YOLO - Beach Sketches

A year ago I bought myself a present - a Texting Dictionary, a handy little guide for looking up all those scrambled letters that my grandchildren are using in their texts. (I have learned that other grandmothers are doing the same thing, so I am not feeling like such a luddite)  Actually it is very useful - but I admit that I frequently just type the letters into Google and find out what is being said.

So, we are in Florida for spring break and decide to rent chairs and umbrellas from YOLO.  It never occurred to me that YOLO meant something, it was just the name of the rental place.  What a lovely surprise to learn that it means You Only Live Once (for those of you rushing to your cheat sheets). I like the idea of taking care of yourself and just relaxing by the water, because YOLO.

I had my sketchbook on the beach and of course, had to draw one of the YOLO chairs along with those little birds that my youngest granddaughter likes to chase, a sailboat out in the Gulf and the chasing granddaughter lying on her chair reading a book.

Here's another page with the golf cart - everyone had fun driving it (shhh, don't tell about the underage drivers), some shells and those crazy diving pelicans.

And, here are just a couple reminders of the palms. leaves, vines that abound.

 Well, AFAIC (As Far As I'm Concerned) this is all FTFOI (For The Fun Of It).
Enjoy the sketches and HAND (Have A Nice Day)

CUL8R (See You Later)  YOLO

The Beach

For the past few years my daughter has invited us to join her family during Spring Break.  Everyone loves the sun, the ocean and the warm temperatures. So, we have been going to Florida together. We have been fortunate to rent a house on/near the beach  - with a pool.  This has given us options for swimming and even more ways to have fun.

I take my sketchbook so that I can capture some of the fun.  A couple years ago the girls wanted to paint in my book, too.  A tradition was started. This year the younger two asked to paint - so here are their "Spring Break 2013" paintings!

This one was done by 8 year old, Winnie.  She's got it all in there - the girl in the beach chair; the sand castles; waves and water - including fish; the crazy pelican with a fish in its mouth (we watched LOTS of pelicans diving for fish!); many shells; and of course, the sky and sun.

And here is 6 year old Hildry's painting. She wrote the title "boat with people in it." She worked really hard on the planks of the boat and the waves in the water. She wondered about the boat being all one color - "that would not look good" - so we blotted the wet paint to give it some interest.  I love it that the people each hold a paddle and are saying "Hi".

Sharing my sketchbook with them has been such fun.  I love seeing their imaginations at work!