Iguanas in the Christmas Tree and BJ's Gourds

Who let the iguanas out of the cage? Now they are havin' a party in the Christmas tree!!! Actually this happened in real life in the 80s when I let them have the run of my apartment. I came home one day from work to find all three of them in my Christmas tree with several balls broken on the ground, grrrrr!!! I took advantage of the oportunity though and photographed them for the following year's cards. I don't have the photos anymore so I thought I'd paint an aceo to show you the scene!

This week I would also like to introduce you all to my friend BJ who paints these wonderful gourds. She wants to join us on Paint Party Friday but has no website or blog yet ( but she is working on that!) so I told her I would show her art here this week! BJ has Parkinsons which makes her work even more amazing to me!( I hope she doesn't mind me telling you that. ) Her detail is exquisite! OK everyone enjoy PPF this weekend and a Merry Christmas to all!!!

Mistletoe Mates!

Yep, they're mates for life! Mr. and Mrs. Gecko are sneakin a kiss under the mistletoe tree agian! It's that time of year! This Friday is not only Paint Party Friday but its also our company Christmas party and this year we have a live band so yahooooooo, time to go dancin! Party on all you lizzie lovin' bloggers!

Happy Thanksgiving !!!

We are leaving early tomorrow morning to drive to So Cal to see my mom ( about an 8 hour drive) so I'm posting this early. Hopefully my sis in law will let me use her computer to link to PPF and maybe Sweet Saturdays agian. So.... everyone have a wonderful Thanksgiving! I'll see ya when I get back. Here's a little ACEO I did this week called "Pumpkin Patch Pow Wow".

Sweet Saturdays Squirrel !

I've been wanting to join in Diana's Sweet Saturdays blog hop for a while and finally gittin around to it! Her's a pic I took at Bodie National Park a couple years ago of a cute little buddy under an old shack. The Bodie ghost town is a photographer's paradise! Hopefully I can share more pics in the up coming Saturdays but we'll see. I'm only home today because I have a migraine, ugh, back to bed now...Deb

Paint Party Friday Iguana !

Hi everyone! Yep yep we're back to the lizzies! I must confess I've been so busy I haven't had a chance to work on the blue tailed skink. He's waiting patiently " on the easel" so to say ,even though I'm not using an easel. I guess you could say he's in hibernation, probably like the real model right now, burrrrrrrr! So instead I thought I'd share an older painting and photo I took. I painted this watercolor about 20 years ago of my pet iguana named "CJ". I had three iguanas then. They had the run of the apartment. I even came home one time to find all three up in our Christmas tree!!! When we moved into a new house far away, I gave them all up to new homes. This little guy was hurt because he had fallen off the TV and sprained his back. That's when I found out he was really a she and during the recovery she layed 9 eggs , which unfortunately never hatched, boo hoo!!!!!!!! Anyways, she ended up going to a great reptile lover's home where she had a huge shed outside and inside to live in that the guy had made for his other lizzy buddies. Have a great weekend and happy PPF everyone!

Paint Party Friday and Mary's Graces Givaway!

Whew, what a week! Sorry I missed everyone, but the overtime at work ( 9 hour days) is cutting into my painting and blogging time ( the extra money will be nice for the holidays though !). I might have to cut PPF down to every other week for a while. And now for something completely different, my first give away, yipeeeeee!!! It will be for our group site " Mary's Graces" , and it is a 3x5 embellished print of my watercolor aceo entitled " Mary Of the Earth" . So keep checking over there for details ( I don't think it is up yet but should be soon) or if you'd like you can mention here in the comments that you want to be entered and I will pass the info on to Mary's Graces. For all you fellow reptile lovers, I promise to get back to the little lizzies we all know and love so well next time. Happy PPF everyone!

Magaly's All Hallows Grim Party and Paint Party Friday

Who's that flying beneath the moon

on her itty bitty tiny broom?

It's Geraldine Gecko can't you see

the greenest little witch to be?

Children scurry from her wicked sight

as she hovers over the lake at night,

holding a pumpkin in her hand

small as a wedding band.

Her cauldron contains an evil brew

that'll stick to you like super glue.

It's Halloween, yep, that's the day

when Geraldine Gecko hunts her prey.

She'll slime you silly, then leave you in stitches.

The wildest of reptilian witches!

Double the fun this week! Be sure and check out Magaly's All Hallows Grim Party ( click on the sidebar icon!) where the wickedest of witches are running wild, kackle, kackle! And our paint party is now over 70 strong so get in on the excitement and happy blog hopping!  This should take us all week for sure! Yipeeeee!