Category Archives: My travels

In the town where I was born…

Posted on January 2, 2016 by pouringmyartout

Okay, I admit it. When you look at the main street in my home town, it looks a little like Mayberry RFD. I mean, seriously, that is all there is to the business district. The main difference is that in … Continue reading →

Posted in My travels, Stories of my life | Tagged art, bay area, golden gate bridge, home, humor, photography, san francisco, travel | 23 Comments

I am back!!!

Posted on January 1, 2016 by pouringmyartout

Back from Christmas in the Bay Area at my mom’s house. And our computer is hooked back up… Awww… there is a picture of an ornament I made for my mom years ago. Anyway, I have a bunch of photos … Continue reading →

Posted in My travels, Stories of my life | Tagged bay area, christmas, family, food, humor, photography | 16 Comments

Things you might not know about me… if you are new here… or haven’t been paying attention…

Posted on December 16, 2015 by pouringmyartout

I have seen the Queen of England. I have seen almost the entire Royal Family of England… including the new prince… (see red arrow)… but not the new little baby princess, because she was too young then. I am an … Continue reading →

Posted in My travels, Pictures of me, Stories of my life | Tagged art, blogging, current-events, humor, me, photography, queen, queen of england, social-media | 12 Comments

We had a real Thanksgiving too, just so you know…

Posted on December 3, 2015 by pouringmyartout

I feel like maybe some of you were worried about the fact that we were camping over the holiday week, and that you thought we might have missed out on a real meal. Let me assure you… we had a … Continue reading →

Posted in dogs and other animals, My travels, Pictures of me, stuff about blogging | Tagged dogs, family, food, humor, pets, photography, thanksgiving | Leave a comment

Random pictures of trees, dogs and clouds…

Posted on December 3, 2015 by pouringmyartout

No, that isn’t Spanish moss, in case you were wondering. It is a form of lichen. But it looks cool hanging on trees. These are the last pictures of our epic camping adventure over the Thanksgiving holiday… almost… I mean, … Continue reading →

Posted in dogs and other animals, My travels, Stories of my life | Tagged art, clouds, dogs, humor, nature, photography, travel | 10 Comments

Oh, and my youngest kid is learning how to drive…

Posted on December 2, 2015 by pouringmyartout

There she is, in the moments before she first made a car move all on her own… I know, she looks just like me, right? And she doesn’t even look nervous. And there she goes. We were at the campground … Continue reading →

Posted in My travels, Stories of my life | Tagged cars, family, humor, kids, learning to drive, photography | 8 Comments

Birds and words… the final chapter…

Posted on December 1, 2015 by pouringmyartout

Even if you aren’t one of the people who find birds interesting, surely that picture, taken by my daughter Mollie, of a bald eagle taking flight, will make something stir inside you. That being said, I seem to recall that … Continue reading →

Posted in dogs and other animals, My travels, Stories of my life | Tagged bald eagle, birds, camping, eagles, humor, nature, outdoors, photography | 14 Comments

Birds and words… part 7…

Posted on December 1, 2015 by pouringmyartout

I saw a bald eagle! This is the very first time I have ever seen one in the wild, even though I have lived in America all my life. They are big birds, but they aren’t easy to spot. The … Continue reading →

Posted in dogs and other animals, My travels, Stories of my life | Tagged animals, bald eagle, birds, eagle, humor, nature, photography | 8 Comments

Birds and words… part 5…

Posted on November 30, 2015 by pouringmyartout

So, I know that most of you probably don’t give much of a crap about birds one way or the other… My mom got me interested in bird watching. I saw a cool bird near her house when we were … Continue reading →

Posted in dogs and other animals, My travels, Stories of my life | Tagged animals, art, birds, camping, humor, nature, pelicans, photography | 18 Comments

Birds and words… part 4…

Posted on November 30, 2015 by pouringmyartout

Here is another of my weird bird experiences on our camping adventure over the Thanksgiving holiday. There was this little scrub jay sitting on a fence. I just kept walking slowly closer and closer to it. He let me get … Continue reading →