Andi and Shirley are on their way to Paris for 12 days!

Here's to two friends doing Paris together!!

Jim and his giant tomato plants!

Jim has been growing his vegetables organically for several years now and they are going crazy! He measured this tomato plant and it is 8.5 feet tall!

My flea market loot!

Some of my finds at the Rogers Flea Market

The 5 flea market gals in Lisbon Ohio, August 16 and 17

38th Anniversary!

Where has the years gone? Jim and I celebrated our 38th wedding anniversary yesterday. We both said it doesn't seem possible!

girls loose in New York City

6 of us Buckhannon girls went to New York City for 3 days. What an exhausting, whirlwind trip!! But we loved every minute of it...especially the play "The Color Purple"!!

Green's 1st Annual Pig Roast

Jacob is the second boy from the right. He had the green t-shirts made up in Florida as a surprise to Jon.In the picture on the right, Jaimi,is the girl on the left. The other girl is Jon's sister, Mindi. She and Jaimi graduated together, and Jon and Jacob graduated together.

My son, Jacob, and my daughter, Jaimi, flew home from Florida last weekend to attend Jacob's friend, Jon Green's, 1st Pig Roast. We all went and had a wonderful time!!
Jon, left, is cutting up the pig!!

My first jewelry creation...

My first piece of handmade jewelry...

These are the pieces of my pin before I assembled it.

My new bracelet!

I am so thrilled to be the new owner of this magnificent beaded bracelet!! It was made by Laurie Robberts .....

Altercations

Joanne Thiemme Huffman and I are enjoying each others company and art, at Altercations in Ann Arbor, Michigan this weekend. We worked all day yesterday designinmg a pin and cutting it out of 2 layers of metal, one layer of plexiglass and one layer of paper. Today we are going to asemble it. Now, this jewelry makiung, finally,gets exciting!! This is really my first venture into the world of making jewelry. After today I will own all the tools!! Just when I think I've bought everything I could ever possibly need, I start a new avenue of this crazy thing called mixed media art....

Check out my Slide Show!

Jacob in Panama Hat

Jacob has always loved hats and tries them on in all the stores that I can drag him into. Unfortunately, none of my 3 kids,or husband like to shop!! So, on vacation that's not a family activity...

Images fron the islands...

Family Vacation in the Cayman Islands

Jaimi, Jacob, J.D., Andi, and Jim on our annual family vacation to the Cayman Islands. This year we are there from June 30 to July 7th.

Summer wedding

My nephew, Jonathan, got married Friday and had his wedding pictures taken in our yard. They all looked beautiful! Jim's sister, Jill. is second from the left. Her son Jonathan and daughter, Courtney, are on the right.

I love summer weddings!!

BUHS 40th Class Reunion!

I attended my 40th class reunion on Saturday night! I have never missed a reunion since I graduated. I love them!! This is a picture of me and some of the local Buckhannon girls that I graduated with. We go to lunch once a month all year, not just when we're planning a reunion. I love my "reunion girls"!!

Memories...

A friend sent me this picture last week. It was taken in 1967 when I was a senior in high school. In the picture with me is my brother, Mike and my sister, Marti. We all still live in Buckhannon. Mike is a dentist and Marti is a nurse.

Maxine's 84th Birthday

Jim's mother celebrated her 84th birthday Sunday.

simple art

I'm in a calendar journal RR and this month I'm working in a DaVinci calendar. I love all of the pictures in it and can't bring myself to cover them, so I just alter them a little. I love the simple touch on some of Leonardo's pictures.

Getting taken care of, also

It wasn't all work...I also got taken care of too!! Jaimi just applied lipstick when I needed it and also polished my toenails one evening!! Who doesn't love a little pampering...