Hello and good day. Here we at January 5, 2026 in my neck of the woods. When I put these pictures up it is a bit backwards from what I am thinking it should be. It’s like the first picture I pick should show up first but it tis the opposite.
This is what I call my ancestral piece. It’s all done intuitively. The flowers at the bottom came from holding the paintbrush at an angle. This is all Sumi ink and this was very first painting ever with Sumi. We left the zoom class that morning and when I was thinking of doing the basic stuff “practice using the Chinese calligraphy brushes. This is what showed up for me. I felt like it was my ancestors reaching out. Two little girls picking mushrooms. 🍄 when I was done I was like yes I like this medium. Last night it snowed quite a bit again. No biggie here. It’s just that out gator is broke down right now. That has our snowplow on the front of it. Bruce is having to clear the snow with the snowblower. So we can get in and out of the driveway. Our driveway is about 3/4 mile long. He has also borrowed Garrett’s four wheeler with a small plow. You gotta do what you gotta do!!! Bruce has been working on our bathroom he had to put in a tub easy for me to get in and out of. I have new handles to hold on to as well. The kids are calling it the five year bathroom. Haha 🤣 not really it’s been six months since he started. It has basically been completely remodeled. He had to redo all the plumbing, replace the floor and floor joists. The other shower stall was leaking when we bought the house so it was a necessity to be replaced. Everything is so expensive now but he has done it mostly with the things we already had. The tub is new, the vanity, and a standard shower. He painted it too after replacing some drywall. I will show you when it’s completed. He also built cabinets and used doors from an old cabinet. Probably as old as the 70s. He added a light in the cabinets so I could see inside. It is a much nicer bathroom. It’s almost done. We hung up the mermaid Beverly gave me years ago. She’s up and showing her best self.
I had made these for the weekend everyone was hunting. Potato rolls cut in half and filled with pizza ingredients. Cover and bake 400 degrees ten minutes then uncovered for another 10 minutes. The top has butter, garlic, and pizza seasonings.
The first day Dusty got his glasses and the first day Riggs my grandson got his glasses.
Riggs got his glasses right around Thanksgiving. He is so
The park we went to with Kim and Jr the morning of the Polar Express. It was a quiet peaceful place. I enjoyed it so much. Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
A tree I thought would be great to paint.
Kim took the picture once again. She’s the best!!
Kim had bought us PJ’s for every one for the Polar Express.
They brought their elves with them to the Polar Express.
The grandkids with Santa on the Polar Express
Look at Levi’s smile
The bells Santa handed out
The kiddos heading in the train. I love the colors in this picture
Hot cocoa
The hot cocoa machine
A lot of beautiful trees at the Polar Express
Mail for Santa
It was a magical magnificent experience. We all enjoyed ourselves. I was very thankful that Kim and Jr. took us on this journey together with the grandkids. It truly made me feel like a little girl.
Today I am at Cody’s house sitting with my grandchildren. They certainly do love watching videos of themselves in the videos. I was showing them some of their videos from a year ago. They were so small. Briar is doing so well she is bright eyed and bushy tailed just smiling and looking at me. I will share those pictures tomorrow. Remember stay strong and keep your head up sending all the best of love and hugs with super sweet good vibes.
Love you guys,
Dawn Gallop 🏇
