These are for you, Jodie....

this is my niece. The first one is not really my style, but I was just having some fun at the computer. It is my first try at computer oil painting! The second one is a b/w play from an earlier photo that (i'm sure Jodie will agree) I've gotten better at!

Having fun with some backlighting

will post more later...

quick look...these are coming down!

I haven't had a minute to take a self portrait...but I found these from last month when I just got my camera and was monkeying around. The weather here is going to change finally, so I can go outside and play around with a couple pix of me. No great, big, fun windows in my house, unfortunately. It's only fair, though, that since I threw out the challenge that I'd have to make good, too, and post SOMETHING... Don't blink, these'll be down as quick as they went up...

One more before the snow melts!

3 pink balloons in memory of Ava...

sweet angel Ava, in Heaven above,
watch over and comfort all those that you love...

Happy Valentine's Day!

Here are a couple pictures of Drake's school Valentine's this year. We had a "snow day" yesterday, so he was glad school was open for his Valentine's party today!

Front view:

Side view (some homemade candy in a bag....sorry this didn't photo well)

they're saying up to 12" of snow today....

our chicago winters!

just a couple of quick ones....

Some Christmas cards I made this year.....

The first card is the daughters of a friend of mine,
The second is my Michael, Brandon and Drake, XMAS 06. This is a photo of the actual card so I'm not sure how it will look as a post! I must say, they were cute, though! I should have taken a second pic of my family card - when you pull the tab out of the bottom, the Christmas message was printed on there...

trying some different light...