Latest painted sketch
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I had a really nice, busy afternoon yesterday. My son came to my place 3 different times – once to bring me an iced mocha – YUM! – and twice more to bring packages. It was like Christmas here! 🎄
The first package was the glass print of my dolphins jigsaw puzzle. It’s now sitting on my ‘statement shelf’ in my living area, where I keep things that mean the world to me now.
I have 2 other glass prints of finished jigsaw puzzles –
I call this puzzle, “Fantasy.”
“Owls”
The glass print of the painting my dad painted of me when I was about 6, saying it captured my “personality.” – (Brian had this made as a condo-warming present for me when I first moved in – making me feel my dad is here, too.)
And this is a framed print of a painting in a Christmas card sent to me by Jon Alston from the States.
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The third time Brian came to my place yesterday afternoon was to bring me the door wreath and holder we ordered when I took down my Christmas wreath.
This will stay up all the time the Christmas wreath is stored. I haven’t seen any other door decorations in the condo building. I wanted something welcoming, that made me happy each time I came back. This colorful basket of flowers does that for me. The holder makes it a bit harder to work the lock on my door, but I don’t care. The extra ‘oomph’ it takes to lock or unlock it is well overcome by the joy the wreath brings me. 😁
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Being the pampered retired lady I am, I’m looking forward to writing a couple more blog posts and then spending the rest of the afternoon bouncing between doing more sketches, working on my turtle jigsaw puzzle, reading, listening to music, doing a session of water bottle exercises for my arms, and maybe even watching a movie…
I’m going to throw open my windows because it’s up to 75 now. I LOVE how light and airy my place is with the sunshine coming in all the windows!
MAKE this a happy day!
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Oh yes, yay for the new glass print and wreath! Beautiful!
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Thanks. I just love them.
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The wreath is beautiful! I can see why it would make you happy every time you come home and see it. Maybe other neighbors will add wreaths to their doors after seeing yours.
The cat sketch is just adorable and made me smile.
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Thanks so much for your nice comments, Donna. The wreath makes it feel more like my home. I don’t know if others will take my lead or not. I just know it makes me happy. I’m glad you liked the cat sketch. 😁
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I forgot to add my name to the above post (Donna)
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That’s okay. I recognized your email addy. 😁
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Beautiful! You are doing great! I appreciate your sharing and wondered how do you get your glass prints?
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Thanks very much, Linda. https://fractureme.com/ is one of the places you can get glass prints.
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Thank you for sharing that information. I will definitely check it out!
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They send a picture frame type thing if you want to hang it on the wall. We prefer the small ‘stand’ they send that the glass sits in without a frame. I hope you find some way to display things that will bring you joy, Linda.
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Hi, just a quick note to say I’m having a small technical issue with my Substack account, which is why my profile isn’t showing up and I haven’t been able to reach out properly yet. Thanks so much for your understanding.
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Thank you very much! I am eager to look at my options.
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🙂
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