…and the day started out so fun with balloons, flowers, cake and presents!  Thank you dear Charles, Nikka and Vicki! The post-it on the door was to remind me to take mounting paste to class. (It was stored in the fridge.) Nikka is just tooooo cute!  Note ‘THE’ Nan...

 Sandie Girl and I are both May babies and so we like to do something special to celebrate together.  This year it was the Virginia Robinson Gardens 28th Annual Garden Tour. ‘De Colores, The Art of Botanical Seduction'  Pretending I’m with Frida Kahlo…..  ´This year...

….Or at least that’s how very special Maggie made me feel from the moment I entered her magical courtyard! Maggie began our afternoon by opening a bottle of lovely Elderberry juice/soda…..Aren’t the glasses lovely? But permit me to backtrack just a bit.  Maggie was...

….I’ve mentioned before how I love my Sandie Girl ‘fix' each weekend and this was no exception.  Brunch at the Reilly’s...The cutest part was watching the male guests surround Sandie Girl at the grill... One was in charge of the bacon because after all….it’s all about...

More and more Sundays start the week off with Tina Marie, Nikka and me having brunch at the Beverly Hills Hotel.  This time it was poolside. The little jars of Maple Syrup are so adorable we asked for some to take home!  I think the basic idea is to see how much room...

What more could one ask for! Amy, Nikka & I headed off to the Huntington for a Heritage Society event and were greeted by awesome Cris Lutz. These young people were so, so cute and we had great fun watching their performance. Amy has never seen a tree, plant or...

….celebrated in the Living Room at the Peninsula Hotel.   Awwwwww……Kathy you are so dear to include me in this very special celebration….THANK YOU!  Hi Clara! I always love showing off the exquisite china our Lissi Kaplan hand paints for the Peninsula.   The ‘Tower of...

 I was so happy when Clara told me she had found the perfect home not only for herself but also for her parents when they visit from China.  It was exciting to go to Santa Monica and be in her beautiful new nest. Is this the face of joy or what!!! We had great fun...

 I’ll catch up with everything later but I wanted to write about yesterday while it’s still fresh in my minds eye. (I had to take a picture of this Art Center College directional sign as that’s where Charles and I met.  Awwwwww……) It began with meeting Carol at her...

Absolutely everyone has a purpose! Painting is my ‘work’ but I’ve found that my purpose in life is teaching and it’s in teaching that I find my greatest joy.  Here are a few moments in the past two weeks that I have loved. I used to teach a Landscape class at the...