Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Let the road trip begin!


Woo hoo! Theo and I are on our way... on a circuitous route to the Grand Canyon to visit friends and explore new territory along the way. So we left the eye-popping spring of coastal carolina and headed west. Got as far as Camp Creek State Park in West Virginia today. Peaceful spot, and look at these beauties that Theo and I saw on our walk once we arrived...

I was telling a friend of mine about the trip, and mentioning Theo's ambivalence. He wants to be with me (his pack) but isn't too excited about being in Max (the camper van) with all of its gurgling and clanking noises... I keep hoping he'll get used to it!

So my friend suggested that I include a blog from Theo's point of view. Brilliant! So now I will try to accommodate his take on the situations that arise... a la Travels with Charlie (sort of - if you don't know what I'm talking about, its a book by John Steinbeck)...

Anyhow, so my take on the day is "Woo Hoo! Off on another adventure!" And Theo was on the bed in the back of Max thinking "What the !@#$$%% is she making me do now?" i have to get bumped around in this clanging, rattling thing for hours on end? And for what? Oh... a long lovely walk in the mountains ( not bad) and oh! some yummy dinner morsels by the picnic table, and now a belly rub on the bed (that is decidely NOT moving) well, I'll go to sleep and think about it...

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Spring in coastal NC


We're in a riot of color with blooming azaleas, dogwoods, roses, among many others. I love this time of year... here's a photo of a rose that opened up this morning in my backyard.

Starting preparations for my trip out west. This is my first post to the blog with my new Netbook. I decided not to risk taking my laptop full of all of my life's documents - would be devastating to have that stolen. This is fine for checking email and posting to the blog... getting really excited to get on the road again. Theo's not so sure, he's not quite used to Max yet, but he'll get there...

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Back home


Back from Florida. Did well at the shows there - especially San Marco in Jacksonville. Now I'm back home. Last week a friend of mine and I went to Cedar Point and painted a watercolor of the marsh there - a truly lovely day.