Here's to being 80+ and Enjoying it!

THURSDAY!!!!

CHANGE YOUR FACE GRANDPA!!!

Grandpa Ralph is starting to forget a lot.

But his personality and pizazz for life is still going strong. He goes out and dances with Grandma Mid a few times a week, works out and always always has a smile on his face.
Mid is quite the dancer at 83-ish, and she wiggled around to "My humps - My humps" on Christmas Day and we all enjoyed it totally!!!

Grandpa sang Kereoke to
"I've got a crush on you!"
and I felt like I was in 1952...
(I'm sure he wishes he were too)
He still enjoys good food, wine and family just as much as he used to. And Grandma, well she's got the dancing fever and is terrific at it....

Here's to you Ralph and Mid, may your hearts stay young forever!!!

OFF THE WALL - Portrait Art

Here is my favorite of the shoot
"OFF THE WALL!!!"
I loved this family... Especially the husband willing to sit in a white T-shirt and eat about 15 pieces of KFC over and over again!!!
Now we are really on to something new.
Not your typical old Olin Mills here anymore....
I am going to have to think of a lot of excuses to borrow the couch from the clubhouse more often.

They weren't all Off the Wall, some images were awesome and beautiful.

This was so much fun and I can't wait to do the next one, It's going to be hilarious. Grown up Dad/boyscout, Mom holding a fish? Can't wait...
Stay tuned...

A little creature came to visit.....

Yep I got to hold another newborn. This time
only 5 days old.... You still can't believe it...
Precious little creature....
God was so smart...

Then they grow up......
and WHAAA LA
beautiful young lady...
WOWSenior shoots booking now!!!
I LOVE MY JOB!!!

Chris' Christmas Painting revealed!!!

This summer in Austin, I met this interesting artist,

Duke Sir Highness Michael D Peschka...

He was painting a really cool distorted face guy eating a sandwich on the Jalopy (my son's restaurant on wheels) and "The Duke" was drinking MD2020 mimosas! Ya know, as Artists in Austin would do on a Tuesday at 10AM!!! :) So we immediately bonded... (As you would being from Pasadena Texas and have had a taste of MD 2020!!!) So, #1 had something in common with the Artist! Plus he signs his name with a crown and I liked that.

I commissioned Michael to paint our family in a fun pasta and wine setting. I sent him to my website and told him to make sure he got Grandpa Vic's old pasta machine in it, and Bella of course...

There is more to the story but I have to say the word nipple and I am not sure that is appropriate for this blog? But I already said it, so OK whatever !@#$%^&*()!!!

If you haven't figured out already, I pretty much say exactly what I am thinking. If you are reading this it is kinda like talking to me. I don't hold back much, what ya see is what you get. I apologize if nipple offends you!

In the beginning, the actual original request was for him to paint me a fat naked lady. I have a collection of fat naked ladies. Nothing perverted or real nasty or anything,

just fat and naked.

He said OK, so I left with a hand shake. On the way home I decided I would rather have a family rendition done of all of us Patrizi's having our normal cooking & eating Italian style... So I called and changed my mind. I told him "No fat naked lady, but if my nipple was peeking out that was fine!"

I was just kidding... kinda.

He later told Nicholas, "Your Mom is kinky!!!"

So here it is.... Chris' Christmas Surprise Painting...
"CHATEAU PATRIZI"
It is a whopping four foot by four foot in our Austin house.
There is a fat naked lady in the background after all and just FYI, I Photoshopped the nipple off 77% opacity for the Blog, for personal embarrassing reasons.
BUON APPE"TIT"O!!!
SALUTE!

(Sometimes I even crack myself up!)
HAPPY 2011
Smiles,
Sher