyal, but not that loyal.



I love Spring even if she isn't going to help me with my taxes. I'm going to close my eyes, too, and think about taxes tomorrow.

Nighty night,

PG

Oh My Aching Back

I picked up too many heavy objects over the weekend and hurt my poor little old back. I spent yesterday at home on a heating pad and took many pain blocking pills. Today, I had to trek back to work. My office is the last office in the building, so it was a long, long walk. I was so glad I had cleaned my office on Friday before I left for the Special Olympics Polar Plunge in Lawton.

At the end of the hall, turn left. My office is
the last one before exiting the back of the building. It doesn't look so far, but
with a huge pain in my back, it was a long way...believe me!

That's my desk, and yes, I painted that picture on the wall.
I have nice windows that look out onto the parking lot. Since
my office is below ground level, I can see underneath any
car that happens to park outside my window. Lovely!



Here's my workspace. And, yes, I painted the little birds hanging on the wall. The doll hanging to the right of the pictures is a gift from a group of teachers from Russia. The doll on the lamp shade was a gift brought back to me from my boss who attended the 2008 Special Olympics World Games in China. The numbers
on the legal pad are the the kajillion photos taken at the Lawton Polar Plunge that I want to
include on the Special Olympics Oklahoma Flickr account.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55010642@N06/sets/72157626111308096/

 That's the tour. I will be taking more pain pills at lunch, so the posting today may be a little awkward, to say the least.

Happy (hurting) Tuesday,
PG