No Trees Were Killed to Produce This Newsletter and you don't have to read it.
Really. I will never know.

What changed everything in 2004:

Fred buys the upstairs unit of "Sandbox Condominiums" (February) and it is OURS, ALL OURS!
(No kids to put through college. Pool Table installed. Hot tub spa should be installed and ready to use by New Years.)

My New Kitchen

What dominated my life in 2004:

My new "How-To" Sandcastle Book - Required Beach Reading 2005
(Sand sculpture built for the cover art by Amazin' Walter, Fred and myself - photographed by Jamey Fountain)

Me and sister Deb slaving away on the book - San Miguel de Allende (May) - photo by Fred. Deb looks like she is having an inspiring moment in this shot.

What I Lost in 2004:

Phoebe (July)...

and Twiggs (September)

Still hurts.

---

My favorite solo sculpture title in 2004:

"Microcosm - The Secret Lives of Seashells" - Port Angeles, WA (July)

---

My Favorite Team sculpture in 2004:

"By the Light of the Moon" - with Fred - Virginia Beach (Aug., 2nd Place)

---

And finally....

Got that butterfly tattoo I have been wanting all these years

(Just kidding, mom)