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| My Labrador Scout and me in my den. |
Christmas 2012 has come and it has been a terrific one. Christmas Eve we had dinner at my sisters and it was delicious, complete with Christmas crackers, and paper crowns. Then we drove around to look at Christmas lights. At 11:00 I went to midnight mass at All Saints. Then back to my sister's house to spend the night. My nephews woke me up around 6:00 in the morning to see the presents.
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| My Mom and Dad's house on Christmas Day. |
After having breakfast I went home for a while. It was raining and then the rain turned to sleet and very quickly to big flakes of snow. This was our second white Christmas in three years, and only our third in almost 70 years.
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| My sister and some of my nephews in my parent's backyard on Christmas Day. |
I went out to help my Mom and Dad get ready for Christmas dinner. That evening my sister, brother inlaw, my four nephews , and my brother inlaw's dad came for dinner. The boys brought their sleds and headed for the hill in the backyard. It was bitter cold but the sledding was good and even I made a few runs. We had another great dinner and then we all headed home before the roads were too icy.
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| My house on Christmas Night. |
That night I had a fire in the fireplace lit my tree and slept on the sofa. It was a pleasant way to top off the day.
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| Me in the large gallery space at the downtown library where my friends and I have a show. |
Today was a very enjoyable day. On the 21st a large group of my friends, about 30 of us, hung a show in the Fort Worth Central Library. The show is called Texas and the West. It is very diverse, oils, acrylics, watercolors, photography and for the reception even a few of my bronzes.
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| My five paintings in the show. |
I really can't say enough good things about the quality of the work in the show. I would love to have any of the pieces in my home. Today was our reception. We had lots of delicious food that the artists all brought and we had piano music thanks to my friend Emilia Hernandez. Many of my friends from work, church, other art groups and some of my relatives came. I wish all the artists in the show great success.
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| The banner for our show with some of my paintings on it and one by my friend Sheri Jones. |
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Bonjour cher ami,
ReplyDeleteIl y avait un moment que je m'étais pas promenée sur votre blog !...
J'ai pu admirer sur votre publication précédente ce beau tatou.
Noël fut pour vous une très agréable journée en famille et la joie des jeux de la glissade ! Pour finir avez-vous rencontrer le père noël la nuit près de la cheminée ?!!... sourire !
Une très jolie bannière engageante pour votre exposition annuelle.
Je vous souhaite une année 2013 très créative couronnée de succès.
Une petite pensée pour vous en ce passage très prochain de l'année 2012 à 2013.
Gros bisous.
Congratulations on the show, wish I was there! I love how you share all the homey and simple, yet wonderful things going on in your life. Happy New Year,Doug!
ReplyDeleteCool pictures of your family at Christmas. It was a great art show and reception. Thanks for all your work on putting that together. I'm sure herding cats would have been easier!
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed seeing your personal photos. Congrats on the show. I wish you continued success and blessing in 2013, my friend!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you all. Randy and Sheri hope we get to have many opportunities to paint together in 2013. Anne and Martine if you come to Texas call me and we will go paint.
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Happy New Year Doug and congratulations on the show. I spent Christmas with my family and had a great week, the kids and I went to the beach and had a lot of fun.
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