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Cartoon Gratitude to Niger Innis for his work making the Hillsborough Lincon Dinner a success and the great conversation I had with him.

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Had a great night drawing some life coaching drawings and spending time with some great folks in Tampa tonight!

This is the powerhouse of a lady that made it all happen! Deborah put together the 2017 Lincoln Dinner with only weeks to do it due to the scheduling of the great Dr. Ben Carson.

Robbin howled with laughter at her drawing depicting the many travels in barges she’s made with her husband.

Elizabeth really spelled out to me how her heart and soul is put into the causes she works in.

I got to meet and speak at length with Niger Innis, the emcee of the nights event and celebrated political activist. — at TPepin’s Hospitality Centre.

Carey is really a Florida girl fishing off the shore or the bridge in Matlacha, near Fort Myers. Hunting is also a passion. — at TPepin’s Hospitality Centre.

Jamey’s job protects us from the super bad guys out there! — at TPepin’s Hospitality Centre.

Got a chance again to say Hello to Adam Putnam! His speech tonight was perfect! The crowd loved him! — at TPepin’s Hospitality Centre.

Among the paintings I’m behind with due to too many difficulties last year is this of Seminole Wars Naval reenactor Kim Ceullers. Kim travels around, in between his work, and speaks and re-enacts various times in 1800s America. He was a speaker for a museum I’ve been involved with. This is a Thank You for his speaking.

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Jim & Nicole Collins, me, Don Nottingham and David Moore.

A successful night Friday night during Champions for Champions Fun, Dine, Wine and Giving Night. Much was raised through the dinner, silent auction and other fund raising activities, including some raised by my doing some drawing.

Champions for Champions mission “is to enrich family lives and values through providing and facilitating educational, sports, music, and life skill programs for people with special needs.”

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I had the opportunity to meet Bill at an event near Spring hill & Weeki Wachee, Florida on Sunday. I met him as he played Stardust and a medley from The Phantom of the Opera. He complained that he missed notes. Sounded great to me. Especially for a fellow of 94 years. Bill drove a tractor trailer most of his career in Canada after his family moved him from England as a teen.

Here’s the watercolor illustration i did of 80 year young Nancy, the birthday girl, who was being honored at the party.

A few images of the life coaching caricatures I did at an event Saturday night in Tampa, Florida.

Back in February I figured I’d been posting too many of these event photos and figured I should hold off a bit before posting more. Well, a good 15 events later, here are some more.

The first photo is of Rhoda, who is 3 generations Native Floridian from Tampa in one side of family and 5 generations Native Floridian from around Monticello on the other side. I’m going to help her plan a family reunion near Orlando to see Orange County history and not have folks running off to the kiddie amusement parks.

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It was great to see Lynette & Suzette Duncan Weddington at a party Tuesday night. I think the last time the three of us were together was during a play we did at Edgewater High School, ‘Dirty Work at the Crossroads’. Unlike myself, Lynette and Suzette have not changed a bit. Stephen Orth, who played the dastardly bad guy, likely remembers that triumph of us thespians! 😀
Otherwise, I volunteered my bit of humorous illustrative life coaching.

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Tina is a bakery & loves plays Bingo. Here she is with cookie Bingo.

Ashley loves critters and has been known to bring them home. Here she terrifies her husband bringing a selection home.

Thanks to Gar for keeping me awake during the long, foggy, deer-in-the-road drive home.

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Was part of a marriage rehearsal Saturday north of St Augustine.

Very honored to meet Bob who started with a mere 20 cents and built a construction company through great work and effort, something that escapes too may today. His company eventually was bought by the Orlando based Hubbard Construction Company. His family is still working for Hubbard, now owned by corporations outside our country.