Category Archives: Stories of my life

Ahhh… this is what a vacation in Maui should look like… two happy feet snuggling in warm sand…

Posted on May 14, 2014 by pouringmyartout

Wrong! My size 15 feet are two big, fat liars! That is not what a vacation should look like at all. This is what a vacation should look like, from the perspective of your feet… You see those two raw, … Continue reading →

Posted in My travels, Stories of my life, sunsets | Tagged adventure, feet, hawaii, humor, maui, nature, outdoors, shoes, swim fins, travel, vacation | 61 Comments

Maui is crawling with lizards…

Posted on May 12, 2014 by pouringmyartout

I met a lot of lizards on our trip to Maui. I like lizards. There is just something cool about them… Do you see the lizard in this picture? Let me zoom in a little closer… That is a handsome … Continue reading →

Posted in dogs and other animals, My travels, Stories of my life | Tagged animals, hawaii, humor, lizards, maui, nature, photography, The lizards, travel, writing | 103 Comments

Oh, I met some animals on Maui…

Posted on May 12, 2014 by pouringmyartout

On the way back from having one last smoke one evening, I met this charming little creature… saying his bedtime prayers… That thing is like 5 inches long… and really thin… I got my cell phone pretty close to take … Continue reading →

Posted in dogs and other animals, My travels, Stories of my life | Tagged bugs, hawaii, humor, insects, maui, nature, outdoors, photography, praying mantis, spiders, travel | 27 Comments

Name that car… an exciting new game…

Posted on May 8, 2014 by pouringmyartout

So the first thing we did after leaving the airport on Maui was to go to the car rental place. Being the oh-so-practical person that my wife is, she had set us up with a sensible car… with trunk space … Continue reading →

Posted in My travels, Pictures of me, Stories of my life | Tagged car rental, hawaii, humor, maui, muscle cars, mustang, photography, travel | 58 Comments

I got your multimedia… part 1…

Posted on April 19, 2014 by pouringmyartout

(or): Where the ship hits the fan… Okay, that joke only works if you are a fan of my art… So I told you that I had a silly idea… no… that’s fine, I can wait till you stop laughing… … Continue reading →

Posted in My art, Stories of my life | Tagged art, boats, humor, painting, travel, watercolor painting, watercolor paintings, watercolors | 14 Comments

Some pictures of some paintings… part 2… that we might have more fun with later…

Posted on April 18, 2014 by pouringmyartout

These are just some photos of some of my art that I am still working on. They mostly started off as rough sketches, just for fun, and then they start to grow into… something… You might be wondering why I … Continue reading →

Posted in My art, Stories of my life | Tagged art, colored pencils, current-events, drawing, painting, samurai, watercolor painting, watercolors, writing | 12 Comments

Some pictures of some paintings… part 1… oh, and a free art lesson…

Posted on April 17, 2014 by pouringmyartout

Yesterday, I told you I was almost done posting photos of my trip to see my mom in the Bay Area, except for some pictures of some pictures. I always do some painting when I am at my mom’s house. I … Continue reading →

Posted in My art, Stories of my life | Tagged art, civil war, current-events, history, humor, painting, watercolor, watercolor painting, watercolors, writing | 24 Comments

And you know I always visit my friend John when I go back to the Bay Area… even though he is dead…

Posted on April 14, 2014 by pouringmyartout

For a dead guy, he sure has a nice view… Okay, technically it his memorial tree growing over his ashes… or most of his ashes… that has the good view. I am pretty sure I did a post a long … Continue reading →

Posted in My travels, Pictures of me, Stories of my life | Tagged bay area, golden gate, humor, memorial tree, nature, outdoors, photography, san francisco | 22 Comments

Okay… so I wasn’t the cutest baby in the world…

Posted on March 26, 2014 by pouringmyartout

Here is another of my early posts. This one has pictures of me as a baby, a kid, and my wedding day. It was called: Enough about art… ——————————– Let’s talk about Arthur… Oh lucky you, I found some more … Continue reading →

Posted in Pictures of me, Stories of my life | Tagged babies, baby, family, humor, kids, photography, weddings | 46 Comments

But I’m an ex Berkeley liberal hippy… I can’t be a racist!!!

Posted on March 9, 2014 by pouringmyartout

Yeah, that’s right… I have been accused of being a racist… sort of… in a really offhand way. You know that children’s book I did? The one called: I Like Monkeys. It is over there in my sidebar. I have … Continue reading →