I Am Baaaaaccccccckkkkkkkk!!!!!!!!

A huge welcome back, Marlene!! Yeah :) !!

SWEET!

thanks, Pat...you've been a wonderful fan and friend this year!

Welcome back home Marlene,

Show us what you've been up to while away on break

I hear you used the free time for great successes.......a salient lesson

Cheers

thanks Michele! great things going on for us all, right?

Welcome back :)!

Yes indeed Marlene!

yes, Vivian...my best year ever with all time spent moving forward, marketing and planting seeds...will post as I can...thanks for the genuine welcome!!

Xueling! You have had a great year as well....I have been faithfully following my buds!

Welcome back Marlene old....errrrr young friend. :) :) :)

Yeah!
--mary ellen anderson
PS I was reading your blog the other day, and am so jealous.

HI Marlene! So, so happy for your success! :)

Good to see you! :)

Hey, Hal! I got medicare while I was away...birthday was last week!

Mary-Ellen! I did alot of blogging this year...I have a lifetime of experience to share and still learning new things daily!

Fraida, special wishes to you this day, in particular....so glad we stayed in touch with each others' work this past year!

Christi, my smiley faced partner! So good to see that grin of yours!!

Welcome back!!!!!!!

Welcome back dear Marlene!!!
I'm so glad to hear that you had such a great year and I wish lot of success for the future, too!!!!! It is so well deserved...:)

You left????

Just kidding. Welcome back!

Thanks so much, Ron!! Been enjoying your latest thread!

Mona! It's been a joy to follow your work this year, your prolific painter you!

hehe, Chuck, Thanks!

Welcome back, Marlene. Congratulations on your successful year.

So good to see your smiling face.

Thanks so much, Janice,,,it certainly helped me get priorities straight!

keeeeeeeeeeeevin! thanks for the sincere welcome!

Hiya, Marlene!

Happy to have you back; surprised you would actually come back!

I appreciate that you kept in touch during your . . . sabbatical. ;-)

and thank you! Wendy, the forum definitely has entertainment value!

Just like a baaaaad penny... i'd pick it up... great to see you girl!! you've been missed ... =>))

hehe ed, thanks!
now, how fun would it have been if this shiny penny disappeared!!

YIPEE!

We have a new group where people are free to discuss whatever they want and are less likely to get in trouble.

http://fineartamerica.com/groups/if-you-cant-stand-the-heat.html?tab=overview

:-) , :-) , :-)… and many more.

Thanks, John, but I think it was one of those private conversations, protected of course, that might have sent me to Siberia. lol

Thanks, Arthur, good to see you and your :)s!

Well, I am glad you are back from your trip to the Gulag!

Ciao bella!

So very lovely to see you. :-)

instead of the REALLY behind the scenes, eh, Roseann?

LOL nah, those are fun too. So let's go with in addition too.

ok, i have 15 more minutes before the holiest day of the year is upon me...then out of commission for 24 hours...but please keep your regards comin'!!

Welcome back, Marlene.

It has been a fruitful year for you without crappy headache in your creative process. A year away with the limitless sky of thought and total freedom of imagination, you have artistically reached the momentum in your art. I hope you would still maintain your trust in human relationship and friendship in general.

Hello Marlene...

Good to see you. Now, can you please set us straight?

Oh yes, Yom Kippur? If I'm spelling this right.

Thank you Poe! It has been a joy to be part of your talented and creative process...the book looks marvelous!

if only, Glenn! lol

Roseann, shhhhh...no religion allowed! I'll have to spank you!

Welcome back Marlene!

LOL okay, but no video taping that. (wink,grin)

By the way, how are folks liking the cool hybrids?

Welcome back, Marlene.

Hey girly! :)

Great to "see" you back. This place just isn't the same without ya!

Yayyy! Marlene's back! It's so nice to see your smiling face again! :-)

Great to see your smiling face again on here again, though I've followed your new hybrid series and commented on a few, I'm not as involved as I was was in the discussions. So with you coming back it will be great to read your feedback and wonderful incite to others once again.
This is still my favorite of yours.

Welcome back!

Welcome back Marlene! it been a long time I missed your comments and inputs.

Hi Marlene! Love your work!!

I'm happy you're here!!! Out with the old in with the new!

Welcome Back! Where have you been, sweet lady?

Marlene welcome back! Happy birthday too!

Welcome back :-)

so how long do you think you'll last this time ?

LOL !

HEY! Good to see you back!

Welcome back! We missed you around here!

"so how long do you think you'll last this time ?"
lol, RJ

She'll go back...most eventually do! ;))

;) ...


~ Carmen Hathaway ~

Hiiiiiiiii Marlene ! So good to see you again ! Warmest congratulations on your successful year ! :)))))))

Welcome Back Marlene :)

Aloha Marlene, welcome back! You have been greatly missed.

Welcome back! I missed your smiling face! :)

Welcome back Marlene...super to see you again! :D

Great to have you back, Marlene!

Welcome back Marlene! It's great to see you back in the forum.

Welcome Home Marlene ! ... Happy Yom Kippur !!!



I have missed you sompin fierce , and Here's hoping you will not be exiled back to the desert !!!

Good to see you back on FAA Marlene. I have not visited here too often myself over the last year. It was a pleasant surprise to see your smiling face again.

SOOOOO glad you are back my dear friend. Missed ya! We need another Tucson lunch!! L'Shana Tova!

Murleeen _ It is zo good to see your back, and your front, and your....... ( I'll tell you the rest when you are back in the sack with me. ; )

welcome back Marlene !!

Hey, Marlene, welcome back from wherever you have been! LOL

Welcome back!!! Nice to see your big smile.

Welcome back, now post your blog so that we can all read about your adventures. :)

Heya sister... WB! I'd say I missed you - but... ;) xoxoxox, D

Happy New Year!

Welcome back you rebel you.

Welcome Back :-)))

Marlene, welcome back!

Welcome back, Marlene. You have been sorely missed.
Here's a tribute, via Tom Petty, in honor of your return to the fold.

http://youtu.be/cLTYMN8iD00

::::waving at John::: thanks!

Roseann, the hybrids are meeting with resounding approval....my restaurant chain, soon to be announced will be using them in their chain..nice and big!!

Great to see your smiling face again Marlene!!:-D

Congrats and Welcome Back :):):)

Hi Marlene!

Happy New Year!

Oh sure,,, I get too busy and miss your grand entrance,,, hehe welcome back doll! XOXO

Thanks, Dale! Loved it!!

Hang in there, everyone...I want to respond to each and every one! I have some serious catching up to do.

Hi Diane! it wasn't so grand...just seriously long overdue.

Hi Elena, thank you so much...today was quite the day for soul searching. I have always found it difficult for people to ask forgiveness...it's just as difficult to forgive.

Mo! Thanks and Thanks! This past year has really energized me.:)

Thank you, Joann...getting away was one of the main reasons this smile has stayed authentic!

Thank you, sista Mary-ellen...hope you've been keeping our cranky relatives in line!

Barbara!!!!!back atcha!!!!!

Who, little ole me, Debra?? lol.

Jeff, thank you, same to you!

Donna, my girlfriend....yet another place to hang for us....can't believe all that has gone down in a year...hope this one will be healthier!

Good to see you, Marlene.......what cranky relatives????

David, I am out of town but will try as I can...I am slammed with work and have little time to devote to socializing in this venue...there are lots of blogs..I wonder if there is a search button...if not, bear with me, cuz each blog is worthy of being it's own thread....

Jackie....er.....oops.....haha, missed you sista too!

Katie DID a ton of great work this year...Ive been watching!! Its been marvelous following your exciting work!

Thank Mary, I know where I've been...only the reason eludes....;)

Hey, Richard, thanks so much!

SANDI!,
yes we do...I've got to get back there first!! In ohio right now for an extended vacay

I sure hope youse guys have been misbehaving in my absence and fine tradtion!!!
((gershie and Gene))

Dear Rich,
It was great being in touch all year with you as with some many others...it reminded me that real respect can develop from rocky starts!

Andew! What a nice surprise to see you on this list of welcomers!

More of my off site connections...two of my favorite and hard working women...kendall and leana!!

SO many beautiful women I've followed ....Lara and Darice, aloha!!

Ernie and ANa Marie!! I've watched you both this past year!

Carmen, such a comfy welcome back, thank you!

Andee nd Loree, thanks for your ongoing participation...made it easy to stay in touch!

Thank you Cricket, and speaking of big smiles, wow, Pete!!!

Loretta, how kind of you to add our greetings!

Alfred, a professional i truly admire..thank you!

Tiny, thanks for holding down the fort!!

Fran, you've been such a grand supporter od
f my work this past year...thank you!

Rose, I have been in the proverbial land of Siberia

Val, thank you and thank you!!

Christine, I appreciate your welcome and behind the scenes support ;)

Larry, thanks for the special video greeting!

David...it was great seeing you in person this year!

Jenny, I appreciate your warm welcome!

RJ, I saved you for the last of catch up.
I'm thinking, I'll last about 100 days..mebbe less....wanna start a pool..$5 to lay down on a date between now and the end of the year....LOL

Welcome back Marlene!! Good to see you!!!

Thank you, Shana....ive been watching you all year!

Welcome Back Marlene.

Thanks JC. I see you've turned blue since I was last here ;)

Welcome back!

Hope you had a satisfying Yom Kippur, Marlene.

Yes -- I said it! ;-)

Welcome back Marlene ! Glad to see you in the threads again :)

Hi Marlene, welcome back!!

Thank you david and Leah...been following your latest and greatests all year!I have faithfully been following all of your l

wendy, since you asked, it was a Yom Kippur to remember, I opted not to officaite several months ago...it's so important to be a congregant sometimes so I can be inspired in order to turn around and inspire others. As it turned out, my clergy returned to my temple in Phoenix and I was able to be with them again which was outrageous, last week.
This week, all the rules changed. I am in the hospital with my mom ( my comments in the threads are my breaks when she sleeps and to be honest, good distraction)
We listened to the most fabulous of the famous cantors (richard tucker) chant the opening prayer, then I led an intimate service Friday night just for her. My nephew is a rabbi and sent her his sermon for me to read yesterday and my brother called and through the speaker phone, he blew the shofar ( ram's horn) to announce the end of the day. She is living on a feeding tube for the past several weeks....so fasting was certainly the easiest for her this year...and to be honest, I have no appetite.
It was amazingly bittersweet and certainly a holy day to remember for all time.

Randy, wonderful to see you as well! Thanks for keeping up with my work this past year ;)

Thanks for sharing that, Marlene. Good to know you're finding some respite and beauty during this difficult time.

You, and yours, are in my thoughts.

Thanks to all for the over the top welcome back!
feel free to contact me off site at any time! my intra faa e mail is dead.

Hey, lady - I went on a two day vacation so I didn't see you drive into town! Welcome back. We saved a seat......

Hey, Mary...it seems almost weird to talk to you in a thread!!

Your mom is a lucky woman to have you so close. Sending good thoughts your way.

You know what I went through the last couple years with my parents, Marlene, I'm thinking about you and sending good energy. Been there...here's hoping for peace and quite tranquility.

Darice, my Mom is lucky in many ways but not with a daughter close. I traveled cross country and moved into her hospital room....
Mary, thank you. We are lucky to be able to support one another, yes

Darice, my Mom is lucky in many ways but not with a daughter close. I traveled cross country and moved into her hospital room....
Mary, thank you. We are lucky to be able to support one another, yes

Time to close this thread.
Thank you all for your overwhelming welcome.
Please feel free to contact me off site ANYTIME!