Home for the holidays, my eldest stepson has taken a break from military training, and my eldest son is home from college. Did I mention I am a mother of five? (His, hers, and ours.  And we had custody of all of them.) Did I also mention they are four boys, and the last is the girl. Whew! It's been fun. Loud, busy, messy, educational fun.

Only a few days until Christmans. I just grabbed the last gift on the list. Tonight I finish wrapping.

Next stop, New Year's! My resolution - increase my art and decrease my waist.

What's yours?

Just another version of my 1950 Jeep Willy.

Pink Weed - 8x8

I have plans to work on some assemblage art as well as a painting or two. With all of the holiday hustle and bustle right now, it is hard to find time to accomplish much art. On the other hand, inspiration is everywhere, so I'm, at the very least, taking plenty of notes.

The day after Thanksgiving my sister's kids and I had a last minute photo shoot. It was a lot of fun despite my son getting into some of our park's famous poison oak. Two bottles of Caladryl lotion and 400 photos later, my son is on the mend and I'm really happy with the outcome of the shoot. I've posted several more photos on the flickr site.