Life is a Collage....

Lodi country.....

          

  I thought that I would show you some "postcards" of my area...
                                

            I'm not a huge fan of the cherry... But the lovely orchards are everywhere here, and they do taste yummy, I just don't care for the pits!

                      

    

                           Hay bales....

                               

                                 Old Vines...

                                                                               Newer vines....

    And remember I told you about all of the local wineries...

                                     

                 That's just some of them.   More about them later!

Climbing to the top.....

                          

We are in the process of adding to our backyard, and completely redoing our front yard.  We built 3 of these trellis's along the back, across from the covered patio.  Our yard is mostly cement and pool, so we need to keep someplace for the puppers to go...if you get my drift!  So the plan is to leave what is behind the trellis's just dirt, and to plant and put river rocks in front. Hopefully that will cause them to go behind.
  There was silliness going on...
                                                          
DISCLAIMER:  If you are easily offended, don't click on this pic!

                        
Finn was somewhat bored by the whole thing! 

Stuck in Lodi.......

                                      

Creedence Clearwater Revival couldn't mean this Lodi, when they sang that song!! *** If you have to be stuck somewhere, it's really a good place to be! I thought that over the next few weeks, I would post about the lovely area where I live.  Lodi,(pop. approx. 65,000) is 35 miles South of Sacramento, and about 90 miles East of San Francisco. We are located in the fertile San Joaquin Valley, and have over 70 local wineries! Move over Napa!!   

***I've since learned that they meant this whole area of the valley, but that Lodi fit with the music and words..." Oh Lord, stuck in (Stockton), (Merced), (Lathrop), (Manteca), (Galt)...again".  See what I mean, those just cities just don't sound right!

YIPEEEE......

                                                 

Not only am I excited to be attending this  wonderful event for the third time... but I am THRILLED to be chosen to vendor!!  I had better get to work!

No Place like Home.....

This is the finished pendant for one of the pmc classes that I am teaching in Washington in July...
                                  

                                  

We won't be making this pendant exactly, each person can make up their own design, but I wanted to show what a finished project with other media attached could look like!  I love the way it turned out!