Update on Move and Sketches for 246

It has been so long since I posted that I put in the title and posted.  Sigh....

We have been in the house a week.  Whew.  Here are some teasers until I get more done. 

Here is part of the storage shed with the Christmas Tree.  We went to the Festival of Trees, a fundraiser for the Family Crisis Center as I mentioned.  You buy the trees in auction and then they wrap them up and you bring them home or they deliver so you can just open them up and you have your tree all decorated!  We bought the "tool" tree sponsored by Frank Rainosek and Sears.  It had tools under it for Gene, which he is making good use of already and is mostly red and silver.  We put it up but had to redo it.  Some of the decorations were too loose and one of the strings of lights quit on it.  So it looks great.  Photos to follow soon.

This is looking from my studio onto the living room.  Now the tree is in that corner!  My studio is such a mess with stuff on the floor.  We got some tables/desks from Craig's list today.  I will be able to put the stuff on the tables and can post some photos soon.

This was frost on the grass the other morning.  Very rare in Bastrop.  We had a little rain again yesterday.  Woo hoo!

And for sketching for Scavenger Hunt 246 (oops, it is #247, I guess I didn't do any for 246 or just skipped it), I sketched in the living room in the new chair with ottoman and then at the RV park while the trailer was being cleaned.  So nice.  Thanks Danny and Reuben.  They were burned out also and are trying to get their business, Honey Bee Maids, going again.  Reuben has a tree service, too,  so had much hard work clearing the burned trees.

Number 1, seasonal - a poinsettia that I bought to have some color before we brought the furniture over.
Number 2, ornament - some of the Christmas balls and ribbon from the tree.

Number 3, man made - the RVs and Trailers and cars.
Number 4, natural - the trees

Our son, Larry, is here tonight.  Our first dinner guest and over night guest!  Great that we have a bed and room for guests.  I cooked a pot roast and made flour tortillas.  Came out OK even with the new gadgets and pans.  Just have to think of everything, no automatic reaching for things.  Hard to teach old dogs new tricks they say.  Sigh...

For my artist today, you can check out Larry's photography.  : )

Help the Adoption Coalition of Texas and Have a Great Musical Evening

Byrd and Street are our all time favorite Austin music duo.  They are both artists and great friends.  Check them out at byrdandstreet.com (some sample music there)  and come to Threadgill's on Wednesday!

Don't miss a fabulous and fun opportunity to support the Adoption Coaliton of Texas
this Wed. December 7 at Threadgill's south 6-10pm...6 bands with some of
Austin's best musicians!


The 2nd Annual
Byrd & Street
Mistletoe Jam Benefit!
Wednesday, December 7

All proceeds go to the Adoption Coalition of Texas a (501C-3 non-profit)
whose work is to find Forever Families for forgotten children in foster care. There are 500-600 kids in central Texas who are hoping for a family that they can call their own someday soon.

6:00pm – 10:00pm
Threadgill’s South
301 West Riverside Drive

Artist donating time and talent include: Terri Hendrix, Lloyd Maines, Byrd & Street,
Karen Abrahams, George Ensle, Bob Livingston, Leeann
Atherton, Richard Bowden, Marvin Dykhuis, Bradley Kopp, Greg Lowry
 and other special guests!

Suggested Contributions:
Host: $100 Benefactor: $50 Supporter: $25
$20-$15-$10 Helper

For more information or to RSVP call
Murray Chanow at (512) 450-8608 or email at murraychanow@adopttexas.org
 For more information about the Adoption Coalition please go to: http://www.adoptioncoalitiontx.org.  Please bring cash or checks made out to the Adoption Coalition of Texas--(which receives no state funding and relies on private and corporate donations.)

If you cannot attend, consider ACT for your annual giving:
2222 Western Trails Ste101, Austin TX 78745

First Friday in Bastrop

By the time you read this it will be December 2, First Friday.  The Bastrop Fine Arts Guild will have a group holiday show with featured items under $100.  This is a tradition to have a group show in December.  I have two paintings there for the show.  Summer Aspens and Thistle.  I also have my regular exhibit there.

Stop in from 6 to 8 p.m. on December 2, 1009 Main Street in historic downtown Bastrop, Texas. Do some gallery hopping.   Refreshments, meet the artists, eat downtown, listen to live music and see the new lights.

Can't go wrong with art, music, food and friends.  See you there!

 

I'll let you guess which one of the paintings this is.  :)

Holiday Fundraiser

There are many events to help the community of Bastrop after the fires.  This looks like it will be fun and help some folks.  Extreme Makeover Home Edition is working on four houses and are a sponsor it looks like. (click on poster to see larger)