Monday, June 4, 2018

Monday, June 4, 2018

Tonight's picture was taken in June of 2008. This was a month before Mattie was diagnosed with cancer. That weekend there was an arts and crafts fair in Bethesda, MD. We took Mattie to the fair and met up with one of his preschool classmates. As you can see Mattie gravitated right to the paint tent and the flower pots. Mattie LOVED painting flower pots and I still have many Mattie flower pot creations in our garden today. 








Quote of the day: One day Alice came to a fork in the road
and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. "Which road do I take?" she asked.
His responses was a question: "Where do you want to go?" "I don't know," Alice answered. "Then," said the cat, "it doesn't matter." ~ Lewis Carroll

I am sharing this photo with you tonight because I baked this banana bread today. I haven't made a bread in a long time. I used to make these treats VERY often when Mattie was alive, as he LOVED banana and pumpkin breads. But now I just don't make that effort.

Yet I had four over ripe bananas in my kitchen today and I did not want to toss them out. Instead, they got transformed into this. Yet, look at the LETTER on top of the bread, that seemed to form when the bread was cool. Anyone else see an M???? I of course take that as a Mattie sign!

Returning back to Walk photos.... tonight I am highlighting our caricaturist! This is Dylan. Dylan lives in Baltimore and I found him through GigMasters. The company I mentioned last night.

After I put my request on-line for a caricaturist, Dylan responded immediately and offered his service for the entire walk for FREE. 

Of course I could see samples of Dylan's work on-line before we hired him. Clearly you can see Dylan knows what he is doing and not only is he talented, but he can converse with his clients of ALL ages while drawing! 

I received many compliments about Dylan. But let me explain the type of professional he is..... when the event ended there were still a line of people who wanted a caricature. Dylan worked an extra 90 minutes and was around the entire time we were cleaning and packing up the event. 

Showing off some of his creations to the families under his tent!