Tonight’s the Night! Hope you can Come!

and if you can’t make it tonight, pop in for a cup of coffee and check out the gallery then!

Gallery Reception this Friday! 7-10

It’s time to come check out some great artwork!
Me, along with 4 other artists, are new vendors
for TAAU, who shows at Dunn Bros. Coffee in Addison.
Come have a glass of wine and see what we are all up to!

Dickens on the Square-where else? McKinney!

Gather has great displays mixed in with the tables for dining

I bet UniqueUnique has something to do with the display!

UniqueUnique all festive

loved their fabulous costumes!

loved the pink ornaments at UniqueUnique

Gather’s tea service

so much to do on the square! for kids of all ages

Patina Green is really decked out for the holidays!

ton’s of vintage ornaments

The Old Lumberyard has a sale Saturday

Pocket full of Heirlooms has the greatest restored travel trailers

this one is Pinkish!

Homepieces is really festive this year!

Homepieces has all kinds of fun industrial items

and neat French mirrors and more!

and on to My Favorite Room around the corner!

Head out to McKinney in the morning, and you will find the
square covered in things to do for kids of all ages! Ton’s of
rides, and entertainment for the little ones and of course
all of my favorite shops are ready to help you with ideas
for gifts! You will see ton’s of glitter, vintage ornaments
and all kinds of unique, non mall type items! The old
lumberyard on the other side of Hwy 5 also has a great flea
market on Saturday as well. Even my friend Vince is there from
Princeton and some items from his great shop GoodLook.
Stop in at Patina Green for a great organic salad or sandwich
and a few chocolates as well as the best iced tea! Grab some of
Robert’s great salsa to take home!
I may even have to go again as there was just too much to see!
PatinaGreen
UniqueUnique
TheSMittenFlea
FringeTheEvent
TheOldLumberyard
GoodLook
MyFavoriteRoom

off to Salado and Baines House B&B

The Dallas PPA (professional photographers of america)
had it’s annual Little Red Schoolhouse in Salado this
year rather than Waco. I have always loved Salado and
welcomed the opportunity to stay in a B & B there, one
which i have photographed many times from the road…

Baines House B & B , this is the one i stayed the night in

the common areas and dining hall

my hosts Rod and Sheryl and what a cook Rod is!

dining hall full of repurposed items!

delicious tortilla with Rod’s special salsa! what a treat!

loved these salvaged columns

loved these doors and screens used to block the creek!

i phone columns

one of the bird houses with birds in hiding!

iphone yard art

The Barn out back

a small little place of worship

iphone pano

gazebo area

outside view of this cottage

upstairs kitchen area in this one!

another of the lodges

the main house at Baines House

entry to my place!

loved Sheryl’s door details with lace and trims!

iphone screened in porch

my entry hall

George’s room where i stayed

iphone with app applied to screened in porch

my living area and kitchen

my place has this great screened in porch

one of the 4 in a row connected by the screened in porch next

iphone patio

vintage dress of Sheryl’s

so there you have some of Baines House, once owned by the
grandparents of Lyndon Baines Johnson!~
still have more photos but here is a start!
Baines House B & B

Santa Fe to be continued…

so many photos from my week in Santa Fe! next
I will show some of the models we shot in
Keith Carters class at Santa Fe Workshops

off the Plaza in Santa Fe

La Cantina

classmates home on the hill

Madrid, NM great food at the Saloon

Cowgirl Red in Madrid

Bobcat Inn B&B

at the Bobcat Inn my first night

The National Cemetery

Popular place to eat at Harry’s

Harry’s back garden dining!

Santa Fe along Canyon Rd

Geronimo Restaurant

Rancho Nambe

my favorite gallery ijn Truchas, Anna Karin

Truchas, NM, the high road to Taos

along Historic Route 66 – Marilyn

Tucumcari, NM

and if you get off the main road and don’t follow the signs…

you end up here, on a gravel road! still Route 66!

Santa Fe Workshops

What a wonderful experience Santa Fe Workshops is!
Just got back from 6 days in Santa Fe, studying under
Keith Carter. Had a great time wish I could post all
of my images now but no time… so here is my trip home
stopping along Historic Route 66 plus a few for now
of Santa Fe… highly recommend the school

view out my bedroom window

Harry’s Roadhouse back dining area

Redwood Inn

Marilyn

Adobe.Art.Mountains and flowers…

Just got home from Albuquerque and Taos with a few side trips
along the way! How nice to be in 62-87 degree weather in the
middle of the summer! A nice change from our Texas heat…

view from the moving car

Albuquerque

at Chimayo village and chapel

Anna in her gallery

some of Bill’s fun bells!

Hollyhock everywhere

Anna’s Desk

a log cabin barn in Truchas

Hand Arts Gallery in Truchas

looks like Switzerland

Taos

fun coffee shop decor

Cosmos

The Trading Post, great food in Taos

lonely and hungry at the Trading Post restaurant Anna reccomended

Albuquerque taken on the Crest of the mountain, 10,000 + ft up,
then to Truchas and the high road to Taos was such a treat, finding
these galleries and of course a few portraits along the way!
Last are a few in Taos of the adobe shops and beautiful flowers…
can’t wait til next summer!