2011...ALREADY???

Well, we've raced through Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas of 2010 and now even the New Year of 2011 is behind us!!  We're racing through the days here at AWESOME ASS ACRES, but can't really give an account of what we've done!!  We have a new granddaughter, Isabelle Leigh, born 12/14/10...healthy and beautiful!  We've had a recent visit from her big sister, Alayna, which is ALWAYS fun and at the moment we're in the midst of our 2nd BIG snow storm of the season.  We enjoyed a beautiful white Christmas day, with 6-8" and then yesterday, nature gave us about 12"!!  I do love to see it, but with livestock, I'm ready for it to leave after about 3 days!!

I've been painting several items through the holidays...ornaments, pendants, ACEO's and the wonderful Painted Ponies!!  I'm working toward becoming an official artist with The Trail of Painted Ponies, and my imagination is in overdrive! One of my latest was titled, "My Only Wish" and sold on Ebay...also 2 commissioned pieces for a wonderful customer from California!  I'm now working on a special pony that was inspired by an old Western tune!! 

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BORROWED, BLUE & PRECIOUS, TOO!

Well, I've spent time in Georgia again...just overnight, but long enough to get some sweet sugar from our grandbaby, Alayna and some really sweet pictures, too! While there, I lost count of the books that I read to her...she LOVES books! All of course, are "Learn About" books...animal, colors, alphabet, numbers, vegetable, fruits, nursery rhymes, bedtime stories, the list goes on and on and on! I'm looking for her to read by the time she's 2...you know, with her Nana's genes and all!!!HA!

I've also just finished a little something different...an address book, (whatta ya know, another book) with a handpainted blue roan Arabian on the front. Okay, I've covered the blue and precious...now the borrowed...I've included a picture of one of our "outside" cats, "borrowing" some nap time on our bed, as I painted tonight! This is Josie Wales, a 2 year old calico female, that we found on the side of the road. She was very sick and very little and was "supposed" to be taken to the Humane Society the afternoon that we found her (or so I told my husband), but she ended up staying here that night and the many nights that followed! I do a little animal doctorin', so I convinced him to let me keep her long enough to get her well! In fact, I have some pictures of her the first night here, she's sleeping on his shoulder, while he watched TV...I think that kinda sealed the deal! She knew exactly who to work on with her "wiles"!! I hope everyone's well and looking forward to spring...I've noticed the stores are already stocking barbeque grills and gardening tools --never too early to look ahead, I guess!! Take care and thanks for stopping by "AWESOME ASS ACRES"!