My uncle Clyde Taylor (my father's brother) passed away October 13th at the age of 80. The above photo was taken in 1952 so he would have been around 23 years old. He is survived by his wife Ruby, two brothers, daughter Patsy, son-in-law Joe, one granddaughter and two great grandchildren. Clyde was one of my favorite uncles. He served in the Army and the Navy and then worked at Tinker Field until he retired.
It's been hard losing an aunt and an uncle within three days time. I don't usually post family photos on my blog but I felt this would help me through the mourning stage.
Above is my aunt Opal Bullock when she was 23 years old. She was a beautiful woman. She was a hair stylist so her hair always looked nice and she had beautiful skin.
This photo was taken around 1941 when gasoline was rationed and people were riding bikes. Above are a few of my aunts, uncles, and cousins. From left to right; Marion Kay, Armelda Kay, Lela Kay, Ray (Opal's 1st husband), Opal, Elbie Kay (in the wheel chair), seated are Opal's children, Eula and Pearlie. (My mother's maiden name is Kay.)
This photo was taken at a family reunion in 2001. From left to right is Art Kay, Opal Bullock, Mary Ruth Taylor (my mother), Lela McKey, Armelda Kay Randall, and Roy Kay. Opal and Roy are now deceased.
My Aunt Opal Bullock born March 8, 1917 and died October 11, 2009. She was my mother's oldest sister and she will be dearly missed by all her family and friends. This is an older photo that was taken on her 76th birthday.....she was 92 years old when she passed. She has two surviving daughters, one brother, three sisters, 6 grandchildren, & 8 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, 3 brothers, and 2 sisters. Opal was an excellent cook so I'll always remember her good food and her infectious laugh.
I attended the FAO meeting last night. Betsy Rowland and Mary Tevington (pictured above) presented the program on Radical Jewelry Make Over. They took a workshop at Penland this past summer and shared their experiences with us. It was a great meeting! They allowed the members to rummage through their goodies and make jewelry to take home.
They made this necklace while they were at Penland.
Mary just loves this hope punch! I think she bought it at Michaels if I'm not mistaken.
FAO group hovering around the tables of 'goodies'.
Here is my current painting that is in process and is still on my easel. I got a new slr camera yesterday so I'm trying it out. The Nikon D3000 is my Christmas present.....Santa just delivered it early! He arrived in a wonderful disguise yesterday driving a big brown truck and wearing a brown uniform. Santa has way too many packages to deliver this year so I was among the lucky ones that received mine early. I'm sure it's because I've been such a nice girl all year.
I took the above photo at Tina's farm last spring when I went there to do some plein air painting. I like chickens so I tried my hand at painting them. I'm not really pleased with the painting and I've been having serious doubts about my abilities to paint. I guess that's normal for an artist and maybe those feelings of inadequacy is what drives us to try harder.
We had our FAD meeting Monday night at Carla's new house. I actually remembered to get out my camera and take photos this time! You may think from looking at the photos that our meeting went to the dogs but you would be mistaken. LOL! Lynn is pictured at the top holding cute little Odie which is Carla's youngest Pomeranian. The other photo is Carla holding her other Pom, Lil Bear, which is older than Odie but much smaller. I think they enjoyed attending our meeting too and they were so well behaved.
