This is Wyland's 95th mural and the very last one he will ever paint in the US. It was 4 miles from the house. He has painted the walls to promote education and of course save our oceans. While I have never been one to obsess over much less really care about celebrities, this is one person I was excited to see. He was very nice and very willing to take this awesome picture. He talked to both of the kids and played with Ruston. Too, cool. His paintings are so incredibly beautiful. Many of you have seen the whale tail painting "Great Tails of Whales" which is a Wyland hanging in my living room. Well, now you know who painted it. (of course it is NOT the original!) Virgel let me buy a second one during the wall painting. Woohoo!!!! The new one is Manatees in the Mangrove. This was an awesome opportunity to see him paint. It was SOOO effortless!
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Jodi
I think Karen & Michelle have figured out what I need to do to leave you a message. At least I am going to try. The pictures are great and they mean so much more now that I have been there and can identify where the picture was taken. I really like the one with Sue and Ani what an awsome picture. Hugs and kisses to Virgel and the kids. Love to you all. Aunt Lynda
Jodi, Virgel, Ani & Ruston: Thanks so much again for making our visit so much more than we expected. I am honored to be pictured on your blog, especially in the company of such an adorable little girl. Lynda & I sure enjoyed every minute, even the rain! Special thanks to Virgel for letting Lynda & I invade your home and family with such graciousness. You are a lovely family and I hope to see you again before too much time passes. Love ya! Aunt Sue
I believe in pink, I believe laughing is the best calorie burner, I believe in kissing, kissing a lot, I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong, I believe that happy girl's are the prettiest girls, I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I believe in miracles.
Gonna Miss This
Your gonna miss this, Your gonna want this back, Your gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast. . . This song rings in my head every day, every moment, as I watch the kids play and laugh and act silly. I know . . . I am gonna miss this. . . much sooner than I expect.
Our lives are defined by moments frozen in time in our memories. I am no different. I remember my bicycle wreck in California when I was 4, moving across country with my family when I was 7, catching lightening bugs in the yard, my baby cow - named cricket, my grandma's visit, summers on the boat, my mom dying at 15 and life never being the same, meeting the love of my life, at 16, my wedding, buying my first house, the birth of my daughter, reuniting with my family, selling my first house, the birth of my son, loosing my father in law. All along the way learning lesson in life and growing up - which I have learned didn't stop at 18.
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Jodi
I think Karen & Michelle have figured out what I need to do to leave you a message. At least I am going to try. The pictures are great and they mean so much more now that I have been there and can identify where the picture was taken. I really like the one with Sue and Ani what an awsome picture.
Hugs and kisses to Virgel and the kids.
Love to you all.
Aunt Lynda
Jodi, Virgel, Ani & Ruston:
Thanks so much again for making our visit so much more than we expected. I am honored to be pictured on your blog, especially in the company of such an adorable little girl. Lynda & I sure enjoyed every minute, even the rain! Special thanks to Virgel for letting Lynda & I invade your home and family with such graciousness. You are a lovely family and I hope to see you again before too much time passes. Love ya! Aunt Sue
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