Heading out today

Today is the day. I have everything outside ready to go. We are going to the lake for a while and get some things there taken care of. We need to vote on Tuesday and get our income tax taken care of and change our homestead. Collect all our mail and put a bunch of items out front to sell. 
We are getting ready to be gone for several months and these things need to be behind us so we don't have to worry about them.
We have really enjoyed our stay here at Tyler Oaks RV Resort. I believe that we will return here later when we are in this area. Our daughter lives here in her RV and we have been parked beside her for the last two months. This will be a wonderful park once all the construction is completed. 
This has been a transitional year for us. We have had many things come up that we had to take care of. I hope that by the end of the summer we will have all things squared away so we don't have to do anything but plan our next destination...

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Paintings I have with me

Sorry for the reflection on some of the paintings 

Some of the family out there have asked me to display some of the paintings I have with me. If you find one you want just let me know because when I get there you can have your pick. The paintings that are for sale I keep at my studio and I will display them at my next sale.
I have so many paintings now I have to find a sale somewhere to get rid of them. The best thing I get out of the paintings is enough money to paint more. I hope to post some of the others I have soon. I will be going back to my studio in the weeks to follow and I will get some photos for you.
We have several walls of the RV that have the room on them to hang some paintings and we switch out paintings as soon as one goes out the door.
We are having a rain day. It started drizzling yesterday and picked up speed last night. This being a new park it gets a bit messy here when it rains...

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AWWWW a day of painting outside

Today was a little gloomy but the wind was not blowing and it was not raining so I took this opportunity to do a little paint. My grand daughter Sarah wanted to paint too so I set her up across from me so she could show off some of her talents.

We enjoyed painting and relaxing outdoors. Not often this time of year you can do this. Notice the shorts. 

Maybe we will have several days like this...

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Staying busy

This morning I woke up early and made my coffee. We have one of these one cupper coffee makers and so when I say I made my coffee that is exactly what I mean. We don't make a pot anymore we make an individual cup.
So I made my cup of coffee and sat down to check out my Facebook page and those of all my friends out there. It is so cool to stay in touch with all my friends with just a click of the old mouse.
I find that everyone is kind of hunkered down waiting for the weather to go back to a stable condition before they take off again. We are doing the same. We plan on going south as soon as we visit our kids in the Dallas area. We will be on the road all the way until time we head out to California. That will be our big trip this year. We have that grand baby on the way in May and we can't miss that.
I am looking forward to our trip out west. This will be the first time I have been out that way. I have seen and heard of so many great places out that direction and now I get to see it for myself...

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Shopping without me

Sherri headed out this morning shopping for S T U F F. She decided to leave me behind so that she could really get down and shop like she likes to. Touching everything in all the stores. Hitting all the stores in a given area and searching out that one thing that she cannot live without.
I enjoyed not going shopping as much as she enjoyed going. I am the kind of shopper that knows what I am after...I get it and I am gone. Then I have the rest of the day to enjoy what I bought. 
I know women are made up differently than men and they love the adventure of searching out bargains. So as I always say do what you love and don't worry about me...I'll be fine...

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Alone

Sherri went shopping yesterday and left me all alone! AHHH...all alone with nothing to do but enjoy the loneliness. I love doing nothing...the older I get the more I love doing nothing. Not really...I can't stand sitting around doing nothing. I pulled out my paints and worked on my recent landscape. When I got tired of that I went on You Tube and watched some videos and then surfed Facebook and checked on my friends out and about.
I have always been the kind or guy who finds something to do. I know I don't have much time to do what I enjoy so I make as much of the moment as I can...

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Back to painting

Yesterday was a warm day and I sat down to paint a new landscape I had been wanting to paint for some time. After getting set up in blew the clouds and all my natural light left! OH well I did the basic painting with the little bit of light I had. I will finish this one when the sun wont hide from me.
Not everyone knows that I have been painting since 1973. I have sold and given away hundreds of my works over the years. I wont come close to calling myself a Master Artist but I can claim to be one of the cheapest. LOL. I have sold many of my landscapes for as little as $5.00. Many more than that I have given to my family. 
I don't paint for money but for the love of art. I love colors and I love to take Gods beauty and reproduce it on canvas. All I want to do is keep painting and the only way I can do this is to have the money to replace my supplies. When I have an art sale everyone ask me why do you sell your art so cheap? My answer is... to clear out my studio and get enough money to buy more canvas and paint. For the last 40+ years this has worked. Maybe someday when I am dead and gone I will become famous. LOL.
This morning we woke up to a temp in the 60's. Sherri and I were talking about the weather man and saying that he said it would rain last night. I could see no signs that it had and Sherri said she had not heard it raining. I guess they were wrong this time. I had no more got that out of my mouth when we heard the drops hitting the roof. How funny is that...all we had to do is mention that and it started raining...

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Putt-Putt again

I read these journals where people go out to all these golf courses and play a "Round" of golf. Well we head to the Putt-Putt range and play 18 holes of golf too. We just don't have to walk as far. Another thing our bag of clubs have no long irons or woods in them. Mater-a-fact we have no bag at all.
One thing we do have and that is fun. Nothing like having several holes in one in one round. Kris had 4 hole in ones on his card. That was almost a record there and he got a free game for it. Maybe I have a future star on my hands.
After our golf game we headed over to the stores to do some shopping for pillows. Sherri is looking for some pillows with more color in them. We also found a picture frame for our new picture Jennifer gave Sherri for her birthday. We had been looking for some time and found one at Hobby Lobby.
It was an enjoyable day...

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Internet has been good

One thing I always look for in a park is a good working Internet. Sherri Kris and I are very into the World Wide Webb! With out it we are not happy campers. I love to post on my journal...Sherri likes to play her games with all her girl friends...and Kris well he loves Mindcraft. 
We always find ways to entertain ourselves on those days when the weather does not afford us to travel places and see things outdoors. We also use the WIFI to run informational videos for Kris's science class. Yesterday we studied all the planet...their position in the solar system...how many moons they have...how they compare to the earth. The Internet has soooo much information crammed into it that you can't help but use it to teach.
I feel like I might set outside and paint today. The weather once again is going to be warm and no wind to speak of. This maybe a very productive day...

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Has anyone seen winter?

Did I miss something? I don't remember seeing winter this year. It got cold for a couple of days and then it was warm for a couple and then it got HOT. 
Yesterday was almost 80 here and we spent the day outdoors. I don't feel so bad about not making it to Arizona this year. With weather like this I could stay here year round...NOT. I like traveling too much.
We only have a couple of more weeks here and then we travel a little further north to see some of our kids. Then south a short distance to see grand kids. South once again to the coast to see my sister and BIL. Next is east to see our Louisiana family and then west to see our new grand baby in California. 
Sure am glad we are mobile and we can travel to see everyone. I think after California we will be on our own to do some things just for us...

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Wind

I could not think of a more appropriate title for today's post. Yesterday the wind was relentless! They said that it was topping out around 25 to 30 mph gust! Now that is a lot of wind...I don't care where you come from.
It blew hard all day yesterday and into the evening where it finally slowed down. I just let it blow my patio furniture over and left the chairs upside down. There was no use in trying to keep them set up when the next gust would just turn them all over again.
Today if the wind is not too bad I have some chores outside that I need to get done. I just need a day that the wind is not blowing and the sun is out and the temps are in the upper 60's. Now is that asking too much?
We went grocery shopping last night and keep setting records at Wally World! I don't care what you go to get at that store you are going to spend $100. plus there! If you think about it you do not go there to just buy one thing...and sure nuff you don't! $100. later you are asking yourself what thaaa...

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I changed my mind

For the longest I have been thinking about buying us a new camera. Now that our old camera is not doing so well we have been using our phone and I am really surprised how good the pictures look. I am not a professional photographer by any means but I do like pictures with detail...seeing as how I paint many of my photos later when I have time. Having a good photo with good color and detail helps me reproduce the picture on canvas.
We have one of those smart phones and the camera is really nice and easy to use. It even has a zoom on it...flash and many other settings. I think I will put off getting a high dollar camera and spend my money on something more useful...

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We have some friends coming today

Rick and Becky Feller. They use to work with us when we were on the road doing re-sets. We have known them for many years and have enjoyed their company on many a trip to parts of four states.
They live in Longview Texas...just north of us. They have not seen our new home so we are excited about them coming out our way today.
We plan on going to the new Camping World across the street from here to look at some of the new RV's. The four of us have always enjoyed looking at RV's and hoping that one day the Fellers will get them one and travel some with us...

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Sherri and I are sick with the crud

Have you ever had the crud? You know the stuff that starts draining down the back of your throat down over your cough button. Seems like nothing you take really does a thing for you!  
Yesterday was our anniversary...42 years...goodness it does seem that long...I don't remember not being married. Then sometimes I don't remember yesterday...so I can't say much. I do remember yesterday and we had a good time with our kids next door. Jennifer and Frank have the same anniversary as we do. Back 20 years ago they decided to get married and chose our anniversary date to tie the knot. We have celebrated many anniversaries together since.
We went out to eat at Pasadoe's Mexican Restaurant. We had the Fiestas for Two and brought home plenty for today's lunch. It was a good time and we had a lot of laughs. 
Today we have nothing planed except try to get rid of this crud. We will get pilled up and kick back and wait for the cure to take place...

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Iowa Caucus is over

Last night we could not watch a show without the network breaking in about the Iowa vote. I am glad that that is all behind us now and we can have something else on the news. 
The wind blew yesterday all day long. I can't tell you how many times I had to go out and pick up our chairs and patio mat. My goodness I thought this was suppose to happen in March. 
We visited the new Camping World across the street yesterday. It is a real nice store with plenty of camping supplies. We bought several items one being a new water filter. It was the wrong one so today I get to take it back and find the correct one. 
Things are progressing along real good here at the new RV park. I hope to be back here next fall before we leave for our winter spot. I am not sure how long it will be before they have all the facilities completed but we will be anxious to see it when we return...

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