Pinot Palette Picassos

Dear Family:

For my birthday, I decided I wanted a girls night out at a place called Pinot's Palette.  This is a place Dan and Roslyn went to and enjoyed; where you sip wine and paint pictures.  You either choose by date or by painting as they only do one painting each session.  All your supplies are provided and the teacher talks you through the painting step by step.  It just so happened that the painting I liked the best was on June 21 - close enough to my birthday to be appropriate - and also the day after Gigi's last day of school.  So, I asked Karen and Gigi to join me.  We had a great time!  This is what we painted:

We forgot to bring a camera (or phone/tablet in this day and age) to the painting session, so this is just of the finished projects.  Karen and I sipped wine and tried not to mix up our brush cleaner cups and our wine glasses, and Gigi had soda (Pepsi, no Coke!).  It was much harder than I had anticipated, but a lot of fun since I had my best buds with me.  A happy birthday!

Love,
Gilly

Hoyer Happenings

Hi- Here's what we've been up to lately. Took a walk around the Seminary this winter and took a photo of #1

Alex, the growing boy (good way to get him to eat lettuce and tomatoes!)

Detroit Women's March

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Geoff helping me monitor a swamp for Michigan Nature Association

Spring Bike rides!

Mother's Day on Belle Isle Park

 

a prescribed burn I helped with

and Alex's 8th grade field trip to Washington DC (his bus--Alex is on the far right)