Fresca Pintura - hot Latina Private Eye

A week or so ago a friend sent me the name, Fresca Pintura, thinking it evoked visions of a hot latina, perhaps working as a privete detective, you know the stuff of cheap novels or great movies. I drew this babe up, and wanted to post it, but low and behold, my scanner would just not work no matter what I did. So I hooked it up to my work laptop today, and voila, just like that mystical car ailment that disappears as soon as you get to the dealer, the thing started working.

so i thought i would do some scanning and posting before i disconnect it, drag it back to my studio and hopefully will be pleasantly surprised and back in business again [notice accentuate the positive!]

So, sports fans, does the name sound familiar to ya?

Every Squirrel gets a nut once in awhile...

this was my suite this time in florida - a suite with a balcony looking out on the ocean. and yes, it was within per diem, and i had the government rate! At least a nice place to work at night and chill out since our days were long and i couldnt do much of anything else.






Well, as I woofed before, this is the best I could see of the eclipse...as it started and the clouds had some breaks in them...i was able to get at least this shot.



Well I am home finally, but that is another story thank you United and the crummy weather.

Tales from Melbourne- the shuttle, the sonic boom and inside in meetings!

I have no pix to post yet or cartoons, but....

Several months ago , I was down here in Melbourne, Florida [down the coast only a bit from Cape Canaveral, Coco Beach, etc] , and had just gotten in my hotel room, turned on the news and saw that they were doing a launch, was a spy satellite I believe. Well, thinking it was over the way the news reported it, i never ventured back out, only to find out the next day I could have gone out down to the beach and seen the launch....argggg....

Well, flash forward to today. The shuttle was landing around 9 AM ish, and the folks at Harris, where i was inside in meetings said you can hear the sonic boom when it is coming in to land. Well imagine the frustration of having to sit in a meeting, with a hotel room on the beach, and not only missing the landing, but I missed the sonic boom also. Sigh....

well, let me go out to the balcony and see how much of the eclipse I can see through the clouds. Maybe I will get luck and get a picture...

Visiting Joe and Judy at Cape Coral Florida!

Flew down to Florida to spend an overnight with my firends Joe and Judy, from st louis. Yes, the firgid cold right now St Louis. After Judy finially retired from government service, she and Joe are doing some of the things they have always wanted to do...like snow bird in florida during the winter. So they rented a house for 6 weeks, and i got to visit finally a few days , like tomorrow, before they go back to the cold country.

that is me, just before i went to put my bathing suit on and went swimming myself ! That is Brandy on my lap, snuggling up. But you know my Thrash is my number one man!

The house had a heated pool with one of those enclosure things, so swimming with no buggs! Of course the pool had a little table in the pool itself, where you could sit and watch all the sights and enjoy food and beverage. That is Joe in there wondering why Judy was
" what are you doing with that camera !!????!!!!"

Majik Markers and Memories

I've always had an artistic bent in me...and can remember scribbling and drawing on anything, to include the nice white cardboard that came with those uglee fishnet stockings we used to wear, well some of us... As a young child, every week, my mom and i would walk to the stores, about 1/2 mile away and we would stop at what used to be called the 'candy store' , which had cards, candy, apharmacy, stuff that you might get in a CVS these days. It also had a counter where you could get a grilled cheese samwhich, malt or that NY delight, Eggcreme. And every week, mom would buy me one of these Papermate Flair majic markers for me to draw with. At that time, they came is so many different colors, and I would pick out a color each week, wokring on getting them all. And boy, would I draw and draw. I had so many after a while, I could color a rainbow and then some.

As I surfed around the last few days to find a source of these Copic markers, above, since one of my favorites the Eberhard Design marker was discontinued, I had thoughts of the Flair markers and how Mom and I would pick them out each week. It was such a small thing, but one that, was one of the happiest things. How could Mom have known? Love and encouragement of my talent - what more can a child ask for from a mom ?


Isn't it always the small things that make us smile....the sacrifice and joy of giving, thos e memories, swollen with love, are the ones that last.

Valentine Day #3 - My wish for all of you

Hugs are Love..

This Valentine's Day, hug someone that you love ....share some love. You never know when you will be the world to that person, perhaps if only for this one day.

Valentine Day - 2008 #1

To all my family and dear, close friends...you are always in my heart. My love to you this day.