Saturdays and cell phone pictures....

Saturdays.
You know they are my favorite day of the week.
But it's not until I'm back to work those first few weeks that I really appreciate them.
The first week back was a little rocky, the first weekend "off" wasn't much better. This past week had it's "bumps", but after being in my classroom for 12 days in a row, I was ready for this Saturday. (So were the mounds of dirty clothes in the laundry room....)
I posted on Facebook that I had one thing on my "to do list".....I never really have one thing on my "to do list", but I liked the way that sounded.....and it was to paint.
I've discovered that I play with paint because it helps me feel better.


I share my paintings cuz' I like to see the "from here to there", but not because I think they are good.
When I share my photography, I hope people think they are "good",
but I share paintings because they were fun to do.....

 Inspired by something I saw on Pinterest:

 Painting style inspired by artist Karrie Evenson (her blog link is listed on the right)

I call it, "the girls"

Doodling and stamping inspired by artist Christy Tomlinson, (her blog is listed on the right too).

I was getting ready to work on this owl that I started weeks ago, and found it interesting how I use my Nook for a resource of inspiration and thought how it was a sign of the times.....

before.....

after.... :o)

I took the above photos on my cell phone because it was handy, while downloading those I found a few more pics I meant to share:

McKenna officially has glasses now,

and of course they include her signature color of green!

And then, I found this photo,

I don't like to include photos of me, but I took this on the first day of school 2012....I don't know why we all were looking the same direction, but I thought it was an okay photo.....yes, I edited the teeth. I wish they were really that white (for all of us) but this is a whole lot cheaper!

Night, night ya'll, wayyyyyy past my bedtime.
Love,
Melle