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Family Brigade

December 2, 2011

Breakout, the wine, food, flowers, music and love! I’m celebrating!!!

Β©Indigene T. Gaskin - "Food Celebration" - 10"x10", Mixed Media/Paper

I have a brigade (the Home Love Brigade), aka “My peeps, my tribe, my love buckets, my family” and the nick names go on and on. No matter how I’m feeling or who I’m yelling at, my brigade is my stronghold. Β They love me fiercely and I them! πŸ™‚

The last few weeks were extremely busy, holiday stuff, school work, household junk, workshops, sales, art fair preparations, holiday studio tour preparation, marketing and creating (my only grip on sanity)!!

My brigade has been there through the thick (which is me) and the thin (my patience)! But, they still love and support me! So this is my special way of giving them a shout out and absolutely begging them to continue…:)

So meet the Home Love Brigade:

Jon: Commando, BBQ-Meister, Security, Confidante, Framer, Baker, Kindest man in the whole world and my Go-To Snuggler!
No. 1 - Radical Son: Web Meister, Great Cook, Creative Buddy, Listening Ear, I have to beg to snuggle him and who now can say no to me, with no repercussions (except Mom-guilt, it still works)!!!
The Baby: The Love Bucket, Assistant Baker, Chief Eye-roller to certain demands of mine; Major Art Fair Helper; aka: β€œmessy-haired girl” and a sweet snuggler!

I love and have absolutely the best brigade in the world!!! (Uh, love brigade, you are going to be helping at the next two events, right?!) πŸ™‚

Loving your people, makes life pretty spectacular!

In peace to you and yours!

P.S. I am so in the dog house for putting their pixs on my blog! It’s holiday time, maybe they’ll forgive me…again?!

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  1. Laurie Knight said

    December 2, 2011 at 3:43 pm

    Gorgeous brigade!

    • indigene1 said

      December 2, 2011 at 11:27 pm

      Thanks Laurie, I like them most days! πŸ™‚

  2. Vicki Smith said

    December 2, 2011 at 3:49 pm

    That's the best kind of brigade, Indigene!

    • indigene1 said

      December 2, 2011 at 11:28 pm

      Thanks, Vicki, they keep me going! πŸ™‚

  3. Linda Hensley said

    December 2, 2011 at 4:57 pm

    They're all good looking, so none of them have a right to complain πŸ™‚ They should be glad they're appreciated. Really a nice post all the way around.

    • indigene1 said

      December 2, 2011 at 11:28 pm

      Thanks so much Linda! Lol!

  4. Amanda Mills said

    December 3, 2011 at 6:17 am

    they're beautiful
    glad to know i'm not the only one with like…six nick names per person πŸ™‚

    • indigene1 said

      December 3, 2011 at 7:50 am

      Thanks Amanda, Lol! My husband used to keep a list! It just got too long!

  5. Joanna said

    December 3, 2011 at 9:39 am

    Wow, you have a gorgeous family! πŸ™‚

    • indigene1 said

      December 3, 2011 at 9:30 pm

      Thanks, Joanna! I love them so much! They have beautiful hearts, which is so important! πŸ™‚

  6. Cat said

    December 3, 2011 at 9:48 pm

    Best kind, indeed. We should all be so lucky to have a brigade like that…

    • indigene1 said

      December 4, 2011 at 7:18 pm

      Thanks Cat! If I never get anything else, in life, they have been a monumental blessing in this lifetime!

  7. bella sinclair said

    December 4, 2011 at 8:38 pm

    HEEHEEHEEHEEEE!!!! Oh, Indigene, I have a HUGE smile on my face right now. Your painting is beautiful. And your Love Brigade??????? Awwww, melts my heart. What a fantastic brigade you have! You are blessed for sure. Hope you are doing well. xoxo

  8. indigene1 said

    December 4, 2011 at 8:42 pm

    Thanks Bella! You're always so encouraging! πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚

  9. Sharon Wagner said

    December 5, 2011 at 10:22 am

    We will all survive with a little help from our friends. And they will forgive the pics!

    • indigene1 said

      December 5, 2011 at 2:01 pm

      Yes, Sharon, we survive and thrive with family and friends! πŸ™‚

  10. elenacaravela said

    December 7, 2011 at 1:18 pm

    Indeed you have the very best brigade, and they are all really attractive to boot!

    • indigene1 said

      December 7, 2011 at 10:47 pm

      Thanks, Elena…it's funny when other people find them attractive, since I so biased about them, plus I see them when they wake up in the morning, with sleep in their eyes…lol! I just keep racking up those dog house points with them! Thanks for stopping by and your continued wonderful support.

  11. Amanda Dilworth said

    December 8, 2011 at 10:40 am

    I agree with everyone else, this looks like a fine brigade to me, and you are absolutely right about family and friends being so important, great post.

    • indigene1 said

      December 8, 2011 at 5:25 pm

      Thanks so much, Amanda, and thanks for stopping by!

  12. Abby said

    December 11, 2011 at 12:59 pm

    Great positive take on "brigade" – beautiful family!

  13. indigene1 said

    December 12, 2011 at 6:31 am

    Thanks so much Abby, so is your family!

  14. andrea said

    December 18, 2011 at 11:40 am

    I missed this one and am glad I found it. I'd 'met' your husband and daughetr already but not your son. Very handsome! Wonderful post.

    • indigene1 said

      December 18, 2011 at 5:48 pm

      Thanks love! We are both blessed with wonderful families! πŸ™‚

  15. Wanda Torres said

    December 20, 2011 at 4:57 pm

    The first time I saw this post, I didn't have the time to leave a comment, but I loved your "family brigade": those people shine!
    I hope they won't be too hard on you for publishing their photos: they should be proud to be in your blog!
    Wanda

  16. indigene1 said

    December 20, 2011 at 5:37 pm

    Thanks so much, dear one! Well, I'm safe for now, since they don't look at my blog! They're always so much going on in the family life, they rarely have time (I try to keep them busy) πŸ™‚

    But thank you for your kindness and support! πŸ™‚

  17. Radical #1 Son said

    May 13, 2012 at 10:51 pm

    Mm. Yeah. That picture was not working.

    Fixed now, though!

    • indigene1 said

      August 29, 2012 at 8:54 am

      Hey, no fair! You can't change my pixs! LOL! I knew I would get into trouble posting pixs of you! Love you sooooo much! πŸ™‚

  18. lynda said

    August 28, 2012 at 4:04 pm

    you're amazing! Thank you for this love testimony.

    • indigene1 said

      August 29, 2012 at 8:55 am

      Thanks Lynda, it must be the company I keep! πŸ™‚

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