MM - Friends forever, laughing

Love this lady and the hat, and I have more

in my stash. My pal Holli lent her

stamp and I love it.

It was also perfect for this page.

I created this page for another photo and once

it was done, it just didn't work.

 It was waiting for the right photo.

And shazam.

Because of the lighting and lack thereof,

and the fact that we're total amateurs in the picture taking

area, AND we were so no patient,

We have this photo.

 I did so some work on it because we all

looked like wild women with crazy eyes, so in

the spirit of looking less like Salem witches,

I changed it to black and white which made

it easier to fix.

We had a great time at an impromptu dinner and

in wishing our pal Barb and her hubby John

good luck with their new life in Ocala.

If you'll notice the little photo - this photo was also 

part of the 2-2x3 on a 4x6 photo page

fiasco. I do like the little pix so it may not have

been all back.

Studio Calico, watercolors, stamps & stencils.

The Festival of San Gennaro - Little Italy NYC

Took a ride to the train, to hop the subway to walk

a few blocks to Little Italy to the festival where the streets

are lined with all kinds of yummy food.

 Our pals Peggi and Lester who graciously let us camp

in their yard hung out with us on the streets of Little Italy.

 Nothing screams Italian like the colors on this building.

 Just a few of the sights, sounds and smells of all this 

yummy food.

 One of each???

 Made a new friend. LOL!

 Forgot my hat.

 This is the statue of Januarius, Bishop of Benevento and

people stopped to pay their respects.

 While we were in NYC and catching the

train at the WTC we decided to go to the 911 Memorial.

 A lot has changed since we were there, the trees

have grown and as well as the crowds.

 Lots of neat things.

Love this art work.

And there's our motely crew.

 George, Robin Peggi, Lester and Tom

The Jersey sky line in the front and NYC in the back.

It's a cool skyline.

It was fun. 

It would've been more fun if there weren't so many

people involved. LOL.

BIG crowd.

The food was terrific, however, there was a

seriously lack of facilities.

And I had my first gelato. It was delish!

Oversized Tags Tags Tags!

Clever title as you shall see.

Had a girls day out and of course it has

to be documented.

I really don't do enough of that and

it's gonna change.

So voila- 3 tags...tags 3times in the title.

hehe

I really have been into tags these past 10 pages or so.

Totally focused.

Anyway I thought they'd be a fun change to matting.

Of course the lighting is bad but nonetheless, we had a

great time at the comedy club.

The doily ties everything together and love the

colors of the cards on the grey.

Gasp*** I didn't doodle around the page.

Studio Calico and I am stash busting people.

More with grid and whimsy!

Loving the grid and actually used my sewing

machine for this one.

And as you can tell I am one straight stitcher.

LOL.

I also need to erase my pencil lines.

DOH!

 Tossed some mists in the background because I could.

 and then it was fun decorating all the PL cards

and again, still not worrying about does it pertain.

Love that!

I believe this is the end of this kit although

I suspect some papers lurking about.

This was a fun day with friends at the seafood festival

and then a visit to the north jetty.

Studio Calico.

I started the page by stamping feathers

And then fussy cut them out.

Love the way they lay curled on the page.

(they really are curled)

I then broke out when of my background stamps

of dots along with some paints -

Studio Calico - yellow 05 Color theory and

Heidi Swapp screen paint - pink and blue and put

all three on the stamp and went to town.

 Love how it turned out and it broke up the

black and white.

 Except for the stamped background this page

turned out quite monochromatic.

It totally works too.

Changed the photo to b&W

because the colors were wild and the b&w just

worked. Really well.

We were celebrating Memorial Day with a cookout

And we had bathing suits on sooooo the

less seen the better LOL.

Doodle-y border. Studio Calico, Heidi Swapp

Our Christmas Tree & Annual Dinner

This paper from Studio Calico is a lot of fun

so I decided to use tree paper with a Christmas tree picture.

I had been fussy cutting pieces of this striped paper

and this wonky strip called my name.

 Fun little cluster anchoring the two photos.

 Our annual dinner party happens near

Christmas and we have a sit down meal for 16 people

and thankfully, the weather is

perfect to have in on our lanai.

We had a lovely time. Lots of great food and laughs.

Journaling is on the back of the page.

Studio Calico.

Seeing the sights in and around Boothbay Maine

Sorry I haven't been around for awhile - we flew

through the midwest states (which means not a lot of photos), 

hung out with the grands

and now visiting with friends, 

hanging out in their driveway that I tended 

to forget the camera and just have fun.

 Tom and Gail at Boothbay harbor.

 Me and Gail.

 Lots of really cool and fun shops.

 These flowers were everywhere and so pretty and vibrant.

 Kitchey but Kool. LOL.

 Love black eyed susies and a bee.

 Hendricks Head Light Station.

Found it was privately owned so this was as close as we could get.

Pretty cool living in a lighthouse.

Meeting up with friends on the road

Of course this caught my fancy on the way to Long Campground

in Idaho where we will be meeting up and hanging

for a few days with our friends Paul and Sharon.

We were able to meet up with them a couple years ago and it was so

much fun.

 It was a beautiful ride along the Clearwater River.

 Of course we went exploring and poked our

collective noses into all kinds of things.

 This was the first courthouse in Pierce Idaho

built in 1862. The town evolved when a gold rush

happened in the area on the Nez Perce's land (pronounced Nez Purse).

Anyway a treaty was drawn up because of all the trespassing

going on and the Nez Perce lost 90% of their land.

The gold ran out and basically left the Nez Perce pretty much screwed.

Sad.

 We then went to the Logging Museum that

had lots of stuff.

Naturally I photographed what interested me.

 First off, my gram had both of these items.

The wringer washer was in the basement where every

Monday she did the laundry and hung it outside.

The tub on the wall was where I had baths when I was a

kidlet in the middle of her kitchen. 

 As you may or may not know I had a career in the telephone

company (GTE) and my first job was the cord board.

NOT as old as this one mind you,

but it was a fun job.

 My aunt Toot (short vowels there) had one of these babies

and she used to love to sew and passed it on to my

cousin Judy. I, too loved to sew but I was never as good

as either of these two.

 This is a logger's cabin.

 It was cozy with just the essentials.

Except for those things that are essential to me, i.e., running 

water and a bathroom.

Just sayin....

 Check out the locomotive bell that was used

as a dinner bell at the logging camp.

 Sharon and I were really hot on finding out what the

heart of the monster was all about.

And here it is in a nutshell....

A monster was eating all of the animals. Coyote fooled the monster into swallowing him. Using a set of stone knives that he had brought with him, Coyote cut apart the monster from the inside to release all of the animals that were trapped in the monster. Upon emerging from the remains of the monster, Coyote cut it up and threw the pieces all over the land, creating the Indian people who inhabit the land. Fox asked Coyote about the land around the monster, it had no people, what was he to do? As Coyote washed the blood of the monster off his hands, the drops became the Nez Perce.

My artistic approach to black eyed susies that

were abundant in our campground.

 More Clearwater river pix.

And doesn't that railroad bridge make you swoon.