Traveling

January 10th -- I am not unpacked yet. Still have boxes stacked high in my new apartment.  -- but I was invited to go on a cruise with 12 of my family members.  How could I pass this opportunity.

We cruised on the Carnival Magic from Galveston to Jamaica, Cozumel and Grand Cayman.   It was a great trip -- 7 days of relaxing and being pampered.

Chocolate Martini

My Stateroom 9272

Sunrise after a stormy night

A night of rough weather on our way into Galveston.  And I mean ROUGH!! We Rocked and Rolled all night.  Not much sleep...  We prayed and of course all my late night Facebook friends were praying for us also.  God is Good!  In the midst of the storm -- we were safe and sound.  None of us got sick.

Getting a little Sun on our Balcony

"IN WORK" ART from my time on the Balcony. 

Sunset 

We got back to Galveston Sunday at 3:40 pm.  Drove home and finally back in my Box filled apartment about 10:00 pm.  Nobody unpacked any of my boxes while I was gone.  :)

On Monday morning I left with two friends from Tremont Retirement Center for Arkansas.  We had a RCI Condo reservation in Bella Vista Arkansas.  Another restful week in a really nice condo.

This was an Art Week!!  Creativity was flowing freely as we kicked back and enjoyed the cozy fireplace.

Pointillism Abstract Fish with new gel pens gifted me from my Grandchildren.

Pointillism Flamingo 

Gouache Paint on canvas.  

Tribute to Pendell

Pendell

Pendell  was one of the first people I met when I stayed at the Tremont Retirement Center.  I attended his writing class and also his computer class.  I went back after my short stay and attended several of his classes.

He did a lot of computer things for the staff at Tremont. Adding new members to the directory was only one.

  "He was the kindest man" -- you would hear this if you talked to anyone who knew him.

Congestive heart failure sent him to the hospital and while there he had a stroke.   He spoke with some of his friends on the phone before the major stroke..  Pendell was ready to for his eternal life.

He was always helping someone.   I didn't get to attend his memorial service on Jan. 14th as I was out of town.  Lots of people spoke at this service.  He was greatly honored.

He will be missed.

Immortal Nicholas by Glenn Beck

I read this book while in Cabo just before Christmas. I heard Glenn talk about how he wrote it for his children to help them focus on the meaning of Christmas instead of Santa Claus.



Update --  I read this book again this week.  It is the such a good book.  

This is an amazing story about redemption and forgiveness. I highly recommend it!!  It is not so much a Christmas book, but one for Life.

This man walked with and watched over Jesus all His Life -- but the sadness of his own loss kept him from accepting forgiveness and redemption. His story is a good one and you will be blessed.

Art Class Updates

Today was a Van Gogh day.  These are our Starry Nights creations.  

Evening Class -- Van Gogh creations.  

Today we used painters tape and created an geometric abstract.

Zentangle that Lion

This week was My Fair Lady week at the Treemont.  

We designed collage hats today.

This week we created a tree.....  It was a fun day at the Retirement Center.

First APRIL Class ...  Design a Western Boot.  

This was my piece and example for them.  

First timer -- created a great boot. 

Berta got pretty fancy

Mike always creates an interesting picture.  

Maggie created an Alligator Boot

Ruth got pretty fancy also.

Murph's first class with us.  She created a great boot.

Second April Class -- Lion King is the movie of the month.  

So I gave them a Lion to paint. They didn't finish in an hour so they took them 

home for the final touches.  

Berta used colored pencils 

Ruth used Zentangle for her Lion 

March 2016 --  They were watching Les Miserables today.  I tried to find images about this movie, but they were all too "DARK" -- 

so I just chose a few images from France.  

Michael chose a image of a lady from the night. 

This one is not finished -- I ran out of time.  French Pastries

Larry's Eiffel Tower is very colorful 

Mike said this is Lance Armstrong's bicycle. 

December Art Class Update:
We water colored a Santa this week before Christmas. They did a great job.

Ruth is a new student -- but not new to Art.  

Louise is moving to Austin soon -- we will miss her. 

Barbara loves the class. 

Mike loves to paint bricks.  This chimney is the real art work! 

New year and New Focus!!!  We tried a Contemporary piece.  They love to watercolor so that's what we did. I gave them some examples of some Contemporary Images and they had a great time.

Example 

Example 

Larry's Contemporary Stripes - great art!  

Louise, Clyde and Ruth all picked the Contemporary Fish.  

Adult coloring books are all the rage now. We chose an elephant out of the coloring book.

Ruth is a very good artist but she enjoys the Coloring Book items.

Mike made his Elephant a Genuine Red Raider.  

Delores enjoying her second class.  

Barbara did this with no assistance today. 

Special guest at class today.  

 Doctor Larry did a great job.