Wednesday, November 26, 2014

ORIGINAL PAINTINGS LISTED IN THE FOLLOWING PICTURES....CALL IF INTERESTED. CLICK ON PICTURE TO ENLARGE SO YOU CAN SEE IT BETTER!

15 X 25 APPLE BLOSSOMS....$50  SOLD

18 X 20 MATTED PRINT...RASPBERRY ISLAND, ISLE ROYALE.  THIS IS THE LAST PRINT LEFT.  BLUE MAT, SORRY FOR REFLECTIONS....$50

12 X 16 WRAP CANVAS, PUT ON SHELF OR HANG...GERANIUMS..$50

20 X 20, ESREY PARK...$70. SOLD


18 X 24, WATERCOLOR, LADYSLIPPERS....$75

ABOUT 16 X 20 IRIS, WATERCOLOR...$40 ($35 IN A MAT...FRAME  IS A LITTLE SCRATCHED)

11 X 14 HANCOCK OVERLOOK, ACRYLIC, FRAMED...$80 SOLD

20 X 26 WATERCOLOR, MC CALLUM CREEK IN BOOTJACK...(AS YOU CAN SEE THE MARKDOWN...WAS $175, NOW $80)  AGAIN, SORRY FOR REFLECTION ON THE GLASS.

24 X 36 ACRYLIC OF PT. ISABELLA SHORE...WAS $500, NOW $200

24 X 36 ACRYLIC, COPPERHARBOR...WAS $500, NOW $200
S0LD

18 X 14 WATERCOLOR, FRAMED...WAS $200, NOW $55
SWEDETOWN SKI TRAIL

THIS PRINT IS CALLED "BEARY ADORABLE"...I HAVE ABOUT 15 LEFT.  YOU WILL GET THIS FREE WHEN YOU MAKE A PURCHASE.  



8 X 10 WILD BLACKBERRIES...$35

8 X 10 DAISEY FIELD...$25
SOLD


8 X 20 THIMBLEBERRIES...$35

8 X 10 MCLAIN PARK SHORE..$25

11 X 14 WATERCOLOR, TOBACCO RIVER (FOR YOUR FISHERMAN)..$45


12 X 16 WATERCOLOR ON CANVAS...$40
SOLD

11 X 14 WATERCOLOR, LADYSLIPPERS...$25 (REFLECTIONS ARE ON THE GLASS, SORRY)

11 X 14 SUPERIOR SHORE...$$45

11X 14 WATERCOLOR, MENDOTA (LAC LA BELLE) LIGHTHOUSE...$50

HERE ARE PAINTINGS FOR SALE...IF INTERESTED, CALL 369-2468 AND TELL ME TO SAVE IT FOR YOU

EACH PNTNG IS LK SUPERIOR SHORE...$25..A,B,C,D TO CHOOSE
CLICK ON PICTURES TO ENLARGE!!!

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5 X 7'S, WRAP AROUND CANVAS, ONE INCH THICK, CAN HANG ON WALL OR SIT ON A SHELF...$25  VIOLETS SOLD

8 X 10 HUNGARIAN FALLS, $30

5 X 7, JACOB'S FALLS...$25

5 X 7 , COPPER HARBOR LIGHT HOUSE $20

5 X 7 FRAME, WATERCOLOR ROSES...$20

10" ROUND, VIOLETS...$30

8 X 10 EAGLE HARBOR LIGHT HOUSE...$35

11 X 14 WATERCOLOR, THIMBLEBERRIES AND JAM...$40

12 X 16 DAFFODILS/LILLY OF THE VALLEY...$35

8 X 10 WATERMAID.....$25

8 X 10 IRIS....$25

5 X 7 HUNGARIAN FALLS...$25
THESE WILL BE POSTED FOR MOST OF DECEMBER....FRAMES ARE SHOWN/ SOME ARE WRAP AROUND CANVAS AND FRAMES ARENT NECESSARY UNLESS YOU WANT TO BUY YOUR OWN.

Friday, November 21, 2014

HEY, Y'ALL!!  OUR ANNUAL OLD FASHIONED CHRISTMAS BAZAAR IS TOMORROW....SATURDAY, 10AM TO 2PM!!!
I AM HAVING A GOOD SALE....$500 PAINTINGS FOR $200 (24 X 36")  (ONLY TWO OF THESE)
PAINTINGS FROM $125 TO $225 ARE UNDER $100....FROM 18 X 24" TO 5 X 7........GONNA MOOOOOOVE EM!  CALUMET H.S. GYM!

Saturday, November 15, 2014

OUT WITH THE KIDS WHEN WE WUZ YOUNG...LOOKS LIKE SOME OLDER LADIES, LIKE WE ARE NOW ARE WITH US...I SEE CELIA PETERSON, ALMA ANDERSON, HELEN BYLKAS
TAKEN AT RICHIE GRANROTH'S HOUSE IN THE 50'S

IN MID-SEPT., 2014, DORIS HUHTA INVITED EVERYBODY TO COME TO HER DAUGHTER'S CAMP IN EAGLE RIVER, POT LUCK....AWESOME, CUTE, PRIVATE PLACE.  WE HAD A GOOD TIME, EATS, SING, LAUGH, ETC.  DORIS HAD US "CATAGORIZED" INTO AGE GROUPS FOR OUR PICTURES.  HERE'S THE 90 YEAR OLDS...INA NORDSTROM AND ETHEL ESKOLA

THE 80 YEAR OLDS: FRONT, PAULINE HEINONEN, LIL KILPELA, MARGARET BENDA, RUTH JURMU.  BK ROW, CAROL JURMU, DORIS HUHTA, RUTH PIETILA, ANNA ANTTILA

NOW FOR THE 70 YEAR OLD  YOUNG'UNS:  LANA HEINONEN, ELEANOR HARMALA, MARYJO GRANROTH, ELLEN TOROLA

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE "KIDS"...60 YEAR OLD JUDY ANDERSON, BEATRICE LAHNALA, AND REALLY REALLY YOUNG, LYNN JUNTTILA SHERMAN

LEARNING TO KNIT SESSION AT MY HOUSE:  MADDIE AND LIZZIE TOROLA....MADDIE IS HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME (OR I AM) TRYING TO TEACH A LEFT HANDER.  LIZZIE CAUGHT ON, AND IS EAGER TO KNIT A SCARF.

UNCLE WES KANGAS, 92 FEISTY YEARS OLD
HE'S HAPPY CUZ WE ARE PLAYING DOMINOES


JUST LOOKED AT MY COUNTER FOR HITS ON THIS HOMELESS PAGE, WHICH PETE STARTED, AND I TOOK OVER A COUPLE YEARS BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY....I USUALLY GET FROM 900 TO 1200 HITS A WEEK, SOMETIMES A TON MORE.  THE COUNT AT THE MOMENT IS 1,023,843...SO PERHAPS I WILL KEEP ON DOING THIS FOR A WHILE?

Saturday, November 8, 2014

HAVE PATIENCE...SOME MORE TOROLA POT LUCK, SEPT 28
LANA HYRKAS, KATHY TARNOWSKI, ANN TOROLA

AMINA TARNOWSKI, IDA-LIISA HAATAJA

FRONT: KRIS TERVO, MARGIE HELMINEN
2ND R: LYNN TOROLA, ANN TOROLA, JOANNE TAIVALKOSKI, JEAN TOROLA,
TRUDY HAATAJA, KATHY TARNOWSKI, LANA HYRKAS

2014 ANNUAL ROIKO LADIES WEEKEND, IN LAWS AND OUTLAWS
I THINK THIS IS THE ORDER LEMPI GAVE ME: FRONT: PATTI ISAACSON, EMILY KERANEN, BRENDA LAFOREST, CONNIE HELPI, NICHOLE ROIKA
BK ROW:HOLLY ROIKO, LIZ KERANEN, LEMPI ROIKO, ANN BIMBERG, ANNA KOMPPA, LAURA KERO, SWEN STURROCK

BROTHER JERRY KANGAS'S WHATCHACALLET...DUNE BUGGY, RACESTER, HOTROD???
I CRAWLED IN, VERY CAREFULLY JUST TO GET MY PIC TAKEN.  SHEEESH!

FOUR LITTLE GIRLS AT CHURCH...JUST WHEN I WAS READY TO TAKE THE PICTURE, I SAW THAT THE SUN WAS TOO BRIGHT FOR THEM....TOO LATE.  CUTE, ANYWAY.


ME, GR/GRAMMA AND SAWYER HYRKAS (GLEN AND SHANNA), AND ALLI HYRKAS (WAYNE AND TESSA)

END OF SUMMER DINING AT THE HUT:  TOROLA GANG