Dec 28 - 29 Art

Love doodles with my multi-colored, colored pencils.. so much fun.

Dec 26-27Art

Ron and I found a Toy Hauler today that we both like so this is our new RV.

Dec25Art

Chilly here today, so Ron and I spent a quiet day at home.

Dec24Art

Dec23Art

We rode out to Lake Marion this afternoon to look at a used toy hauler for sale.  On the way home we stopped for lunch at Sweatman's BBQ, it was a delightful experience.  Our waitress led us all in singing Joy to the World, she remarked when we were done that we were the first group to join in singing with her today...  Christmas spirit alive and well in South Carolina.

Dec22Art

Stingrays lost to Atlanta tonight, in spite of some really odd behavior from the referees, they richly deserved to lose, lack luster effort wasn't effective tonight.

Dec21Art

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Just 4 shopping days left until Christmas... 

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Today is my grand daughter Ashton's 21st birthday... she's an amazing young woman,  I'm so proud of her.

Dec16Art

Got dressed and packed up and ready to go to a hockey game tonight.  Only one problem, there was no home hockey game tonight... sigh.

Dec 14-15 Art

#SketchingNowWatercolour

Dec13Art

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Dec10Art

Gorgeous sunny, cold day today, no snow here, but my friends and relatives in Atlanta Georgia have snow. I doubt it'll last until Christmas but for us Southern folk, snow is always magical.

Dec09Art

SC Stingrays teddy bear toss was a big success tonight benefiting the local Salvation Army.    I took a couple of pictures and a little video.

Dec08Art

Day 2 of cold and rain,  forecast says Saturday will be the same.  Snow in Atlanta and other parts of the South, none here, and none coming here.

Dec07Art

Pearl Harbor Day 76 years ago, was a defining moment for my parents, my father never let us forget it.  Today is also my older (much older he's 70 now) brother's birthday. 

Dec06Art

The neighborhood is looking a lot like Christmas, several folks have those lights on their houses, very festive looking.

Dec05Art

Forty seven years ago on this day, my baby girl was born.  Happy birthday JeAnna.

Sketching Now Watercolour

Liz Steele has a new #SketchingNowWatercolour class starting in January.  I'm on the waiting list for this class, and a pre-class assignment was to sketch my palette colors.  Liz's colors differ from mine a bit,  instead of Potter's Pink I have Schmincke Brown Madder,  I have Winsor&Newton Raw Sienna instead of Monte Awasta Natural Sienna - which I have on order from Dick Blick.  Instead of Transparent Red Oxide I have Quinacridone Burnt Orange, and I have Transparent Brown Oxide with Burnt Umber on order, Dick Blick is out of VanDyke Brown that Liz uses.  I have Schmincke Translucent Orange, instead of Transparent Pyroll Orange.  Finally, I use Holbein's Verditer Blue instead of Cerulean Blue.  Most of my paints contain the same pigments Liz's paints do,  and she did say we should use the paints we already have.

Dec04Art

When I was a little girl, my grandmother used to put the poinsettias in the church durning Christmas, Her closets were full of the plants in October and November, in the dark the leaves changed from green to red.

Dec03Art

Afternoon Hockey game split the day in half,  I hate going into a game at 3pm and getting out at 6pm and it's already dark.  Didn't help that we lost in overtime.

Dec02Art

Went to Walmart to pick up a few groceries,  the place was packed with Christmas shoppers.  Huge selection of ugly gaudy Christmas sweaters, might pick one up during the after Christmas sales. 

Dec01Art

Christmas stuff from now till the 25th in my journal,  must admit my favorite month of the year.

Nov 24 - 30 Art

I wasn't planning to shop of Black Friday, but because I broke my reading glasses I was forced to go out and buy some replacement glasses.

I had a 24 hour bug of some sort, felt poorly all day.

Still can't match the delicate peach color of this rose, but this will probably be the last rose for this bush.  My red and yellow rose bushes still have lots of buds on them.

So pleased to see a fat sassy cardinal (and his brown lady cardinal mate) in our crepe myrtle today.

Tomorrow begins December..... WOW!

Book 47 - Title page and Cover

I don't usually decorate my journal covers, but this navy blue Pentalic Watercolor Journal along with some new POSCA acrylic pens just begged me to do something.

Inside cover page, also used some more of the POSCA pens, along with my multi-colored colored pencil.  Just some fun doodles.

Nov 17-23 Art

Can't believe I'm still awake, ate WAY to much turkey and dressing and cranberry sauce and wine.  Dinner at Anthony and Cathline's house with Sue, Sam and John, and Anthony's friend Jim,  family and friends giving thanks for all our blessings.