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I hope that you and your family are enjoying the celebration of our country’s 250th birthday, and that you’re full of food, feeling fabulous and full, and have enjoyed a wonderful display of fireworks.
I will see if I can find coverage of some fireworks later today.
Yesterday when we visited my husband, I reminded Harvey about the holiday where he spent the whole evening setting off fireworks because the lights of the fireworks were basically the only thing my dad was still able to see, due to his severe cataracts. My dad cried he was so happy. If I hadn’t fallen in love with Harvey already, I would have that night. When I talked to him about it, he didn’t remember, but then said, “Well, I always loved to blow stuff up.”
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I just finished practicing my guitar. My fingertips are yelling at me. I found some information on chord progressions, so I made notes and have started practicing the first basic one. I’m hoping to train my head, ears, and fingers to “hear” the progressions, stretching my fingers to form the chords in the progression, and remember them as a kind of unit while I hum along with them.
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I finished sketching a base painting some thank you cards this morning. I’ll take them to the cafe in a while and add the details to finish them. I gave one to Harvey’s nurse yesterday, and she was giggling as she went down the hall.
I saw my neighbors yesterday – a man and his son. The boy was taking a robot head he fashioned out of cardboard and painted for school. I told him I really liked it and he simply lit up the elevator with his smile. I decided to make a card for him showing a robot swinging in a tree swing to give him the next time I see them.
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Here are my latest painted sketches –
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