Dear Friends,
A bulletin board hangs in my kitchen. It supports a collection of photos spanning a few generations. This morning, while tidying up (I must speak with the house elf) my mom’s sorority picture caught my eye. What is is about old monochromatic images. I’ve never met an old black & white that didn’t jet my heart back into a romantic world – the classic dress, the heavy-lipsticked smile, the proper pose, and of course, the sophisticated hairstyle with curls and waves set in their geometric place.
I was staring at this classic photo and thought it would serve as a perfect leveler for my ‘sexy’ dragon. Why did I draw a sexy dragon? You know, I don’t know. She just came to me, and like my other little creatures, I had to release her from my brain or she’d stay in there and get me into trouble. 🙂 I’m sorry for the brief nudity. Think of her as old-school voluptuous.
The lovely sorority lady below is my beautiful mother. I added the green tint because I think she’s still sexy. 🙂
Thank you and when you dream this eve, let it be of gorgeous, gentle dragons in your choice of color. Love you mom.
Sorority Photo (sorry, don’t know photographer’s name, but it’s a lovely shot)
Sexy Dragon created with Prisma pencil, two days ago while drinking wine 🙂
anntogether 
Fun and Fabulous
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I admit, it was kind of fun to be a little racy 😉
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Your Mom is BEAUTIFUL….and YOU are an incredible artist. I can and will say that 100 times over 🙂 Hugs to you, Ann!
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Ah, you’re so very sweet to say. I constantly strive for improvement and must continually ‘art’ to do so…blogging has been a wonderful way to keep me on the straight and narrow…I hope I can maintain some sort of schedule once school begins 9/3 Yikes!
Hope you and your girls are well –
AnnMarie 🙂
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School started Aug11th here. Still trying to work out everyones schedules :O
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Good luck to all your lovelies returning to be educated ever-onward. Here’s to us gals and attempting survival another year in the motherhood trenches!
AnnMarie 🙂
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What a lovely mom to have. And what a fun dragon!
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You’re very kind and she is lovely. She’s 78 now, but looks/behaves younger. She still has a killer smile. She laughs often and plays tennis – that’s the elixir I think 😉
AnnMarie 🙂
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They were so glamorous back in the day weren’t they? Sigh…
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I know. Why did gorgeous-sophisticated-classic glamor have to end. Everything is so – ‘in your face’ – like the sexy dragon.
Perhaps I should take sexy dragon shopping for some retro-chic clothing 😉
AnnMarie 🙂
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Lol, good idea, I think she might like that. The shop keepers not so much, hah.
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This is great and your mom is gorgeous!
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Thanks, Kristen. I’m going to have to tell my mom she’s getting many compliments – she’ll most definitely blush on the other end of the receiver 🙂
AnnMarie 🙂
I hope all is well with you and your writing!
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Awesome! Art comes from amazing places, right? xo
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😉
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