PAINT, PAINT, PAINT

The holidays are rapidly forthcoming. I took time out to get the house clean, the presents wrapped, and am now awaiting my holiday company arrival.  My cousin is bringing my mother for the holidays. She will stay with us until after Christmas. We are looking forward to her visit. Us girls always have fun doing more shopping and all of the wonderful meals that will be produced. I have a comfortable chair all ready for my mother in my painting studio. We can visit while I paint or she can read her book while I'm painting. She used to be a talented ceramic painter and teacher. However, her hands won't allow her to paint any more without a tremendous amount of pain. I have some of her pieces displayed.  I guess I get my love of painting from her.

How deep is deep? How shallow is shallow?

I am trying to get ready for the holidays and for holiday company. I love having company for the holidays. However, I'm not having enough time to paint. I've got a new shipment of art canvases and am ready to fill them. I also want to start my art classes for children too. So much to do, too little time to do it in. And some time or some where I need to have an art show and get rid of some of these painted canvases.
I wonder if Santa will think I've been naughty or nice this year? I'll keep you posted when the big day arrives.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving Americans everywhere. My kitchen will be smelling good when my mother gets here. She is a wonderful cook. My daughter inherited her cooking skills too. They both are great cooks. Me, well I cook and I love to eat my cooking but eating someone elses cooking is so much better.

Posting of a few paintings

WINNER OF APRON

Guess what Apronunlimited? Since you were the only one who became a follower of mine, you won the Thanksgiving Apron. I am so honored to have you as a follower. I will be sending you your Thanksgiving Apron you won this week. Enjoy.
 I see you are published for two aprons, you designed, in the annual Apron-ology Magazine this past February 2010.  And now you have been told they are doing a feature of you showing your Mother and Daughter aprons you designed. This issue will be out on the stands February 2011. I will be looking for the magazine as soon as it pops out in the stores. Congratulations. It's wonderful to see another designer get recognition. Come see me again.

NOVEMBER IS HERE

I love this time of the year. All of the fall holidays bring back memories of when I was a young child. The smell of my mother baking would drift through the house for weeks as we anticipated the big feast. She was a baking fiend. We would have cakes, cookies, and of course just before the big feast of Thanksgiving, the pies would line the cabinet. We never thought about calories. Then as soon as Thanksgiving was over she started the frenzy of baking again. I have been able to collect most of her recipes. The wonderful news for my family is my mother is coming to spend Thanksgiving and Christmas with us this year and I want to bake some of her recipes when she gets here. What fun we will have. My daughter has the holiday meals at her home but we can load the car up and bring our favorite dishes, ready to eat, with us. I treasure every holiday I get to spend with my mother as she was 85 this year. My granddaughter loves having time with her too. I lost my father 6 years ago so each day I spend with my mother is precious. I look forward to having her here at my home so we can talk about the previous holidays. It will be a fun time for my daughter's family too. I wish each and everyone a wonderful fun time during the holidays also.
Happy Holidays Everyone.