We are off again, this time to Mary’s watercolor class. However, she was making a delivery of her best three paintings to date! Her artwork will go on display this evening for the next thirty days.
The eagle and flag were painted for our grandson Jon, who found the picture on a recent cruise. However, it cost $1500, so Mary offered to paint it for him!
God Bless America
Having a garden means we are experts on bugs! I call them “Snake Doctors”, a Southern term for dragonflies. The phrase “snake doctor” is a colloquial term for dragonflies, primarily used in the Southern United States, and is tied to a folk belief that dragonflies act as healers or guardians for snakes. This belief is rooted in the idea that dragonflies might follow snakes and “stitch” them back together if injured, or even “cure” snakebites.
“Bugs”
Mary painted the fall road scene for me, which I had pulled from a travel magazine. She did a magnificent job!!! She had just learned the making leaves technique!
“Falling Leaves”
It took us about ten minutes to deliver, identify, and prepare them for mounting on the wall!
After delivering the paintings, we waddled home like a couple of hungry ducks and whipped up a breakfast of steak and eggs, because why not start the day like a king? Who needs a fancy omelet when you can have steak that might just try to crawl off your plate? With our tummies full, we headed to the gym for our 12:30-2:00 p.m. workout.
Note to self: DO NOT eat right before going to the gym!
We returned home to meet the termite man, who did a cursory inspection of two suspicious areas and said it was likely nothing, perhaps leftovers from when the house was termited four years ago. Our luck is still holding.
We needed a quick walk in the garden because we missed it this morning. The blueberries are beginning to turn to their ready-to-pick blue! We will get 4-5 cups of delicious berries from these little babies. Each year,, the plants will increase in size and eventually be 4-5 feet tall and loaded to the tips with berries.
The blueberries are coming right along.
We are keeping the grapes trimmed back this year, and so far the strategy is working well. New grape clusters form every day! These are table grapes because it’s just too chilly for them to start brewing a wine party! I guess they prefer hanging out on the fruit platter instead of getting all fermented and fancy!
We are going to have a load of table grapes this summer.
We must pass the roses and salute as they stand guard over the pool and add fragrance to the yard.
The roses light up the yard.
We got Mary a new small table for her painting palette and it is working our well since it can be moved about with impunity! Mark loves her loft; a way to escape the madness of the world. She has a 60″ HD TV that she can use to get tutorials on painting or use it as a browser to retrieve new images!
In the Loft, Mary has he new tables set up and is working away!
She has sunlight and all of her tools readily available to her! The glass table tilts at any desired angle, and the chair is from the breakfast room; it has rollers.
Whistle while you work!
We got ready to go and departed at 5:15 pm for the hotel, which is located on Jamboree about 1/2 mile from the beach. We had a leisurely dinner sharing with fellow car buffs whom we have gotten to know over the past several years. Dianne and Fast-Eddie were with us this evening.
They had an auction to raise money for the Packard International Museum in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
The Packard International Museum isn’t a standalone museum in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Instead, the Packard display is part of the AACA Museum. This museum focuses on the history of the motor vehicle, with a significant section dedicated to Packard automobiles, presented by the Keystone Packards.
My favorite is the 1955 Packard Caribbean!
The AACA Museum in Hershey, PA, is a non-profit institution dedicated to preserving American automobile history. It’s an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution and the American Alliance of Museums. The museum features many exhibits, including the Cammack Tucker Collection, the most extensive collection of Tucker automobiles.
We departed for home around 9:00 pm and decided to watch one more episode of The Blacklist.
Enjoying the Packard International dinner at the Hyatt Regency in Newport Beach
By 11:30 pm we were crashed. I have to get up and go at 6:00 am as I have a 7:00 am appointment at the Lexus dealer for the Silver Force’s 55,000-mile checkup!
