Sep30Art

Beautiful bird on a wire this morning... must admit I looked up a picture of one on the internet to be able to draw her.
Beautiful day today, last day of September, next month will be busy. I'm looking forward to a week in Boone NC for a Brenda Swenson workshop, hockey starts the weekend after the workshop and my art class at the school starts the Friday after that.

Sep29Art

I consider myself a dog person, but thanks to my daughter I have cats too. I don't have a calico cat now, but I do think they are cool looking cats... All of the animals in this house are shedding now, cats, dogs, and even the birds... my poor vacuum cleaner is doing the best it can to keep the hair at an acceptable level. The dust bunnies are chocking on the hair.

Sep28Art

We had Church's Chicken for dinner... so I did some easy chicks. Got my Butt roll tonight, and three boxes of stuff from Dick Blick, ready for some fun now. 
I've made some great friends in the last couple of years here in Charleston, but it takes a long time to nurture old friends, like my friend Carol.

Sep27Art

These rolls are considered 'waste' and are 're-pulped' to make more paper... the public relations group at the mill will give the rolls to community groups... and my little art class qualified. One of these rolls can weigh 75 to 100 pounds and be enough paper for lots and lots of kid art so I am very grateful for this paper.

Sep27Art

Finished the last of the tiles, and turned them over to the person who will add the cork to the back of them. I have to paint a birthday card tomorrow and get it in the mail... except I haven't an idea in my head what to paint.

Sep25Art

I like the flavor but not the texture, so I'll finely chop them in sauces but I won't eat them raw at all. Ron on the other hand loves onions, cooked, raw, red, sweet, yellow, white... he loves them all. 
Big shopping day at Wal*Mart today, stocking up on paper products, coffee, bacon, sausage, eggs, and soup.. grand total over $200... YIKES!

Sep24Art

Watching college football today... so far Georgia Tech won... Clemson won, watching SC Gamecocks now.  Raining HARD this afternoon, hasn't rained that hard in a very long time.

Sep23Art

Found out I'll be working with the Kindergarten and first graders, so much younger than I thought. Should be a LOT of fun, because little kids have no fear and no inner critic to deal with. I ordered finger paints, watercolors, crayons, and washable markers. I'm crawling the internet for ideas ... class will be once a week and start the Friday I get back from the Brenda Swenson workshop in Boone, NC.

Book 14 - Title page Pumpkin

Starting this new journal on the first day of Fall 2011, might be enough pages to make it thru December if I don't do too many 2 page spreads, but I'm starting to like doing those... besides I have a cool Fabriano sketchbook to use for book 15 and I'm looking forward to that.

Sep22Art

Last day of Summer, and I'm ending this sketchbook here, since I don't have enough pages to make it to the end of the month.

Got to see a Doe and her fawn come out of the woods onto the lawn at work as I was leaving today... so magical to see a wild animal in the city... they both looked fat and healthy. The fawn was jumping and running around Mom in circles... made my day seeing them.

Sep21Art

I've been driving the car to work for the last few day, since my foot still hurts. I'm better but it still hurts to walk on it.

Sep20Art

At the birthday party last night, whoever decorated the tables used a 'beach' theme with sea shells and sand and on each table a little fish bowl, inside the bowls, real fish, a little card on the table, said please take me home. I don't know how many people took them up on it, and took the little goldfish home. We have enough pets in this house and don't need any more.

Sep19Art

Forty Six years ago a single mom gave birth to a 10 pound 6 ounce black baby boy. Today that young man is our beloved Congressman Tim Scott, at his birthday party tonight he hugged and thanked his Mom for raising him to be the man he is today. It was a great party... I'm glad my foot improved enough today for me to be able to attend.

Sep18Art

My toe started bothering me Friday, kept me up all night last night. So this morning we went to see Dr. Marino, blood test confirmed Gout, got a steroid shot, and pills to take. Still hurts like the devil, can't stand to even wear a shoe much less walk on it. To add insult to injury Ron went to the drug store to pick up my drugs and the battery in my car died. He had to walk home to get his car, to go get a new battery for my car. Glad it went out now, with a trip to NC planned in a couple of weeks, and one to Greenville at the end of the month. I'm lucky Ron knows how to deal with car issues.