N-Light-N-Mint

Orange

Another painting adventure.

Martin working with his new brushes. They are about 2 1/2 ft long with hog bristle. They come with a slot cut in the end of the handle so they can also be used as an arrow. OK OK!! I had ordered some brushes on sale,, buy one get one..I didn't read the fine print. Once Martin saw them and stopped laughing he decided he had to have his picture taken with one.

Beast of Burden

Lindale

Summer season finally over I get to go painting. Martin and I headed out to local boat yard where this beauty was sitting.

Capt. Salty

Spent a hot morning painting in Port St. Joe Florida.

Well the summer season is all but over ending with Labor day weekend. It's a feeling of Yeahhh and sighhh. But at last I will be able to get back to painting and hopefully some adventures with Martin.

He isn't fat he's BIG boned.!!

My favorite buddy...Pugsly.

No Oil here !!!

No pictures to post. Been busy at work. Hopefully I will get across the street and take some soon. So far no Oil has hit our beaches. The water is clear and beautiful. At one point the oil was ten miles offshore but with the winds and storms its moved to well over one hundred miles now,,,,Thank God. But still many areas in other states have been devastated. Such a sad and avoidable continuing event.

Missing in action.

Summer season was in full swing until BP oil spill messed things up. So now the fourth of July just around the corner and the beaches are really empty compared to normal. This year I had returned to Airbrushing T-Shirts after a ten year break. Just as things were gearing up BP oil spill shut them down. Still the money has been better than say... being a shampoo boy at a salon. So im posting a few pictures to show you the current remains of a tropical storm that also hit this week... Enough already!!! As you can see not much oil if that even is oil.!! But if you watch CNN Florida is covered with oil... At this time the Beaches are clean,,,water is clear and beautiful as ever.

Surf Fishing

Last trip to the beach this lady surf fishing caught my eye. Some day soon I hope to learn how to take pictures. I've been reading up on bracketing photos. My camera has a setting for that but I am clueless.

Another trip to favorite local marina. With everyone's busy schedule it has been difficult to find the time to sneak off and paint. But alas Martin and I made it out to one of our favorite places to paint. All was well , birds chirping and squirrels rustling, a light breeze blew across the water. You know that couldn't last. It was the after winter unveiling of Martin's legs.....SHORTS!! The glare was fierce. I quickly shielded my eyes as I turned only to see a poor squirrel trying to run . Unable to see he stepped out off the limb falling and screaming. Quickly I tossed some paper towels to break his fall. Missing the paper towels the poor little squirrel hit a pile of dead palm fronds. Acting like a trampoline the squirrel bounced up into the air flying over my head and landing on Martin's neck. The little squirrel shot down the front of his shirt. Panic set in as Martin fought to remove the squirrel. As fast as it had all happened it was over. The little squirrel fell out of his shirt and ran into the woods. Martin lifted his shirt to reveal small purple spots. Later we determined they were Squirrel hickies.
Disclaimer.... Everything you just read is Not true...well most of it. No animals were hurt during the writing of this pack of lies. No further word has been received as to if we shall be going painting again...
Author....Carrie U.

Oyster hang out

Martin and I went to the local Marina to paint. Nice warm weather for a change.

orange and lime

Red Pepper

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Another Day at the beach. Yesterday Martin and I went on our weekly painting trip. Along with a cold breeze and Spring Breakers all over it still turned out to be a nice time.

Picture below is of a cactus like plant the hides in the sand on the dunes. Deadly little things that will go right through your shoe if you step on them. The thorns are around 2 1/2 inches long. Very painful , just ask Martin,,,lol

Day at the Beach

framed

"Surf"
"Pig-mints in a Blanket" framed.
Powdered jars of Artist pigments a pig and some mints in a blanket.