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I Love The Sea. This is not an Oil Painting. I wanted to share this artwork with you. This is a wood burning I created in 2003, seaside of Sitka Alaska. I have this hung at my home, in my guest room.

Sitka is one of the most beautiful seaside town of the southeast Alaska cities. The climate is mild, but it does get more than a fair of “liquid sunshine”! Sitka has a spectacular scenery, abundant wildlife.

The most valuable part is, without a doubt, is the people of Sitka, who share a love of life in its small-town splendor. Sitka a treasure Island of beautiful people, who make you feel at home.

My husband and I feel in love with Skita because of the people there. We seriously considered moving there. If we lived there where would we vacation to? Ohio? Plus our family and nearby friends would be to far to visit. So we decide NOT-to move to Sitka.

Have you ever wanted to live someplace else, and decide not to move? Where was it at and why didn’t you move there?

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I named this Oil Painting: Friendship Campground With Flooded Memories

Two of my favorite times of the year is always a 2nd and 3rd week of June and September, 9 days of Indiana’s most unique flea market and antique show. That is when I always went camping with my mom & dad & My Aunt Arlene & Uncle Johnny. Sometimes I only get to stay a few days, and other times I get to stay almost the whole time at the campground with my family.

It is not just a flea market it is truly an event worth attending. There all kinds of vendors. A large variety of dining options, camping, and nightly bonfires with live music and talented people join in and share sing-along songs or just watch the show it is always amazing to see the different people play music together and the only practice they get is when the get together at these events. My Dad used to always play music and sing there too. On this same days at the flea market, it is the same days as the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association hold their Spring and fall Shoot. During the week it is easier to get around the flea market.

During the weekend it is heavily loaded with people who love to move and browse over the vendors displays. I have met people from all over the world there I enjoyed talking to a lady I met there, her accent gave it away, she lives at the Gold Coast in Australia and I also have spoke to her about how lovely Australia was, and one of my exchange students Dimity lives in Australia. Another Lady I met was from France who lived in Barry France, and that is where my first exchange student Nancy was from. What a small world it is sometimes to run into people like that and have a nice chat eating food curbside at one of the food vendors picnic tables.

Dress comfortable wear good shoes, there is a lot of walking involved from one display to another. You won’t go hungry: every aisle has a different aroma. Enjoy BBB, sausages, corn dogs, steaks, sandwiches, buffalo burgers, or pizza. There is so much food you can never taste it all. Desserts will tempt you too, cream whip is my favorite. There is also elephant ears and funnel cakes with any topping your heart desires. I always have room for desserts, yummy!


Everything imaginable can be found at the flea market. Unlimited treasures, including furniture, knives, guns, antiques, jewelry, clothes, rugs, toys for tots, tools lots of leather, pottery, artwork of all sorts. If you keep your eyes open you can observe some of the patrons authentically dressed buckskins, and loincloths, and pioneer clothing.

There are also horse drawn trolly rides available to take you to visit the NLMRA and more market spaces near downtown Friendship. The fun doesn’t stop there, miles before getting to the campgrounds, there are plenty of yard sales going on all around Friendship and Aura Indiana.
This attraction isn’t made for driving, it is walking adventure, so remember to wear good walking shoes, and wear sun screen and sunglasses, a hat on your head also helps keep you cooler during the Spring June event. If you love flea markets, it doesn’t get much better than Southern Indiana. Everybody is sure to have a fun time in Friendship.

Spring-June 2010: On this camping trip, it was the worst time for all who attended the camping, the vendors and the markets. The weather during this time was not cooperating for us. We evacuated the area on the day the dry creek started rising. I did however manage to paint this oil painting, of the flood there. I had to rush and paint this painting, the water was rising faster than I could paint. In about 20 minutes that it took me to paint this painting, the water had risen nearly 5 feet. I rushed this painting, I was amazed and impressed at how fast a dry creek can fill up with water in a flood. Dad watched me paint this and he did not understand this paint at first. Dad said what the heck are you doing to this painting. I explained and pointed to exactly what I was looking at, Dad didn’t still understand. So I took a photo of the exact view I was painting from. Dad understood what I was looking at from the photo. Dad then asked, what the heck was all the blue for around the painting? I took my paintbrush and pointed out that it is in the shape of Indiana. Dad was impressed with that idea, except he didnt understand the blue. I said the blue is from the sky and a color in a rianbow. Dad then understood why I used the blue as my border for this paint. I had to rush while I was painting this painting. It was amazing how fast the water was rising.

There were kids & adults who were in the creek laughing as they enjoyed going down the stream by the rushing waters, like as it was a water slide park. I wanted to do that with my Uncle johnny. But my mom and my Aunt Arlene threw a fit so we did not join in on that water ride. Actually I am really glad we did not do it, it was a fun thought, however doing that is a risk of serious injury or death. If we had floated down that creek, there would have been no way to get back where we were at, we would have had to walk back. The water was going very fast and so were the people in the water, so I am sure where ever they ended could have been miles away. When the storms came a few hours later we had to rush and just get out camping site shut down and packed and get out. We all went back to our homes, My parents back to Indianapolis, My Aunt & Uncle back to Kentucky, and me, I went back to Ohio. We all called each other and let each other know that we had made it home through the all the storms.

When I left the campground, I had no idea that;
It was the last camping trip my dad would ever have again. My parents last vacation together. This was the last time my Aunt Arlene & Uncle Johnny got to see my dad.

This was the very last painting my dad would ever see me create.

One month after that camping trip my Dad got very ill and dad went to the hospital. My 2 brothers Will and Richard and I went back home, to be with our Dad, and help our Mom take care of Dad.
I really thought our Dad was going to be all right, I thought he was going to get better. I really thought he would be back home to stay. My dad was only 74 and he was always busy and active. His vital organs were dying and there is just no way to survive liver and kidney failure. He was in good spirits and he hung on till the bitter end. Dad finally just relaxed then, passed away. Dad looked as though he finally got to rest. I will cherish every moment that we had with our Dad as a family together. We were all together for weeks or so, day & night.
Our Dad passed away August 26, 2010.

I miss my Dad. I miss our family as a family together, sing-a-longs, stargazing, fireflies, staying up all night. Campfires we built, silly jokes and dumb jokes, scary tall tales and funny ones too, creating laughter here and there.

My camping experiences, I would not trade them for anything in the world. There's no pain here now with these treasured memories of mine.

I was just going through some my photos of my paintings, and these photos took me on a stroll down memory lane.

Something I hope I never loose... my treasured memories.

I enjoy looking back. Because I remember when... camping was the perfect way to welcome summer. I haven’t been camping again since. I sure hope I get to go camping again. Where I can create new paintings, meet new people, and enjoy new experiences to go along with the treasured memories I already cherish. Through my photos, I took a walk down memory lane to Spring-June 2010 at Friendship Campground where I am flooded with Memories.

Just wanted to share my memory of this painting on why & where it was created from. My Aunt Arlene & My Uncle johnny, Mom and Dad. Buddy & pepper, were there too.

I named this painting: Friendship Campground With Flooded Memories 2010

I hope you will share with me something about your camping expierence or bad weather expierence. Have you ever been in flooded area and asked to evacuate the area? or went to flea market? did you find something special at a flea market or a yard sell?

I hope you have something you will share with us. I hope you like this and I hope you share this with your friends!
Welcome everyone, now share your expierences right here.

I named this Oil Painting: Friendship Campground With Flooded Memories

Two of my favorite times of the year is always a 2nd and 3rd week of June and September, 9 days of Indiana’s most unique flea market and antique show. That is when I always went camping with my mom & dad & My Aunt Arlene & Uncle Johnny. Sometimes I only get to stay a few days, and other times I get to stay almost the whole time at the campground with my family.

It is not just a flea market it is truly an event worth attending. There all kinds of vendors. A large variety of dining options, camping, and nightly bonfires with live music and talented people join in and share sing-along songs or just watch the show it is always amazing to see the different people play music together and the only practice they get is when the get together at these events. My Dad used to always play music and sing there too.

On this same days at the flea market, it is the same days as the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association hold their Spring and fall Shoot. During the week it is easier to get around the flea market. During the weekend it is heavily loaded with people who love to move and browse over the vendors displays.

I have met people from all over the world there I enjoyed talking to a lady I met there, her accent gave it away, she lives at the Gold Coast in Australia and I also have spoke to her about how lovely Australia was, and one of my exchange students Dimity lives in Australia. Another Lady I met was from France who lived in Barry France, and that is where my first exchange student Nancy was from. What a small world it is sometimes to run into people like that and have a nice chat eating food curbside at one of the food vendors picnic tables.

Dress comfortable wear good shoes, there is a lot of walking involved from one display to another. You won’t go hungry: every aisle has a different aroma. Enjoy BBB, sausages, corn dogs, steaks, sandwiches, buffalo burgers, or pizza. There is so much food you can never taste it all. Desserts will tempt you too, cream whip is my favorite. There is also elephant ears and funnel cakes with any topping your heart desires. I always have room for desserts, yummy!

Everything imaginable can be found at the flea market. Unlimited treasures, including furniture, knives, guns, antiques, jewelry, clothes, rugs, toys for tots, tools lots of leather, pottery, artwork of all sorts. If you keep your eyes open you can observe some of the patrons authentically dressed buckskins, and loincloths, and pioneer clothing. There are also horse drawn trolly rides available to take you to visit the NLMRA and more market spaces near downtown Friendship.

The fun doesn’t stop there, miles before getting to the campgrounds, there are plenty of yard sales going on all around Friendship and Aura Indiana. This attraction isn’t made for driving, it is walking adventure, so remember to wear good walking shoes, and wear sun screen and sunglasses, a hat on your head also helps keep you cooler during the Spring June event.

If you love flea markets, it doesn’t get much better than Southern Indiana. Everybody is sure to have a fun time in Friendship.

Spring-June 2010: On this camping trip, it was the worst time for all who attended the camping, the vendors and the markets.

The weather during this time was not cooperating for us. We evacuated the area on the day the dry creek started rising. I did however manage to paint this Oil Painting, of the flood there. I had to rush and paint this painting, the water was rising faster than I could paint. In about 20 minutes that it took me to paint this painting, the water had risen nearly 5 feet. I rushed this painting, I was amazed and impressed at how fast a dry creek can fill up with water in a flood. Dad watched me paint this and he did not understand this paint at first. Dad said what the heck are you doing to this painting. I explained and pointed to exactly what I was looking at, Dad didn’t still understand. So I took a photo of the exact view I was painting from. Dad understood what I was looking at from the photo. Dad then asked, what the heck was all the blue for around the painting? I took my paintbrush and pointed out that it is in the shape of Indiana. Dad was impressed with that idea, except he didnt understand the blue. I said the blue is from the sky and a color in a rianbow. Dad then understood why I used the blue as my border for this Oil Painting. I had to rush while I was painting this painting. It was amazing how fast the water was rising.

There were kids & adults who were in the creek laughing as they enjoyed going down the stream by the rushing waters, like as it was a water slide park. I wanted to do that with my Uncle johnny. But my mom and my Aunt Arlene threw a fit so we did not join in on that water ride. Actually I am really glad we did not do it, it was a fun thought, however doing that is a risk of serious injury or death. If we had floated down that creek, there would have been no way to get back where we were at, we would have had to walk back. The water was going very fast and so were the people in the water, so I am sure where ever they ended could have been miles away. When the storms came a few hours later we had to rush and just get out camping site shut down and packed and get out. We all went back to our homes, My parents back to Indianapolis, My Aunt & Uncle back to Kentucky, and I went back to Ohio. We all called each other and let each other know that we had made it home through the all the storms.

When I left the campground, I had no idea that; It was the last camping trip my dad would ever have again. My parents last vacation together. This was the last time my Aunt Arlene & Uncle Johnny got to see my dad. This was the very last painting my dad would ever see me create. One month after that camping trip my Dad got very ill and dad went to the hospital. My 2 brothers Will and Richard and I went back home, to be with our Dad, and help our Mom take care of Dad. I really thought our Dad was going to be all right, I thought he was going to get better. I really thought he would be back home to stay. My dad was only 74 and he was always busy and active. His vital organs were dying and there is just no way to survive liver and kidney failure. He was in good spirits and he hung on till the bitter end. Dad finally just relaxed then, passed away. Dad looked as though he finally got to rest. I will cherish every moment that we had with our Dad as a family together. We were all together for weeks or so, day & night. Our Dad passed away August 26, 2010.

I miss my Dad. I miss our family as a family together, sing-a-longs, stargazing, fireflies, staying up all night. Campfires we built, silly jokes and dumb jokes, scary tall tales and funny ones too, creating laughter here and there. My camping experiences, I would not trade them for anything in the world.

There's no pain here now with these treasured memories of mine. I was just going through some my photos of my paintings, and these photos took me on a stroll down memory lane.

Something I hope I never loose... my treasured memories.

I enjoy looking back. Because I remember when... camping was the perfect way to welcome summer. I haven’t been camping again since. I sure hope I get to go camping again. Where I can create new paintings, meet new people, and enjoy new experiences to go along with the treasured memories I already cherish. Through my photos, I took a walk down memory lane to Spring-June 2010 at Friendship Campground where I am flooded with Memories.

Just wanted to share my memory of this painting on why & where it was created from. My Aunt Arlene & My Uncle johnny, Mom and Dad. Buddy & pepper, were there too. I named this painting: Friendship Campground With Flooded Memories 2010

I hope you will share with me something about your camping expierence or bad weather expierence. Have you ever been in flooded area and asked to evacuate the area? or went to flea market? did you find something special at a flea market or a yard sell? I hope you have something you will share with us. I hope you like this and I hope you share this with your friends!

Welcome everyone, now share your expierences right here.

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