Day 2665: Yvonne, Claudine and a Pacific Check.

Claudine: acrylic on canvas

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Tuesday I drove to Laguna to see and have lunch with Yvonne.

A former student and brown belt from about 26 years ago.

We figured that out because her daughter is now 26. 

She competed very much pregnant at the nationals.

Yvonne (top row - second from right) was a coach for our 
12 member Jr. Olympic team in Columbus, Ohio in 1993.

I found another picture, not sure of the date. 1991?

Nine of us at a birthday party at Checkers, a fun restaurant.

Yvonne  (top row/second from right), and I have stayed in touch over the years. Today we ate at Nick's on PCH well known for good food, today was no exception. I could have taken a picture of Yvonne, but she hid behind some glasses. I could have taken a photo of the food but forgot. However, I did take a picture of the overhead lamp which appealed to me.

Never know what you'll see here, right?

On our walk back from Nicks to the Whole Food's parking lot, 

I did a quick Pacific check for Lynn in Colorado. 

Lynn misses the Pacific, so when I can, I do a Pacific check.

Not great shots, but proof it's still there.

Just because ...

A smile for Wednesday ...

Day 1854: Third Annual Laguna Art Marathon

town, collages, old photos & digital

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It's a tradition, not earth-shaking or news worthy, 

but hopefully blog worthy?

Valerie & I headed out to beautiful Laguna Beach

and our version of an art marathon.

All 3 venues ... lots of walking in record time (for us) ...

First was Festival of the Arts ...

 

Kate Cohen

 

Kate Cohen

 And, their 2017 Junior Art Exhibit •  Pre-K - Grade 12

 

"Self portrait" by Mimi Singh, Kindergarten

Then a walk to Art A-Fair where tradition dictates ...

a stop at the photo booth. Lovely.

Then another walk to the Sawdust Festival!

Met with music and food venues everywhere ...

and then I met mobile artist, Sara Kirk!

Sara Kirk

Like me, Sara doesn't like me have her picture taken, but

she allowed me to, as I just love her face! Thank you Sara!

One of these beautiful mobiles went home with me! 

What talent.

"Sawdust" is built into the hillside, waterfalls & cool area ...

& so many lush plants flourish.

We met mixed media artist, teacher & friend, Cherrill Doty.

 

Cherrill Doty

About now the marathoners were getting hungry ...

One more tradition: 

The Sawdust Festival repaints their vintage VW bus each year ...

and we take a picture in or by this photo op.

Then we wait for the Laguna Shuttle to our car & home.

All 3 venues, lunch & traffic = 4-1/2 hours! 

A marathon record.

Thanks for tagging along.

A smile for Wednesday ...

Day 1465: A second dose of Laguna!

"Susan", photo, collage & digital

A second dose of Laguna!

Actually, you can never overdose there.

Valerie and I went 4 weeks ago (seen here) ...
but Festival of the Arts had not opened at that time.
This was our primary destination today.

We parked in Lot 16 and took the free shuttle to ...

The festival grounds are wonderful,
a warm day, but with shade & a lovely beach breeze.
 

The exhibiting artists surround a lovely area & stage.

We visited the Junior Art Exhibit,
with amazing work from Pre-Kindergarten artists & up.

by Jor Pepek, grade 6

by Ann Reigle, age 11, grade 6

The festival offers free workshops ...

in printmaking, ceramics & mixed media.

140 juried artists exhibit July 5 - August 31, 2016 

by artist, Mariana Nelson

Some of my favorite artists of the day were ...

 

by Costa Mesa artist, Michael Ward

by artist, Sandra Jones Campbell

by artist, Shelley Rapp Evans

Reaching Beyond, by artist Anne Moore

Fog+Bank, charcoal on canvas by Stefan Cummingham

by artist, Ellen Rose

by artist, Carla Bosch

Eye candy galore, but one does get hungry!

A wonderful way to spend a day with a good friend.

Green lights, time to start home.

Thanks for stopping by, wishing you a lovely weekend.

A smile for Saturday ...

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