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    T Tuesday: week in review edition

    July 7, 2015 - By 

    We had a busy week leading up to the July 4th holiday weekend. I barely touched my computer for days… I totally missed 2nd on the Second that Elizabeth our T stands for Tuesday also hosts. I didn’t even realize I missed it until the 5th. How’s that for being out of touch!

    Lets start back on Tuesday of last week…

    hail damage

    after writing my T post, we headed off to my inlaws to check out the damage to the garden and their house. The garden was a wreck. Leaves and plants ripped to shreds and beaten into the mud. I cleaned up as much as I could and will just hope for the best. At least we have a thriving garden here at home as well.

    Wednesday and Thursday were a blur… I can’t even remember what we did.

    Friday evening was spent at the carnival in town. The kids had a great time. I had a great time too. I wasn’t looking forward to going this year but I’m glad I did.

    carnival

    I don’t know if you can tell from the photo (upper left side) but we’ve been effected by smoke from the Canadian wild fires here. The sun at times is just a red glow in the sky. Yesterday after our heavy rains ended it was so hazy and the air smelled really bad. I found out later that we were under an air quality warning. Our air quality was worse than Beijing, China yesterday.  Thankfully today it has cleared out.

    EDIT: I can still smell the smoke but at least the sky is clear.

    On to Independence day…chalk collage

    Before the parade I walked over to the hockey rink at the Elementary school to check out the chalk drawing contest entries now that they were complete. Amazing work! The girl who drew Uncle Sam was 14 yrs old! Wow!

    And now parade time….

    T6 Texans flyover

    The annual flyover by a T6 Texan squadron announces the start of the parade.  Then we have another good 30 minutes before the parade reaches our seats. That’s ok…we sit with a group of about 55 people in a friends back yard along the parade route. Can’t beat that!

    It was a hot and steamy day…my drink of choice…

    corona

    Ok I didn’t get that fancy that day…I had to take one for the team yesterday for dramatic effect on the post. *grin*

    After the sticky day it was time for a dip in the neighbors pool.

    pool party

    And then some fireworks…

    fireworks

    We are back to a normal schedule I think. Errands, hopefully knitting and visiting my T friends are on the list for today.

    What are you doing?

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    SOC 5: week 5

    July 6, 2015 - By 

    What?!?!? How is it week 5 of The Summer of Color hosted by Kristin of Twinkle, Twinkle. Seriously…time goes by way too quickly!

    This weeks colors are…

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    1 green+ 1 green + 1 pink

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    I went very basic this week. I spread some thinned out light green along the bottom edge of the book then sprayed with water. I then tipped the book to get a good flow going in an upward motion to simulate foliage in the background.

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    I almost feel like I want to do another page in these colors…something abstract. But this was where my mind was at this morning as the rain poured down outside. Dreaming.

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    SOC 5: week 4

    July 5, 2015 - By 

    I was very slow to get a clue with these colors for this Week 4 of The Summer of Color hosted by Kristin of Twinkle, Twinkle. Between that and a busy holiday week I just didn’t get anything accomplished.

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    1 red+ 1 red + 1 metallic

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    I decided at the last moment to throw in the black scribbles and splatters of India ink. They made the page feel a little more grounded.

    Looking for to seeing what tomorrow holds for colors…