Our Fun Life!

Been Painting!

It's been fun making things to decorate our new house. Our last house was all windows in every direction so there was hardly any wall space available to hang stuff. 

I bought a bunch of canvases at a local art convention and have been experimenting with a variety of paints and texture.  I like wrapped canvases so I can choose to frame them or leave the painted edges. I really have no idea what I am doing but it sure is fun. 

This was my first painting of a Monet scene from a couple years ago that I framed:

Here's my second of another Monet scene that I framed but haven't put on the wall yet:

This one of Wild Poppies is very textured and quite tall. The fabulous Carol Nelson posted a tutorial of her wonderful poppy paintings so I experimented with her techniques and this is the result. The edges are textured and painted so I will not be adding a frame.

Here is a close up. I had a hard time trying to smear the texture right:

This one is not finished as I haven't figured out what to do next. Ideas? So far I think it looks like a flame.

This one I did a few months ago and it is also quite tall. I call it "Into the Fire":

Bill and I like to visit art galleries and one day we saw some rectangle paintings that were $3,000- way out of our budget. He wanted that type of painting for over the piano so I made this for him. He wants to frame it but I am not sure I am done with it yet. So there it sits.

I like to take pictures of poppy pods so this one is a funky version:

Just playing around with some different textures. What is it? I don't know! Kinda looks like the bottom of an ocean to me:

And this one I did in 20 minutes and I think is my favorite one so far. It is of my kids mom who has been gone nine years. This is her as a child walking along the shore:

Lizzie

She almost didn't make it.

Little Lizzie got terribly sick after she came home. She caught something from the shelter.

She could hardly breathe and would make panting noises. Her nose was clogged up so she couldn't smell food and quit eating and drinking water. The vet gave me syringes to force feed her mushy food and water. She was on several medications and vitamins that I also had to force feed her. She would just lay on us for hours and not play. Bill even slept on the floor with her at night. She was too small to get up on the bed and looked so sad unless she was cuddling with one of us. She likes to sleep on your pillow and cuddle with your hair.

We took her to the vet constantly but she remained very sick.

After a week of this Bill had a funny feeling at work and came home early to find her laying on the floor. She was alive but would hardly move. He rushed her in and they told us she had a 60% chance. An IV was put in her front leg and she was pumped full of nutrients, fluids, and medication. After two days she was allowed to come home.
She was nursed back to health for two months. To this day she still has some sinus issues but is now healthy.

Lizzie is THE BEST pet any of us have ever had. She is so loving, sweet, tender, and playful and we are so happy that she is alive.