Some of my favorite from the past and current

HAPPY AUTUMN folks
Just a couple photos letting my family and friends know I am alive and well; despite rumors of my disappearance.

 

 

 

 

Summer of 2013 SUPER BUSY time on the Potomac

 Joe and me at the new Condo

Joe figuring out his new smartphone..needs a handbook I still refuse to use one

 Birthday girl, September 5 was the real date

 

 Man to man conversation about the cheesecake that I made.. turned out great.. still working on the topping it has been five years since I made it.. but it was still awesome

Joe and Angie at the new Condo.. :) more to come

Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you..:)

This past year's photos some good and some gorgeous. I am deliberately not mentioning
the news because there is really nothing to say. Alexandria is still standing and the flowers are still blooming. God still reigns. and I miss all my friends. Soon I will done with this humongous new learning experience at this age.. sigh.. and I can resume my favorite amusements.. swimming, and writing, hanging around the beltway and maybe even Del Ray. hugs xoxo izzy

National Gallery of Art underground June 2013

Me with new haircut and hat to hide it; worst haircut I have had since 2002

the newly engaged couple .. you should see the ring.:)

my favorite color azaleas were magnificent this year

Side view of the azaleas in the back..

ahhhh.:) so what else did you want to see? lol, don't answer that.

HAPPY2013. We are all here despite the doom and gloom predictions and end of the world prediction by an extinct tribe of people. I am going to start publishing a new blog which is going to consist of "DREAMS" real dreams that people have about the future or think they have had. I have had many dreams in technicolor about the future and according to one of my most amazing dreams I had in August 13, 1989 the world will go on and on until 2050 or 2,500, it was a dream after all so that is what I can remember.. for real.

Anyway, as a tribute to my brother, James Musto, who would have been 55 today I will post one of my favorite watercolors that he created. 85 Years of Tradition needs no further explanation.
Happy Birthday, little brother, I know you are playing in the greatest symphony in the universe right now. I still miss you and always will. Jimmy. xoxo, Isabella

THE 2012 Christmas Blog from Alexandria on the Potomac

Where I want to be now.....then and at the end..which will not be on December 21, 2012

 Beauty, art, peace and joy has been my focus in 2012 and I want to redouble my efforts in 2013.

 

Angie and Gary at the Del Ray Artisans Holiday debacle. lol.. Ok we won't do that again, but it was a learning experience.

 I won't say it hasn't been a busy year, and I don't want to do a year review since it has been since August since I posted on the Uptown L.A Blog, mostly life's little distractions like the Presidential election, daily meditation time, spending time with my friends and family, TOO much time on Facebook and playing farmville. LMAO.

RIP to Bobby Winkler, dear friend and musician who came over and played "Somewhere over the rainbow, especially for me right before he died of cancer. I continue to miss him.
Here he is on UTube if you feel like listening to him sing the last time I heard him.
http://youtu.be/edtvPuqX-nI
http://youtu.be/cX4H49--bRA and I just found this on UTube when he was playing in concert 2009.

RIP to Robert Winkler, good friend of Angie's who died of Cancer this summer, and I will post on his minor pieces of art work, he was a landscape artist, long time friend and he shalle be missed by all of us still stuck on the "rock" in the middle of the roaring waters mistakenly called Earth. Obviously he smoked Marlboros.

So that is enough what is called MAJOR EVENTS in my life for this year. I personally have not done much in the way of writing, just touched up and reworked some of the prose and stories I have worked on for the past couple years, no samples here.
The rest will be photographs: and read between the lines on everything else.. the photos will be in chronological order, and I may throw in something borrowed or something blue, because frankly, I am having a Blue Christmas, and no photos of Elvis this year either: So starting with August in LaHoya, September, October, November, and December
Musto Arts LLC: a special note, the website is STILL under construction; I have had a difficult time
with it, if you want anything in particular email me at mustomusto@yahoo.com, I found out
that even if anyone orders I have to go to Paypal to find out. sigh.

Jennifer Duffer at the National History Museum,, DC, Jenn and Gregg from Texas visited me for three fun filled DC touring days. lol resting and adjusting Gregg's fancy camera.. he takes great photos

 

Felix and Isabella at the MVRW meeting after his gall bladder surgery, ONE MORE procedure to go. yep before Christmas