Hotel Room Sketch & Photos

 My friend, Tina Koyama commented on yesterday's post, saying that places like this (hotels) always have patterns everywhere. The Hampton Inn in Kennesaw had patterns in the breakfast area and in the hotel room too. The Roman shades had a pattern, the chair had a pattern, and there was an abstract painting with a pattern. I don't usually like abstracts but this one had great colors and a soothing pattern.

The evening of the Celebration of Life for my brother, Joe, my sister-in-law arranged for a BBQ buffet for the family. It was nice to be able to spend time with everyone, especially since most of us hadn't seen each other in quite a few years. Many members of the family were leaving for home the next day. I suggested that we do a group shot of our side of the family so we all posed together. There are 5 "children" in my brother's family...all adults, and 3 grands (although only two were at the gathering because Sebastian lives in Egypt with him mom). Family on our side came from California, South Korea, Maine, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Indianapolis, Pennsylvania, and New York.

We did a photo of my sister-in-law, Joan's family too. They live a bit closer (North Carolina and Pennsylvania).

Joe, I know was happy to see so many of us gathered together.

Breakfast in the Lobby

The nice part of staying at the Hampton Inn in Marietta, Georgia is that several other family members were staying there too. One of my nephews came from CA and I hadn't seen him since his wedding 6/7 years ago. It was great to have a breakfast area with a lot of seating where we were able to sit around and catch up on things before going to the service. 

Inktober 23

As I said yesterday, we are on the road heading to Texas. Right now we are in Dickson, TN with another 7 hours behind us. We are more than half way to our first destination in Texas. My Inktober 23 was sketched in the lobby of the Hampton Inn where we stayed last night.

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