Green with Envy

The Painted Ladies were at my house yesterday. I cooked some sort of Italian orzo/shrimp dish and made a mango cheesecake from a mix bought at Distinctive Décor, which is an online kitchen store, but has their home store/warehouse in Duncan. The Ladies finished the watercolor video that we started last week. The lesson was a wet on wet technique depicting a foggy hillside. I hesitate to show you my finished painting, because I really don’t like it. Green is such a difficult color, and I mucked it up. After lunch we spent some time in my garden picking okra, black-eyed peas, and peppers. Then we painted my garden peppers on little cards. My two paintings are on the far left. Yep, I paint rather fast and did two to their one.

We saw Lindz and Shay last night at church. It was Lindz 26th birthday. Shay stood up and spoke some wonderful words of blessings on his bride – setting a pretty high standard for other men. Happy birthday, Lindz – you are blessed. I am reminded of last year while picking out your wedding dress: It had been a long hot day, but a fun one. Lindz was trying on dresses at a place where the electricity was off – no air conditioner and few lights. Moe, the little European dress designer, let you buy the most beautiful, perfect dress – one of his originals – for about $200. Then he said something like this, "It is said that if a person is obedient to their parents, they will be blessed. You must be a very good girl." Even Moe knew you were blessed. I love this photo of Lindz trying on dresses and Jesse sitting at her feet. Jesse took some photos that day too, and had a rather different perspective.