ERIC AND KYLE ON THE DRIVE FROM SEATTLE TO ATLANTA WORKING.........GREAT PHOTO AND GREAT MEN

DICKS TOOL SHED WITH THE DOOR..MOVING RIGHT ALONG

ROSIE AND OUR TREE THAT WILL ONE DAY SHADE THE PATIO, THIS WAS A WEEK AGO, TODAY IT IS TO MY NOSE........GROW---GROW

DICK AND HIS SHED PRIOR TO THE DOOR

HERE WE ARE IN JULY ALREADY, AND JUST CELEBRATED THE 4 TH OF JULY

THIS IS AN INTERESTING MONTH, A DEAR AND WONDERFUL FRIEND, TERRY SMITH DIED LAST WEEK.......A VERY DEAR LONG TIME FRIEND SINCE WE WERE KIDS.

AND BRANS AND HER BEAUTIFUL FAMILY ARE MOVING THIS WEEK TO TN....... AND THEY HAVE A LOVELY HOME WAITING ON THEN, AND JOSH IS DOING FANTASTIC IN SCHOOL. HE IS DRIVING BACK WITH THEIR STUFF, AND BRANS AND THE KIDS WITH RASHAUNA FLY OUT ON THE 7 TH. IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL THERE, AND WILL BE SO GREAT FOR JOSH AND ALL IS FAMILY BEING SO CLOSE...... A GREAT BLESSING FOR ALL OF THEM. INFACT RASHAUNA IS THINKING ABOUT MOVING OUT LATER WITH THEM....... KNOW THAT WILL BE SPECIAL FOR ALL.

DICK HAS BEEN WORKING HARD ON HIS TOOL SHED AND IT IS REALLY COMMING ALONG, I AM SO PROUD OF HIM. WILL ADD SOME PHOTOS.

THANKS BRANS FOR THE BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS..

BIG BOY TAVEN........................................BEAUTIFUL MONICA

LOVELY LESHELLE AND BRITTON...FANTASTIC

I AM AGAIN BORROWING PHOTO'S FROM MY FANTASTIC GRAND CHILDREN.............HOPE NONE OF YOU MIND..............BUT THAT IS HOW I GET MY UP DATES...............I LOVE YOU EACH SO VERY VERY MUCH.

BEAUTIFUL MONICA IS GROWING UP..........AND MY WONDERFUL DOUBLE FIRST COUSIN ED DUANE.."BUTCH"

OUR BEAUTIFUL MONICA WITH HER BOYFRIEND , BRANDON FRY, BRANS, KYLE, KANIESHA AND HOER COUSINS............CAROLYN SAYS THE STAIRCASE IS THE KIDS FAVORITE MEETING PLACE TO CHAT...........HOW SPECIAL THAT IS AND WHAT MEMORIES THEY ARE MAKING WITH WORDS AND LOVE AND CLOSENESS.

HOW EXCITEING THIS MONTH HAS BEEN, AS I HAD THE BEAUTIFUL OPPERTUNITY TO SPEND SEVERAL DAYS AND ALL NIGHT'S TALKING TO MY GREAT AND WONDERFUL COUSIN "BUTCH".....ED TO MOST, BUT BUTCH WAS THE NICK NAME FROM OUR CHILDHOOD........ WHAT A TREASURE HE IS TO ME ........IT WAS ALMOST LIKE HAVING MY BROTHER JACKIE WITH ME.......THEY ARE A LOT ALIKE..

TIME FOR THE FAIR AGAIN THIS YEAR AND I ENTERED SEVERAL PAINTINGS....... I AM SURE LAST YEAR AND ALL THE RIBBONS PLACES AND SELLING WAS BEGINNERS LUCK, BUT DICK AND I HAD FUN TAKING THEM DOWN AND LEAVING THEM FOR THE WORLD OF YUMA TO SEE....THE FIAR IS THE 31 TO I THINK THE 5 TH........NO MATTER WHAT IT IS A GOOD AND ENJOYABLE OPPERTUNITY

HAPPY SPRING TTO ALL OF YOU ..WE SURE DO LOVE YOU EACH.

KYLE AT B.Y.U........HARD AT WORK...INTERNATIONAL STUIES ?????.........

WHAT A GREAT PHOTO OF KYLE TAKEN RECENTLY AT UTAH........HE IS KING OF THE JUNGLE.........AND TO THINK THE LION THOUGHT HE WAS.

WHAT A JOY HEARING FROM KYLE AND THE LOVE HE HAS FOR BYU AND HIS FHE MEMBERS....... AND HE IS DOING SO GREAT AT STUDIES AS WELL AS WORK AND LIFE.

KYLE YOU HAVE BEEN A JOY SINCE THE MOMENT YOU ENTERED THIS LIFE. HOW GREAT TO BE KYLE. YOU ARE SO VERY LOVED.

SEE IT ALL..................................

BE SURE AND WATCH FOR ""OLDER POST ""SO YOU CAN COMPLETE ONE PAGE AND THEN GO TO OLDER POST, CLICK AND CONTINUE ON BACK TO THE BEGINNING LAST SUMMER....... AS ALL ARE FUN AND HOPE YOU ENJOY THEM

EVERY DAY IS A GIFT FROM GOD......ENJOY IT.

BELOW..5 FT. WHIMSICAL AFRICAN PAINTING

LITTLE OF ..ART EXHIBIT DICKS TOOL SHED

ALMOST MID MARCH, CAN HARDLY BELIEVE THE TIME GOES SO FAST. I BELIEVE I MUST SAY THAT EVERY MONTH. BUT HOW TRUE IT IS.

IT WAS SUCH A JOY TO TAKE PART IN THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MY ART EXHIBIT. MET SO MANY GREAT PEOPLE AND SHARING PART OF MYSELF THROUGH MY ART WAS WONDERFUL.

DICK IS BUSY WORKING ON THE TOOL SHED........AND DOING A GREAT JOB, I AM SO PROUD OF HIM AND IT IS ADDING TO THE PATIO AREA.

NEXT WEEK MY DEAR SWEET DOUBLE FIRST COUSIN "BUTCH" ED DUANE WILL COME ND VISIT.......WILL GET LOTS OF PICTURES AND POST A FEW........ CAN'T WAIT TO GIVE HIM A BIG HUG. AND TALK AND JUST ENJOY ONE ANOTHER .

AND A HAPPY MARCH TO ONE AND ALL........

BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS BY BRANDILY..... A TRUE ARTIST WITH THE CAMERA........TO LEFT, TARALEIGH AND TAVEN, THEN MARIAH.

BELOW IS GRAMPS SHED , AND MY 5 FT. AFRICAN WHIMSICAL PAINTING.

HERE IN YUMA THE WEATHER IS IN THE 80'S, ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL AND FANTASTIC IN EVERY WAY........ WE LOVE IT.

DICK IS TEACHING AS WELL AS BUILDING HIS TOOL SHED, SO WHEN IT IS COMPLETE , WE CAN MOVE HIS STUFF FROM THE GARAGE, AND PUT THE GUEST ROOM BACK IN ORDER AND GRADUALLY TURN THE GARAGE INTO MY ART STUDIO..... WOW... THE LARGER AREA WILL BE AMAZING FOR ME TO HAVE...... AND WITH THE BIG WATER COOLER ROB GAVE US, I SHOULD STAY NICE AND COOL ALL SUMMER.........AND ERIC IS GETTING USED DOORS AND WINDOWS AND ANY THING ELSE HE CAN SALVAGE FOR IT........FROM JOBS HE IS DOING IN L.A. AND IN SAN DIEGO........... WE ARE SO EXCITED.............MAY TAKE SOME TIME TILL ALL IS COMPLETE , BUT WHAT FUN LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

AND WOW, AM I EVER ENJOYING THE FANTASTIC PRINTER AND COMPUTER FROM DAN AND UNCLE AB.....................AND JUST IN TIME AS MY OLD COMPUTER KICKED THE BUCKEY COMPLETELY, UNLESS SOME MIRACLE TAKES PLACE........................

IT WAS SUCH AN HONOR TO BE A PART OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN YUMA.............TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AN AFRICAN ART EXHIBIT AND BE THE ONLY ARTEST INVITED WAS A REAL JOY..........HOPE THAT I AM ABLE TO SHARE MY ART AGAIN FOR SUCH A WONDERFUL OCCASION.

THE WEATHER IS RATHER BAD IN THE SOUTH AND EAST COAST, BUT NO COMPLAINTS HERE IN YUMA..

2009......BETTER LATE THAN NEVER----HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

JOSH, BRANS, MARIAH AND ROBBIE..........DICK, ROBERT, ROSIE AND CHRISTINA

CHRISTMAS CAME AND WENT SO FAST AND THEN FEBRUARY, AND FINALLY I AM BACK ON OUR BLOG, AND WILL SAY HAPPY VALENTINES DAY........ONLY 4 DAYS AWAY.

WAS WONDERFUL CELEBRATING ROBERTS 45 TH BIRTHDAY HERE AT THE HOUSE,ON FEB. 4 TH........EVERY YEAR IS SO SPECIAL AND GOOD ........

JUST GOT WORD TODAY THAT MY ART WILL BE USED ON, FEB. 22......ON THE PROGRAMS, POSTERS, AND NEWS FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH.......AND I WILL HAVE 14 OR MORE ART DISPLAYS AND GREETING CARDS,AS WELL AS A DISPLAY OF MATTED UNFRAMED ART FOR SALE.........................THIS IS EXCITING.......AND A REAL HONOR.....I BELIEVE THAT DICK IS MORE EXCITED THAN I AM.... HE IS MY GREATEST BACKER. AND HOW I APPRECIATE HIM.

WE HAVE HAD THE MOST RAIN IN YUMA THAT I RECALL SINCE MOVING HERE OVER 10 YEARS AGO...... IT WILL BE A BEAUTIFUL SPRING WITH SO MANY WILD FLOWERS.

WE SURE HAD A GREAT VISIT FROM THE WONDERFUL DAVIDSON'S...................SO MUCH FUN WATCHING TWO OF OUR SWEET GREAT GRAND CHILDREN AND TO HAVE THE HONOR OF CELEBRATING BRANDILYN'S BIRTHDAY TOGETHER. AND OF COURSE THE GREAT NEWS OF JOSH AND HIS RETURN TO COLLEGE. ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT WE SURE DO MISS THEM...... WISH ALL THE FAMILY LIVED CLOSE BY.....................BUT THAT IS LIFE......EVERYONE MUST FIND THEIR OWN NITCH AND PLACE IN LIFE.... BUT THE HEART STAYS CLOSE EVEN WHEN THE BODY IS FAR APART.

I AM SO GREATLY ENJOYING THE COMPUTER AND THE PRINTER THAN UNCLE AB AND COUSIN DAN GAVE ME FOR MY ART BUSINESS........................WHAT A WONDERFUL AND THOUGHTFUL THING FOR THEM TO DO.........NOTHING LIKE A GREAT FAMILY.

DICK HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME GOING TO SEE THEM IN PORTLAND.... AGAIN TIME JUST TO SHORT.

ERIC CALLED TODAY AND SAID HE HAS SOME DOORS AND WINDOWS FOR US TO USE IN THE ART STUDIO WHEN WE GET TO CHANGE THE GARAGE TO THE ART STUDIO AND GALLERY.........................HE TOOK THEM OUT OF A PROJECT HE IS DOING............WE ARE TRYING TO LOCATE EVERYTHING WE CAN FREE OR REAL CHEAP TO INCLOSE THE TOP OF THE GAZIBO INTO DICKS STORAGE AND TOOL ROOM, AND FOR THE GARAGE FOR THE STUDIO.... THEN WE GET THE GUEST ROOM BACK.... THAT WILL BE SO NICE.

SUSIE IS DOING WELL AND I AM SO THANKFUL SHE HAS MOST OF THE USE OF HER RIGHT SIDE BACK FOLLOWING HER STROKE, IT IS STILL WEAK, BUT SHE IS ABLE TO DO MOST THINGS....... WHAT A BLESSING.

LAST NIGHT WAS A SPECIAL NIGHT AS I HEARD FROM MY DOUBLE FIRST COUSIN BUTCH..JAMES DUANE..... IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME AND WHAT A JOY, HOPE WE NEVER EVER LOOSE CONTACT AGAIN.... HIS DAD AND MY MOM WERE SISTER AND BROTHER AND HIS MOM AND MY DAD BROTHER AND SISTER.................FUN HUH ? BUT THEN 3 MEMBERS OF MY MOM'S FAMILY MARIED 3 MEMBERS OF MY DAD'S FAMILY, SO LOTS OF DOUBLE FIRST COUSINS.......BUT BUTCH IS VERY SPECIAL TO ME.