MISTAKE..MISTAKE...WHAT.WHERE.WHO.WHEN.

OK. BIG MISTAKE. I THOUGHT I WAS ON MY 'AWINGANDAPEAR' BLOG..NAMED AFTER WHAT MOM USED TO SAY ...'A WING AND A PEAR...WHICH IS MY PERSONAL BLOG FOR FRIENDS ETC ON WHATS GOING ON..ART...VACATIONS ETC...BUT INSTEAD..I WAS ON MOMS DEMENTIA BLOG...SORRY SORRY. PROBABLY BORED YOU...SO HERE IS MOM!!!  AND THATS HER APRON FROM KIRSTIE!

WHIS WAS MOM READING SOME OF HER VALENTINE CARDS..AND HER VALENTINE BEAR...CAUGHT HER WITH HER EYES CLOSED..SORRY...HARD TO GET GOOD PICTURES OF HER ANYMORE.  AND I MUST ADMIT..I DONT' TAKE AS MANY.  MOSTLY I USE MY IPHONE FOR VIDEO'S OF HER..TALKING ETC.  WISH I HAD THIS 14 YEARS AGO SO I COULD HEAR MY DAD!!

BUT SHE LOVED THE FLOWERS FROM MY BROTHER KENNY AND CAROLYN...LOVED THEM.  GOT HER TO SMILE.  THEY SAY DEMENTIA PATIENTS FORGET HOW TO SMILE..ITS HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE MUSCLES ETC...BUT I GOT A GOOD ONE HERE...

 SO WHAT WAS SHE DOING...HELPING ME WRAP SOMETHING. I WILL TAKE A PICTURE NEXT TIME OF HER PUTTING SILVERWARE AWAY. WE TRY SO HARD TO FIND LITTLE THINGS FOR HER..WE HAVE TO KEEP HER MIND BUSY OR SHE GOES TO NEVER/NEVER/LAND!!!  SHE DRIES THE GLASSES FROM THE DISHWASHER AND PUTS AWAY THE SILVERWARE...AND WHATEVER ELSE WE CAN FIND.  SHE LOVES TO BE IN THE KITCHEN, BUT FOR THOSE WHO KNOW HER..YOU KNOW THATS WHERE SHE ALWAYS WAS..COOKING, BAKING......

I DID THIS PIECE OF ART FOR HER. I FOUND THIS LARGE OLD OLD METAL HEART AT A THRIFT STORE..AND USED SOME AIRBRUSH PAINTS ( DONE BY HAND) AND SOME PUMICE GEL..AND MADE THIS FOR HER.  I HAD HER IN THE STUDIO WITH ME SO I COULD REMEMBER US DOING THIS..BUT ACTUALLY SHE WASN'T MENTALLY THERE...SHE KEPT SAYING ' WHY AM I HERE..WHEN AM I LEAVING...WHERE AM I SUPPOSED TO BE..ETC. ETC...BUT..I KEPT PAINTING ANYWAY!!!

NEXT UPDATE I WILL GET MORE PICTURES OF MOM.  ITS HARD.  SHE WONT' LOOK AT THE CAMERA..AND SHE BARELY SMILES...LATELY ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS 'GO HOME AND SEE MA AND PA"...THATS WHAT SHE SAYS.  AND THEN ITS ALWAYS ' DO I NEED A COAT..THEY ARE COMING FOR ME".  I SAY..WHO MOM..SHE SAYS ' THEY'.

EVERY DAY WITH HER IS A PRESENT...THIS HAS BEEN A LONG JOURNEY FOR HER...BUT SHE GETS OUT OF BED EVERY DAY ( CAN'T WALK..WE GET HER UP) AND SHE FACES THE DAY...6 OF 7 SHE DOESN'T KNOW ME IN THE MORNING, BUT AT NIGHT SHE USUALLY DOES...WHEN SHE DOESN'T KNOW ME SHE SAYS ' I DON'T KNOW YOUR NAME..BUT I KNOW YOUR FACE....SO I WILL CALL YOU SWEETIEPIE!

NOT SURE HOW PICTURES GOT OUT OF ORDER...I AM REALLY NOT GOOD AT THIS...

THIS PICTURE HERE IS MY LATEST WHICH I AM GOING TO KEEP BECAUSE I LIKE IT...

THIS IS WATERCOLOR/ACRYLIC....I PUT THIS ON MOMS BLOG BECAUSE..SHE ALSO LIKED IT.  SHE PAYS LITTLE ATTENTION TO THE ART I DO..DOESN'T EVEN NOTICE IT ON THE WALL..BUT THIS ONE..FOR WHATEVER REASON CAUGHT HER EYE...SAYS ' JUDY DID YOU MAKE THIS?  ITS SO PRETTY".  THAT IS PROBABLY THE ONLY TIME SHE HAS ACKNOWLEDGED  MY WORK...SO ITS A KEEPER!!!

UNTIL NEXT TIME.

THE DAYS FLY BY...

WELL LUCKILY I DO WRITE IN MY JOURNAL OR I WOULD NEVER KNOW WHAT I HAVE DONE..DID..WENT..WHATEVER. HERE WE ARE BAKING COOKIES  FOR CHRISTMAS..SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY AND IT WAS ...UM...3 MONTHS AGO! THATS SANDY, CHERYL, AND GAYLENE!   GOODY GOODY YUM YUM

 COULDN'T WAIT FOR CHRISTMAS SO GAVE DANNY HIS NEW GUITAR...A RESONATOR ON THE 23RD...WANTED TO HEAR HIM PLAY IT BEFORE HE WENT HOME AFTER CHRISTMAS...WAY TOO SOON, WE LOVE HAVING HIM VISIT!

 THEN..AFTER CHRISTMAS WE WENT FOR JUST A SHORT VACATION TO HUNTINGTON BEACH..AND IT WAS WONDERFUL WEATHER. SAT OUTSIDE AT A CAFE..AND OF COURSE...FLAPJACK JOINED US.  HE IS A GREAT COMPANION..QUIET..EATS LITTLE..AND ASKS FOR NO MONEY!!!

 AND..STOPPED AT OUR CHRISTMAS TREE AT FASHION ISLAND. BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS, EXCEPT FOR THE YEAR IT WAS TOO WINDY TO PUT THE HUGH TREE UP...MANY HAPPY MEMORIES...

 BUT CAN YOU BELIEVE, BY END OF JANUARY..MOM AND I WERE SITTING OUTSIDE IN THE COURTYARD EATING..SUNNY...HAT ON MOM...BEAUTIFUL DAY..BEAUTIFUL MEMORY

 MOMS CAREGIVER KERSTIE GAVE MOM A NEW APRON..SO CUTE WITH A BOW ETC AND THIS WAS A FLOWER FROM MOMS FLOWERS AT CHRISTMAS..GREEN..AND STILL ALIVE A MONTH LATER.
WELL I NEED TO BLOG..WRITE..WHATEVER..MORE. TIME FLIES. I DONT' GET MUCH TIME AT THE COMPUTER OR IN THE STUDIO..BUT NEXT UPDATE WILL SHOW SOME OF WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING..AND MORE OF MOM!!!