Aug31Art

Ron had to work today, so I finished loading up my old Conte Crayon box with paints and completed my color chart.  Then when I cut out my carefully measured chart I found out it was 1/8 inch too big, no way for me to cut it any closer... so I guess I make another or make do with this one that is too big for a while.

I really like this box, I've had it empty for years, finally repurposed it as a watercolor palette.

It holds 56 colors with room for a few travel brush, maybe a sponge.... and all those yummy colors.

Aug30Art

Went to the Riverdogs game tonight, and as luck would have it Ron's brother and his wife also went and ended up sitting right in front of us.  Had a lot of fun at the game which went well until the 6th inning when the wheels fell off the bus.
A few pics from the game made with my cell phone.

Aug29Art

College football started tonight, South Carolina vs North Carolina in Columbia SC. I like football, I think I enjoy watching college football more than the pros.  For a lot of fun, go watch some high school football... very exciting, you never know what will happen with the kids there.

Aug28Art

Fifty years ago on this date in 1963 Martin Luther King gave his 'I have a dream speech' on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, John F. Kennedy was President of the United States, I was 12 years old and going into the 7th grade of Elementary school.  There was no such thing as 'middle' school back then, just Elementary and High School, my brother was going to be a Junior at Northside High School in Atlanta.  The following year John F. Kennedy would be assassinated and we'd move to Tucker Georgia, to the house my mother lives in now, and my brother would be a Senior at Tucker High School where he played trumpet in the marching band, while I attended the same school in the 8th grade. There was no internet, no cell phones, no cable tv and no home computers... when we did stupid stuff only our close friends and family knew about it.  Taking pictures required film and a trip to the drug store to have them sent off to Kodak to be developed.  Just a few of my memories of the time of this historic speech in Washington DC.

Aug27Art

Inspired by a bear painting of my friend Chuck... his bear was very nice... mine is having a bad hair day.   I know lots of people love these Stillman & Birns sketchbooks, I'm about half way thru this one, it's the 'Alpha' series.  I also tried an 'Epsilon' series book last year.  I don't particularly like the paper, it appears to be coated with something that resists water and I can't get the effects I'm used to with other sketchbooks.

Aug26Art

Sunny day, so cool it feels like Fall... very unusual for Charleston, Fall usually arrives in late October, early November. My paint that was on back order arrived today, along with some skeins of yarn I had ordered to help with my quilt.  I've finish 3 pieces only 396 more needed, maybe it'll be a crib blanket for my first great grandchild LOL.

Aug25Art

Got one peach today, along with our other week's worth of groceries.  I remember when I was a child my mother shopped for a family of 4 with $50... today it takes 4 times that for Ron and I, and we eat out on the weekends, no wonder 49 million people are on Food stamps now.

Aug24Art

Left Charleston this morning as soon as the rain stopped, headed to Myrtle Beach cloudy and cool all the way to Georgetown, then it cleared up and was  sunny and still cool.  We met our friend Vaughn and Lydia at Fuddrucker's and caught up on everything they've been doing.  Got all the news about their son Nick who is the same age as my grand daughter Ashton.  Then a long ride back to Charleston, just beating the rain again.  My hands are cramped and my back is screaming at me, but it was a fun trip and I'm glad we went.

Aug23Art

Seagull flew over my head as I was grilling the steaks for dinner tonight, so with nothing else on my mind, I drew my seagull from memory. Ron and I planning a bike trip to Myrtle Beach tomorrow... should be fun.

Aug22Art

Splashing paint, trying out some brushes I don't use often.  Gracie is in season, and Beau is in lust and very vocal in his protestations... about being separated from her.  I wonder do dogs go do menopause?  Gracie is 10 years old, which is like a 70 year old woman... Beau is 16 which is like 112... so these two should NOT be doing this should they?

Aug21Art

As Ron and I were leaving joint base Charleston, an Ibis was splashing about in a puddle left by the afternoon thunderstorms.  I had to renew my DEERS card, which now expires when I turn 65 and will go on Medicare.  Spent the day in Doctor's offices and/or Military pharmacies... got a lot of knitting and reading done... and for all those hours warming a chair I maybe actually talked to the people I needed to for a grand total of 15 minutes.  Sigh...

Aug20Art

Day started off foggy and gray and then... it cleared up and we actually had a very nice day today weather wise. Felt like some color today... totally imaginary flower garden made me happy to do.

Aug19Art

Southern Loblolly pines... as common around here as the Palmetto trees and the live oaks.  The rain continues... every day this week.  Lots of wrecks on the road between Charleston and Columbia today, those wires that are supposed to work as guard rails, don't work, when there are multiple accidents on the same day in the same stretch of road.

Aug18Art

Weather today was 'supposed' to be rain, but the sky was blue, the clouds held their water and Ron and I got in a long afternoon riding our bikes.  Went over to Daniel Island after lunch to visit with Ron's brother and sister-in-law for a little while.  All in all a very nice way to spend a sunny afternoon in Charleston.