Recent ZIA work among other things

As promised, I would upload my recent ZIA work when I got to a computer. Today's upload is brought to you by the word of creativity (at it's finest).

The red one is going to be in a swap for my yahoo group and the orange is one I did for

the heck of it; both of these were also done on my 20 hour hike to North Dakota.

In addition, I worked on a RAZ (Random Act of Zentangle) to put in the hotel business center. 

Aside from my recent ZIA, I have one thought (although not considered a deep one) and a picture it scene

A thought: When a contestant on a game show (such as The Price is Right and Let's Make a Deal on CBS) say it's their birthday, do they mean it's their birthday on the day of the tapping or the day of the airing of the episode?

Now a picture it scene: A 90 year old elderly woman throwing her food at someone or something. Long story short, my cousin Andi texted me yesterday saying grandma (who I saw a week ago) threw her food the other day. You're saying that grandma almost started a food fight? WHAT THE HECK?!

All for now, have a nice week readers :-)

Sleep deprived after a (almost) 20 hour hike home

It is now 4:50 a.m. and I am currently typing this from my iPhone, somewhere in Indiana. Last week I made a 20 hour hike with my dad and my cousin from PA to the great state of North Dakota to see my grandmother who hasn't been doing the greatest. In other words, no memory and very frail to the point we couldn't tell her she was in a baptist home (Oops!).

Aside from that, I made a commitment to work on some ZIA since I was stuck at the Baptist home for a couple of hours one day while waiting for my aunt and uncle from Arizona to show up. Remember the ZIMA (Zentangle Inspired Messy Art) I started in my last post? I finished one but not the other and a RAZ (Random Act of Zentangle) to place somewhere for somebody to notice and hopefully take it. I don't think North Dakotans know what Zentangle is, per se (sorry if there is any North Dakotans reading this!). Since my phone won't allow me to upload the photos, there will be another post of the work I worked on while in North Dakota. I also have really cool scenic shots of the state in general because it is so beautiful and peaceful; even tried asking my Uncle Greg if I could stay until the weekend before school starts (August 23rd-24th) but unfortunately, I had to get lassoed back into Ohio.


Speaking of Ohio, it is now 5:09 a.m. and we just crossed into Ohio which only means about 2 1/2 hours until home and my cozy (dog haired covered) bed. Will post pics later on, so bye!

Here is a deep thought for the week: Is our life one big dream and we just don't realize it?

Zentangle Inspired Messy Art: A Lexey creation

Caution: Messy creation at the beginning but the outcome will be very relaxed afterward.

One of the swaps for the Zentangle Inspired Art yahoo group is Paint Blob/ Ink Blot on a tile, 3.5 by 3.5 inch square. I started the swap with the messy part which is getting the paint blob on the tile...

Example A:

And example B:

This is only the beginning of a messy project...stay toon for the final creations.

Saint Louis , Osage Beach/ Lake of the Ozarks and back on the road...

I can sum up my vacation to Saint Louis and Osage Beach/ Lake of the Ozarks in 5 words: Hot, Humid and Really Bad Sunburn. Aside from that, it was a fun trip and to be with my cousins made it even better.

Friday June 13th , my family and I departed and headed to Saint Louis which is surprisingly only 10 hours from us in Ohio. When we arrived, we got dinner then went sight seeing until it got dark out. From our hotel, we were only about half a mile from the Gateway Arch, Saint Louis' tourist attraction.

                                                   The Gateway Arch at night

After a good night's sleep, we woke up and did a little more sight seeing before a 3 hour journey to Osage Beach/ Lake Ozark. We went back to the arch and as it turns out, you can go in the arch and there is a museum and you could go up in the arch! Who knew?

                                      A picture of me behind the arch (at least part of it)

Like I said, you can get a bird's eye view of the city but you would have to huddle in a capsule like contraption both ways; otherwise it would be a climb of 1076 steps (Mama Mia)!

                                             The view from both sides of the arch.

After getting back to solid ground, we piled up and went to Osage Beach/ Lake of the Ozarks. Let me tell you: BREATHTAKING VIEW!!

This was the view at night from the condo we rented for the week. It was a wonderful, relaxing week to be with my cousins and I was a little sad to come back. We spent a day on a boat where we went tubing behind it.

                                          View behind the boat

Speaking of tubing, here's me!

In terms of REALLY BAD sunburn, I got burned on almost every inch of my body. I wanted to get some sun but not a lot of sun (if that makes any sense).

Fast forward to now, I'll be making a 20 hour journey with my dad to see his mom and possibly other cousins. His mom isn't doing well so I hope the visit will be an okay one..thoughts and prayers are much needed!

This was a photo from last year, my dad and his mom (aka Grandma Alice).

All for now, will write more next time!