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I am a very slow, methodical and meticulous painter.  Many of my http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-cotton-boll.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-5572924704284713674Sun, 19 Aug 2012 16:51:00 +00002012-08-19T11:51:34.264-05:00IN HIGH COTTONYikes!  It has been a long time since I have entered a post on my blog.  Where does time go??  But I have some news: I am going to be in High Cotton!  Actually, I will be the featured artist at High Cotton, 809 Main Street, during the First Friday Art Walk in Bastrop, Texas, on September 7 from 5 to 9 pm.  I hope many of my friends will come to Bastrop for a look at myhttp://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2012/08/in-high-cotton.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-3592369235829857241Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:53:00 +00002012-02-03T20:53:26.611-06:00FEBRUARY ALREADYHere it is February already!  Where did the month of January go? One of the activities I have enjoyed in the past was making my own Valentine's Day cards, so today I decided to explore the options for making a few cards.  I got out my Valentine's Day basket with all kinds of things related to Valentine's Day:  stickers, ribbons, hearts, flowers, doilies and began to craft my cardshttp://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2012/02/february-already.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-1497968550576696626Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:49:00 +00002012-01-28T11:49:23.829-06:00FAMILY GATHERINGThis past weekend our family gathered to meet Son #3’s Emily AND to have a surprise celebration of hubby’s birthday.  He knew about meeting Miss Emily but the birthday celebration was a complete surprise. The weather was beautiful, although a bit cool, and we had wonderful outdoor activities.  Volleyball was popular until the dog grabbed the ball and punctured it.  The band aid http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2012/01/family-gathering.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-6430490071951697493Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:54:00 +00002012-01-19T21:54:24.263-06:00GEARING UP !This weekend we will have all our boys here to meet Son #3's Emily and to celebrate hubby's belated birthday! Shhh! That last part is a secret. The emails, phone calls and text messages have been flying the last couple of days with planning, menus, questions, and suggestions. I am so excited I can hardly stand it!! I hope to post next week with pictures of all the excitement--once I have http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2012/01/gearing-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-2816191703060411052Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:29:00 +00002012-01-17T19:29:13.127-06:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEARToday is my sweet husband's birthday.  I hope it has been a good one for him.  I had a little party for him at lunch and he has received lots of birthday wishes by phone and e-mail and from the neighbors.  Unfortunately he had a meeting tonight so we could not have a party for him, but the week is not over yet!  ;) Heh! Heh! This picture was taken on Christmas day.  The http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2012/01/happy-birthday-dear.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-1975458668785273308Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:46:00 +00002012-01-14T09:54:57.434-06:00I'M BACK!I have been away from my blog so long that I totally forgot how to post a new entry to the blog.  Shame on me!  Looking back, I am not sure what I have done in those months, but here is a thumbnail sketch of events and happenings: 1) We settled into our newly remodeled house nicely and have frequent visitors--friends, family, grandchildren.  It is wonderful to have room for http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2012/01/im-back.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-8021883332583049486Sat, 30 Apr 2011 20:21:00 +00002011-04-30T15:21:39.608-05:00A BUDDING NEW ARTISTOur 4-year-old granddaughter is very proud of her art.  She likes to visit Art USA and 'study' their modern art.  When she finished a particular painting, she wanted to take it down to Art USA and show it to the nice lady, Melissa, who works there.  Melissa really made over her painting and then asked Arrie if she wanted to exhibit at their place.  Arrie agreed, so Melissa puthttp://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2011/04/budding-new-artist.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-6287263408265507238Sun, 20 Mar 2011 17:00:00 +00002011-03-20T12:00:04.259-05:00GOOD ADVICE AT ANY AGE... SON #3 NEXT TO NEPHEW Yesterday was our oldest grandson’s 16th birthday (white shirt in the picture).  One of his uncles (Son #3 in orange shirt next to him in picture) posted the following advice for him: Happy bday Nephew!! Advice from your wise and worldly Uncle Ross: Live life by these 3 simple rules: 1. Duty: Always remember your moral, family and employment obligations 2. http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2011/03/good-advice-at-any-age.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-1530712817141654377Thu, 17 Feb 2011 02:35:00 +00002011-02-16T20:35:41.596-06:00A LOVELY MOONI took the following picture of our full moon peeking out from behind the clouds this evening.  I would love to paint this picture! I saw a painting in pastels at an art show last weekend that was similar to this.  Wonder what I could do with oils?? http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2011/02/lovely-moon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-5631872862649133941Wed, 16 Feb 2011 02:27:00 +00002011-02-15T20:27:21.872-06:00AN AMAZING ADVENTURE…Today I stopped in Michaels to buy a new canvas for a painting that I am planning and an older gentleman, with a felt hat on his wispy white hair and clothes a bit large for his slight frame, was standing in the aisle with two large canvases.  He said to me, “Are you going to compete with me?”  I grinned and said, “Probably not,” because my canvas was half the size of his.  I askedhttp://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2011/02/amazing-adventure.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-8808371249167233543Sat, 05 Feb 2011 20:59:00 +00002011-02-05T14:59:24.943-06:00WE HAD SNOW!!!Snow was predicted for Friday but we did not see one snowflake by the time we went to bed.  The weatherman said that we probably did not have enough moisture for snow and it might miss us.  Great was our surprise when we got up early Friday morning to find our yard covered with a beautiful blanket of white snow!  To make things a bit more interesting, the weatherman said we had http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2011/02/we-had-snow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-3071817980520342173Thu, 03 Feb 2011 20:27:00 +00002011-02-03T14:27:43.552-06:00I’VE BEEN BUSY…The past month and a half have flown by and I have been so busy that I have been meeting myself coming and going.  The middle of December we moved into our house with more boxes than I ever dreamed possible.  Then Christmas sneaked up on me and we celebrated with our boys who came and went the weeks before and after Christmas.  In between visits I unpacked and STILL have boxes tohttp://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2011/02/ive-been-busy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-3199279756068155204Sun, 23 Jan 2011 04:49:00 +00002011-01-22T22:49:44.696-06:00BLOG COMPETITIONWell, it seems that we have a little blogging competition going on in the family.  My daughter-in-law, Kara, was the first to start a blog and encouraged me to start my blog.  I must admit that I have neglected my blog lately but intend to update everyone soon.  Now, Son #2 has decided to begin a blog featuring his wonderful photographs.  I hope you will visit his blog andhttp://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2011/01/blog-competition.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-931955948316206352Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:48:00 +00002010-12-29T12:48:30.601-06:00AN INTERESTING CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR!We moved into our house on December 10th.  I had broken my little toe about ten days before our move and I came down with a horrible cough the day we moved—either from all the dust, the beginning of the dreaded cedar pollen, or a virus.  All of that slowed me down a bit.  Prior to our move I had done very little Christmas shopping and, thus, felt very overwhelmed.  Almost http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2010/12/interesting-christmas-this-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-7142746200691794269Tue, 14 Dec 2010 02:14:00 +00002010-12-13T20:14:11.535-06:00BOXES, BOXES!We moved over the weekend.  We spent Friday night in our very empty house and ate breakfast on our lawn chairs and table.  Then the movers came with our furniture and mountains of boxes!  How did we ever accumulate so much stuff?? My sweet sister and lots of neighbors came to help!  Thanks so much to each one of you! Sunday a.m. my sister, my husband and I had breakfast http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2010/12/boxes-boxes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-9132528594528095734Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:30:00 +00002010-12-06T17:30:57.603-06:00MOVING, MOVING!!Last Thursday our builder told us we could move in on Friday, the 10th.  I am SO EXCITED!  Preliminary inspections begin tomorrow.  Please keep your fingers crossed for us!  Meanwhile great progress has been made and the movers will bring our things from storage on Saturday!  I plan to spend Friday night in my house!! The kitchen has been repainted after the tile and http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2010/12/moving-moving.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-6230400597271004923Sat, 20 Nov 2010 02:07:00 +00002010-11-19T20:07:35.885-06:00RemodelingThanksgivingTWO STEPS FORWARD, THREE BACK...They are making great progress with our house and we are ALMOST there, but not quite.  A few snags have caused delays, but things are moving along in a most exciting way.  The floors are done and they finished the fireplace today--quite a change from our old red brick one.  And the floors look just lovely! The kitchen now has a microwave and I could boil water because the sink alsohttp://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2010/11/two-steps-forward-three-back.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-1636297394864898081Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:09:00 +00002010-11-01T16:09:45.483-05:00WHAT HAPPENED TO OCTOBER??In the month of October we saw all of our children and grandchildren and met our first great-grandchild.  What a whirlwind month!! First, I went to Dallas to keep Son #2’s children while they went to Kara’s high school reunion.  We had fun at the Magnolia Hotel and at the Dallas Arboretum Pumpkin Festival!! When I returned home, Son #4 and family were waiting for me at the airporthttp://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2010/11/what-happened-to-october.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-3261685769854574189Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:03:00 +00002010-10-14T17:03:21.154-05:00INSIDE AND OUTLarge crowds of workers are busy, busy painting inside our house and working on our yard outside this week. No toilets in the house yet, though!  Bummer!  But maybe it is a good thing since they broke the water line this afternoon and that took a while to repair.  Seems like there is always something!  But I do believe there is forward progress being made.http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2010/10/inside-and-out.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-2767289991045812789Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:34:00 +00002010-10-07T16:03:46.223-05:00SO MUCH IS HAPPENING…So much is happening at our house right now that I have not even had time to take pictures.  They are painting the rooms today.  And we finally have a real stair rail!  Whoopeeeee! Below is a picture of the accidental “pass through” that the sheet rock people created from the upstairs bunkroom into the bathroom.  It caused many, many questions… It has now been http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2010/10/so-much-is-happening.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-5211979227283981599Wed, 29 Sep 2010 01:02:00 +00002010-09-28T20:02:46.946-05:00HOUSE PROGRESS REPORT…Our house is really beginning to come together!  This afternoon we talked about the landscaping plan which should begin later on this week. Yesterday, we talked about a bench and shelf for our mud room.  I found a picture in the Pottery Barn Catalog and showed it to our builder and he said that was exactly what he had in mind.  He tacked the picture to the wall… …and about three http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2010/09/house-progress-report.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-4234034844046010464Tue, 28 Sep 2010 02:02:00 +00002010-09-27T21:02:11.740-05:00ART AT OUR HOUSESon #2 came with his family this past weekend and we got to keep the girls both Friday afternoon and Saturday.  My husband and I had several suggestions for activities:  movies, Imax, shopping, museum, etc.  However, they said that what they wanted to do the most was art with me.  I was so surprised and pleased, so off we went to Michaels to purchase supplies since mine are http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2010/09/art-at-our-house.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249592045442388060.post-3806011120725663210Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:44:00 +00002010-09-22T19:44:35.808-05:00SUCH A BUSY DAY…We got up this morning at 4:30 so we could drive down south to Grandparents’ Day for Son #4’s children at their school.  We had a great time at school with Miss Ella Bella and Colty.  Miss Ella Bella is on the left with a friend. Colty is enjoying his snack while his other grandmother snapped pictures. We had a quick lunch with Son #4 and his wife before we headed home. On the way http://atpatsplace.blogspot.com/2010/09/such-busy-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pat's Place)2