Nov14Art

This week's rural sketchers assignment, a board game.  A Scrabble board game had to be my choice, one of my favorite games of all time.  My girl friend Carol who lives in Atlanta and I now play Scrabble on our phones... it is fun, Carol is good at spelling words in more than one direction... I'm good at long words and hitting the triple letter, triple word squares... sometimes I win, sometime she wins... either way we both enjoy the game.
About this painting/drawing... what a disaster this turned out to be.  I used toothpick to apply masking fluid for the white lines... did not work very well at all... note to self.. toothpicks do not work. Used some pallet mud, with raw sienna added to create beige, but ran out of this unique mixture and had no way to reproduce it... oh well it is, what it is... and it'll have to do.

Nov13Art

Long day today... and now I look at the clock and it's time to feed the cats, dogs and birds... and get myself ready for bed... where does the time go?

Nov12Art

Veteran's Day Holiday today, gives us one more day to thank veterans for their service.

Nov11Art

Today is Veterans Day .. I thank all the veterans past and present for their service to their country... Americas finest men and women no doubt about it.
It is also Ron Jr's birthday today, he is 39... pushing 40 HARD LOL

Finished my left hand fingerless mitten... have new wool yarn for another pair.

Nov10Art

Ron usually falls asleep in movies, sometimes in the first 10 mins... this Bond film kept us on the edge of our seats the whole movie.  Very well done, and a new story line which was refreshing.  I'd highly recommend it.

Nov09Art

Listening to our hockey team on the internet... they are in Kalamazoo Michigan... winning 5 to 1... why can't they play like that at HOME ;-(
I'm working on knitting myself some fingerless gloves with some waste yarn I had in my yarn stash... I have more yarn coming to make more... my hands don't like cold weather.

Nov08Art

Sam, my half moon Conure pulled the big escape today, when I was getting his water bowl out of his cage.  He has NEVER done that before.. he spent about an hour out and cage fighting with my big Macaw... lucky for Sam the big bird didn't hurt him and I finally bribed him back into his cage with an apple slice... whew.

Nov07Art

I believe God answers prayers, sometimes the answer is No. Sometimes the answer is that God has other plans for us, that we'll find out in his good time.  I will continue to pray for my country and for the young men and women in the military who keep the wolves at bay overseas.   I am truly blessed to open my eyes and have another day to enjoy my life here.
That is all I have to say about the outcome of the election.

Nov06Art

Ron and I got in line at 6:30am, the polls opened promptly at 7am, by 7:19 am we were walking home.  The turnout looked good, not huge but good.
Headed out to watch the returns with friends...

Nov05Art

Catch up sketch for rural sketchers.. an umbrella... I couldn't do anything other than a beach umbrella.
Long day today...  the time change really messes with me...  that and a faucet that is dripping and I can't get to stop... hopefully, Ron will be home soon and can fix it.

Nov04Art

Rural sketchers week 44, fruit cut in half... I chose a Kiwi couldn't quite match the bright yellow/green color of the fruit.
Cruised the book store today and after lunch.  I love wandering in book stores even if I don't buy much more than a single magazine, I can browse for more than an hour.

Nov02Art

Got a small box from Goulet Pens today, had to try some Noodler's Lexington Gray ink.  Since the big bottle came with a free fountain pen I got a free pen plus I got a Konrad Flex pen.  After playing with both, I must admit I really like the 'free' pen the best and used it to draw the Konrad and do all the writing on this page.  This pen doesn't 'flex' but it has a nice fine line and is very smooth to write with, I think I'm going to like this ink too.  Seems to dry waterproof fairly quickly... I like that.
Much better outcome at the hockey game tonight we won 2 to nothing... so a shut out for our 'pocket' goalie... we call him that because he's only 5' 7" in his skates... very quick and agile so he does a great job in spite of his short stature.

Nov02Art

Got my box from Cheap Joe's today... new tubes of paint, a book on color mixing by Ann Abgott... so more journals like this one (on sale yippee)...new stuff and no time to try any of it out.
Went out to dinner with my sweetie and then to a hockey game.  It was a VERY exciting game, sadly our team lost... but it was an exciting game and went down to the last seconds.. I'm horse from yelling LOL

Nov01Art

Popcorn...I LOVE popcorn, have some almost every day.  At my new job, everyone that walks by while I'm using the microwave to pop my corn, has to tell me the story of the person on the 4th floor who burned some popcorn, threw it in the break room trash (with other trash)... and started a trash can FIRE... which set off a fire alarm and caused the entire building to be evacuated during a rain storm... and unlike a fire drill they had to all stand out in the rain for over an hour while waiting for the fire truck to come and the firemen to put out the fire in the break room 'metal' trash can.
I've heard the story so many times now, that when people start to tell me, I say... I know,  I know... I've been making popcorn in microwaves for 40 years... and never burned any yet... not planning to burn this  either.  You have a great day.