LE at work

Here is LE giving a look at a 100 year old tunnel. Tunneling is what the company she works for does.

Here is what she is doing for fun....I think it is a combo of fear and fun... but if you live in Seattle it is mandator you learn to blow glass evidently.

Madison is 4 months old

Hard to believe little Maddy is 4 month old now. She has changed so much. She is drooling and smiling with the occasional giggle that we all love.

I am behind on everything but I will post a cool picture of Art from Scrap from the assemblage show. Such a fun event.

And here is Earl about to walk around the block with Maddy so she can see the horse and look at flowers.

...and here is Joe, Jill and Madison at Earl's birthday dinner at AJ Spurs in Buellton.

a funny

this is cool

go here to make your own!

A preview of fun to come...

I went to lunch with high school buddies Billie and Paula Thurs. Billie was here visiting from Utah so Paula pulled herself away from work for a quick lunch get together. The three of us will be joined by another Santa Paula alumni, Linda, for a couple nights of celebrating with our class of 66. We are a pretty tight class and we are celebrating our 60th birthdays next month with a Bar B Q at our favorite childhood gathering place in Santa Paula...Steckle Park...So here is a pic of Billie with a painting of mine. She is taking back to Park City for her local domestic violence shelter fund raiser.

July 4th weekend.....

I am still recouping but it was a great weekend. The fire in Goleta's outskirts slowed things down at the show...and we were concerned all day...but it went all right. It was so close to Hwy 154....You can see the smoke in my review mirror...My buddy Mary basically lives on the right side of this road and up the hill and this is where the fire was the closest to the highway....SCARY!

They canceled our fireworks here, I guess because our firemen were busy.

The next day I moved to a new spot at the Los Alamos Antique Mall...I call in Lala...I share a spot and had lots of help from Earl, Lansing and Colleen...it still took the whole day.

Then Sunday Carol and I did the Dino Cave Art in the Park in Shell Beach. Great day at the beach with our new pop up for shade.
Met some nice people, fun music and saw some new artists....almost more artists than people...I got to see Gregory, Mike's grandson, that was born the same day as Madison.

Here is a purchase I made last week....Ruth had a good time dressing our new friends at the ART CLINIC...

Busy busy...

I want to take a sec to remind anyone in the area to come visit Carol and I at the July 4th show in Santa Barbara... 2227 Garden Street at the corner of Pueblo and Garden. 10am -5pm...and then on the 6th of July we will be at Dinosaur Caves in Shell Beach just off the 101. 10am- 4pm

Come see what we have been up.

ArtFest change

Thanks to Colleen I have a new class idea for ArtFest in 09 that I will be teaching instead of the other one....the new one is....TROPHY WIFE! More details to come but basically it is a reconstruction of a discarded trophy...start looking for one now...

Tour de Colleen

Beautiful day here...kinda smokey air but cooooler....feels so good.


During a visit at Colleen's I took a few pics of a little of her collections

and cool stuff...enjoy!


Here is her latest project...
Here is a picture of the gallery I am in.... Art Brut in Los Alamos.

A surprise in the mail

I got this package from my brother Nate today. Not sure if it is for Madison or me. But it was so sweet of him to go to the trouble.... It is so "McNutt" the way he wrapped it up. It has had me smiling all day. My mom would have enjoyed this gesture so much.

My other news is I was accepted to teach next year at ArtFest......Abreviated Image Abstract. Not as complicated as it sounds....


And of course...a picture of a hot Madison. It was 112 today here.....She did really well even though she had 4 shots yesterday...

...oh I am published...

In LK Ludwig's latest book:

And Dawn Sokol's newest book:
Penny had copies of these today so I got to peak inside. Carol is in L K's also. Both were very cool I thought...Proud to be in them. Thanks L K and Dawn. Good job!

Penny's Playhouse

Fun day at Penny's.


We made sock dolls.....
and celebrated Penny's birthday...she is the baby in the group.

Barbara made a delicious lemon cupcake cake....sooo cute.


Penny got lots of cool fabric and a fun cat from Mary and Susan B. made a beautiful crown.

She also got this item that prompted several good lines....not to be mentioned here...


Penny's amazing house is always a treat to visit.

Fun day

Had a great day. Colleen and I went to Santa Barbara and checked out the Art from Scrap show. It was great!
This is Carol's...


This is Colleen's moving piece...

This is Mary's...

This is Penny's
We stopped by to see how it was going for Mary P. and the Solstice parade plans...it was very exciting to see all the work under way...It will be a great event next Sat. If you are in the area don't miss it!....even though I will...Carol and I are teaching an altered book class at the ART CLINIC.

Then we had delicious Viet Namese food on Milpas. We went on to Carpinteria to hit the fabric store. Then a stop at Pierre LaFond's in Montecieto to see what was new and exciting there. Lots of cool and inspirational stuff! One last stop at Trader Joe's and up the pass to our valley. Really fun day.