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Dancing in the Moonlight ~ Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace

Oil on Canvas, 18 x 27 inches


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I have been TAGGED!

I HAVE BEEN TAGGED~

By Diane Whitehead ART OUT WEST


Here are the rules: 1. Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog. 2. Share 5 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird. 3. Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs. 4. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog

Some fun facts about me

1. I am from a family of three children, I am the only girl, middle child! Originally I hail from St Louis but most of my adult life has been spent in Texas.

2. I graduated with a degree in commercial art, worked 9 years in an advertising agency and taught art for several years before becoming a full time artist.

3. I love to paint, play my guitar, my piano, read and do Cross Stitch.

4. I own my own company, Graphics One Design, dba and have taught art, guitar and piano as In Perspective Studio since 1982.

5. I am married to my high school sweetheart and we live in the area in Dallas we grew up in, Lake Highlands.

I would like to tag these artists

Jeanne Illenye

K. Madison Moore

Brad Bisbey

M Collier

Nancy Eckels


I had to paste the above in for the tagged game on Daily Painters. Someone had an urge to stir the pot!

Adventures in this house never cease to amaze me. I was up early yesterday and painted and then planned to shower and Billie and I would hit Target, have lunch and then head to the airport. About ten I climbed into my big double shower and turned on the hot water. I glanced down and noted what appeared to look like black/navy spots of ink on the shower seat. They seem to brush off, but I used my sprayer and washed them off. I then found the pooping culprit, a large beetle type bug behind the soap dish. I flushed him to a happy voyage in the Dallas Sewer System. Future reference will be the DSS. I then used cleaning stuff on the edge where the glass doors slide. Remember I am IN the shower trying to wash me when I decided to do this. I wiped away at the area with an old rag towel and suddenly there was a slither in the shower. There are two things I do not like, bugs and slithers. Well, I debated ten seconds realizing I was not prepared for company to come save me in the shower, so I turned the water off, grabbed my towel around me and vacated the area in search of my youngest son. (He is age 27) He was in the kitchen working. He was one of those kids that had a snake in his apartment in college. I didn't adopt it as a grand pet though, I am anti slither. He looked down in the shower laughing at me proclaiming it was not a slither but a huge huge huge long worm. That is almost worse, because is reminded me of those long stringy things Paddy had as a puppy...growing inside of him. EEEEk. So Morgan catches the worm and suddenly says, "Here's another one.' I stick my head over his bent over body and look down. From a small hole in the grout was ANOTHER slithering worm mid air pushing his way from the dark hole under the shower. End result...I will not shower alone and Terry WILL / MUST rip out the shower and do it NOW, not in two weeks as planned.

Billie flew back to the cold and snow of New York late last night. The airport was not too busy so I am hoping all went smooth. IT was late when she arrived last night and I am sure she did not make home in Penn Yan until after midnight. I so enjoyed her love and laughter the past ten days and my home will always echo her whistling!

Today is painting day. I have not been able to hit the canvas and really let go since we moved. I am wild in anticipation of working this morning and very resentful of any impending needed housework that blatantly sticks out in front of me. Will have to balance this today. Perhaps that is the word of the day...BALANCE. Find the balance in your life. Some of you might be floating between decisions in life. Some of you are seeking answers or relief to situations....sit back and listen for God. Allow him to bring balance and harmony into your life, but be open to receive what he sends.

Except for Slithers...I can't be open to slithers in the house.

Grace,
Laurie

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 -




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