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    T Tuesday: end of season edition

    September 15, 2015 - By 

    Ah here we are…the end of summer. Gardening is all but done. Leaves are turning and falling at a rapid pace around here. The birds and critters are frantically storing food for the long winter. IMG_0614

    I ripped out the plants from the home gardens yesterday. I still have plants in my in-laws garden that will come out next weekend.canningI’ve been canning like crazy. More spicy beans and salsa. I’m really looking forward to breaking into those jars come the dead of winter!!

    I also have to share my colorful carrots.carrots

    Aren’t they pretty!! I sampled a couple and they are quite tasty. These are going in my next beef roast dinner. YUM!

    My important phone call I mentioned last week came but not with the results I had hoped for. Such a bummer!!! I really thought I had that job! I even had gotten a tour of “my work space” at the end of the interview.

    BAH!! Anyway…moving on…

    Since I don’t have a regular gig to go to, I’ll continue to do my on-call subbing. At least that leaves time for art!

    I’ve actually done a bit of creating! Will wonders never cease! IMG_0617I completed one art journal page and just need to put the  final touches on a second. Waiting for paint and glue to dry. The above page isn’t my favorite but I was just happy that I still had the drive to create.

    I’ll be meeting with some friends for breakfast today…real casual. Likely head there after working out…seriously casual. 🙂 Not exactly sure what the rest of the day holds for me…other than a shower. HA!

    What are you doing today?

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    T Tuesday: birthday edition

    September 7, 2015 - By 

    For this Labor Day, we hosted a gathering to celebrate my father-in-law’s birthday. Of course there was more than plenty of food, wine and dessert. I have a hard time scaling back the menu.T Tuesday birthday edition

    I didn’t remember to nab a photo of the before…only this small after shot of empty wine glasses so I could keep up appearance here with T stands for Tuesday. I won’t scare you with the rest of the dirty dishes. I love hosting…I just wish there were fairies or elves that would clean up while I slept.

    Anyway, back to the celebration. My FIL and I have a long standing joke that gets played out each year on his birthday. He made fun of me taking photos of “weeds” during some downtime at one of Big J’s lacrosse games several years ago.  I said they were wildflowers but he saw weeds. So in response to his teasing, each year I give him a handmade card with a photo of a weed on it for his birthday.

    Happy Birthday thistle card | Halle's Hobbies

    Mr. G helped me with the words this year.

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    OH how we love puns.

    I’ll be mowing today…hopefully pop by knitting and *fingers crossed* receive a very important phone call. More on that one next week.

    What are you doing today?

    PS….mom’s cataract surgery went well!  She got a bit mixed up with the drops the first day but I made her a new chart which made things much easier for her. She’s had two follow-up appts and she can now see 20/40 with no glasses and passed her drivers license eye test with flying colors.

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    A second look: Asian theme altered book

    September 2, 2015 - By 

    I decided to dig deep in the blog history for Second on the 2nd this month.

    Secondlook

    I’ve been scattered lately when it comes to art…a big part of me thinks that the “old days” when I participated in many more swaps and round robins….before postage got too out of hand…I was forced out of my comfort zone and in the process grew as an artist.

    This post was definitely from those days. Have a look…

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    I completed my pages for the latest book I received in my current round robin.

    The original drawings from the book were hand-painted by me with watercolor crayons. The chopsticks were shorten by breaking then shaping them in a pencil sharpener before a slight bit of whittling and sanding.

    The bamboo was drawn then painted by yours truly. The fortune reads “The luck that is ordained for you will be coveted by others”

    I’ve never done any Asian themed art before…at least not consciously. I did do a mixed-media painting a while back that ended up having an Asian flare.

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    Hope you enjoyed this second look at my post from January 2008