Sunday February 28, 2021

Good early morning! Wow ... nice moonlight for painting middle of the night. I couldn’t sleep so finished a little painting that was on my mind, leftover from Christmas. Now it’s back to bed. 😂

Well it’s now 1023 and you must’ve thought I had become rip van winkle. Ha ha. I painted today and Mark puttered around the yard. There was supposed to be a launch of the rocket tonight, but in the last minute it was canceled. Darn it, we were standing on the street waiting to watch along with Lani and Markymark.

This was today’s artsy farts he fun. Actually, I learned what I will not follow on collages. I guess that’s what it’s all about, learning what works for you and what doesn’t.

Mark and I had happy hour on the front porch after dinner, as it was pretty warm here today. It was still 80° at 7:30. Anyway, we’ve been enjoying a nice walk with the dogs after dinner every night. That’s it for today, I will try and be more diligent with the blog tomorrow. 🥰

Saturday, February 27, 2021

Good evening. It’s been a beautiful day with a high of 80°. Mark began his morning by removing the window screens and washing them. The screens are not going back on, we’re going to enjoy clean view bare windows. 

Dawn called to say they were going boating and had an extra Italian sub ... a nice surprise. They came over by boat about noon and we had our lunch together. When they left, they went to visit one of the fellows Randy enjoys golfing with. (They didn’t get home until 6 o’clock.) 😂

It was a fun afternoon! 

We finished the subs for dinner ... then walked the Scotties. It was still 80 at 6 o’clock. 

Sue sent a couple pictures of their gang ... 

Mimi and Chiki watched an opossum outside. 

Where’s SHP in this picture? 

Meanwhile, Diane is enjoying little guy Beau. He checked out fine at the vet and is now on Heartgard. Beau is eating well and learning the ropes at his new home. 

Apparently Beau is training Diane ... here’s what she wrote me ...

“Beau could hardly walk, his nails were so long! We've  just done his 2nd trim on them & Kris shaved off some of the hair. Beau's back feet are so tiny! Kris got the front paws pretty good,  but then Beau was done. 2nd trim really helped, but several more to go. His personality is emerging. He's a stubborn little guy,  but so cute. I was going to take him out to pee in the back yard last night. Beau went & sat at the Front door  & wouldn't move! 😄 Yep, we went out front! And, he pees walking on 2 front legs sometimes! Hilarious!”

Belle is taking her time to warm up to him, bit jealous maybe. 

The diva stare. 😂



Cuteness overload! What a charmer. 🐾💕

That’s it for tonight! Ta ta til tomorrow. 

Friday, February 26, 2021

Good afternoon. I’ve been working on a painting of Donnelly house, an old Victorian style home that is now the Masonic Temple in downtown Mount Dora, Florida. I fell in love with this house 20 years ago when I first saw it, painted a picture in watercolor, and finally finished it in multimedia. I’m happy with how it turned out.

Mark will put it into the frame now and we will decide where it is going to grace our home.

You know me, I’ve been missing my ancient aliens show since we cut the cord on TV two years ago. Well, I found it on Philo ... yay!!! 

While we were front porch sitting, Mark went outside to turn the tree light on when an owl silently swooped past his head! Here he is on top of the light pole with the full moon behind. 

It’s Ancient Aliens time noe. Ta ta 

Thursday, February 25, 2021

Happy 10th Birthday dear granddaughter  Izzy 🎶 

We hope she likes her pressie ... a Bluetooth speaker, light ... 

Izzy is getting a new phone from the parents. 

This afternoon, Mark and I took the Scotties and went for a long boat ride. There were hundreds of boats around, well maybe not hundreds, but certainly a lot. Ha ha. We went Lake Eustis through the Dora Canal and over to see the new seaplane base and boat docks at Tavares. The paddlewheel dinner cruise vessel, the Dora Queen, was there. The new dock over by the big pavilion is a lovely curved one. It’s going to be beautiful and should be finished very soon.

Enjoying all the birds and boats in the Dora Canal. 

The Dora Queen 

We came home and napped for an hour! 😂. After dinner of salad and lobster bisque we had a walk. It was a perfect day. 

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Good afternoon y’all. It’s been a gorgeous day here with plenty of sunshine! I’ve done 2 paintings today ... the first one met with disaster ... a botched image transfer. 😂 So, I started the replacement one after lunch. It’s not as intricate, but it’s done. 

Meh, not my best, but interesting. 

Mark worked on the RV today, painting some undercarriage areas. There’s always something needing attention. Our next adventure is to south Florida and visit with family. 

This evening we’re having a bonfire ... hope it’ll be cool enough tonight. 

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Good morning. I hope everyone is waking up on this lovely Tuesday with an attitude to enjoy the day. Mark has gone grocery shopping, I tidied the house and am ready to help unpack the groceries. After that, I will be playing with my acrylic inks, trying to make a crazy portrait. This weeks lesson does not allow you to use any reference, just draw a face looking to the right and down.  No cheating, no peeking of a picture to follow. Yikes. That is a tough angle to get. Anyhow, it is now sketched and after the grocery fun, I shall open my inks Mark bought me at Christmas and get to it.  

Exit, stage right ... it has to dry before the next 🎶 inky stinky parle vous 🎶 layer. 😂 

Done ... fun!!! 

Mark’s aunt Jane moved to the assisted living at the Cove. It’s pretty hard on her, and the family, as no visitors are allowed. They can’t go in to see what her room look is like or to help get things organized. A nurse does that! Mark said she didn’t know who he was yesterday, so things have changed drastically. I am so happy Diane and Kris  are enjoying having Beau! Poor guy has been through a lot before family arrived from Buffalo to help. Jane doesn’t remember her Beau now. Mark said he thought the end was near. So very sad. 

It was a beautiful day. Mark took the kids for a ride on the golf cart and then tonight we sat on the front porch while he smoked a cigar and we drank wine. It sure is nice seeing lights on over at Markymark and Lani’s place. Randy and Dawn phoned a little bit earlier. It was doctor day for them. Randy had a painful hematoma drained on his forearm. Everything is fine ... and he has no idea how he got it. Dawn is fine.

The K’s continue with 4 dogs ... Aubrey looks to be healing well. 

It’s playtime with Shorty making a break for it. Haha. 

Monday, February 22, 2021

Good morning. Mz B had us up at 5o’clock to go 💩 out back. We are sure glad she is feeling better. Hopefully, we can get her onto the same schedule as Robbie. We have cut down on the amount of her food, and made it very bland. It is still human food and for her, very tasty. Mark went back to bed and I got up to work on my painting of the Donnelly house in Mount Dora. I actually painted this 25 years ago when Sue and I took a watercolor art course in Boca Raton. As it turned out, the instructor took sick the very first day and a substitute was brought in. She was lovely, but not a watercolorist. Anyway, I don’t know what happened to the picture Sue painted, but I had mine framed. All these years later I decided to take it apart and refresh it. 

Today, Mark is going to help aunt Jane’s son Rick move some furniture out of her villa into the assisted living. Apparently, it was quite the job and they took a trailer load over to her new room. They were not allowed to go in. A worker came out and got the furniture and took it in himself.

Vaccines for COVID-19 and the stricter wearing of masks seems to be helping in our county. The numbers are finally coming down.

The vet’s office called; BZ's blood work came back good. Her liver enzymes dropped from 702 last year to 559. All good news. 😅 There was a marker on her blood that showed she had had an injury. We couldn’t figure that out until Mark remembered the operation on her paw last year which took a long time to heal. So that mystery is solved. Anyway, she seems to be feeling fine now. We are supposed to keep her on the probiotic for another couple of weeks and then reduce it to 2 to 3 times a week. 

Randy and Dawn had lunch in Astor today and popped in on the motorcycle for a visit. We had a little bit of rain, so they stuck it out and hopefully got home nice and dry.

We’re watching the series bloodline, and it’s getting better and better. That’s it for tonight.