Thursday June 21 2007

Blackie Welch

The photo today is of an old friend who has since passed on. He loved camping and being in the outdoors. Joe and Blackie really got along good. Edna Earle was a special friend too. Such nice folks. She lives in Texas now and that's where the painting is. That's Edna Earle sitting on his shoulder waiting at camp for him to come back from fishing! This is one of the images I used for submitting to the Governors' Portrait Project. So thought it might be good to put on the blog today.

This is the first day of summer, and its really the most lovely day. Windows are wide open. Cicadas are humming (unless that's my ears ringing) and the meadowlark is singing its heart out. A grasshopper sparrow is also adding his music. The curlews soar past every now and then, with their beautiful soft whistle. I love to see them with a huge long bill and their cinnamon color.

This morning I worked on the email for a while as usual. Gloria wrote about her trip to visit kids and grand kids in Twin Falls and Debbie wrote about their trip to Curtis' family reunion in Kansas, so I really enjoyed sitting with my tea and reading about their trips. Seems like they really did a lot of fun and interesting things in a few days. Wish I had gone over to Twin Falls to be with Gloria there, sounds like a nice visit.

Don't know how interested you are in the things I should be doing but am not, - this is the second day of the SCAG writer's contest for kids, this time in Big Piney. I'm not going. Its better left to someone who knows what they are doing.

A lot of Gloria's family will be getting together again this weekend - this time in Prescott AZ. Gloria is going. Sounds like Beverly will go to visit her cousin, Gloria's daughter Donna, who lives there and has planned the weekend. They are getting better acquainted again after all these years and that's wonderful. They were together a lot when they were kids, and then life happened. And quite a few of the rest of the family and friends may also go for the weekend, except for me. I'm not going. It's even further than Twin Falls. Beverly is leaving on the trip tomorrow morning.

This afternoon I ordered two medium sized print racks online from Dick Blick to use when I have the booth to sell my prints at Rendezvous time. They will be a great help to have for the Art Show in the Barn too. Of course I took that opportunity to order some more art supplies. I really like this online shopping experience, sitting here in my chair and spending money.