Monday, December 17, 2018

NOTE: ALL PAINTINGS ARE 20% OFF LISTED PRICE AT THIS TIME

22 X 28 WATERCOLOR, MATTED, FRAME AND PLEXIGLASS.
DAISEY BOUQUET $500

12 X 12 ACRYLIC, WRAP CANVAS..HUNTER'S POINT NEAR COPPER HARBOR
$90

22 X 28 WATERCOLOR/ACRYLIC, MATTED, FRAMED WITH PLEXIGLASS
WILD TANSY AND CHICKORY $500

IF YOU WISH TO GET YOUR OWN  MATT & FRAMING, DEDUCT $100...AND 20% OFF BESIDES


PAINTINGS AVAILABLE....CALL OR TEXT ME AT 906-369-2468 PAINTINGS ARE 20% OFF AT THIS TIME 9-2468 IF INTERESTED

24 AND 40 ACRYLIC, WRAP CANVAS, NEEDS NO FRAME
LAKE SUPERIOR SHORE $500


11 X 14 HAVEN'S FALLS...(SORRY, NO FRAME AS SHOWN)  WRAP CANVAS, NEEDS NO FRAME
ACRYLIC..$200

11 X 14 ACRYLIC, FRAMED, ESREY PARK IN THE KEWEENAW
$250




11 X 14 ACRYLIC, CANVAS WRAP, JACOB'S FALLS $200

12 X 12 ACRYLIC...MEGA ENLARGED BLUEBERRY BLOSSOMS
(blossoms are super small, but are beautiful) $80

8 x 10 framed, watercolor, copper country thimbleberries $50

24 X 30 FRAMED WATERCOLOR , MAUVE MAT, PLEXIGLASS FRAMED,
COPPER COUNTRY WILD FLOWERS ($400---)

HAPPY COUPLE....KELSEY (TIKKANEN) AND TOM RANDELL
MARRIED IN CALUMET LAST WKEND

THIS IS WILLISTON AND DICKENSON, NO.DAK., COMBINED SUNDAY SCHOOL CHRISTMAS  PROGRAM PHOTO..(thanks, wally)  HOW BLESSED THEY ARE TO HAVE THEIR LITTLE CONGREGATION OUT WEST.

KINDA LATE ON THIS PHOTO...STANLEY HELMINEN, SVEN TOROLA , SAUL TOLKKINEN, ELI ANDERSON AND CALVIN HELMINEN...

TINA (HYRKAS) ZEGEL WITH KIDS NATHAN AND JANA
THEY LIVE IN LONGMONT, CO

I PAINTED THIS TINY PICTURE OF MY CASITA LAST YEAR AND PUT IT IN THIS XMAS TREE ORNAMENT FRAME

THIS YEAR, I HAD PORCELAIN ORNAMENTS WITH THE PAINTING OF MY CASITA FOR ALL THE KIDS...WITH DATES 2002-2018....IN MEMORY OF MINE AND PETE'S FAVORITE PLACE.  I SOLD THE CASITA THIS SUMMER, I KNOW IT WAS TIME, IN MY OLD AGE.
(a good idea for gifts for even weddings, anniversaries, etc.... in any kind of material, and comes in this elegant velvet bag)

Friday, December 14, 2018

The Alaska gang has taken over my tradition on making gingerbread houses out of graham crackers and melted white chocolate...i retired and they took over.....







Tuesday, December 4, 2018

HAD A GREAT TIME IN MENAHGA THIS THANKSGIVING...21 OF US AT ANDREA AND LOREN HAVERINEN'S (MARGIE AND BRIAN'S DAUGHTER) IN THEIR BRAND NEW HOME...EVERYBODY PITCHED IN WITH BRINGING ALL KITCHEN STUFF OVER FROM A 100 FEET AWAY, WHILE US LADIES PUT IT AWAY, FURNITURE WAS BROUGHT OVER, BRIAN DID A BUNCH OF CARPENTERING WITH SHELVES, GUYS GOT THE WASHER AND DRYER SET AND WORKING, ETC.,ETC.  THEN PREP FOR PIES AND TURKEY DAY...WE HAD A GREAT TIME VISITING EACH OTHER AS WELL AS SEVERAL IN THE CONGREGATION.  THE NEXT DAY, THE YOUNGIES MADE ABOUT 40 PASTIES....

JULIA'S HUSBAND, JAKE AHO "SHOVELING" THE BANANA CREAM PIE  IN

JULIA HERSELF

WHAT A PLEASANT SURPRISE TO SEE OUR BABYSITTER WE HAD WHEN WE LIVED IN MPLS....HELEN KERANEN, LEFT FRONT.  WE HAD A GOOD REUNION....(ABOUT 50 YEARS AGO, HAVENT SEEN HER SINCE!)  HELEN AND HUSBAND BILL RATH, AND SHARON AND DICK SILTALA...AT THE COTTAGE HOUSE....JUST HAVE TO GO THERE EVERY TIME WE ARE IN MENAHGA...YUM

IHAZEL AND ART SKOOG, WHO LIVE AT ROSE HAVEN, AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY IN MENAHGA.  GREAT TO SEE THEM....I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS PHOTO!

DIGGING IN AT OUR TURKEY DAY...

JULIE SALMEN, KAREN SKOOG, ?, ANDREA JOHNSON, ? (KATHLEEN AND MIKE PIETILA'S DAUGHTER, CAN'T REM. NAME....SOMEBODY GIVE ME NAMES?) IN THE NEW CHURCH....SO MANY PEOPLE TO VISIT, NOT ENUF TIME!

OUR HOST AND HOSTESS...ANDREA AND LOREN (CAN YOU TELL THAT THE GUYS HAD THE HARDEST JOB? HEH!)

ME AND MY BUDDY LEMPI ROIKO, 95 YEARS STRONG...LIVES AT ROSE HAVEN ALSO...GOOD VISIT, WE ARE CONNECTED TO SCRABBLE AGAIN.  YEA!

AT THE COTTAGE HOUSE...AARON LEHTO, HANS JOSEPHSON, NICK SKOOG AND ? NISKA (i dont think i got the names in right order...)

darlene, julia and brian.....

WOULDN'T YOU. KNOW!!!!  OOOO, I LOVE BCP!

THE NEW CHURCH IS ON THE LEFT, OLD ON THE RIGHT.  THE DINING AREA WAS DONE A WHILE BACK, IT IS CONNECTED ALREADY, AND THERE'S A TEMPORARY BREEZEWAY TO THE OLD CHURCH....

MANY PEOPLE GO INTO THE NEW CHURCH AFTER SERVICES....THEY ARE SO HAPPY, AND HOPE TO HAVE THE SUNDAY SCHOOL PROGRAM THERE.  THERE WILL BE CARPETING DOWN THE TWO AISLES, BUT NOT UNDER THE BENCHES.  THE NEW ORGAN WILL BE IN THE FRONT.  WE IN CALUMET KNOW THE FEELING AND ANTICIPATION AND THE THANKFULNESS TO THE HEAVENLY FATHER FOR THIS HAPPENING!

CHECK OUT MY PAINTINGS ON "COPPER COUNTRY ART, BY ARTIST, ELLEN TOROLA" FACEBOOK.......
LARGER PAINTINGS WILL BE REDUCED....TEXT ME OR CALL IF INTERESTED IN A PURCHASE...
ONE FOR ANY AGE, EVEN A BABY....


Saturday, November 3, 2018

SERVICES IN LONGVIEW, WN...AT SARAH AND PHIL DAHL'S
FRONT: KEVIN DAHL, ANNMARIE AND MARK MORRIS ((WENATCHAEE, WA) , AARON & MIRANDA HARJU (BATTLE GRUND WA)
BACK:  GENE MARTINI, DAVE TAIVALKOSKI, AARON KINNUNEN, KIRK HILL,
(BATTLE GROUND WA), PHIL, NATHAN, SARAH DAHL, JOEL & CAROLINE KANGAS (KLAMATH FALLS, ORE) ROLAND HILL, BARB KANGAS (TRAVEL NURSE FROM THE COPPER COUNTRY, WORKING IN ALTURAS, CA) RITA & WARREN WALKER
2018

I WAS GOLFING WITH MY BOYS AT SANDY PEBBLES THIS SUMMER, WHEN WHO CAME UP BEHIND US BUT TOM HELMINEN AND KEVIN PENNALA...WE LET THE PROS GO THRU!

A MANY HOUR PROJECT...WATERCOLOR AND ACRYLIC PAINTING OF TWO WILDFLOWERS...CHICKORY AND TANSY...22 X 28 MATTED AND FRAMED AND FOR SALE

MY SPECIAL GRAMPA, JOHN KANGAS MANY YEARS AGO..I LOVED HIM WITH ALL MY HEART

GOOD FISHING...THE HELMINEN GUYS...ROGER, STANLEY AND CALVIN...IN ALASKA THIS PAST SUMMER

MARTIN HELMINEN FAMILY, CAME FOR A VISIT LAST SPRING

WENT WITH DAVE TO A VOLLEYBALL GAME AT MICH. TECH.   SURE GOT A KICK OUT OF THE PEP BAND, WITH THEIR MANY ANTICS AND MODE OF DRESS, HATS, ETC.
TECH WAS PLAYING MRQT....DAVE'S DAUGHTER, JANIE,  IS ON MRQT TEAM...TECH WON  BY ONE POINT...VERY CLOSE GAME...FUN FOR A CHANGE IN EVENINGS FOR ME

A "NEIGHBORHOOD BRUNCH" AT PHYLLIS LIMANEN'S THIS SUMMER:  ALL  LAURIUM NEIGHBORHOOD: FRONT, ME,(NEE KANGAS)  JANET (JOHNSON)CURTIS, PHYLLIS (JOHNSON) LIMANEN, BACK: MARY (ANDERSON) LARSON, MARCY (ANDERSON) STUROS, COOKIE (KANGAS) HARJU, PHYLLIS (WICKSTROM) ?, HELEN (ANDERSON) PENNALA
TALK ABOUT MEMORIES, WE WERE ALL TALKING AT ONCE....WHAT A GREAT IDEA AND FUN TIME!

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

WEDDING OF ADAM TAIVALKOSKI AND MEGAN KINNUNEN, OCT. 2018

DAVE AND JOANNE TAIVALKOSKI, PARENTS

RON AND LORA KINNUNEN, PARENTS (and sleeping baby)

ENGAGEMENT PIC....JANIE TOROLA AND LEVI ERKKILA...GETTING MARRIED MAY 18
DAVE AND ANN'S DAUGHTER, MARK AND AMY'S SON

ENGAGED...PAUL TOROLA, AND ABBY BJORN
PAUL IS DAVE AND ANN'S SON, ABBY IS JENNIFER AND BJ BJORN'S DAUGHTER
WEDDING FEB. 2

THIS PAST SUMMER AT DONELLE AHO'S CAMP...HER MOM ELLEN YLITALO CAME TO STAY A FEW DAYS AT CEDAR BAY, SO WE WERE TREATED TO TROUT DINNER

I JUST KNEW I'D FORGET NAMES...OUR DINNER HOSTS...DONELLE (FUDDY) AHO, HER THREE KIDS, KAYLEEN (MUKKA) HORSMA, FR MENAHGA, AND OUR NEW RESIDENT RACHEL, WHO JUST MARRIED AN ANDERSON....

AT THIS SUMMER'S CALUMET GOLF TOURNAMENT...REALLY FUN TO GOLF W THESE GIRLS....WE SCORED WELL!!  FIRST FLIGHT.

THREE PEPPY LADIES...LIL KILPELA, INA NORDSTROM, RUTH JURMU
GOING STRONG

HAPPY TUBA PLAYER AT LAST SPRING CONCERT...MARNE ANDERSON