• Art - Blog - Creativity

    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…

    eyes

    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

  • Blog - Photography

    2015 Summer Photo Scavenger Hunt wrap up

    September 1, 2015 - By 

    Here we are at the end of summer…well, at least the end of the 2015 Summer photo Scavenger hunt hosted by Rinda.

    At my last check in I had over half of the items on the list as well as the alternates.

    2015photo hunt 1

    I am so happy to say that I have completed the list!! Hooray! I love being able to check something off a list. In fact…secret coming…I write stuff on my to-do list after doing it just so I can cross it off. Yeah…I have a problem.

    The remainder of the items are as follows….

    4. People playing a board game or card game

    game time

    a rousing game of Scattergories Categories

    6. A metal bridge

    metal bridge 1

    This first photo was taken while passing a company that builds metal bridges. We passed it at least three times so on the last time I had passed of my phone off for someone to snap the photo at my direction.

    metal bridge 2

    I think this may have been one from that same company in real world use.

    8. Someone “plugged in” to social media

    plugged in

    Sad but true…computer in the van.

    11. A cellular tower or television satellite dish

    cell tower

    Along the interstate…

    14. A traffic signaltraffic signal

    Rural central Minnesota gas station with really old pumps and the craziest items for sale in a convenience store I’ve ever seen. It was like an episode of Hoarders with price tags complete with a literal path to the “customers only” restroom. Yikes!

    15. A flag pole with at least three flags on it

    three flags

    Ok I’m taking a little liberty with this one…but it was REALLY HARD to find.

    18. An overloaded truck, car, bicycle or other vehicle

    overloaded 1

    Two examples on the interstate…The first some big piece of farm equipment

    overloaded 2

    And this one was just crazy and freaked me out when it came into view. I saw this white truck in my lane ahead of me suddenly.  AWH!!!! But it was being towed by another truck piggy backing on the lead truck.  WHAT?!?!  I’ve never seen anything like that before.

    Photos taken while on the road were taken by my kids…thanks you two!!  Safety first. 🙂

    21. A photograph of you with a sign reading “2015 Summertime Photography Scavenger Hunt”. Note: you may not use a substitute for this item.

    sign

    This was great fun! I’m already looking forward to playing along next year! Special thanks to Rinda for once again hosting this great summer challenge.

  • Blog

    T Tuesday: abbreviated edition

    August 31, 2015 - By 

    Hello and welcome to an extremely abbreviated edition of T stands for Tuesday hosted by the one and only Elizabeth. I must admit this is a scheduled post. As you read this Tuesday morning, I’ll be sitting in a waiting room as my mom has cataract surgery.

    I thought I’d share a sweet little tea set my my mom picked up for a song at the annual garage sale in her building.

    mini tea set | Halle's Hobbies

    It’s so cute and so tiny…I really should had set a coin out for reference.  The entire plate is perhaps 6 inches across at the widest point.

    Fingers crossed that next week I’ll be here in full capacity …school has started…things should be settling down.

    What are you doing today??