17th Luminary Art Walk of Old Homosassa

Pepper Creek Pottery and the Glass Garage

Terry and I actually got out and about and I have something to post about!

The 17th Luminary Art Walk of Old Homosassa!

We started out at Watsons Art Gallery which was having a GRAND REOPENING! Glad they are back, I missed them!

T-shirt
Here’s the painting that Gil and Wendy donated for the Old Homosassa Heritage Council’s fund-raising t-shirt!
wood carving
Gil is offering wood carving classes now! Some of that work is by our friend Connie Wright!
Dylan
As usual, Dylan Watson was ready to pose!
Museum Gallery
Next stop was the Museum Printing Gallery. That’s Jim (Bo) Anderson giving a tour!
Lance McMullin
On to Kevin Jenkins’ gallery, Riverworks. That’s Lance McMullin playing the guitar. He’s also giving free guitar lessons to the kids at the Learning Center!
Pepper Creek Pottery and the Glass Garage
And our last stop, right across the street from Riverworks, Pepper Creek Pottery and the Glass Garage
Pepper Creek Pottery
There’s Christine on the stoop and Rhonda paying for her pottery at Pepper Creek Pottery.
The Glass Gallery
Art work from the Glass Gallery.

A great evening in Old Homosassa.

Friday Meanderings

OHHC t-shirt

Facebook.

You probably know I’m not a big fan.  I joined many years ago at the urging of my children because they wanted me to know what was going on in their lives.  And most of the time I’m glad I did. (especially seeing Piper and Adley in Hawaii a few weeks ago since their parents wouldn’t take me with them as the nanny)

But after going through the slandering Terry and I both experienced in the past five months on FB without any recourse plus the politcal rantings on both sides of the aisle, I’m not on there much.

Having said that, I still go on to update a couple of the local non-profit pages. (And I can’t resist checking out what those grandkids are doing.)

And….that’s when I saw a photo on FB of Jes and me the last time we did the Gasparilla 15K together. (You know if you are on FB, they like to say remember this photo?) It must have been from Jessica’s camera because I can’t find the photo.  But I did find these!

At the convention center hanging with a pirate when we picked up our bag of stuff!

Here’s me all ready to go!

And at the run!

Gasparilla 15k

gasparilla

And all I could think of was “seven years ago I did a 15K?????”

What happened to me?

I don’t think either one of us looks older (other than it seems I lost all the pigment in my hair since then) but it was only seven years ago that I ran a 15 K?????

And that wasn’t just something I trained for as a one time event.  I RAN IT EVERY YEAR FOREVER!  Until six years ago!

I started running when I was about 30.  And my knees and back really hurt back then.  Even went to a doctor because my shin splints were so bad.  The doctor said, “quit running”.

Now I’m 61. I still run (not 9 miles). And my knees and back really hurt still. But no worse then 31 years ago.

Running.  So many people hate it.  But it’s been my savior.  (Along with Terry who was there for me in a really bad time) It’s my meditation.  My alone time.  My get it together time.

Okay, enough about the meanderings.

I’ve got a reveal!

So exciting!

The NEW OLD HOMOSASSA HERITAGE COUNCIL T-SHIRT!

OHHC t-shirt

Don’t tell anyone I showed this here.  Cause, the t-shirts aren’t available yet.  And, like, no one knows about it. TOP SECRET!

AND I DID THE ART!

Just kidding.  I did the letters.  Oh, I took the picture, too.

Our friend Gil Watson did the art.  He and Wendy also gave me advice on the letters.

HEY, LETTERS ARE HARD!

Just kidding, not hard when someone gives me guidance.

And Gil and Wendy are reopening their gallery TONIGHT!

And it’s the Luminary Art Walk, too.

OK, if you live anywhere near Homosassa, you need to stop by and check out their gallery.  Wendy has been hand-painting pebbles on the floor while Gil has been creating beautiful art for the Old Homosassa Heritage Council!

Gil and Wendy truly support the community.  They have given us so much.  But, gotta say, Gil this is the best artwork ever.

There are several other galleries to check out.

I personally have always wanted to live in an art destination.  Can we make my dream come true?

Next week is the “Old Homosassa Community Day”.

And I’m going to say that this was totally my idea while I was out on a run.

The Old Homosassa Heritage Council had already reserved the Homosassa Civic Center for a yard sale.

And I said, “hey kids, let’s make it bigger and better!”

And now.

I’m going for a run!

Friday Meanderings

Georgetown

begonia

And I’m back!

I know, I know. If I don’t post on a regular basis, I will lose my followers.

Anyone still out there?

I try to be clever here. Maybe a little funny.

No?

You’re right. I haven’t been at all funny lately.

But. I’ve decided I’ve either gotta step up my game or get outta the game!

And I was really tempted to just shut the blog down.

But. I did get one text from one reader that wanted to know where was my Friday post? She even used a bad word (WTF)!

What?  I still have one reader! Time for the ticker tape parade!  (And what exactly is a ticker tape parade?)

So here goes with the clever repertoire!  (or just a lot of photos to make up for the lack of cleverness)

parsley

Went to Washington DC last weekend. To visit the favorite daughter and her husband. We’ve been trying to get up there so we could celebrate Christmas. Right. Christmas.

They travel for work. A lot.

And we are slightly over involved in all the local drama.

Trying to fit our schedule with theirs is difficult. The first opportunity was the weekend of the presidential inauguration. Yeah. D.C. During the inauguration. On the bright side I could have participated in the Women’s Parade. With 10 other women staying in their apartment.

So we picked this past weekend for our visit. Bought the tickets. Then realized it was Presidents Day weekend. Yeah. Here in Homosassa that’s not a big deal. But it’s a REALLY BIG deal in DC.

Georgetown
Georgetown. Wanted to sit at a bar on the water. No seats on the waterfront. Or anywhere. And yes, that is an ice skating rink. We did find a bar under the bridge.

Still had a great time.Drank too much.

me

Ate too much!

dinner

They gave us Alexa for our Christmas gift.

She’s always listening.

Just finished reading “the Handmaids Tale” and starting “1984” and “Fahrenheit 451” is up next.

She’s always listening.

On the local front….

Terry and I have been at the Learning Center at least three days a week.  The guitar lessons are going GREAT! The kids are so excited.

Also teaching sewing and creating fashions.

fashion show

Fashion show on March 11th during our first annual Old Homosassa Community Day.

9 – 5.

Yard sale put on by the Old Homosassa Heritage Council.  You can make donations on March 10th from 10 am to 7 pm.  All the money raised goes to painting the Old Homosassa Water Tower.

American Legion 166 will be have a Flag disposal and flag raising ceremony at 2 pm.

They’ll also be selling hotdogs and hamburgers.  The Homosassa Boys and Girls Club will be selling soda and water.

We’ve invited all of our local community groups to set up and pass out info.

Big day!  Be there!

And one more pic…

the view
The view on Thursday. How great is that?