Hi everyone! I’m sorry my post is late today, had some appointments this morning. How’s everyone’s Friday going? Have you ever heard the song, “Yankee Doodle“? It’s a funny sounding song that has it’s origins sometime during the early parts of colonial American history. The tune for this song frequently get’s stuck in my head and I’ll find myself sometimes whistling it, and I’m sure our founding fathers probably wouldn’t care for that. I often wonder if our founding fathers…
The holidays are my favorite time of year and they kick off with one of the best, Halloween. Even as an adult, I love seeing all the houses decorated and how kids get excited about their costumes. It’s so much fun to me to get the house all set up, making cookies that look like fingers. It wasn’t until I was in college that I learned the history behind the holiday. History, to me, is full of awesome stories, and…
I don’t want to bash the brothers too hard, but when I realized that the stories that I was really fond of as a kid were in fact a not as “G rated” as I thought, I was a bit shocked. To say the least. It’s a little disturbing to realize that while Cinderella didn’t have mice, she did have birds that helped her and eventually plucked the eyes out of her step-sisters after her wedding to the prince. Or…
Fairy tales abound with mysterious creatures, but I think my favorite one is the dragon. I love how the dragon is portrayed as either a villain, like with Saint George, or as a hero like in Pete’s Dragon. Not too long ago, Build-A-Bear had Toothless that you could buy and I dragged my daughter over to get one. Turns out that I wanted one more than she did, but since I didn’t want to share we got two. True story….
Last night I went to an art class with my friend, Sandra, and we attempted to paint on canvas a painting entitled, “Winter Solstice.” Here is what I came up with. (Note: I’m not showing you what the example looked like because I want you to be impressed. Haha!) Just before going to this class, my husband teased me about going to a finger-painting class, but you should have seen his face when I got home with this. He…