My Dear Readers:
You are probably thinking, "wow will she ever be done posting pictures of her cruise?"  The answer is no, just be glad that I am blogging them so you don't have to sit in my living room pretending to be interested!!!
Janet

Cruise 2010

ice sculpture

carving in a watermelon

another ice sculpture

es cargo: another bucket list item

yummy!

Cruise 2010: fine art sale

On the ship there was a professional artist who gave a class on water colors.  I was so excited.  So, Janice and I went to the class.  My picture was soooooo good that they featured it in the art gallery...notice the little sign above my masterpiece...





look a little closer-----


Sold!!!

(cross one more thing off that bucket list: sale artwork!!!)

The Entertainment-Cruise 2010

Here are two of the entertainers from the cruise.  

Jeff Trachta played "Throne" on CBS's the Bold & the Beautiful, 

"Danny" on Broadway's production of Grease, 

and now he has an award winning Vegas show

Sure Janice, your secret is safe with me!

(oh, the rumors!!!)  

And ventriloquist Ken Groves

Christmas Pillow Cases 2010

Every year I paint pillow cases for friends and family.  This year I didn't get too many done, but I did continue the tradition of painting one for each of the grand children:

Sunday Dinner December 2010

  

Kaleb's first Christmas present

Matthew

Remington

Talilah

Taliliah and her special necklace

sweet baby Kaleb









**no pictures of Trekker, he was sick, but he still got the presents, just no pictures.

Cruise 2010: Critters

Critters on vacation cruise 2010:

 Ship critter

 Rooster in Nawiliwili

 Chicken in front of KMart in Nawiliwili

 Frog in Honolulu

elephant, ship critter 

No pictures of the whales or whale spouts--darn it!

Cruise: 2010 Honolulu

Cruise 2010

Here's some of the fun food...

Ya Know....

I have decided why grief takes so long,
because your mind gets to have them all night long in your dreams--thus every day you have a fresh memory of why you miss them so very much.

First Port Hilo

Helicopter ride

We are ready

The shore line in Hilo

Waterfalls

the ocean against a shore line of volcanic rock

the red lava from the volcano

the shore line of volcanic rock, and steam where the hot lava hits the ocean

more Hilo shore line

the volcanic destruction

steam rising from the heat of the lava running underground

the macadamia nut farms

Traveling the high seas...

Funny how twice this year I have been a morning person, first when we set the clocks back in October, and second as we traveled to Hawaii.  So these pictures are sunrises!

 While I walked around the deck,  I just kept humming the hymn, How Great Thou Art, as I breathed in the beauty of the ocean and the sky.

 Notice the moon (at the top of this photo) still in the sky.

 Another sunrise.  

But, as I was enjoying myself on the deck and throughout the ship, my travel companion--

--was very ill.  Felt so bad for her.