"For the First time in my Adult Life I’m really proud of my Country"

These words were spoken by Michelle Obama, wife of presidential candidate Barack Obama, not Once, but Twice this year in speeches made around the country. Well, I’m proud to say that I have Always been proud of my country! When you take pride in something, you honor it, you respect it, you take care of it, you support it, you love it, you belong to it, you love, and would die for it! Why? Because FREEDOM! And also for all of the men and women through the centuries who fought for that freedom. It came at a very high price, and so in loving your country you show your respect and appreciation for those lives. They meant something! The freedom I now have to speak, to worship, to vote, all is because of them.

I’m proud of my Country!

We’ve had some really stormy weather lately here in Texas and the results of the sunsets that follow them are awesome! I’m always peeking out my front window in the evenings that face west just to try and catch some pretty ones with my camera. My family has even thought I was nuts because I will jump up, grab my camera by the front door, and take off to get the pics before it fades away! I hope you enjoy them

Yeah Baby! It is coming to Houston again and I am so there! Fun, fun, fun and my Father in law’s in the Houston Symphony choir so we get to see him perform too! Their performance of a Final Fantasy song "Sethira" last year just blew us away! Can’t wait to see it this year so I’m posting this video clip to share!

I’m currently in an online Artist Trading Card swap and contest and had a lot of fun and interesting challenges creating these Bubble ATCs. I layered on lots of Dye and Pigment ink, along with Acrylic paint and the Vintage images. The trick was to capture little "bubbles" of interest on these 2.5×3.5" cards. I hope you enjoy these little ATCs, I sure enjoyed making them!

We had fun this week making artwork and feeding 2 stray kitties we found outside! They are so cute and wild that we enjoy spying on them through the front window. I made this Kitty in the Window card because they are too cute not to capture in my art cards!