My friends are here! And I learned more about the town I live in this afternoon than I have in all the years I have lived in Lawrence!
A couple of them are history buffs and Lawrence, KS had a major civil war battle take place here.
Of course, I knew about "Quantrill’s Raid" and the devastation of that battle, but not details. Like this stone house, that I have been in before, when a friend was renting it. I had no idea it was one of 6 houses that survived the sacking of the town. We picked up a map from the Convention and Visitors Bureau and took the self guided tour to the historical sites.
I told them that the only times I drove around and looked at the homes in Old West Lawrence was when there were garage sales there. They liked hearing about the sales, so we are going to get up early and go to some tomorrow.
Speaking of early, they didn’t arrive till about 4am! I stayed up and painted while I waited for them, was too excited to sleep. I knew that if I sat down to watch TV or read, I’d be OUT. So I painted a while.
BETH AVERT YOUR EYES IF YOU ARE READING THIS! http://bethleintz.typepad.com/ If you leave a comment to tell Beth Happy Birthday on her blog, I will enter you in my drawing too!!
I painted a little ATC card size portrait of Beth’s dog, Madison. Beth’s birthday is this week.
I also painted this fairy. I don’t know if she is done, I think I’ll foof up the painting a bit, add something later. And her ear is weird. But hey, it was 2:45 am!!
Everyone is napping now, I will go pop a casserole into the oven now so dinner will be ready when they get up. I made tortellini with grilled chicken, broccoli, rep peppers, Alfredo sauce and layered it with cheeses. Its ready to go, glad I made it last night, since we spent the day chasing down historical sites!
Hey, don’t forget to leave a comment to enter my charm drawing for June, any comment or email will be an entry!
I love the ATC card, it’s precious. I hope you’re having lots of fun with your visitors!
Great photo of you girls. You all look so happy to be together. Have a ball!!!
Cheryl Sims
Have fun with your friends! Looks like you are having a fabulous visit.
Karla
Looks like you are having a lot of fun. Enjoy your weekend!
How cool to be surounded by all that history. Enjoy it all xoxoxo Clarice
Oh, Karla, a weekend with the girls…what fun! My girlfriends are so scattered in many different states that it’s been years since we all got together. Even one at a time would be good since I haven’t seen them in a while.
Ya’ll have fun this weekend. Good friends, good food, historical tours AND garage sales!! What can be better???
Enjoy,
Hope
You’ve done a great job capturing Beth’s dog. She’s so cute 🙂
What a wonderful time you are having!! Can I come to visit some time?? maybe we could pop into that grocery store you go to because mine never have such good deals on flowers! Dinner sounds yummy too!
Such interesting history! Hope your visit is wonderful!
Hi Karla,
Glad you are having such a wonderful time with your friends. Enjoy the garage sales – don’t forget to share with us your finds!
Your paintings are beautiful – I know first hand now, because the beautiful charm that I won from you arrived yesterday!! Thank you Karla it is beautiful and soooo me – I am a rose loving girl! You are so kind to have done this – I shall of course blog it next week!
Have a great weekend,
Niki
have a blast with your friends! and thanx for the tip about Beths b-day!
Looks like you had a ball! Supper sounded delish too!
~Jody
So wonderful that you had such fun with your friends! That pic of Beth’s dog is just awesome!! Is there anything you CAN’T paint? I don’t think so!!!
Hugs,
Stephanie
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