Category Archives: Stories of my life

Babysitting… now with even more baby…

Posted on October 25, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Yes, I am back at my underpaid but very rewarding babysitting gig, taking care of some friend’s little ones. I have to be underpaid to compete with those annoying teenage girls who think they are babysitters. Between my awesomely low … Continue reading →

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Stolen moments…

Posted on October 24, 2017 by pouringmyartout

The attractive young lady in the foreground is Lucy. She is the step-daughter of one of my oldest friends. I love her like a daughter… but I still stole these pictures off her Facebook feed. They were taken at my … Continue reading →

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Guess who took a glass-blowing class today???!!!

Posted on October 21, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Yeah, that’s right… me! Thanks to my older daughter, Jessica… yes, the same one who set me up with the blacksmith class… I am learning how to make objects from molten glass. You know, to add to my painting, writing, … Continue reading →

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Silly faces and science fiction…

Posted on October 13, 2017 by pouringmyartout

My wife and I have been going over to our friends’ house every Thursday night. We go over for dinner, and to watch the new Star Trek series… and that other one, The Orville. But it means that I get … Continue reading →

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A puppy in a tutu, a setting sun, a setting moon, and a rising sun… (the end of my latest journey to the Bay Area)…

Posted on October 7, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Okay, it isn’t really a tutu, it’s a… well, I don’t know what it was… or what it was for… but it was fake fur wrapped around an elastic band forming a circle… and it looked pretty funny on the … Continue reading →

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A three bridge adventure… part 3… (on birds, water,and water birds)…

Posted on October 4, 2017 by pouringmyartout

That, I believe, is a turkey vulture. I am back in San Diego now. I left my mom’s house in the Bay Area very early this morning. But I am not done sharing the pictures of my little driving adventure … Continue reading →

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A three bridge adventure… part 2… (in which I get kissed by a horse!)…

Posted on October 3, 2017 by pouringmyartout

I know, I already posted that picture. But I love that picture. And that horse. We are one bridge into my three bridge adventure in the Bay Area the day before yesterday. After leaving my mom’s house just North of … Continue reading →

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Who let those babies in here???

Posted on September 11, 2017 by pouringmyartout

Oh… wait… nobody let them in here… I went over to where they live…  at my friend’s house… to babysit the two-month-or-so-old twin boys. And what am I worried about? Babies are my people! Babies love me… and so do … Continue reading →

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That moment when it hits you that you are leaving your little girl at college…

Posted on August 24, 2017 by pouringmyartout

We went through the same thing in the same place with her older sister 9 years ago. Didn’t make it any easier. Two days of hard work and lectures and being way too hot and tired. And then they try … Continue reading →

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My little Mollie is going away to college tomorrow…

Posted on August 21, 2017 by pouringmyartout

I am going to miss her. I love her older sister, Jessica. But Mollie would put on tie dye and eat a lollipop with a scorpion in it if it would make me smile. She is my little flower child. … Continue reading →

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