Hello and a warm welcome thank you for stopping by. This trip was in July 2024 but I had never shared this before until now. I had made a promise to myself to make more blog post this year and so far I have made one every day of this year of 2026. We are now 98 days into the year of 2026. It’s hard to believe how fast time has went this year. My daughter Amanda will have her birthday coming up next week.
The Hornblower was so much fun. Kim had booked us on an early ride or something like that we showed up really early. She said it wouldn’t be as busy. We still had a line but it moved really fast.
You definitely get soaked
So worth the adventure
Clarissa had her own camera taking pictures she did so well
You get really close
Sweet Dakota took lots of pictures too
The video of the Hornblower
If you can make sure this is one of your bucket list trips. I am so glad we made it thanks to Kim and Jr. it was a wonderful experience and a once in a lifetime opportunity for us. So very thankful. Truly!!
Well Bruce saved the post tonight I had started it this morning but forgot all about it. Then he said the blog post. Thanks to Bruce for saving the post. Cody came over today to cut more wood and helped Bruce. Bruce worked on his classes and I painted my mushroom. Working on plants with the help of Bruce and we made sourdough sandwiches for dinner gluten free bread. Sending out good vibes and love.
Hello and welcome here are the 10 Scribbles for the Days 60 through 70. I am now working in a watercolor sketch book but it doesn’t seem to like inks or really wet medium. It does love acrylic paints. This one is one of my favorite doodle's so to speak. If I sit somewhere I start drawing these kinda flowers. Remember the Scribbles are anything you want to do from the simplest mark or crayon slash to a quick sketch or a simple mark making. It’s all good it’s about moving ENERGY and NO MORE JUDGMENT!!
This one was an acrylic wiped paint that was extra and I can’t waste paint like leaving it in the pallet. Then I added watercolors. Posca pens for the leaves.
This one was a happy accident I spilt a whole lot of liquid watercolors that I keep referring to as
This was one of my favorites
I have been just making marks and playing it can be so addictive you just keep painting and having fun no judgment no excuses just fun
This was in our Inner Magic Art Club “spirals” was the prompt it was so much fun and relaxing.
Here again just making marks having fun
Same…
This one was feelings missing my grandchildren and the scribbles was their artwork I put into the background. Like a boarded up window. With lilac background. It was so fun and relaxing it has a bit of new look as the “ink” leaked on it.
Hello and welcome if you are new this blog is about my life and my family, my art and living experiences on a very small shall I say very very small income. 10% of the poverty level. You might see these pictures and think a vacation what??? Well my family (Kim and Jr) have made this trip possible. Amongst others as well. Like the tripe to San Diego made possible by five of my (our) children. http://creationsbydawn.blogspot.com/2026/01/january-20-2026-recap-on-san-diego.html
If it wasn’t for them we wouldn’t be able to enjoy these moments in time with our grandchildren and children as much. Most of my blog is picture based as I have had a love of photography my whole life. I had Polaroids and 110s early in my life. At one time I had a huge collection of cameras and had to sell them off for money. I also sold most of my antiques as well at the time.
The line getting into Canada was long but moved quickly. We were so excited we didn’t even notice the line much.
We had stopped at hotel for the night in which Bruce always likes to go to a Best Western as he has points there and also likes to keep collecting his points. He worked out of town for so long and many years in his life that he was always in hotels. Collecting points!
Dusty and I were chilling in the car while Bruce drove us
Roadside views
The grandkids were texting me about how much longer as they had arrived to the house before us.
These two are like magnets 🧲 Levi loves Dusty with a house full of sisters it’s nice to have another bro around
One of the videos on the start of the vacation
This was a beautiful flower close to where we met the bus
I had bought us these T-shirts which I am still wearing
This was Jr and Kim and the kiddos in the car on the way. Kim does most of the driving as she is very good at it and can roll some miles.
Stopping for gas ⛽️ you know is a must in traveling…..
Kim had mentioned all the things they had ready for the trip and I said did you get the road atlas lol she said no so apparently I didn’t think of everything. We laughed and laughed over that. Us old skoolers we think of the non internet things.
The trip was amazing!! I will cherish these moments forever. Here are some more of the highlights
Today Bruce and Dusty took off the trash and now the trailer is empty. It has been a long winter. Plus it cost money which it was $135 bucks which is a lot when you are on a very tight budget. We also pay for curbside pickup and the cans that are used. The stuff on the trailer was mostly stuff from the bathroom remodeling last summer which really went on until December or January of this year. We can’t count how long it took shhhshhh!
So that was nice to see that gone I stayed here and worked on my painting of Day 75 Mushrooms of the 100 Day Project. 25 more days to go. It’s went faster than I expected and now everyday I’m like what’s my mushroom today. I enjoy it.
Sending all the love on this windy cold day.
My aunt called yesterday for Easter and so did Cody and the children. Brooks and Baker got new shoes and toy chainsaw’s . They wanted to tell Papa about it. So cute. Jr. is still fighting cellulitis in his knee. It just showed up no apparent reason and he’s on antibiotics. He did receive a bolus of antibiotics in the ER,
Hello and a warm welcome to a Happy Easter Day 2026. The picture above is from last year with my grandchildren in NC. Look how cute they look and in their sweet outfits. I love anything tie dye and peeps are so fun.
Clarissa today Easter Sunday baskets full of goodies
I see the Easter Bunny was really hoping around he stopped and left Dakota a basket of goodies as well.
Samantha got the hook up I see. Can I get some chocolate I know you and Kim don’t like it. The bunny 🐰 must know one’s allergies.
Happy Easter Levi is that a chocolate bunny??? Best story ever haha one year, Bruce and I went I would say around 2005 and bought all these HUGE chocolate bunnies for the kids for their Easter. Colby was the baby at the time. Bruce said we can leave these bunnies out in the car until they get settled down and then hide them…….. yeah right. I forgot about them (these chocolate rabbits had a name) idk but it was like 80 degrees the next morning I went to the car and they were all melted down to a flat pancake all inside the box. Needless to say those bunnies were not in their Easter baskets. I was so upset then but now I laugh at it.
A box of pop tarts??? What??? My favorite is Peeps and black jellybeans.
An old picture of Alexis at one of the Easter’s at the trailer we lived in around 1997
Skybear with her eggs she found at the army base.
I had bought these one year for Riggs and Ledger. Ledger was so helpful in racking all these leaves up. Bruce and him worked so well together. It was cute.
A Easter egg hunt we went to in town.
Tip toe through the Tulips Ledge
Ledger and his first basket
Bring on the eggs…… when my boys were young looking for eggs
Colby would always find the one we had with money in it
I always make these eggs well not this time but it is one of the things I loved to do
Last year look at those happy faces and all the goodies the Bunny brought. New Crocs what? Grandma likes them too…
Alexis had a party and they made these how cute and yummy is that??
First Easter at the cabin 2022
Easter 2022 Ledger with Riggy Pop in the back
I had bought this Easter Bunny house so they could make it. It was fun. Easter 2022
Capturing light
Look at Ledger, Riggs in the cutest hat
Alexis had made this for when she was pregnant with Riggs
Decorations I have I haven’t put them out in two years
Makes me want to set it up now so cute. Rosie out blue tick hound goes crazy of a stuffed animal or something like that.
The years we dyed eggs I always had these little type of stands
Skylar and Dusty painting
Dusty and Cooper dying eggs
Colby came out to join them
Skylar with this Easter dress I got Crystal to let me buy her and it came with a dress for her doll. I loved it. Reminding me of the years I made dresses for my girls.
This is way older than 12 years but not much it’s me when I painted the bulletin boards for the school
Samantha dying eggs at my old house
Dusty found the golden egg
Dusty and Colby
Colby
Skylar getting the eggs
Skybear with Nugget we still have her that was summer of 2022
Skylar with the Bunny
Samantha and Dusty
Daisy and Dusty
Me yesterday
Dusty and Jewelee
Samantha
Alexis and Amanda
Easter a few years back
Kenso yesterday
Happy Easter Kenso!
Look at them so proud of you guys
Kenso and Skybear
Go Kenso find all the eggs
I got them mom!
Just a few pictures for you to enjoy. Have a wonderful Easter Day.
You get really close 
