What to do After 50

By Dale Bliss

Using Her God-given Talent for Peacefulness and Giving!

Jossie Azorin started painting at the age of 14. She is now 96. While she has sold some paintings, she is well known for donating and giving much of her beautiful, blue-ribbonwinning artwork away to friends, family and organizations to help raise funds.

She has been gifted with her talent and finds peacefulness when she is putting a paint filled brush to canvas. Jossie enjoys sitting in her sunlit sunroom with her dazzling colors of paint, her stiff canvas and other completed works of art.

Landscapes and still lifes are the two styles of painting Azorin paints the most. When viewing one of Azorin’s paintings it’s to feel as if you can step into the painting and take a walk in the forest with the brilliantly colored leaves falling all around or rest your feet in the babbling brook and feel the coolness of the water as it runs over the rocks.

Gardening Can Be Fun for You and Your Community

Robyn Tolle comes from a family of gardeners. As a young girl her grandmother taught her much about gardening and keeping a pretty yard.

The seasoned gardener gets her enjoyment from seeing her labor come out in blooms. She says that working with her flowers is therapy for her “even when it’s hot!” With a cooler full of water and her headphones on so she can listen to music she is set for the day.

Tole is a member of the Bartow Garden Club where she has gained knowledge about propagation, pollination, native plants, what are the best plants for the area and so much more. She has also enjoyed making friends and what they do for the community. When asked what her favorite plant or flower was, she answered, “I love most plants and flowers, but I am really in love with camellias.”