Obsession

Every new year of living in the country has brought new appreciation for all the natural beauty that surrounds us. You would think that after 15 years of living in the same place that we would have seen every species of birds, plants and trees that we are ever going to see, but for whatever

So Beautiful or So What

In the words of Paul Simon You know life is what we make it So beautiful or so what I’m gonna tell my kids a bedtime story A play without a plot Will it have a happy ending? Maybe yeah, maybe not I tell them life is what you make of it So beautiful or

Sea and Sky

I started painting the waves and the clouds, but with Sky the Aussie sitting in front of me, I couldn’t help but add those brown eyes and sweet smile…..I might finish it at home…..

Will Pose for Food

Sky was very patient while I painted her sitting in front of the bay in Rockport. She finally said “Just take a picture” Well we did take about 500 with the two Canons and of-course video with the Flip camera from the minute that we left the ranch until we stopped at Dairy Queen for

Don’t Try This at Home!

Running on the beach and splashing in the waves made Sky hungry. She would have had a whole sausage to herself, but a seagull came and snatched one off the grill. Sky has been known to snatch raw scallops off the kitchen counter….. Just Saying…..

There Are No Words

My running route in San Antonio has been the same neighborhood forever…..First with two Shelties as running buddies, then Christopher in a pram, I ran alone for awhile, and then was happily accompanied by my talkative little buddy Peyton in a baby jogger. The music on my Ipod keeps me motivated and often mirrors my

Tonight’s gonna be a Goodnight

That’s because this afternoon was such a good one. I have been reading and pouring over a great book about Marc Chagall A poet with the wings of a painter. He lived to be 97 !!!!! Most of his paintings have goats depicted in them due to his religious background……. I have a new goatian

RAMifications

The title of this post should be…..Things Can Always Be Worse, but Leicaman has used that one before. We are trying to find a home for two rowdy rambunctious Barbado male sheep. Two days ago, I was ready to find them a home in someone’s freezer with a side dish thrown in. They are so

Nunca Voy a Olvidar

Yesterday was one of those days that you will not forget. I say you, but what I mean is I will never forget. I forget the smallest things…like, um, whatever…..BUT being at the beach for just a blink of an eye was magical. With so many little darling four footed friends at home, a longer

cansado pero felice…..

the girls are tired, but happy…..ready to brag about their day at the coast to their sisters and brothers at home.