"I Love Little Children, And It Is Not A Slight Thing When They, Who Are Fresh From God, Love Us." Charles

I love it, too.  I'm really drawn to the garden crowns in the women's hair.

Nicole Franzen

I love your stories about artists from OC to LA and beyond. Any new artist spots in OC? Or artist sightings?

Thank you!  There is a new spot for families, singles and anyone in between to access their inner artists.  Please visit my Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/SeeJaneExplore?ref=tn_tnmn and check out pictures of my GrandGirls and GrandNiece painting a mural at a fabulous new OC art spot.

On Saturday, May 25, I created a mandala (a mandala is an integrated structure organized around a unifying center) at an art studio called The Drawing Board. The picture shows what I've started. The white represents hope; the yellow represents joy. During the summer, my four GrandAngels will fill in each of the four sections with their choice of beads or another object in their favorite color.

  You'll notice a glass of wine in the picture. The class at the studio was called "Wine and Art".  I was there with a group of friends.  We had so much fun gabbing and being creative!  Wouldn't it be fun for a married couple on a date, a mom and a daughter, sisters or anyone in between to create a piece of artwork together?

#placesIwanttovisit

Le Train Bleu Restaurant in Paris / France (by elaurant).

"My body is an instrument, not an ornament." Gary Thomas author of "Every Body Matters"

Thank you @carolynhimes for the great idea to embellish gifts with garlands of herbs and/or flowers.  How unique!

Have a “Sweet Sixteen”!!

I need to try this.  Sounds so scrumptious!

Recipe: Cinnamon-vanilla banana milkshake  If you’re having a sweets craving that is putting you on edge, this is a guilt-free way to be entirely indulgent and feel full for half a day.

Will I see you at the #RedDotAuction on May 9?

A horse of a different color. 

Mea culpa for the sporadic postings, but directedbychuckjones has been up to their collective eyeballs in preparations for next week’s Red Dot Auction benefiting the Chuck Jones Center for Creativity. Please bear with us (the editorial ‘we’ indicates, at times, that there is more than one of us, nothing could be further from the truth. and now you can debate “further” or “farther”). If you’d like to pre-bid on the art go to Heritage Auctions for details and to view.