The "Talent Unlimited!" Story

It was an ordinary day.  My wife, Carol, and I am visiting with our daughter Brynn, her husband Dave and grand-daughters Courtney and Camille who live in Mt. Airy, Maryland.  It's been a few months since we have made the journey from our home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania to visit, but we have visited with them when they have made trips to our home in Lancaster.  It seems like an eternity since we have traveled farther than the local grocery store or spent time watching our grandson playing baseball, so we called and said we were going to visit for the day.  Trip is an easy two-hour drive, but much longer than trips around the town of Lancaster or nearby suburbs.  We picked up our 15-yearold grandson at 9:00 AM and off we headed.  We enjoy driving west on historic Route 30 until we reach Rt. 15 which we take south into Maryland.  Not lomg after exiting Rt. 15 we arrived at their home in Maryland with our grandson Caden.  Brynn and her family recently moved into a different home, more in the countryside than than their previous home in a housing community.  They have two dogs and a variety of wild animals that roam the countryside outside their back door.  It is only the second time Carol and I have visited her new home in Mt. Airy, and I spent time going from room to room, admiring the work that she has done in her home.  Brynn is blessed with skills that many others do not have.  

The anchor on our front door.

She enjoys creating signs and hangings made from wood or something similar.  A few years ago she gave us an anchor for our front door on which she had painted the Maryland flag.  She creates items such as this and sells them from her home.  We get quite a few comments about it, especially since we live in Pennsylvania.  On our trip today I was amazed at all the artwork that she has hanging on the walls of her new home.  Some are small while others cover quite a bit of wall space.  Follow along with me as I show you some of the wall-art that she has created.  As you will see, she is talented enough that she could sell some of her work.  All the signs shown here are on the first level.  There are others on the lower level of her home, but I think you can get the idea of her talent with what I have shown you.  It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.

Her entranceway shows her skills.

As soon as you enter you see this hanging in her family room.  The numbers
shown here are the coordinates where her home is located in the United States..
The sign is approximately 4 feet wide and 2 feet high.

These individual signs hangs in the study and tells the story of her marriage.
Dave is from Rockville, Brynn is from Lancaster, they both graduated from and met at Millersville University and at the time she made the bottom sign, they were living in Urbana, MD.  She will have to make a new one with Mt. Airy on it.

Just a small art box, but still attracts you attention.

I'm not sure if she did this sign with rub-on letters or if
she hand lettered all of them.

Inside one of her cabinets is this rectangular bucket with the names
of those who live in the home.  The top name of Mencarini is painted on.

Hand calligraphy used to make this small sign.

All she needs is a few pieces of wood and her paint to create a piece of art.

A small tripod holds this block of painted wood with rope around the top.

This hangs above the bed in their guest room.

How simple, but with a true meaning.

Each letter is about 12" high.

Above the bed in Dave and Brynn's bedroom.

A few hand-painted signs make one large statement.