SURELY it can NOT be the last day of August.
NOPE! I refuse to believe it.
Jubilee REFUSED to believe that those guys were REALLY going to drape that snake around her neck, and yet we have photographic proof that it happened.
(She felt slimy for the rest of the day. Prague was TOO crowded! Won’t go back again unless it is WAY out of tourist season.)
Tomorrow I will BELIEVE it is September 1st, BUT I WILL BE INCREDULOUS. Wanna be incredulous together? Do I LOOK incredulous?
That was what I was going for with my new passport photo (she said sarcastically.) In the actual passport there is NO separation between my white hair and the white background. I look quite the SPECTRE!
Jubilee and I experienced Iceland, England, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and England. We flew WOW airlines!
Our friend borrowed a PROPANE GAZ car and Jubilee figured out how to fill it up. She grew two inches while we were away!
My round-trip ticket to England was $539! It cost more to fly to Seattle. We flew on the maiden flight of WOW out of DFW. So worth saving for two years. I HIGHLY recommend the trip.
(When this photo was taken Jubilee and I had been awake for 29 hours.)
We were in Iceland for three days and it was not nearly enough. We rode Icelandic horses along a canyon to Gull Foss waterfalls. I am already saving for the return trip. AND THERE IS NEW ART inspired by the trip!
We returned home with a SPLASH as swim season started without us and there were laps to conquer and strokes to perfect.
It was my youngest son’s last year to swim YMCA. He was also a coach. SO MANY SUNBURNS!
TODAY is the LAST day of AUGUST, we have been back to school for two weeks and I swear…I’ve been swearing more than I ought lately – dang it, now I can’t remember where I was going.
I need a nap, but that ain’t gonna happen! Not until November. I just finished one commission (JEWELR!) and I am working on a painting commission. I want tell you all about it but I signed a confidentiality agreement so I can’t – not YET! Soon. Maybe, I hope. We will see. And that is the point, I want you to SEE!
I am chasing down dreams. And I CAUGHT ONE.
(Yes, yes it was very pokey and it hurt to pick her up, and, no, I did NOT tell customs about my adventure in the Polish woods catching hedgehogs..
Well, I caught an HEDGEHOG in Poland. She was crossing the road, my friend pulled over and hollered,
“Catch it!”
WHAT?SERIOUSLY?
I hopped out of the car
AND
I
CAUGHT
IT!
WHY? It seemed like the right thing to do under that big bright full moon.
Jubilee was mortified, as only a 13-year old can be mortified, but she eventually joined me.
My dreams were not big enough to include Icelandic horses or hedgehogs.
I wonder what I will catch NEXT!
Keep your eyes open, your heart tender and wear shoes you can move quickly in.
You never know what might stroll across your path.
PEACE OUT! Gwen
PS:THIS IS THE ORGANIZATION I AM WORKING WITH ON THE COMMISSION.IF YOU ARE IN THE DALLAS AREA MAYBE YOU CAN JOIN US?
http://www.rockyourheartout.org/
PPS! I just looked at the calendar. TOMORROW IS NOT SEPTEMBER 1st!
August has 31 days! AN EXTRA DAY!
I AM HAPPY DANCING for having GAINED AN EXTRA DAY!
What kind of magic is this to garner an extra day! HAPPY EXTRA DAY! Gwen