Happy Birthday AMERICA!!!!

Hi to all of my dear friends!!
May you each have a wonderful July 4th Celebration!!!
Stay safe...Stay happy!!!
God Bless America!
Love,

Mary

Road Trip!

Hi all my sweet friends!
Well...We have returned!


Yes ...we went on quite a little road trip out to the midwest!


As soon as school was done we took off for my daughters home.


We arrived on Fathers Day Weekend and had a fun short visit there.
Then we loaded up the car with My hubby, my daughter & her husband
and our two little grandsons and off we went.


 First stop was Kentucky!  Mom and Dad were thrilled to see their little Great Grandsons again!

TADAH!!!

This is my Dad! 

The sweetest, most well read, religious man I have ever known!

We took tons of pictures as they played Checkers, Bingo and Balloon Tennis!!

The boys were really interested in the large fish tank too!

 

We got together with my brother and his family 

for dinner one evening.  

It was always one of our favorite places 

 called-"Cousins" 

They have the best hamburgers and bakery fresh buns!!!

Playing" Peek a boo" with Daddy

Me and my darling "Cookie"

My Beautiful Niece Liz

My Brother and my sister on law are next to Liz here

and their son in law is on the far right.

My niece Rachie

(Do you recognize her as the little girl on the rabbit carousel?)

That was on Tuesday....

Wednesday...

ON  TO 

Lynns Paradise Cafe and World of Swirl

What a wild place!!!

Actually I first heard about this restaurant when

Oprah stated the Mac and Cheese here was the BEST!!!

This visit we went for the

Traditional Louisville Dish

"Hot Brown"

Mmmmmm Mouth Watering Good!!!

So for Crazy Good Food

At a Zany Fun Place

Gotta Love Lynn's!

Thats all for now folks!

Stay tuned for

Part 2 of our road trip!!

Hugs.

Mary, 

Student's & Silk Painting

Hello again!
I want to share with you some projects we did

in my classroom in the final days of school this year.



The center of my BB shows the silk paintings.
One group painted on silk ties and the timing was so perfect...
"Fathers Day" is coming up!
Also, 2 of my students painted florals on silk rings.

The results of their hard work....TADAHHHH

Two more 

Voila!

Now the Rings...

I am so mad at myself ...

There are no good photos of the students or their work.

All for today!!

Come back again soon!

Hugs,

Mary

The Coin

Greetings!

I was able to dig up some info on the coin my necklace is made out of...

Columbian Exposition

Exhibit: 1893 Chicago World's Fair - Columbian Exposition

Whether or not you like commemorative coins, you can thank the 1892/1893 Chicago World’s Fair. Although some consider the 1848 quarter eagle ($2.5 gold) with the “CAL” stamp the first commemorative, they were not specially designed (but the intention of the coins was to celebrate the gold found in California). Link

Read more: http://www.cointalk.com/t113380/#ixzz1xaHrCll1









Design

The half dollar features a portrait of Columbus on it, which is a similar portrait to the one featured on one of the admission tickets (link) and one of the postage stamps (link). In fact, both the tickets and the stamps were printed by the American Bank Note Company, who also printed fractional currency.

Anyhow, the portrait is probably based on Lorenzo Lotto's painting of Columbus from 1512 (link) - but it may also be based on Olin Warner's bust of Columbus (however, I could not find anymore specific information on that). Both the coins were designed by... you guessed it, Charles E. Barber.

On the reverse of the half, we see the Santa Maria, two hemispheres of the earth, and the date – which is one of the few US coins with the date on the reverse. The quarter on the other hand features Queen Isabella of Spain, along with the date. The reverse depicts a kneeling woman as a symbol of woman’s industry.

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My gift

Hello once again!

As promised I am back with a photo of me and my wonderful gift!
It is the silver coin necklace I received on Class Day!

Here I am with one of my good friends D.W.

I must take some close ups of it because it is so lovely!!

Well here it is Thursday June 7th! My grades and attendance
sheets are all in and am I thrilled!!!

Tomorrow I head out to see my surgeon for my
ONE YEAR CHECKUP!!!

After this week is over I will be able to return
 to my studio and have some fresh new art to share with you!

Have a great rest of the week!
Hugs,
Mary

Happy Birthday To My Sweetheart Of A Daughter!!!

Very Special Birthday Wishes To You Honey!
You have given me 32 years of Complete JOY!!

Graduation 2012

Greetings my friends! Well another group of lovely, intelligent young women have graduated! This makes my 12th year of teaching here and seeing my students off to (hopefully) a bright and happy future!! Last Thursday was Class Day... It was a gorgeous sunny warm but not hot day!!! Everything was really perfect! All the students were dressed up and we got our first look at the graduating class in their cap & gowns. There was a Mass and then Awards we're given out. Just when we all thought the assembly was ending....Sr. Ann Said she wanted to recognize one more person. She began to tell how this person had done so much work in planning and designing the schools new chapel. Even designed And made the stained glass (style) windows. It occurs to me Hey she is talking about ME !!!!!!!! I went up and got a hug and a gift from Sr. Ann! YES.... I Was quite thrilled! The gift is a lovely silver coin necklace! THE COIN has very SPECIAL Meaning!!! It is a comremative coin from the 1893 Chicago Worlds Fair! Now Let me explain.... One of my window designs was addapted from the mural painted by Mary Cassatt For the Women's pavilion at the Chicago Worlds Fair! More on this later.... Back in a jiffy