Donna Bailes (Paris):  

Life We have lived in the San Bernardino Mountains now since 1982, and have lived in the same home since 1985. Since all of our children are grown and gone, the only one remaining here with us is our beloved Rottie, Max. We have six grand babies, with one more due this fall. And he has now arrived, on Oct 8, Caden Lee Hunter, this is Stormy's new baby brother. Only one of them still live on the Mountain, Stormy Dawn, she's three years old, and a real joy in my life. She loves to do everything that Granny does, and always wants to hear "just one more story". I love to paint, I paint murals, trompe l'oiel, custom faux, and decrative painting on walls, windows, mirrors, funiture, block walls, floors, ceilings, wherever I find. In my "NOW" photo My friend snaped this quickly, after yelling.."Hey!"..I am in the middle of painting a large mural all around her staircase, lots of fun! In my spare time Stormy and I love to "treasure hunt", when we set out on an "adventure", we always find some kind of a "treasure" everything is 'brand new' when you see it for the first time through the eyes of a child. My husbands favorite passtime is...fishing, and fishing, and FISHING! and listening to 'LETS TALK HOOK-UP' every weekend. In our younger days we did a lot of motorcross riding, he on his Kawaski 250, and me on my Yamaha 250, of which the guys could always beat me through the gears, oh, but at TOP END....MOVE OVER GUYS, CUZ I'M COMMING THROUGH!! Even though they made fun of me, and called it my Yamaha~ha~ha~ha, it was ME and my YAMAHA who ALWAYS HAD THE LAST LAUGH!! These days though, th...Expand for more