Jesse Jumps for Jazzy Jasmine Juleps

ABC Wednesday is a word meme with participants from around the world. This fabulous meme was created and hosted by Mrs. Denise Nesbitt who hails from Great Britain. Over time, others have joined in to help host this wonderful and informative meme. We are now in our seventh round-some of the participants have been with this from the very first round; others have joined in along the way. Each week we are taken across the globe to see the varied and exciting contributions people have taken the time to discover and capture. We start with the letter, "A" and each week we post something in regards to the next letter of the alphabet. This week's letter is, "J".

Such as, Jefferson Art Gallery located in Jefferson County, Monticello, Florida.

That's the art gallery that my sister, Carol exhibits her work in. What a lovely gallery it is too. I am a bit envious that they have a grand old building like this for a gallery. Here in Rio Rancho, our city is about to celebrate it's 30 years of existence in January! We have no old anything to create a cool gallery in.

Jesse Reno

Jesse Reno was here in the area in March of 2009 to teach a workshop. I was one of the lucky participants. I love his work. It is rich with information, along with being somewhat enigmatic. At least, to me anyway. I learned a lot about how he approaches his work and learned his technique. And no, my work will not be looking like his! His process does involve continually painting and drawing over parts of the painting pushing and pulling along the way, letting it be what it wants to be. Check out his blog and website. He also has some videos on his website and he also creates his own music. You can check out his images here too. A very, very talented artist.

Jaw Bone

Me thinks a horse jaw bone to be exact. Either that or a cow. It was on someone's farm up in Mora Valley near Angel Fire. It is all ranch land with lots of cattle and horses. The owners have lived there a long time, so as he goes out to survey the property, I'm sure he stumbles upon these bones often.

Jazzy Jasmine Julep

 I'm certain you will all get a kick out of this. I went from Jujubes to Jazzy Jasmine Julep. I had an image of Jujubes from the internet, but it was a small image file. I don't have the candy sitting around. So I ponder over other consumable 'j" words.  Hmmm....julep. Well, we all refer to them as mint juleps. I looked up julep and it is a  "drink consisting of sweet syrup, flavoring, and water" along with the alchohol which is known to be Bourbon. Dilemma. All the images of juleps on line seemed way too copywrited (and no time to ask for permission). So, I decided to create my own concoction for the sake of this meme! I made a concentrated brew of Jasmine tea, cooled it down, sweetened it, added the ice, mint and since I'm not a Bourbon fan, I added rum. I must say, it is a tasty concoction! And I get to call it a Jazzy Jasmine Julep! J! J! J!

I know...kinda scary. But, it is tasty!