Tahoe, Friendship, A Hostess with the Mostest, PAINT, good food at the RED HUT, laughter and summer is here! I am happy.

So, I packed my bags with clothes and some painting supplies for a week of fun and art in Tahoe.

Molly brought us all flowers from Hawaii for our hair.
Six Friends have a fabulous time painting, eating at the Red Hut, laughing, shopping, talking, planning and designing in beautiful Tahoe at Cherise's Mother's mansion on the lake. How lucky were we? VERY lucky.

This is a photo of the front yard where we stayed. It was lovely getting up in the morning, having coffee and enjoying the beauty that God created and Lynn (Cherise's Mom) works hard to maintain in between her tennis and golf-she is 68 and she puts us all to shame. The little boy in the background is Cherise's 2 year old Grandson. He was fun, darling and entertaining.




The flowers in Tahoe are wonderful right now and I thought this photo of the flower and Cherise were equally as beautiful.

We actually started out with four friends earlier in the week until the others could join us and this was out outing to buy Red Hut jackets from Cherise's friends who own the Red Hut. I am sold on their darling t-shirts-everyone in my family got at least one. :0)

Here are Linzee, Cherise and Mel after a lovely walk on the beach one morning.

Cherise and I having breakfast at the Red Hut the first morning. I am still half asleep.

Here are the girls in a photo while we are shopping in Truckee (which is close to Squaw Valley)-great shopping, restaurants and beauty.

So, this week we painted on canvas and cotton and other stuff and we learned how to mix a small amount of paint in each little well so we don't waste paint....well, I guess Mel LOVED green so she didn't follow the rules as closely. :0)



I am busy painting my background while Lynn Cherise's Mom cleans up, this was the perfect place to paint and be inspired.

Robyn painted this cat with the goldfish-these are just the beginning photos of our work....

This is the beginning of a painting that Molly did. I was working on ideas for the bags for my retreats here in Idaho next year- they will be cool!

NOTE- the design above as with all of my designs is copyrighted (may do bags and other fun stuff) Marylouweidman.C09
I am doing a series of these and have a huge full size quilt appliqued that is underway for showing. I was a hippie in the 60's and want to show why I miss those years-this turned out darling when it was completed. Stay tuned.............

Cherise has two darling and well mannered girls. I did the drawing and she did the painting and it turned out wonderful! This was the beginning

Mel as usual was the most prolific. She did two wallhangings, a bag, and an apron. Plus she took my angel home to make a pillow into for a gift for a friend of mine who is sad.

This was Linzee's piece and it is her backyard. It turned out really cool. AND she loves applique and she did all kinds of little yoyo's. Very fun week for her and us!

I loved this photo-the shop isn't going any longer but I loved the sign anyhow.....

The bathroom wall at the Red Hut- I loved how things are falling out of one of the purses-clever!

Jack came to the airport with his Dad to pick me up, he spent the night and today his sister came over to spend the day-I was tired but elated at spending time with my 2 little Grandkids.....