at the river

     Last week was nice and cool,  so we went for a drive to the river. I was wanting to collect some 

     river rocks and Bobby was gonna do some fishing.    

 

 

    The path down to the river was lush and green.  It was filled with small orange flowers that I have

    never seen before.  

 

 

 

 

 

    And the view overhead was just as pretty.

 

 

    The Little Red River

 

 

 

 

 

       Bobby found a tiny brown trout stuck in a tiny little puddle and rescued it.   

 

 

 

     I searched the shore for just the right rocks.

 

 

    In the process I also found three heart rocks. Bobby found one too.

 

   
    This is what I came home with.

   
    And this is what I got them for.

 

 

 

art journaling

 

 

     I've spent most of the summer art journaling. I started a few paintings but haven't gotten back to

     to finish them.  The first half I was into an e-course by Alisa Burkes. Then I joined Creativebug

     and have been enjoying  a class by Pam Garrison.  I've learned new techniques from both classes

     that I hope to put to use in my own work.

 

     The following photos are my art journal pages done in ink, marker, watercolor, acrylics, crayon,

     really whatever I had on hand.

 

 

 

 

     





crochet, shopping and mr. thornton

  

     while in iowa we spent our days talking, shopping, eating,      

   crocheting and watching movies.

 



 

 

 

 

 

       always under the watchful eye of missy

       I would say our long trip was definitely worth it.