Where Has The Time Gone

Time sure has been speeding by lately. I guess keeping busy has a big part to play in it. At least I have been getting a lot of things done.
I got the finishing work done on one piece of furniture and returned home today for a doctors visit and decided to bring the piece home with me.
Just got done loading another piece of furniture that I will be working on  into the RAV4 and will be heading back up to my dads place shortly. This piece of furniture that I just completed was a piece that we had purchased at Pier 1 Imports. It is a wicker style of furniture. I just did a light paint job on it using a very dense foam roller brush. I decided to use the dense roller brush because it allowed me to have more control over the amount of paint that got applied to the piece. I wanted to make sure that the paint did not go into the lower part of the wicker weave...only wanted paint on the upper part of the wicker weave. It came out pretty good. the next piece will be more interesting to do. I will be trying to do a paint wash on this piece. Never done it before so it should be fun and exciting. If I mess up I will just slap another coat of paint on it. Time to hit the road but before I go here are some photos of the finished wicker piece.

Please Place A Vote On A Worldwide Photography Contest I Have Entered..I Sure Could Use Your Help

I have entered a worldwide photography contest that is being sponsored by Fine Art America. Here is the link about the contest. http://fineartamerica.com/contests/national-tv-photo-contest-3.html. I need 250 votes to move on to the next level of this contest and I have a very long ways to go. Voting is absolutely free. Please click on the link below. This link will take you directly to my top entry in this competition. The Medici Fountain At The Luxembourg Gardens In Paris France
Thanks in advance for your support. It is greatly appreciated. Rick

A Couple Of Days Visiting Our Dad

Veronica and I came up to Virginia Beach, VA to spend a couple of days with our Dad. As holiday gifts we gave him an external backup drive and an Apple Ipad. He likes to read books, do some writing and listen to audio reader books and play a few games here and there. I ran out of time to get the audio reader app but I was able to get him the Kindle App and after getting that installed Veronica gave him a quick lesson. We figured the Ipad would take of all of his needs. It will help him pass the time that he spends during his dialysis visits. I just went downstairs and he is on his new Ipad reading. I think we made a great choice for him.
After Veronica made us a great dinner, we took Dad to see some of the Christmas light displays that were in the general area. We will be heading back home some time tomorrow.
Here are some photos of the various displays that we saw: