Postcard~s

Tony and Ruth

Waterlogue app.

She sells sea shells

Sennelier and Secret Paris

Gone fishin'

View for 2

Stormy clouds...no storm..

Kayak love

Turtle walk

Postcard..s

This is not a true to form December 1rst post..

but it is a gift to us this getaway..even though we drive 3 days..and 27 hours to get to our destination..it's a gift.

(Same distance coming back..add on  for weather conditions in hours..)

So make believe..this is a postcard...s..from me to you.

Postcards

I still love them..I've mentioned that..

I sent Noah..a SHARK one;)

and..he said..:"but where's my shark's tooth?:)"

Littles do not forget one thing.

I decided to make a postcard..out of the Secret Paris girl I made..and send it off..

Strathmore makes great little Watercolor Postcards..

I love painting while I am away..

I sketch on the beach..following the books or what I see..

I used Waterlogue to try and imitate....and Retrica just to take Ipad pics..actually with all 3 apps..you use your Ipad..

so the only ones I actually painted above..are.. the girl postcard..for Nancy..the Polaroid girl from that ♥ book...the 2 people on the chairs..trying to copy Waterlogue ..and the French pastries from SP..

not so crazy about Daniel Smith's masking fluid   gadget and nibs..I would rather use a toothpick or small brush..look how uneven the Parisian girl's stripes are~

Not crazy either about the waterbrushes I mentioned  at one point..the piston operated ones..the pistons work perfectly,however the bristles fall off by the hundreds.

The Lovely Day..Cymera..and my Nexus..the one thing I hate  about my Nexus 7 is the front facing camera..IMPOSSIBLE to take good pics.

Then when we came in..I would sit and paint ..:)

We are as quiet away as we are at home~

And not much baking goes on..just a whole lot of reading and painting...and sea gazing.

That is..

until LMO arrived..

then we are not wallflowers:)

I love Florida..the beach people...there's just something so familiar..yet still exotic to me.
You can see your feet.. and fish swimming around you..some days the water is azure blue..
Hibiscus and jasmine ,plumbago and bougainvillea bloom their heads off..~
Friendly faces..home away from home comforts.
Wonderful people..that become beachbuddies for life.
From all over the world.
Fishing and "snurkeling":)..kayaking..yes even nana and grandad..walking ..noodling..reading..turtle watching..Scrabble playing..NAMASTE:) A seven letter starter word..dolphin sighting ..manatee sightings..
Book recommendations..parasol recommendations..quotes you want to remember..stories too..
a new watercolor palette from nice people..a Panettone to crown an Italian dinner..(our garlic purveyors:) )
Everyone so kind and sweet re our Littles.
Always grateful for my beach♥

Home for the holidays~:)
The kitchen is where I will be.


Did you read about the BEST Christmas story today?
♥