#0609 "In Colours"

#0609
"In Colours"
Watercolor and Acrylic by Clare Dunn
2013

#0209 Gold Fish

#0209
Gold Fish
Watercolor
by Clare Dunn
1996

#0126 Sweet Home

#0126
Sweet Home
Watercolor on Matboard
by Clare Dunn
1997

#0097 Fairy Tale

#0097
Fairy Tale
Mixed Media
by Clare Dunn
2009
Owner: Julia Dunn

#0088 I Love It Here

#0088
I Love It Here
Ink
by Clare Dunn
Commissioned

#0086 Ariel

#0086
Ariel
Mixed Media/Watercolor
by Clare Dunn
1999
Commissioned

#0084 Keri's Bear

#0084
Keri's Bear
Watercolor
by Clare Dunn
1998
Commissioned by Keri Moore, owner

Miniatures

A little deviation from the Numerical Plan...

Today I am presenting a series of miniature paintings and prints.. The largest one is roughly 4" x 2.5".  All of the frames are handmade, and all are fitted with hanging wire...ready to grace any room in your dollhouse.

#0174
Lake (miniature)
Original Watercolor
by Clare Dunn

#0175
Twin Towers (Miniature)
Print of Watercolor  #0230
by Clare Dunn

#0206
Abstract (Miniature)
Original Watercolor
by Clare Dunn

#0213
Hot Air Balloon (Miniature)
Print of Watercolor  #0200
by Clare Dunn

#0214
Pastoral (Miniature)
Original Watercolor
by Clare Dunn

#0215.1
Winter Bridge (Miniature)
Print 1 of Watercolor #0006
by Clare Dunn

#0215.2
Winter Bridge (Miniature)
Print 2 of Watercolor #0006
by Clare Dunn

#0215.3
Winter Bridge (Miniature)
Print 3 of Watercolor #0006
by Clare Dunn  

#0216
Winter Scene (Miniature)
Watercolor Enhanced Greeting Card
by Clare Dunn

The Martineau Family Gift Exchange, 2011 Edition, Part 6

Click here to Enter the Giveaway!




The purpose of this blog is to acquaint you with Martineau Family Artwork. We've been at it since October 10, 2010, and in that time you have seen hundreds of paintings and crafts, some more than once!

Today we begin to show you the LATEST of our creative works.

We hope you enjoy them.

Sincerely,
xoxoxocd and the Martineau Crew.


First Up!     Jessica Martineau 


(Yes, she sings, too!) 

Jessica drew Nick's name, so she drew Nick's name!!!

#9075
'Nick'
mixed media
by Jessica Martineau

Stay tuned for Stacy! (Tomorrow)

Has It Been a Year, Already???

 Our Giveaway continues! To Enter click here

The Martineau Family hams it up...

Tomorrow, the 38 members of the Martineau Clan will gather for our 23rd (or is it 24th?) Annual 

Gift Exchange Extravaganza!

Just wanted to give you all a heads up --- a month's worth of posts about it will be forthcoming!

Let the Silliness Begin!!!

xoxoxo, cd

Photos of Jerry's Big Deck

HA HA!

THAT is what I have to do to get folks to visit my blog!

BE SUGGESTIVE!!!!!

Welcome to those of you who generally don't visit here, but had to check this out! Hee hee!


ANYway, the title of this post promises photos, so here they are...

Yes, Jerry's big deck is finally fully erect (sorry...couldn't resist).

All that's left is to wait a season, then power-wash, sand, stain and seal the thing.
It will be put to good use in the meanwhile...some fun times have already been had on it, and more to come!

xoxoxo, cd

Wave At The Bus

Congratulations to today's "Blog of Note"!

I check out BoN every day, and every so often I find a blog that I like and follow it.  I have made many new friends this way (Hi, Manzi, Maggie, Eddie, Sully, etc!).

I have never featured an entire blog this way, though.  But this just struck me as FANTASTIC in every way, so sharing it is a necessity.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

Wave At The Bus: Clarifications and Explanations:

xoxoxo, cd

Grandma's 80th Birthday!!!!!

Josephine's 80th Birthday.  A day we enjoyed as much as she did!

It began with Congratulatory phone calls from Jean and Julie... and Mom was BEAMING when...

...at 9 am, the family began to assemble at 24 C.  Our mission: to CLEAN THE HOUSE!  This was the only 'gift' Mom was expecting ahead of time.

Donna drew the living room, and she Tom and Danny transformed it into a theater for the "Party" to be held after lunch.

Steve was foreman in the little bedroom, and he and Jason and Cathy did a beautiful job!

John got one of the tougher rooms - the Kitchen - but he had the help of Eric (polished furniture), James (cleaned the ceiling fan), Jessica (window washer, deluxe), Jerry (fixed the stove connections) and Precy (floor washer!)

Larry had the Pantry as his room. Kevin helped him some. And Precy washed the floor.  It was spic-and-span when 11:00 rolled around.

Joe drew the bathroom - the most unpleasant job - and had no crew!  His solo effort sparkles, now!!

Rosalie and I lucked out, and drew the Sunporch as our room...and it was shining like a diamond when we got through with it!

And Lenny got the Big Bedroom.  Kevin and Jess were part of his crew, and they finished in record time!

When Patty and David arrived, all the "Call Grandma" performers headed for the basement for some last minute rehearsing.  The performance video is here! (Keep reading...)

Mom with some of her Grandkids

Cheryl and Lukas arrived shortly thereafter.  Buddy stayed home with an ailing Lilli.  Poor little darlin' has a pretty bad cold...

At 11 o'clock, Tom went to pick up the Pizzas (14 of them!!!) and Donna and I set up the "buffet table", and put the 'horse doovers' in the oven, set out the salads that she and Lenny prepared, and the chips and excellent Mexican Dip that Steve made. 

Dad, doing his famous "Moose Ears", sits in HIS chair at the head of the buffet table

Precy decorated the table with the balloons she brought, flowers that had been delivered from Pete and Sarah, and Mike and Janet and Nick and Julia, and flowers and balloons that James brought.  Jessica decorated the rest of the house with streamers and "80" signs.



Mom with Pete and Sarah's bouquet



The dessert table, with James' and Mike and Janet's flowers



FESTIVE!!

As soon as the pizza arrived, the feeding frenzy began (we ARE Josie's children, after all...) but even though we ate our fill, we couldn't make it through all 14 Pizzas.  10 of them were devoured, however.

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And then, the fun began....

It all started with the 7 of us sibs singing our version of the Beatles "Birthday" song. 

(Yikes!!!)

 

(Thank you, Cheryl, for taking the scariest photo of the day!  LOL!)

(Precy took a video of this.  I am afraid to watch it. I'm also afraid she will post it on Facebook!!!)

Our Darling, Jessica, wrote a poem for Grandma...

Donna sang her version of Celine Dion's "Mama", and received a "Standing O" .

Kevin sang his Oringnal Rap song,  "Jesus in My Back Yard" (video will be posted later)

Lenny read a Letter he wrote especially for Mom...

and then the Grandkids performed  "Call Grandma"

Tomorrow's post:      'Josie Opens Her Gifts'

Happiest 81st Year, MOM!!!

xoxoxo, cd

Performance Art! (Rehearsal)

Yesterday:

 David, Jessica, Kevin and I
 met Joe, Danny and Jason
 at Donna and Tom's house
    For a 'Rehearsal Session' in preparation for one of Mom's Birthday 'Gifts'.

The Task:
  To choose a song
  Rewrite the Lyrics
  and SING it, Karaoke style.

The five Grandchildren in attendance - all under 16 yrs of age - collaborated, and chose "Ghostbusters" as the song they wanted to perform.
With a (very) little help from their friends, they rewrote the lyrics, and the new title of the song became

 "Call Grandma!!!"

They practised once, sitting at the table.  Then they got up, grabbed the mikes, and this is what happened:

From L-R:  David, Jessica, Kevin, Jason and Danny

The rest of Josephine's Grandchildren (all but one OVER 16 yrs of age) will be joining in on Saturday, but they are gonna have to wing it, since they were unavailable for rehearsal.

Josie is going to LOVE this!

 ...Hope you do, too...

xoxoxo, cd

Memory

I don't remember who sent this to me...

xoxoxo, cd