Update 2- Lake Powell and Rainbows

HI Friends, Please forgive me for not visiting your blogs...I can't begin to tell you how busy I've been...we had a FAB trip to Canyon Country...and Navajo Land OMG I love it there... beautiful!

Navajo National Monument 

 Well we returned from our roadtrip on Saturday and on Sunday we unpacked, did laundry..and Monday I painted the front of sis's bungalow...it looks super..but OUCH old muscles not wanting to do that reaching, and stretching...so a bit stiff! I recovered just fine tho 

Sis and Jake, she wants us to try out Metal Dectecting...hmmm (Bungalow front where the staining too place) 
and so today I installed a new faucet in her bathroom....like I said before Im sort of very handy--got that from my Dad-- and it works great and its very "hip and modern". 

Does anyone say that these days?? Probably not-- OMG I took so many photos...there is no way to sort them in such a short time..but one good thing sis does have high speed..unfortunately she is still using Windows ME, and Internet Exp. 6.0 so all sorts of bugs..lol BUT I did manage to dump all my photos in my Flickr... 

(BUT Flickr ate my photos in 2020) RECOVERED what I could

 So when I left you last I was about to embark on a trip on Lake Powell...and IT was fantastic...We took the 1/2 trip to the Rainbow Bridge...I would highly recommend that trip if you cant rent a house boat and spend a week as so many do...here are a few shots of my fun on Lake Powell and the Rainbow Bridge...

They rent house boats by the week...Pretty sweet if you can afford it...at the time of this posting it was about $700 give or take.  If you love red rocks against blue water this is the thing to do..

See what Mean!

Here is what you get...

Im digging the water slide,,,

You can cruise right by sights like this one...

And you can anchor, near shore and go exploring 

Or you can ride here get off the boat and go plundering...This is where our half day boat ride took us...

sis disembarks

First look at the rainbow. 

Rainbow Bridge 

Then a storm was brewing so the captain loaded us up for a thrilling ride back..

 We found this guy on the cliff on the drive down to the parking area to board our Boat, I made the reservations a week ahead of time...

  I will blog more about this fab trip in a future post ...

Artful Marriage

Today I need to get my mind off the real world and just seek out a peaceful place to enjoy my hobbies. This week has been plagued with bad news both for the World and for my family personally..we lost one of our own this week....my sis's dog Jake has passed from an Earthly Journey to a Spiritual One...rest in peace my old friend.. Artistic endeavors are just the answer when Im seeking solace from reality. I have been working on a project that I hope will be finished in the very near future! I had this brain storm idea over a year ago to sort my photographs, edit them to my liking and combine shots I took of junk yard cars with landscapes taken while on my travels...so I've made some progress. It has been so much fun "marrying" the car or truck with the landscape that best suits it... I will make up at least 13 of them and for a calendar-- I HOPE!.. Its been a challenge to find a landscape that matches the month/season it represents which I hadnt even considered...thankfully I have something from every season-- I think! Im a bit short of snow scenes but do have a few that may work.

Jake RIP 

APRIL for calendar project 

AUGUST