The Scream

The Scream is the title of an expressionist painting by a gifted Norwegian artist and printmaker Edvard Munch. Edvard was born December 2, 1863 and died January 23, 1944. Edvard never got to meet Bryan!

i guess I'm just in one of those moods today!

have a great end-of-your-week!

xoxo

all DONE - BOO!

... my Cypress Knee creation is all done ... I'm rather fond of the collection of spirits pictured above along with the vintage Scrabble tiles and "Dana Bates" bats and beads.

xoxo

(WOW, two posts in one day ... I love Saturdays)

National Nurses Week!

(painted by Gaetano Pasqua)

National Nurses Week

begins each year on May 6th

and ends on May 12th,

Florence Nightingale's Birthday

O.R. "Nurse Nancy" 1977

Graduating from Nursing School 1955

My Mom donning a vintage nursing uniform (1890's maybe)

at the Golden Jubilee at the Hotel Statler in 1954

(N.B.G.H School of Nursing Alumni)

Let the Nurse in YOUR life know how much you appreciate her/him!

xoxo

LOVING

WEST PALM BEACH!

Rob, Wendy, Larry, Geralyn,
Miriam, Roger, Deb and Steve

The Marriott's Ocean Pointe Vacation Club

... our room was on the 7th floor of this bldg,

just 1/2 way back

our balcony views ...

calm beach ...

... not so calm beach

(balcony view)

brought home at least 30 lbs. of shells!

had to buy a new suitcase to get them back to CT

loved this bamboo seaside treasure pole erected in the sand at the beach in front of our bldg to memorialize some loved ones 

(R & W said it was gone the day after WE left ... where did it go?)



loved it a REAL lot!

the bench set before the bamboo totem
West Palm flower
a beach creature

love was in the air

(and on the balcony)

in West Palm Beach ..

"the kiss!"

... well and then ...

... and then ...
... and then they were done ...

our only real venture out other than for food was to McCarthy's Wildlife Sanctuary Inc. what an awesome place! An interesting collection of exotic animals confiscated by wildlife officers from previous owners because of neglect, abuse, or illegal possession.

Sabi the white Tiger!

a Bengal Tiger

a fuzzy Tarantula

the twins ... Florida Panthers

a Tortoise

Rog and a Lemur

an Albino Burmese Python

Rog and the Albino Burmese Python

(pictures by Rog & Rob & me)

an exceptional vaca

xoxo

WIP ~ Cypress Knees!

GOD makes the best stuff! Check out this picture of two Cypress knees! Cypress knees are root projections that extend above the water and "snorkel" air to the submerged roots of Cypress trees. "Auntie" brought them back from Florida (I assume) many, many, years ago. There are some at the cottage and I managed to procure these two from Auntie's home in East Hartford. You know I can't part with these types of treasures. A few months ago, one of the pieces began to take on a new purpose ... I painted it white ...

...played with some scary Halloween designs ...

... and some vintage Scrabble tiles ...

... and hopefully, I will have the finished creation done soon ...

xoxo

Have a GOOD Friday!

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

~ John 3:16

xoxo

The University of Utah Red Rocks

BRAG, BRAG, BRAG, BRAG

Have you been reading Bryan's articles in the Daily Utah Chronicle ~ all 79 of them? I so look forward to mornings and my online addition of the DUC. Bryan is the lead Gymnastics sports writer for the Red Rocks. Did you check out the above "YouTube" video?  The narrated story was written by Bry.  (oops they spelled his name wrong in the credits)  

The girl's are ranked No. 2 in the nation!

Read Bryan's article from today!

Jamie Deetscreek

photo by Tyler Cobb

The Red Rocks

photo by Tyler Cobb

Kristina Baskett

photo by Erik Daenitz

Nina Kim (photographer unknown)

... these girls are amazing!

xoxo