I can't find this site to blog most of the time.   About once every six months I accidentally hit this spot. LOL! Ok see you in another six months.

Hmmmm....I thought I deleted all my posts but they're still here. They have my username as Hollywreatha....I haven't been that since 2002.
I miss a lot of people here.

Sketched and underpainting/wash.

I finished a painting I started this way back last summer and just worked on it when I could.  It is a commissioned painting of a portrait of a house. It's 16 x 20" acrylic and oil on canvas. It's at the owners home now.

Time is getting away so quickly. I never dreamed it has been so long since I last posted here. December...even before Christmas.

Nothing is new. One day runs into the next. Scooby has grown up and left me in the dust. She has such a good time with her marching band and I'm so happy for her.....just a little sad for me. Care Bear still likes to hang with me and when she does New Baby does too.
I have joined a lot of painting groups on Facebook. Guess if I can't have painting friends in real life, there will be virtual painting friends. It just dawned on me..... all my friends are virtual now.
I'm still painting a house portrait... I only need to put a few pounces with the brush to outline some trees and it'll be finished.

I have sketched a little...painted a little...Just enough to make me want to. My parents are still able to come visit me from 50 miles away. They were here today and watched our little town parade. That's about the only thing that goes on here as a town getting together. My Scooby (age 13) is in color guard in the band so I got to see her march.

I still dream of an open studio here. Seems all that was planned for art here has fallen through.

I had an appointment with a hematologist to see why my white blood cell count was up. I'm not worried....it has been up for over a year and I figure if it is anything serious I would be having some kind of symptoms by now. The doctor said he didn't think there was anything to worry about. ...so I won't. It doesn't do any good to worry.

I painted 3 windows (a deer looking at a Christmas tree) by myself a few days ago and then my daughter and I painted windows (wise men, shepherds, Bethlehem and the nativity) at a local restaurant Friday. That was fun. It's always fun to do things with her. We usually find something so funny that both of us laugh so hard we end up crying. Of course...being at a restaurant we had to have a good meal. We had hot beef sandwiches (sliced bread with mashed potatoes and beef with gravy on top). Very good.

A few things going on.....
No painting because it seems like every time I think I'm going to paint...I have to do something else. Someone else needs something more important. So I just go from day to day putting out fires so to speak.
For instance....last week my Granddarling Scooby (age 13) got sick and had to go to the hospital. She had to have her ruptured appendix taken out. She stayed 3 days. I got to spend some time with CareBear (age 10) On the day she was discharged from the hospital my Dad called and said that my mother was in intensive care. They ran tests and her blood sugar was in the 700's. She had Ketoacidosis and Metabolic acidosis. Her iron was very low so she had a blood transfusion and iron I.V. She was in bad shape but sprang back and is home now. Dad and I stayed with her for 2 nights in ICU but she got better and Dad and Mom ordered me to go home. They are like that. Stubborn. Dad is 90 and Mom 88. I didn't want to leave but when you don't feel welcome.....you go home. Sometimes I'm not welcome there either so I spend a lot of time either gone or in my bedroom tired from being gone. Ok I'm just rambling now. Not comfortable anywhere. I'm resting. That's why I'm blogging today.
I went to a Christmas open house for a little antique/thrift shop in my town. Is it already time for that? My daughter has her re-done furniture there. Tired now.

Xanga Account Management
Your subscription expires November 21st, 2029.
That's quite a while. I'll be 80 years old!
Ok!
I've been painting. I started a painting (with her permission) of "Beth's Apples", (remember Beth?) , actually 2 paintings of the apples, just using different colors.
I finished one painting of an old railroad water tank in my community. My Dad and Husband both worked on that railroad.

I found out that my "lifetime" Xanga account will expire in October.
Maybe I can swim the English Channel again before then.
-------------------------------------------------------or not.

5040 laps = 21 miles (The English Channel)
Total laps done= 68