SELENA AND KURT JOHNSON AND FAMILY VISITING RECENTLY

LARGE MIXED MEDIA PAINTING CALLED “COPPER COUNTRY MEDLEY”

ALL THE THINGS YOU CAN ENJOY IN THE COPPER COUNTRY

MANY HOURS OF PAINTING…I THINKING OF POSSIBLE PRINTS AND PUZZLES

 

SERVICES IN FLORIDA TODAY…ADULTS AND KIDS….

 

CUBA…..TAP TO ENLARGE PRINTING

 

 

 

MY 86th BIRTHDAY  BRUNCH, ,GIVEN DESERT, CANDLE AND A SONG

BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS ON THIS TREE, WHEN IN FULL BLOOM, THE WHOLE TREE IS ORANGE

AT 8AM EVERY MORNING, A BUGLE SOUNDS AND THEN THE NATIONAL ANTHEM IS PLAYED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE 45 SQUARE MILES OF GUANTANAMO BAY.  EVERYONE STOPS WHAT THEY ARE DOING, STANDING AT ATTENTION,, THE MILITARY SALUTE DURING THE ANTHEM.  IF YOU ARE DRIVING, YOU STOP ON SIDE OF THE ROAD.  I NOTICED MANY PEOPLE AND MILITARY AT THE AIRPORT WITH SO MANY PEOPLE IN ONE SPOT, I WAS VERY MOVED.  AT SUNDOWN, REVILLE IS PLAYED.

IN THIS PHOTO, WE WENT TO THE TOP OF A MOUNTAIN TO HEAR THE ANTHEM…BRIAN WAS CHECKING OUT THE SCENERY RIGHT BEFORE THE ANTHEM.

TRAVEL SKETCHBOOK…

A BANYAN TREE…HUGE AND BEAUTIFUL 

TODD, EVELYN, BRIAN, LITTLE TODD AND I

ANOTHERBLOOMING TREE

IGUANA

 

RECENT TRIP TO GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA

IGUANAS ARE PROTECTED HERE, THERE ARE ROAD SIGNS..”IGUANA CROSSING”

THEY ARE ABOUT 15 lbs., and 3 FEET LONG

WE ATE AT A MONGOLIAN BUFFET…FIRST WAS A SALAD/VEGETABLE BAR, NEXT WAS A MEAT BAR, U PUT YOUR FOOD ON TWO PLATES, BRING IT TO THE CASHIER, WHO WEIGHS YOUR FOOD AND YOU PAY ACCORDINGLY, THEN TO SEASONING/OILS TABLE, NEXT GO IN LINE TO THE COOKS…DELICIOUS!

LITTLE TOD, SON OF EVELYN (Margie and Brian’s daughter) AND TODD

TOURING…MARGIE AND BRIAN.

BEAUTIFUL SHORELINE WITH THE LIGHTHOUSE.  THERE ARE HIGH GRASSY, BUSH HILLS.

ONE MUST HAVE A SPONSOR TO GO TO CUBA..MOST PEOPLE THERE ARE IN MILITARY, GOVERNMENT OR CONTRACTORS.  WE FLEW  FROM THE MILITARY BASE IN JACKSONVILLE.