Our family, including Scupper, hope you and yours have a wonderful, safe and sane Independence Day.
Mortgage Master Service Corporation is closed today and will reopen for business as usual on Thursday morning.
My first painting: JP Patches
February 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Mortgage Master Service Corporation is closed today in observance of Presidents Day and will reopen for business as usual tomorrow. Since it’s a holiday weekend, I thought I’d share something personal with you.
My new hobby that I’ve recently picked back up is painting. With my son off to college, in the evenings and weekends, I’m really enjoying picking up the paint brush.
Here’s my first finished project: JP Patches on black velvet.
For those of you who are not originally from Seattle or who didn’t grow up in my era, JP Patches is a local treasure who many of us would spend our mornings or afternoons with while watching him on TV.
My husband surprised me when he had JP Patches show up at my 40th birthday. I adore this clown.
I don’t plan on posting all of my art on Mortgage Porter. I’m starting a new blog for that. Your regular scheduled programing will return tomorrow.
Happy Presidents Day.
Getting ready to pick up my paint brush
February 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Just for fun, I thought I'd share a new project that I'm starting: warning, this has NOTHING to do with mortgages. I'm going to attempt a black velvet painting. Not the paint by number stuff we did as kids, this painting is going to be over five feet tall. Here's my first draft (pencil) of the painting.
This is a recreation of a Mucha painting, and I'm sure he didn't imagine having this done on black velvet. We'll see how she turns out! I've made her wine glass larger and added a label to the wine bottle… who knows, maybe I'll paint West Seattle's Luna Park in the background (don't count on it!).
I'm having a tough time finding much material about "how to paint on black velvet". I cannot find a book and this is probably the best advice I've found on the internet for painting on black velvet.
I will share the final results with you…good, bad or ugly!
First Seattle Snow of 2012
January 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Here are a few photos from my garden in West Seattle. I ran out to take these photos moments ago when the snow was beginning to look like it was mixed with rain. As I write this post, we're back to big fluffly snow flakes.
This photo was taken by my son moments ago, as my husband is driving him back to Seattle U, on northbound I-5.
Stay warm and safe everyone!
Happy Holidays
December 23, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from our home to yours.
Mortgage Master Service Corporation will be closing at 3:00 pm today for the holidays and will reopen for business on Tuesday, December 27, 2011.
Santas Occupy Seattle
December 18, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Not really! Yesterday we started our Christmas shopping in Seattle and were delighted to bump into hundreds of Santas for Santacon 2011. Aparently all over the world, there were thousands of Santas coming out to be jolly before the big day.
More photos of Seattle Santacon 2011
By the way, Christmas shopping in Seattle is one of my favorite things to do in the holidays. I highly recommend getting out to Pikes Place Market – especially on a sunny day.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and yours!
Sunday Drive to San Juan Islands
August 21, 2011 by Leave a Comment
We recently took a family vacation and celebrated my husband’s birthday with our teens in the San Juan Islands. San Juan Island is beautiful and really not that far away from Seattle if you catch the non-stop ferry out of Anacortes.
Gardens at Roche Harbor.
The Mausoleum and exploring the history of Roche Harbor is a must when you visit San Juan Island.
Lighthouse at Lime Kiln State Park where you can watch whales in a distance.
Our ferry back home was delayed so we were able to spend a couple hours in Friday Harbor bowling and enjoying some ice cream. Here’s a link to more photos from my San Juan vacation.
To All the Rock Stars at The Talon Group
August 6, 2011 by Leave a Comment
It was announced a few days ago that First American is pulling in The Talon Group and Pacific NW Title. I've been thinking about all the fun and informative videos the group at Talon have created and thought I'd share "Rock Star" with you.
We get to enjoy these brands for a few more weeks until they're official absorbed by First American on October 1, 2011, when they all "combine forces".
For the record, I have enjoyed working with my escrow and title teams at The Talon Group for these past seven (?) years. I think you are all rock stars!
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