David Michael Roberson

In memory of David Michael Roberson, our youngest son, who passed away September 26, 2003 from heart disease. Dave was thirty one and one of God's greatest gifts to me.

Jimmie Roberson (Internet-Grandma)

Something Unique Happened In Nashville Yesterday

Hello,

Ya' want to know what happened? It rained! This morning I can actually see a faint hint of green color in our brown lawn.

You've heard the term "random acts of kindness" or "paying it forward", haven't you? Something happened to Philip this past week along those lines. Philip is a huge Alabama football fan. Everybody he meets knows this - usually because he's wearing Alabama 'stuff' somewhere on his body, a hat, shirt, shorts, or all three. Bama played Vanderbilt here in Nashville last Saturday but Philip didn't have tickets. Last Friday, out of the blue, someone on his route who was an Alabama fan and knew Philip was also, left a note for Philip to knock on the door if he wanted two free Alabama football tickets. Philip was so excited and happy. He picked up Phil, our son, at 9:30AM on Saturday morning and they enjoyed a day of male bonding, Alabama football, and barbeque ribs. All because of the kind act of that nice gentleman who thought of Philip. Now Philip needs to 'pay it forward'.

I'm looking forward to going to Gatlinburg with my Bible study group - twenty of us. We're staying in a six bedroom condo that's supposed to sleep all of us. It will be lots of fun - shopping, games,no worries, just being girls again. So I'm trying to bring All-About-Noses.com up to date before I go. We're working on a new logo now so we can soon add it to the site. Phil's working on a new page for the Photo Gallery and I have some new photos I need to add also.

Here's another 8 X 10 study in oil that I painted. I like to paint flowers and these were interesting to paint.

As I sit here at the computer typing this text, it's raining. I am so thankful!

Be back later,

Jimmie Roberson (Internet-Grandma)

Hello,

My last post we were in the midst of a heat wave and a drought. The temperature is back to normal but the rain hasn't come to our house yet. I can't believe it's already September. Philip and I have been back to buy more vegetables from the Amish in Kentucky. I wanted to buy one of every kind of squash and pumpkins - not to eat -but to create a still life painting. They were so colorful. I decided to try some rhubarb - it's low in carbs and fat - and I loved it!

It is amazing that I spend so much time at the computer now. Creating a web site, All-About-Noses, takes a lot of research. Not that I'm complaining - I'm learning so much. I've created two new pages on Squidoo - Coach Bear Bryant and Joe Namath. How about checking them out.

I recently painted the above oil painting - it's an 8 X 10 study from a Helen Van Wyk instruction book. I really like this painting. I've started painting a portrait of my sister and her daughter. Hope I can get through with it by her birthday in November.

Hope all of you have a wonderful day tomorrow.

Jimmie Roberson (Internet-Grandma)