Water Spot in the New Mexico Mountains

New Mexico Window

Sunday Hills (painting)

Here is the first new painting I've created in a long time.   It is a 9" x 12" acrylic on canvas.  The colors make me happy.

Gr. Gr. Gr. Grandparents' Marriage Certificate!

My most excellent friend Mary, who has researched a lot of old family genealogy for me, just found the marriage certificate for my Gr. Gr. Gr. Grandmother Frances, who I've learned (thanks to someone on ancestry.com) was known as 'Fanny' and her husband William Cage.  This is from way back in 1806:

My Gr. Gr. Gr. Grandmother, Francis Street Cage

Old Family Photos 1

My oldest brother has begun digitalizing the old family photos he has been hoarding for decades and sending them out to the family.  I am loving the ones I've gotten thus far.   This one is of my mother, 'Gentle Annie', as a toddler, maybe around 1915 or 1916: