Category: travel

  • 05/11/2025

    Ppt posse outing, plein air painting.

    Pp took me and the posse out to the park to have lunch and do some plein air painting.
    Was 65 but felt a lot colder with the wind up on the mountain.
    We made a video for TikTok and youtube.
    check it out when you get time let us know what you think. should i do more videos?
    on Ppt blog homepage
    ppt.jgartis.com
    there is links to PPt youtube and TikTok
    below is link to yesterdays video 05/11/2025
    Ty for reading and maybe watching lol.
    Jg and the Ppt posse

    Tiktok

    @pptposse

    Ppt posse outing, plain air painting.

    ♬ original sound – PPt

    Youtube

    Pp setting at the park
    The Painter hard at it!!
    Mr Louie watching his Poppa Painting.
    Big black bird came to see us.
  • Raising the roof

    Giving Pp a head lift.
    Post on work done back in 2024 before my surgery.

    Raising her roof, nothing much like a facelift but just as needed. First backed her under the big magnolia tree in our yard to use one of its limbs. Then went around Pp, took out all the screws that were holding the raised top fiberglass topper so we can raise it 8 inch’s. To do this i used the winch on the front of la Vincent our shuttle bus/tiny home. Run it across the tree limb and down through the top of Pp where the ac unit was. Looped it around a 2×4 board. Pp’s top lifted right up in the air.

    Then measured the gap between Pp’s bottom frame and the top, decided what Height i wanted and cut a 1/2 inch board. Then with screws we fastened the top of Pp to the board and the board to Pp’s frame.

    Now the front was little harder it took building a frame working around the corners and filling it in. Will come back and do a finish board, pvc and wood with fiberglass and Bondo and then paint it.


    ok Ty for reading and looking at the photos.
    Jg and the PPt Posse

  • May I vent

    well it’s my blog so I guess I can!!

    I am little down tonight. Why well glad you asked be glad to tell you.

    a few weeks ago and old friend that was no longer in my life passed away at 52. His step son told me and we went to his funeral. The step son will call him J. J let us know he was sleeping in his truck. So I offered him a place to sleep, food, weed, money for some gas and cigarettes. He said be back on his feet soon he had a job. Well that job ended and from my point of view he never went over there and when he did didn’t stay long. J said he wouldn’t need place to stay very long.day or two turned into weeks.

    at first he was communicating. And seem to be trying. Then J stop helping, staying gone. Asked him to like weed eat before we had yardsale which he made 55$ he didn’t weedeat had do yardsale in tall grass. Mema asked him to cut the 100 by 200 feet space with some weeds in back he never did. He was smoking up our weed at a rate was crazy. So we had to cut him off. We have seen him like twice since. Payed him money to put new brake line on pp. had to ask him 3 times then had to finally tel him to do it now please. He half assed it left my tools under the van in the dirt. Got under there my self and seen he left the line lose and not fastened and against the muffler pipe.

    so after week not seeing him and few promises he would be here. I just told him today to come get his stuff and move on.

    it sure reminds me why I don’t let people in and for sure don’t let them live with us.

    ok ty for reading.

    comments are welcome

    ps i love to read your comments so if you have time please comment on the ppt post.

    it really encourages me!!

    latter

    Jg and the PPt posse

  • Building Pp 100$ at a time.

    Building Pp 100$ at a time. It has become a theme that ever time go to get supplies for a project it seems to be 100$. That good and bad lol 😆.

  • Back Platform

    The back platform.


    this platform will be closed in and this will be the bathroom and shower.
    added the lights from our shuttle bus tiny home theses lights cam on the bus.


    then removed the back doors and boarded it up there will be a pass though door from inside the van to the bathroom.


    then built the platform.
    first framed then cut the bottom board to the size and shape then added a sheet of pvc plastic to the bottom to protect from water.
    added a frame filed it with spray foam then toped it with a 1/4 inch plywood and painted it.


    once the bathroom is closed in will install a finished floor thanking about palette board sealed with a clear coating.

    Ty for looking!

    Jg ARTis and PPt posse

  • New website for JgARtis.com

     Good morning 

    Happy 420

    Iv not got around to posting in last few weeks. Been so busy working on Pp that by Sunday my  off day and day I usually post iv been just to exhausted to do anything.

    And also iv been working hard on my new website jgartis.com 

    Iv got it up and it live still alot of work todo on it. But its open for viewing!

    Check it out tell me what you think.

    Ok busy off day today celebrating 420 with few family coming over.

    Will post more updates on Pp and the build soon.

    Have a good one

    The Ppt posse and Jg

    Www.jgartis.com

  • Ppt Posse Trip 03/23/25

     Ppt posse outing.

    Pp Took the posse out Sunday March 23 2025 for a picnic and painting trip.

    Went to Palisades Park in blount County alabama. 

    Very pretty park!

    Little late on posting. Been very very busy working on Pp trying get her ready to go camping and to go selling my paintings and yard sale stuff.

    Ty for reading 

    Jg and the Ppt Posse 

  • Ppt and posse trip out 03/16/2025

     Ppt and Posse trip out 03/16/2025

    Pp took the posse on an outing  today. Pp had me drive her 48 miles, 1 hr 40 minutes.

    She was in a running mood!

    So went & found a new small park to eat lunch “old fashion garlic bologna sandwich with no bake chocolate peanut butter candy.  Very good!

    After lunch I painted, not the best I’ve ever painted but, got to start back somewhere.  There was a cabin across the lake and when I saw it, I had to paint it!

    Took the two chihuahuas of the posse with us, they loved the food and the walk & all the smells etc..

    Ty ☺️  for reading!

    Please comment below love to read your comments 

    Jg

    SBB

  • Health update! 03/14/2025

     Went to my Last appointment on my neck surgery yesterday.  

    Got a clean bill of health. Doc said I’m all good. Can return to all activities except for housework and ladies work. He did!! Doc said 2 years before I can start that back Lol!

    Now all my muscles that I haven’t used in the last year while laying in the bed sick, are screaming at me & sore as hell. I am eating right and exercising,  going to gym and taking it slow as I can 😁. Anyone that knows me, knows that it’s hard for me to take it easy. 

    2 weeks ago

    Yesterday 

    Jg 

    SBB

    Ty ☺️ for reading

    Jg ARTis

  • M.P.S Mobile painting studio

     M.P.S : Mobile Painting  Studio.

    The start of building the mobile paint studio, part of Pp the van. Started with making a board that fits on the van steering wheel and makes a paint easel to paint on. This board will also be the top to the box that will hold my paint, brushes, water, boards to paint on, etc..

    My good helper, Blackfoot the cat!!

    Some pics of the building process!

    The box

    The easel 

    Easel on the steering wheel 

    So its not finished or painted, just raw wood. I’ll use it for a bit & see if it needs any changes & then I’ll sand, finish and paint.

    Ty for looking

    The Ppt Posse