On The To Do List

I have been putting work on my flickr site
which you can get to by clicking on the upper left
area where it says to.....and neglecting
this one---
Here is a new journal page done with pencil,
Pitt Pens and watercolor pencils.
I sketched it at the table where it was
set up in top of a large sketch book...
then photo'd it to refer to, if needed, in
by the computer where I do my work of this type.
If you don't know who Wallace of Wallace and Gromet
claymation fame DVDs etc--well you've missed
some special presentations...all
the characters are marvelous and
quickly become great friends you love to visit.
You can Google them...

SCARYCROW CIRCA 1990

19 so 20 years later... I make a 5 by 7 of sketch Christopher's

scarecrow he made to sit on

the picnic bench out front for Halloween..

and leave it a colored pencil sketch as it just

says scary to me--more than a horrible

monster would--

YARD TEXTURES

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Hot and Cold

My icy cold water with

cool lemon slice is in extreme

contrast to my yellow VW out

there in 98 hell degrees !

"Whole Wheat Muffins and Vogue"

I couldn't find and whole wheat

round breads in the freezer,

so I grabbed English Muffins that were...

With sprinkles of seasonings and

drizzled honey they go so well

with the latest issue of Vogue

which is like picking up a dream suitcase

loaded with all sorts of delights..

My first inklings of a career in

'art' were for fashion illustration

and that whole world--and I have

never lost this love of all the trappings,

materials and endless possibilities of

design that the ages have created and

I can only hope that the future is not going to be

everyone wears jumpsuits with

a vee embellishment !

A Smiling Supper

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A very tasty super because the tomatoes

had a fresh garden flavor,

the grapes were very crisp and sweet.

the crock pot beef slices tender,the low

fat Mayo, Ancient Grains bread and

seasonings all combined for a

healthy aspect.....plus taking the

photo and nestling the very dear stone

French Guinea Hen I found in Eastport,

Maine,brought back a

smiling moment

in my life.

I spied it in a quaint, set back

off the road, attached to a

barn gift shop.

I had never seen guinea hen curios

before and had been on a mission to find

something as the neighbor's hens often

go on patrol in my yard.

I gasped...and probably would

have knocked anyone over that

had been unfortunate enough to

be in my path...

:-)

The piece reminds me of soapstone

that I carved with many years ago.

I recall the residue from this was talc .

Not far from here is Soapstone

Mountain, named for deposits long

ago diminished. Now I drive over this

mountain to a mall for art supplies

not available here.

BEE ON APPROACH

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I have been always in love with the Maine

coastal Ruga Rosa...wild roses....so what

I have by the kitchen porch I photo a lot..it seems an endless

cache of delights for me. Here a bee is approaching this

morning dew covered blossom and it thrills me to

to catch his little wings in the photo. Please click to the left to go on

my Flicker site to see a new Journal page

in my Out In My Yard project..