It has been a crazy few months and promises to continue to be crazy. With this coronavirus still on the rampage in much of United States and the world everyone – well mostly everyone – is wearing face masks and keeping a distance with no casual hugging allowed (my words not a official governmental mandate). […]
I started my car today for the first time in a week and actually drove out of the driveway. I didn’t head out for Cool Ranch Doritos or pints of Orange Sherbet – though it did cross my mind – but I needed to stop at work briefly to check the mail and such. It […]
I’ve never been much of a fan of acrylic painting. In my opinion acrylics dry way too fast even when using that medium to slow the drying time. I’ve tried on and off over the years because there are so many benefits to using acrylics as your opaque medium. Acrylics don’t smell the way oil […]
It’s cold today with a snow cover on the ground that came from storms and squalls over the last few weeks. The last snow fell on Tuesday. We got about 4 inches or so and instead of hauling out my snowblower I just left the snow sitting on my driveway. Shameful. In my defense, I […]
I must admit it… I can be lazy. There’s no excuse for my laziness to be sure but I’ve got plenty of excuses anyhow. Let’s see… excuses: “I’m tired” “I’m old” “I’m fat”… “I worked all day”… “it’s dark out”… “it’s bright out”… “I’m afraid of failure”… “I’m afraid of success”… “I’m just plain afraid […]
Today I wanted to write a little about the art show, i.e., showing your work in public places, and some of the things that I’ve learned over the years about that subject. With Saturday’s art show fresh in my mind I want to explain why I have found it a “good thing” to share your […]
I’ve been painting with watercolors for some… thirty years! Wow and holy cow where has the time gone? I remember that first adult education class at our local high school back in the late 1980’s. At my mother’s urging (mother’s are great at urging) I signed up for a class that I thought was going […]
I have found that many of my life’s lessons have come from unlikely places and I’m a hardhead so those lessons are something I need to step in, personally. Like getting poo on your shoe and then trying to wipe it off onto the grass … that’s how I learn. This latest lesson-learned started […]
It seemed hard for me to believe that 15 barely hours-old chicks could be shipped from McMurray Hatchery’s in Iowa to my little post office in Upstate New York – intact and alive to boot. Amazing really! But I placed my trust in the process and with the hatch date for my chicks fast approaching […]
