Trip to Seattle and Oregon Coast

Just wanted to share a few photos of our (three of my cousins and my) trip to Seattle and the Oregon Coast. We boarded the Amtrak train in Redwing, MN on Sept 14th. We arrived back in Redwing on the 30th. Had a blast!!!! Here are some pics...

 Front row: Barb and me. Second row: Janet and Peggy. Before boarding the train.

 

 Darryld (Janet's husband) all done in from just driving us to the train depot - poor guy!!!

 

 

 Roomies on the train...

 Barb and Peggy

 

Janet and Me

 

 

Seattle...

 

Janet and her cousins

 

Pikes Market...

 

 

 Astoria, Or

Cannon Beach, Or (and a few other locations along the beach)

 

 

We went to the play - "You're a Good Man Charley Brown."

 

Heading to Lincoln City, Or.

Me and Peggy

Me and Barb

 

Janet the Beach Explorer...

Tillamok, Or

View from our motel room in Lincoln City, Or

Random ladies feeding the seagulls.

Me and my sister, Ardis

Janet, Peggy, Me, Ardis and Barb

Me and Peggy

Ardis and Me

Janet :)

 

Glass blowing class in Lincoln City, Or - so fun!!!!

Me and Barb

 

 

 

My cousin Mike and me

Nicole, Jason, (my nephew) and me

Ardis, Nicole, Jason and Me

My step dad and me

Janet

 

Peggy's cousin and Peggy

 

On the train again...

Peggy and Barb

Janet and Me

Good Night!



Change...

It's changed!

That's just the process of creativity - change. You start with a subject, then the drawing, then start to paint. By the end, at least in my case, the painting doesn't look anything like I had first envisioned it to be. That's what is happening with this grant project. It still has the basic bones that I laid out in my grant request, but the theme has now changed. It seems that what I wanted to portray through the 'layers of life' theme was a bit too serious, introspective and personal for me at this point. I will continue to work on it, but not for the public to see until a later time.

I really wanted this grant project to be a fun process of growth and experimentation. What's more fun and whimsical than chickens and a duck? This past spring we bought 10 chickens and 2 ducks. So here goes - the first drawing - Esther: