Casey and Tatum's Sleepover - Part #1: Painting Caterpillars

Did you guys make caterpillars back in grade school?  I always did enjoy that art project.  Casey and Tatum had fun last night painting those egg cartons and doing a bit of creative art in my Mom Cave.  I think that Casey has his shirt off so that he wouldn't get paint on it.  What a silly face!

Casey at work ...

Tatum at work ...

I couldn't find the pipe cleaners, so these poor fellas didn't end up with antennas and legs.  They are still cute.  Tatum's has some eyes in there somewhere.

Nice work, you two!

~  Grandma Kathy

I.O.U.'s:

This morning I was going through all of my old photos trying to find the good ones I know that I have of The Cabin.  I want to submit the post below this one to Metamorphosis Monday at BNOTP, and I know that I can do better.  It is that perfectionist in me, driving me nuts.  Well, I can't find the pictures that I want, but I found some others that cracked me up.

This was me in 9th Grade:

I made my Mom a couple of I.O.U.'s   ...  I wonder if she ever ended up cashing them in?  Probably not:

  

Hey, she's looking pretty mad about it too:

Oh wait, this picture was taken before I was even born, so she can't be mad at me, yet.  She must be mad at my Dad, Ralph the Jock:

Sometimes that happened.

Art: "She's an American Girl" Collage

I am so glad that yesterday is over!  That 9-11 feeling really weighed heavily on me all day long.


So, I am off to cheerier subjects.  As I was trying to get something positive done yesterday, I decided to make a collage with things that I had laying around the house.  This is how it turned out (the letters are not glued down yet, but I just couldn't wait to show you!):

Do you get it?  As I kept going, I began thinking about Trisha Yearwood's "She's an American Girl".  The wine corks and the God Bless heart got me started down that path.  I always overdo and clutter things up, but I think that is okay when doing a collage.  Art is like writing for me ... I'm never quite sure where I will end up!  Maybe that is just part of the creative process.   

She's an American Girl Lyrics:

Phone rings baby cries TV diet guru lies
Good morning honey
Go to work make up try to keep the balance up
Between love and money

[Chorus:]
She used to tie her hair up in ribbons and bows
Sign her letters with X's and O's
Got a picture of her mama in heels and pearls
She's gonna make it in her daddy's world
She's an American girl
An American girl

Slow dance second chance mama needs romance
And an live-in maid
Fix the sink mow the yard really isn't all that hard
If you get paid

[Chorus]

Well she's got her God and she's got good wine
Aretha Franklin and Patsy Cline

[Chorus]

She's an American girl  

Anyway, it made me happy to be constructive at something other than doing a bit of cleaning up around the house.  

The other good thing that happened yesterday was that Oregon and Tennessee had a great football game, and it was really fun to watch.  Of course, I am even happier that the Ducks won.  Oh, and speaking of football, our grandson Tyler's team won again on Friday night and this time the score was 50 to 19.  When the first string left, it was 50 to 12.  That kid is a remarkable quarterback, and he has awesome back-up.  Yay!

Blog Star Artist: Chrisopher C.

My friend Patty used to live next door to us in Eugene when my girls were babies.  I think that she was around 10 when I first met her.  Patty and her family watched the girls a lot; they called Kari and Kristin their puppies.  Now, Patty is all grown up with three kids of her own, including her son Christopher, age 6.  

We reconnected on Facebook last year, and these are some photos that Patty posted on there of Christopher's artwork.  You can click to enlarge them.

Christopher and Patty

Christopher is a talented artist.  Big time.

Wow.  You are amazing, Christopher.  We know that you worked very hard on making these pictures, and we are very proud of you!  So, I have made you an official blog star.  You give me something very positive to celebrate on here.

Keep up the great work!


~ Kathy

Las Vegas Art and Photography:

In October of 2007, we met up with our friends in Las Vegas to go to the Jimmy Buffett concert at the MGM Grand.  Have you ever seen any cuter Parrotheads in your life?

Joanne, Fred, Sherryl, Larry, Me and Cary

While we were in Vegas, one night we went down to Freemont Street to watch the light show.  I took a bunch of awesome pictures, and then later made a multimedia painting of the experience.  Here is a photo of the painting.  It is weird, but I think it is kind of cool:

Here are the photos of the light show that I used in my painting:

Maybe this makes more sense now?

The end.