My step daughter Emily graduated yesterday from high school. Dana and I couldn't be prouder!
Here is the three of us at the graduation ceremony...
Nice tie, huh? Should be... it cost enough... hahahahahahahahaha!
Here is the watermelon I carved for her party today...
I used an old set of carving tools my father-in-law had. The consistancy was like carving 15 lb HDU. It did have a bit of grain to it and I had to watch the strokes. It is a bit awkward to carve but it was fun to do for her and her cousin, Jesse. I scored big brownie points with Emily... not to mention Dana and Mumsy (my m-i-l)
Hey Kimberly... how'd I do, eh?
-------------------- Bruce Bowers
DrCAS Custom Lettering and Design Saint Cloud, Minnesota
"Things work out best for the people who make the best of the way things work out." - Art Linkletter Posts: 6451 | From: Saint Cloud, Minnesota | Registered: Jun 1999
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You rock Bruce! Great job. Love the tie BTW.
-------------------- Kimberly Zanetti Purcell www.amethystProductivity.com Folsom, CA email: Kimberly@AmethystProductivity.com
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Nice job Bruce, I think the portrait is great too.
-------------------- Bill Riedel Riedel Sign Co., Inc. 15 Warren Street Little Ferry, N.J. 07643 billsr@riedelsignco.com Posts: 2953 | From: Little Ferry, New Jersey, USA | Registered: Feb 1999
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congrats proud mama & papa! you guys looking very happy! nice melons too....(ah that just somehow doesn't sound right)...but you know what i mean!
-------------------- Karyn Bush Simply Not Ordinary, LLC Bartlett, NH 603-383-9955 www.snosigns.com info@snosigns.com Posts: 3516 | From: Bartlett, NH USA | Registered: Jan 2001
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You know... I really liked that tie, too...
Heck, I'm keeping it. Dana likes it, too...
Hahahahahhahahahahaha!
-------------------- Bruce Bowers
DrCAS Custom Lettering and Design Saint Cloud, Minnesota
"Things work out best for the people who make the best of the way things work out." - Art Linkletter Posts: 6451 | From: Saint Cloud, Minnesota | Registered: Jun 1999
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Emily's a good kid... always has been. VERY talented, too, with music and art. She wants to go to Northwestern College in ST Paul, MN to become a music teacher. I really hope that works out for her!!
Here is one of her paintings - a man with a shofar (horn made out of ram's horn).
Pretty talented music wise... you should've heard her play Orange Blossom Special on the fiddle with her Dad, John, on guitar!!
Gee... proud Mom here, ya think?!?
-------------------- Dana Ferry St Cloud, MN Posts: 1556 | From: St Cloud, MN | Registered: May 1999
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Wow! She's got the world ahead of her.Makes me realize that my oldest will be where yours is in a couple of years (God willing) It's hard to believe... The melon carving was really cool... inspirational. Congratulations Emily!
-------------------- Nancie W. Phillips White Dove Painting Studio 74 Dacula Road, Dacula, GA 30019 678-887-3339
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