Meet my flock

These are my six surviving chicks at about 8 weeks old, guessing. The brown headed chick on the right is a rooster. You can see Honey Pie on the left, he lost a lot of those pretty feathers when his momma attacked him.

 

This is Honey Pie and Blondie at about 1 week old. They were my favorites from the start.

 

This is one of the chicks at 13 or 14 weeks old. She was just 3 days old when we adopted he with her mother and 6 other chicks.

 

This is Blondie. She is my favorite of the chicks. Her feathers are finally coming back after being attacked by her mother hen and other chicks. I introduced Blondie and Honey Pie to the new coop. Soon the other babies will join them.

 

This is Honey Pie, my first rooster, about 13 or 14 weeks old. He was beat up pretty badly by his mother hen. She had been caring for them until she laid an egg in the cage, one day later she was killing her babies and I had to take her from them. I separated the two most injured youngins because the other chicks were pecking these guys all to heck.

 

These are my first hens, Mother Teresa, who came to us with her 7 babies, and Miss Chiff, the part Polish hen in front. The first time I put them together in the small coop, they had each other by the throats. They were screaming and killing each other. Now they are best friends.

Growing up a Comito

Sharing a few vintage Comito photos for my sister and you, whoever you are.

I actually remember the outfits we are wearing. Navy blue polka dotted dresses with jackets! Loved this outfit so much!

 

Baby Becky and Jim

 

Becky and Chuck on McCasslin Street

 

Becky and Jim on Mcasslin Street

 

 

How cute are they! Becky, Jim, and Chuck with a cat I dont remember.

 

Jim and John

 

 

 

Daily Road

 

This is the yardsaling pic Becky was asking for.

 

The greatest day in the history of Comitos!

 

Blue Lightning!

 

 

 

Me and my sisters, Faith and Charity

 

Dad holding John, Chuck smiling behind dad.

 

 

Becky and Jim

 

Actually, this image shows Mary Nagy, not a comito until she married Leonard.

 

 

 

My grandmother on my dad's side. Wished I had known her better but my family is fudged up and deprived me of her. You can see more pics of Comitos and Bellini history on my flickr page . Click on the blue word flickr page.

 

My brother, John, who is the most awesome brother ever!

 

 

Folk Art for First Friday Art Walk

Joyfully Joyfully is one of the first large folk art paintings I have completed in a long time. Folk art is my favorite type of art both to paint and to collect. This painting is 18" x 36" stretched canvas. I used acrylics, actually house paints, which I prefer over artist acrylics in some ways.

Joyfully Joyfully is actually part of the lyrics to an Emmaus song I learned when I walked a few years ago. I also gained a greater appreciation for roosters and their wonderful colors. My walk was amazing, just as every walk is. My spirit was lifted and God's love was surrounding each of us in a mighty way. Those days after my walk were rough for me spiritually. Few people in my church understood the importance of the walk and there was little support from my pastor or congregation. Those who had walked were busy in their own lives to understand where I was spiritually.

The years have passed and I have since left the church but never forgotten the love God showed me that Emmaus weekend. I am thankful for it and for the friendships I made during my walk.

8 x 10 stretched canvas

Wash your hands

$45.00

Our area celebrates First Friday Art Walk once a month and a sweet friend invited me to be her featured artist for April. this is a very different walk compared to the Emmaus Walk. local businesses open their doors after hours and invite the public to walk through visiting each shop where a local artist has hung or displayed there own art. There are art galleries, coffee shops, bakeries, and book stores participating in the community walk. April was a busy walk with about 12 or so shops open. This was my first showing in the art walk community and I was excited to be invited by one of my favorite local artists, Kelly Cameron from Kelly's Color Studio. It was a good challenge for me. I started out thinking I would paint a few popular paintings, sailboats, and flowers, hoping they would be most sellable and instead I stressed over the challenge. Every painting turned out awful. Then I prayed. I asked God to give me peace about the challenge, to help me in thought, not to sell for profit but to touch others with my artistic abilities, to bring happiness to those who see my work. Next thing ya know I was painting freely, the most fun works of folk art I have ever done. And scripture was coming to mind and I was happily painting away! Here's a few more of what I painted...

Do not worry! Matt 6:34 SOLD!

Love one another

8 x 10 stretched canvas $45.00

Love one another. John 13:34 (my absolute favorite verse!)

Do not be anxious

8 x 10 stretched canvas

$45.00

Phil 4:6-7 tells us not stress over art shows or anything else and to trust in the Lord for everything... and I did for this one time and He blessed me.

 

The art walk was wonderful, like my Emmaus walk so many years ago, it lifted my spirits. People laughed at the "Wash your hands, you sinners" chicken painting. Others picked up the Phil 4:6-7 painting to read every word. I sold the aprons, the rooster, the "do not worry" chicken painting, and made a bunch of new friends! And the paintings which didn't sell were hung for sale in a local restaurant! I am so very humbled by the response to this work. I am so very thankful to the Lord for giving me the peace to paint again, to make people happy and to give them a slightly different look at Christian art and artists.