Costa Rica

 Every February My Dad traveled to

Costa Rica to fish. He did this even into his 70's

I kept his box of memorabilia  and found it the other day.

How like Hemingway he was.

Cameras, travel, fishing and full of life. 

He took us traveling too.

2 trips to California. Going the northern route from

Indiana and coming back the southern route.

I remember staying in Yellowstone in a cabin.

The girls were in their own cabin.

At night the bears scratched on the door.

That's where I met Merlin Olson.

I was 16 and he wanted to hang out.

Thank goodness my Dad said no.

I was pretty naive back then.

Art and a quick getaway.

 My husband was thinking he wanted a lake property

in Indiana to fish on. Well Thursday we took off

at 7 am and traveled to the center of the state.

Drove around the lakes scouting out small cabins.

Found a street we liked and a small place that was

going to be on the market. Than we went to

Shipshewanna  for supper and the night.

By morning he thought it over and decided it

was nicer to just stay at our lovely home in the

summer and go fishing at a lake 1 hour away.

He likes his garden too much to give it up.

Needless to say I am happy to spend the summers in

my STUDIO. not a fishing cottage.

I also got to go to Lolly's for some fabric before

coming home.

 These two paintings are by my 94 year  young friend

Doris B Myers. She is awesome.

No one can paint trees better than her.

She will have a show with her daughter  Bonnie Zimmer

this summer in Lafayette.

Have a great week end.