birds, plaster and pink

WELL. BEEN TINKERING WITH LOTS OF STUFF..PLASTER, JOINT COMPOUND AND A BIRD!  THIS BIRD HAS BEEN FLOATING AROUND THIS HOUSE FOR A MONTH OR TWO..NO IDEA WHERE I PICKED IT UP..BUT IT WAS SILVER..SO I STARTED TO DRESS HER UP...THESE ARE JUST 2 OF THE ' GETTING STARTED' STAGE...WILL SEND ANOTHER FINISH NEXT WEEK...WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE HER HAT!!! HA.

OH YEAH AND I DECIDED SHE NEEDED A PERCH.  SO FOUND A CUTE BOX AND PUT HER ON TOP OF IT......YOU WILL SEE...

 THEN I PURCHASED STEPHANIE LEE'S PLASTER STUDIO BOOK AND REALLY GOT  MY HANDS MESSY.  THIS IS JUST IN THE BEGINNING USING JUST JOINT COMPOUND..I PUT THIS ON A THIN HARD SURFACE AND NOW I WISH I HAD PUT IT ON A BOARD...IT CAME OUT REALLY NICE...BUT NOW..IT NEEDS A BASE

THIS WAS THE SECOND TECHNIQUE IN THE BOOK.  COTTON MATERIAL...THEN JOINT COMPOUND..THEN PLASTER OF PARIS...THESE ARE GLASS FLOWERS I BOUGHT AT Z GALLERY UMTEEN YEARS AGO...ITS CALLED ' DONT' FENCE ME IN".  NO IDEA WHY...WHY DOES AN ARTIST NAME ANYTHING..............I THINK I ENJOYED MIXING THE COLORS BY HAND MORE THEN ANYTHING ELSE.

 AND WHILE I WAS DOING ALL THIS MOM WAS SITTING PRETTY IN HER PINK DRESS.
SHE LOOKS SAD, BUT SHE WASN'T. INFACT SHE FELT NICE AND PRETTY AFTER A BATH AND A PINK DRESS.  SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T WANT TO MOVE AND MESS UP HER PRETTY DRESS.

SO THE WEEK HAS BEEN BUSY...AND ..I HAVE GOTTEN LOTS OF EXERCISE SINCE SANDY AND I ..WENT TO THE ART WALK IN SCOTTSDALE AND DECIDED TO START OUR OWN WALK...ALL THE WAY TO JUST ABOUT THOMAS..AND BACK TO 5TH AVENUE.  WE WERE TRYING TO WEAR OFF THE GELATO...I THINK.  ACTUALLY I HAVE NO IDEA...MY HUSBAND SAYS WE WERE JUST TALKING AND NOT PAYING ATTENTION..COULD BE.  WE WILL NEVER TELL.

BIRTHDAYS AND TIC TAC TOE

WELL. ACTUALLY THIS PARTY HAPPENED AFTER DEBBIES'   WE JUST COULDN'T STOP HAVING PARTIES..WE WERE HAVING SO MUCH FUN.  SANDY AND ELAINE HAD GIVEN UP THEIR REAL BIRTHDAYS TO SURPRISE DEB FOR HER BIRTHDAY SOOOOOOO OF COURSE IT WAS TIME FOR THEM...BETTER LATE THEN NEVER!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELAINE AND SANDY!!!

 AND THE CONTINUING SAGA OF BIRTHDAYS..LETS NOT FORGET JOHN.  HE ISNT IN THIS PICTURE...THE BIG GUY NEEDS A POST OF HIS OWN..BUT HERE ARE MY GRANDSONS AND MY SON JOHNNY SETTING THE TABLE FOR A NICE PARTY AT THEIR HOME..GERI HAS SUCH CUTE DECORATIONS...AND WOW...I HID IN MY PURSE SOME 'COLORED STRING'...WHICH YOU WILL SEE LATER.............






WELL MOM DIDN'T MAKE THE PARTY, BUT SHE WAS VERY BUSY AT HOME..EMPTYING THE SILVERWARE DRAWER FOR THE DISHWASHER.
SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE..MOM LOVES THE KITCHEN AND LOVES TO KEEP BUSY.

 I STILL TRY TO GET INTO THE STUDIO FOR 20 MINUTES.  THIS IS ACTUALLY AIRBRUSH ON THE CANVAS..BUT FIRST I DID A STENCIL WITH GEL MOLDING PASTE....I AM NOT CRAZY ABOUT THE WHITE GEL WHICH FOR SOME REASON GOT CAUGHT IN THE STENCIL..SO BACK TO THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THIS ONE...BUT LOVED THE BACKGROUND OF THE GOLD AND REDS IN THE AIRBRUSH PAINT..MIGHT DO A BIG CANVAS WITH THOSE COLORS.

 YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY PLAY TIC TAX TOE WITH MOM TO BELIEVE IT. BUT SHE WILL EITHER BEAT YOU...OR IT WILL BE A TIE.  YOU WILL NOT WIN.  SHE IS SO GOOD AT THIS GAME ITS AMAZING.  WE KNOW THE MIND DOES FUNNY THINGS WITH DEMENTIA...BUT THIS IS WONDERFUL BECAUSE SHE LOVES TO PLAY.   SHE PLAYS THE GAME ALMOST LIKE PLAYING CHESS IN THAT SHE THINKS ALOT BEFORE THE NEXT MOVE..BUT SHE ALWAYS GETS THE MOVE EXACTLY RIGHT!!!

I AM PROUD OF YOU MOM.  DON'T GIVE IN TO THAT DEMENTIA...KEEP TRYING!!!

DEBBIE LIKES TO KEEP THE PARTY GOING

WELL YOU SAW PICTURES OF OUR PARTY FOR DEB...BUT HER HUBBY JIM HAD ADDITIONAL PLANS AND HAD A FAMILY REUNION AS DEBS GIFT.  THIS INCLUDED FLYING IN FAMILY FROM ATLANTA AND CALIFORNIA...WHICH DEB KNEW..BUT SHE DIDNT' KNOW HE CALLED AND INVITED A FEW OF HER FRIENDS...SO HERE I WAS TAKING PICTURES AGAIN...I THINK...THE PARTY IS OVER..AND NOW DEB CANT KEEP BEING 39..CAUSE WITH ALL THOSE PARTIES..WE DO REMEMBER!!!

 THE CAKE WAS AS GOOD AS THE PARTY.  THESE FLOWERS ARE CHOCOLATE AND THE FRUIT IS FRESH..WELL AT LEAST THE FLOWERS YOU CAN SEE..SOMEONE...I HAVE NO IDEA WHO..MIGHT HAVE SNITCHED A FEW HERE AND THERE...YUMMY!

 THIS IS THE FRONT PAGE OF A JOURNAL I DID FOR MY COUSIN..WHO IS ALSO FOLLOWING THE DOWN HILL PROGRESS OF HER DAD...THIS IS ACTUALLY A PURSE AND HAS A HIDDEN ZIPPER FORA SURPRISE  SHE IS GOING TO START WRITNG ABOUT HER JOURNEY...HOPE SHE DOES..

 AND OF COURSE AN UPDATE PICTURE OF FLAPJACK..ON HIS BIRTHDAY. HE IS NOW 2..OH THOSE TERRIBLE TWO'S...BUT THIS GUY IS JUST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE!!

 WELL. DID YOU THINK BECAUSE SHE CAN'T WALK..NOR REMEMBER MUCH..THAT SHE STILL DOESN'T LIKE TO HAVE HER HAIR DONE.  SHE DOESN'T NEED A BAD HAIR DAY ALONG WITH EVERYTHING ELSE..SO WITH RHANDA, THE CAREGIVER'S HELP..WE GOT HER TO OUR FAVORITE BEAUTY SALON.  AMAZING..SHE KNEW EXACTLY WHERE SHE WAS..WHAT SHE WAS DOING..AND HOW SHE LOOKED..

GUESS THOSE THINGS..FOR THE LADIES..NEVER CHANGE!!!!

IF PICTURES OF MOMS JOURNEY THRU DEMENTIA APPEARED ON MY BLOG IT WAS A MISTAKE.  I TOOK IT DOWN BUT NOT SURE IF IT GOT OUT.  THOSE PICTURES ARE FOR THE DEMENTIA BLOG I HAVE STARTED..AND WHICH IS BEING FOLLOWED AND HOPEFULLY HELPED..OTHERS ON THE INTERNET.  I HAVE NOT INCLUDED THOSE PICTURES ETC ON THIS BLOG.  CHEERS