Matt Dixon – illustrator – games industry – BoredPanda.com
Matt Dixon Art
Filed under Art From Found Things, Matt Dixon - Robot Art
Indian Hills – Vince Rozmiarek
I found an article from 9News about the background of these wonderful signs. The man behind them is community volunteer, Vince Rozmiarek, who was asked by the Indian Hills community center to make a bigger sign for their general announcements – weddings, birthdays, etc. He did that.
On April 1st, he decided to have some fun and wrote, “Indian Hills annexed by Morrison slow down.”
Understandably, it took the community by surprise. And while some realized it was a joke, others contacted police to see if it was legit. He couldn’t believe how many people called the police, and decided to have more fun with the sign. He changes the message every few days. Some of them are his ideas, and he uses some from others.
And aren’t we lucky! :0)
Filed under Funny Signs - Humor, Indian Hills Signs, punny
I Don’t Care
I don’t care that “Nat’l Hugging Day” is January 21st. I saw this today, loved it, and will celebrate today. Are you with me?
Filed under holidays
Hilarious Signs 2
Hilarious Signs – Taura Sitkauskaite – BoredPanda.com
Filed under Funny Signs - Humor
Fighting Feeling Intimidated
I am at the awkward stage where I would like to try something new in my art room, but I’m feeling intimidated.
I want to try 2 new techniques: impasto painting and acrylic pour painting. My mouth is watering. My dreams are full of efforts to try. And yet I’m still stalling. I have the materials I need. I’ve watched videos. I’m old enough now that feeling intimidated isn’t ‘cute’ anymore – if it EVER was. If my efforts are a complete failure, I can simply throw them away…
Today I’m going to do two things –
THING ONE – I’m going to clean off my drafting table, prepare it for acrylic pour painting, and gather my materials.
THING TWO – I will watch several videos on YouTube so I’m more clear on what I’m trying to do.
And then –
Filed under Challenges, playing in my art room
I Love “Found” Art
Filed under Art From Found Things
Annette Balesteri Art
Filed under Amazing Animals, Oil Paintings I Love
Rock Painting 2
Rock Painting – Roberto Rizzo – via article by Hidreley – BoredPanda.com
Filed under Roberto Rizzo, Rock Art
Hilarious Signs
Hilarious Signs – Taura Sitkauskaite – BoredPanda.com
Filed under Funny Signs - Humor
Wonderful Wood Art
Filed under When Wood Comes Alive
Lard Progress Report – 7-31-2021
Short answer: I lost an inch off my hips and a half inch off my thighs since the last time I measured, a bit over a month ago.
Total loss to date since my heaviest: 30 pounds and 28.7 inches.
Ongoing focus:
- IF I eat in-between meals, have plenty of ‘approved’ snacks READY
- Concentrate on my exercising, since it seems to be yielding results
- Monitor scales, but don’t look to them for applause
General: We are eating carefully at lunch, and then eating a frozen meal from either Real Food or Stu’s Clean Cookin’ in Greenwood. We are happy with the variety, and we’re eating controlled portions.
I’m trying to do a session of yoga stretching daily, plus work with weights M-W-F, plus a session on the elliptical T-Th-S – unless I’ve been outside doing yard work. Then all bets are off.
Filed under Challenges, DIET!, exercise, getting the lard off, taking care of yourself
Garden Update 7-30-2021
The sum total of my ‘harvest’ today. With the over 100 degree F. heat, even with our irrigation system, the tomatoes are boiling right on the vines. I’m afraid we’re almost finished for the year.
I do have some tomatoes from the last harvest in the fridge. They are getting soft, though, so I’ll cut them up and freeze them for stews later on.
I told you before that I still need to harvest our sweet onions from our raised bed, square foot garden so they can start drying. “I” tend to “boil right on the vine” in this heat, too, so I’ve been putting the task off.
We’re supposed to have a cold front moving through this Sunday, so hopefully I can do this, plus start to clean up the garden for the season. Right now it looks like no one cares. :0(
On a happier note, here are the some of the elephant ear plants –
Filed under Gardening, Square Foot Gardening - Raised Beds
Love Has So Many Forms
Filed under love
Mama and Baby Snail
Mama & Baby Snail are refurbished and living on our front porch now. I finished repainting these yesterday and brought them out late yesterday afternoon.
Next will be cleaning and repainting our “peacock.”
We have Lunch Bunch this morning, so I don’t know whether I will start the peacock cleaning today or start earlier in the morning tomorrow.
Filed under Lewis Art, Lewis projects, Lewis yard art
A Bit More Progress
One of my long-time friends came over yesterday for us to fax a document for her. When we finished, I walked her out to her car.
She said, “You’re looking good. What are you doing?”
I grinned from ear to ear because it felt GOOD to hear that. I KNEW I don’t look, “Good,” but comparatively speaking, maybe better. I told her about concentrating on my exercising rather than the scale.
She wouldn’t have told me I looked bad, but she didn’t have to say anything at ALL.
Now I feel more motivation to keep on keepin’ on!
Thoughts on a Thursday 7-29-2021
Since I griped to you about not getting my long-awaited J.D. Robb book, (# 52 in the series that just came out in paperback,) I have received TWO. I’m watching my Amazon account now to see if they are charging me for both copies of the same book. Can’t make me happy – either not enough or too much of a good thing. :0)
We just came in from working in the shop very briefly this morning. I finished painting the latest yard critters to be refurbished, “Mama Snail & Baby.” I’ll take pics when we bring them out later today when the paint is dry.
I have TWO mouth-watering art techniques I want to try as soon as the refurbishing project slows down: “Acrylic Pour” and “Impasto Painting.” I’m enjoying myself immensely watching YouTube demonstrations, trying to learn what I can before throwing caution to the winds and trying it. I would like to find some wrap around canvases first, so that they wouldn’t have to be framed to be enjoyed.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=acrylic+pour+with+silicone+oil
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=impasto+painting+technique
My husband is hoping that our grass will get ‘brown and crunchy’ due to the high heat and lack of rain. I hate to tell him that we MAY get a cool front and some rain Sunday…. maybe the weather people are being too optimistic.
Have a wonderful Thursday!
Filed under Thoughts on a ________
Wildlife
We’ve had an amazing several days on our trips to town. Almost every day we have seen deer, either standing beside the road watching us, or jumping in front of our car, scaring us to death before we can breathe enough to appreciate their beauty.
Yesterday it was a doe and two fawns crossing the road. The mother went first, followed by her baby, and then, when we thought the show was over, another fawn followed them.
I don’t know if it’s the really hot weather we’re having lately (heat index of 113 F. today) or what. Usually, if we see them at all, it’s early in the morning or just before dark in the evening. Now it’s in broad daylight.
I love it – but I HOPE we can give each other enough space not to get hurt.
Filed under Amazing Animals, Mother Nature
Beautiful Wood Sculpture
Filed under sculpture, When Wood Comes Alive
The Wisdom of Dogs Continues
“Read books. Lots of books.”
“Give hugs.”
“Find contentment in creating chaos.”
“Protect what’s yours.”
“Accept everyone for who they are.”
“Get into mischief.”
“Pass on your wisdom.”
Filed under Amazing Animals, Favorite Quotes
UGH
Our mailbox decoration represents a return to our ‘normal” summer in Arkansas, rather than the cooler, rain-filled summer we’ve had this year. We’ve gotten quite spoiled, not fearing heat stroke as we mow, weedwhack, tend our flowers and square foot garden veggies.
All that ended about a week ago now. The rain stopped, the sun came out with a vengeance, raising our actual temperatures to 100 or more in the afternoons, and the heat index to surge even higher. UGH.
The only thing left in the garden now is sweet onions, weeds, and our two planters of tomatoes.
My husband managed to get the civilized part of our yard mowed, mowing right before dark one evening and then first thing in the morning the next day. I followed that with weed whacking right before dark night before last, and then finished it up last night and blew the debris off our sidewalks and driveway pad with our leaf blower. I was planning to use our push weedwhacker this morning in the area behind our shop and beside our garden, but we talked about it and decided I would really be risking heat stroke. I walk outside, with my headband on, and I’m instantly wringing wet. I think we will only do what is absolutely necessary until this “Punishment from Mother Nature” passes. We might even wait until fall…
I WILL pull the sweet onions and start drying them soon. I don’t know how much longer the tomatoes will make. Even with our irrigation system, the tomatoes are almost boiling on the vines. Happily, my elephant ear plants and phlox or doing well, even with the heat. I’ll try to get out and get pics for you.
When I get out there early enough, I’m still working on the refurbishment project of of our yard critters. Right now I’m repainting “Mama and Baby Snail.” I post a pic when they’re ready to go back outside.
Every summer I regret the fact that we ran out of money when we were building our home over 30 years ago. We managed the main house and the small shop, but we had to give up my dream of a pool. I taught swimming every summer from age 14 through college to help pay for my education. We live on top of ridge line, and had to dynamite several times to be able to have our basement, septic system, and the pool. We got the first two, but not the third. Every summer I dream of a beautiful in-ground pool. Of course, I also dream of Sven, the gorgeous pool man, coming to take care of it – and me. (If I’m going to dream, I’ll include it all… :0) )
I hope summer is being kind to you.
Yet Another Character-Building Exercise
I wrote recently of keeping priorities straight and focusing on the good happening in the world. That doesn’t keep me from being aggravated that the book I ordered – that was SUPPOSED to ship yesterday – did not.
If you’ve been reading my blog for awhile, you know that one of my favorite authors is Nora Roberts /J.D. Robb. “Faithless in Death,” the newest paperback in the In Death series by J.D. Robb, was supposed to ship yesterday. I had pre-ordered it, then re-read the 51 previous books in the series to be ready for the new addition.
I received an email from Amazon yesterday, saying the shipment had been “delayed.” No explanation as to why, or when it WOULD be shipped. Arrrgh!
To help myself wait for the new addition, I bought and read her “Sign of Seven Trilogy” – Blood Brothers, The Hollow, and The Pagan Stone.
Patience is not my strong suit. I am TRYING to keep my bubbling personality, but you may be able to hear my teeth gnashing…
Filed under Favorite Authors & Books
Stunning Pencil Portraits
Filed under drawings
Too Many Elephants?
Baby Elephant Pictures – Inga Korolkovaite – BoredPanda.com
Filed under Amazing Animals, Awe-Inspiring Photography
Bearly There
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