Allow a big sister a moment

Allow me to brag on my brothers a bit. When I left home at 18, Stephen was 16, Chase was 12 and Patrick was all of 8 years old. It is still an adjustment when I go home and I see my brothers all grown up into such handsome young men. They have become really wonderful and interesting young adults and I couldn't be prouder of them. Unfortunately while I was home, I didn't get to see as much of Stephen as I would have liked since he was working and Mom and I went out of town on Saturday so I didn't get any pictures of him. I am impressed, though, by his domesticity. He is always working on his house. I had no idea he had such skills!

I got pictures from Chase of his trip to California. The man can take some pictures! And he had such a beautiful part of the country as his subject matter. Here's a sampling:




I finally took some pictures of Patrick's art work while I was home, as well. Patrick loves to play with shapes. I asked him where he gets his ideas from and he says he just starts. He loves morphing an image into another image. Trees, eyes, unicycles, and oddly figured people are a favorite in his paintings Here's a taste:

He's been using a lot of natural materials, lately.
Here he has used moss and limbs to frame the picture.

This is one of my favorites. I like the colors and the simplicity of it.