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Joan Phelps

@joan_phelps

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After 29 years of being a graphic designer I'm finally creating art for myself. Not retired, just retreading my tires. 😉🪡🧵🎨

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Viva Las Vegas 2026!
When these two moms head to Vegas with their kids there’s bound to be good food, great shows, fun and strange art, yummy cocktails, Elvis and lots of laughs. Just remember to stay out of the water though. 🙀💦

#lasvegas
#freemontstreetexperience
#neonmuseumlasvegas
#mobmuseumspeakeasy
#thelockspeakeasy taken in Las Vegas, Nevada by @joan_phelps

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On our June road trip from Coeur d’Alene, ID to Portland, OR. So many lovely stops along the way.

#coeurdaleneidaho
#lakecoeurdalene
#pendletonwoolenmills
#sunshinemillwinery
#nationalneonsignmuseum by @joan_phelps

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~ Columbia & Snake Rivers Cruise ~

Earlier this year @32hotrodpop and I took our first paddlewheel river cruise through Oregon and Washington.

American Pride
Multnomah Falls, Bridal Veil, OR
Exploring Richland, WA
Piggyback rides
Early morning cruising
Dams and cruising the Snake River
Fun speedboat ride by @joan_phelps

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When your kids add a bedroom to their house, sometimes you just have to stake your claim.

#grandparentsroom
#handembroidery
#handembroideredpillow by @joan_phelps

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6 months ago

Holy 💩 you’re 75! 😱
Happy birthday to my guy @32hotrodpop .
Love you more 💗🎉🥂🥳 by @joan_phelps

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Looking for something to read on your summer vacation?

Ventura Friends of the Library is having a book sale.

Saturday, June 14
10am - 3pm
Vons @ 6040 Telegraph Rd., Ventura

Buy a bag for $5 and fill it up!

- Hardbacks and Paperbacks
- Fiction and Nonfiction
- Children’s Books
- Foreign Language
- Coffee Table Books 📖📚👓🏖️😎📚📖

Proceeds benefit the Ventura libraries

#summerreading
#venturalibraries
#venturacountylocals
#booksale
#friendsofthelibrary
#friendsofthelibrarybooksale by @joan_phelps

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Dipping our toes in the water of Sandy Bay and a final stroll through Battery Point before heading home.

Goodbye to beautiful Tassie and dear friends. Until we meet again. 😢👋

#hobart
#hobarttasmania
#batterypoint
#batterypointhobart
#tasmania taken in Hobart, Tasmania by @joan_phelps

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~ Ten days in the island state of Tasmania ~
🍏🏝️🇦🇺🌏

Sometimes there are people in your life that you may not see for 5 or more years, but every time you’re together it feels like no time has passed at all. These are the people we choose as family.
@katenchar my “sister” for 45 years. 💗

Beautiful Battery Point

Brunch @ozus_coffee

Nanny Goat Lane, flowers and shells
The infamous Stephen 🐈

Riding sheep on the ferry to MONA (Museum of Old and New Art)

Amazing art at @monamuseum taken in Battery Point Hobart by @joan_phelps

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~ Five Weeks Down Under! ~

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Cruising the North Island:

Crown Princess docked in Hawke Bay, Napier, NZ.

Art Deco Festival 2025! @art_deco_napier

Touring Napier in a ‘38 Packard with a photo stop at the National Tobacco Company Building. Art Deco Festival parade.

Searching for the facilities… 🫢🚽

Off to Auckland!

Leaving Hawke Bay.

Pulling into Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, NZ.

Goodbye beautiful New Zealand and heading to the Apple Isle of Tasmania!
👋🇳🇿🍏🏝️🇦🇺

#artdecofestivalnapier
#napiernewzeland
#cruisingnewzealand
#waitemataharbour taken in Napier, New Zealand by @joan_phelps

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~ Five Weeks Down Under! ~

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Cruising New Zealand’s Fiordland Nation Park.

Dunedin, New Zealand
Local street art and strange things growing out of my head. 🤪
Lan Yuan, Dunedin Chinese Gardens
Lunar New Year “wishing tree” taken in Dunedin, New Zealand by @joan_phelps

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~ Five Weeks Down Under! ~

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Amazing coastal views on the Bondi to Coogee coastal walk.

Bondi Icebergs swimming club - who doesn’t want to swim next to that view?!

Fish and chips picnic with @32hotrodpop @barnes.davidh Cathy and @photobyjanet

@photobyjanet and I getting our toes wet at Clovelly Beach.

We set sail for New Zealand!
🇳🇿 taken in Sydney, Australia by @joan_phelps

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~ Five Weeks Down Under! ~
Starting in Sydney:
Koalas, Crocs and Tassie Devil
Crazy tourists and Packer’s Tower
Lost tourists
René Magritte exhibit, Gallery NSW
Dear friends
Sydney Harbor Bridge taken in Sydney, Australia by @joan_phelps

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