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  • Rainy winter night

    Today was one of those grey rainy winter days where I don’t want to leave the house unless absolutely necessary. And except for a dash to take trash out, I hunkered down and avoided leaving the house today. My youngest… Continue reading

    Rainy winter night
  • Christmas Lights

    Today we took a drive around our neighborhood to look at the Christmas light displays. I didn’t get too many pictures as I was driving, but I did pull over a few times to snap a few pics. It was… Continue reading

    Christmas Lights
  • Inktober day 8

    Today’s Inktober prompt was ‘hike.’ the obvious choice would be a person taking a hike, but as that is exactly what I did for the ‘Trek’ prompt on Sunday, I brainstormed some other options. I settled on the football snap… Continue reading

    Inktober day 8
  • Art and lemonade pt2

    Today was another on and off rainy day for our Art and lemonade sale. After a slow first hour my son’s lemonade stand started getting a few customers. I was still without a sale until my mom stopped by and… Continue reading

    Art and lemonade pt2
  • Front yard Art Sale day one

    Today was our first day of our second annual art and lemonade sale during the citywide garage sale. We painted a colorful abstract painting together, as well as ourselves a bit too, to use as our sign. Leif really enjoyed… Continue reading

    Front yard Art Sale day one
  • Beautiful Day on the Water

    We had a beautiful day today without much wind and waves, so it was a perfect day for a boat ride. The sun was out for most of our trip, but at one point on the way back home it… Continue reading

    Beautiful Day on the Water
  • Stormy Horizon

    Today we took advantage of the beautiful weather and went for a boat ride on Lake St Clair. We were just discussing how fast the weather conditions can change on LSC, when nature decided to give us an example. On… Continue reading

    Stormy Horizon
  • After the storm

    Today was supposed to be our art club’s Paint-out at George George Park, but the weather didn’t cooperate. The rain really was coming down, about 2 inches in just a couple hours. Our street was flooded much of the afternoon… Continue reading

    After the storm
  • Fire on my mind

    Today I wasn’t sure what I was going to paint when I started, but my mind must have been thinking of the wildfires in Oregon. Last summer our sky was hazy and you could smell the smoke and fumes from… Continue reading

    Fire on my mind
  • Happy Summer Solstice

    Summer storms and heat waves greeted us this week here in Michigan to welcome in the official beginning of summer. In addition to celebrating Summer we also took my father-in-law out for a belated Father’s Day dinner. We went to… Continue reading