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Fine Art Friday

Thing 2 is taking art lessons; here are his most recent works:

Fine Art Friday

The Things and I visited the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens a couple of weeks ago.

Here is our favorite work of art:

OK, it's not exactly a work of art...it's a fragment of a work of art.  It's a portrait by John Singer Sargent of some lady whose name is unimportant enough that I don't remember it.  The important thing is that she had a Cavalier!

There was also lots of statuary on the grounds:

Most of the statues were of Greek gods and mythological characters...this is Perseus and Medusa.

Two Coi

For Fine Art Friday - pastel by Thing 2:

Coming tomorrow:

I was laughing hysterically at Pioneer Woman's post from Tuesday because it sounded so much like something that would happen to me.   Tomorrow I'll be posting about my life's most embarrassing moment -  you know, that moment when you think, "Please God, just let me die now so I don't have to face these people."  So be sure to check back!

Fine Art Friday, Hawaii Style

Faithful readers, you’ve been patiently waiting for an update on our Hawaiian vacation. I’ve been having too much fun to sit down and blog about it, but I opted to skip the snorkeling this morning so I have a few moments to share with you! We have been staying at the Marriott Ko'olina Beach Club for the last 4 nights. It’s lovely! There are so many things to do that I almost wish we could have stayed on-site the whole time. That’s exactly what we did on Wednesday; Thing 1 and I had a marvelous day at the resort. We started off our day with a morning massage in a beach-side cabana. Then, we took a 4 hour watercolor workshop from Don Hall, who is the Beach Club’s “Artist in Residence.” We ended up with the following finished products which I share with you in honor of Fine Art Friday:

Aloha!