We made it to Texas and back. A word of advice -- don't try to sleep in the back "seat" of an extended cab pickup truck. It's hard enough just trying to sit there!
Cathie brought along her new "baby," a pretty chocolate-colored cocker spaniel called Chewie. And she is named aptly. You can ask Eve, who was not happy when Chewie found her toothbrush.
Paul's birthday was the 29th of this month. I can't believe he was that impatient little munchkin who was born in the back seat of a car. Well, maybe I can ... he's still impatient.
Since last time I posted here, I've started a new store for black t-shirts. It's called (drum roll, please) ... "Black T-Shirts by Lorilei. " -- Eh, okay, so you aren't very impressed. But I'll bet you'll like the domain name I got especially for it. It's black-t-shirts.com . Catchy, is it not? I was amazed it was available.
I think the printing for the black t-shirts at CafePress is improving by leaps and bounds. I have 7 black tees now (I think), and I can't wait till we get more black garments.
Here's one of my new black tees, though I haven't ordered it myself, yet. It's called "The Lane Along the Creek." I did the colored ink pointillism drawing of a favorite spot near the East Cedar Street bridge over Drake's Creek. The design also has a mosaic-style enhancement rendered by my computer art program. I'm just having too much fun creating designs.
And here's another one, simply called "Daffodils." I did this specially to use on CafePress, though its inspiration was originally the sunny yellow t-shirt. I drew them from the beautiful golden daffodils in our yard, which were originally started by my great-grandmother long before I was born. I don't know how long the bulbs live, but they have reproduced beautiful offspring for generations by now.
Oh, news, too. My GreatGear friend Kristen has started a blog for us here, GreatGear News, and GreatGearians will be showing off new designs there. "The Lane Along the Creek" is already there, along with designs from Jean, Malcolm, Steve, Diane, John, and others.
Is that the time? I have to get up in just a few hours.
Till later~
Lorilei
