Sunrise In My Cup

Been awhile since I posted here as I use

my flicker site mostly---see to the left how to click on it.

In a few days I will upload this same painting there...

Up early in the am outside taking  photos

and as I walked back into the house I

 saw my coffee cup on the old bench

with deep shadows and the  color of  the sunrise looked to

be there...stopped me in my tracks and became a journal

page pretty quickly...it amazes me in that

that may be a rare occurance..



Botched Intentions

The photo pretty much spells it out and

 left clicking photo should bring

it up easier to read.

  What puzzles me is.... why is there

even a crumb, let alone a bite, left on the plate?
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note: over on the left of this post on this site,
you can click to get on my Flickr site which is used
more then this one....

Oh Buoy !

left click to see larger to read

 It's been awhile since I posted on this site as I'm enjoying

 classes and post mostly on my flick site which you

 can go to up on the left...

A Red Touch

I stopped after three additional

red add ons....Natually, Papa Hoodoo

liked his name there best....he said the Voodoo

blood drops might be too scary

and the heart wasn't edgy

enough... I forgot to say I tried my

new Noodlers fountain type

pen on this assignment and liked

the feel of it...used Noodler's

Lexington Gray ink. I read where

you can add water to make it lighter gray...

The Poet's View

This is in Ireland when the bus broke down---our little class

had time to do some quick sketching and I added

color to mine back at the hotel. Probably the first scenic

I have ever done that I can recall..but those

patchwork fields demanded it of me and

the poem also begged me to write

it all down--what is happening each

day I am way over there in Ireland.

Before I return home I plan to show

you the poem which I can not think of nor read

without it getting to me...

and so I sat on the ancient stone bench

and started to feel the words..

"IRISH JUMPING HAIR'

LEFT CLICK TO READ BETTER

"Sitting Boat"

click on photo to see words better

this is the inside front cover of a new sketchbook

which will contain mostly Ireland memories of

a trip I took and now I am taking an Imaginary one in

an on-class with Laure Ferlita....

I am doing the work on watercolor paper

and gluing it into this blank journal

bought years ago..

this particular sketch was started with

watercolor pencils but completed with

my acrylics I am more comfortable

using..

It's funny what will stay in your

memory forever---but this old boat

suddenly there... close to the road instead of

being far away across the

sweeping field to my left in

the sea.....

well that was awesome to me, being

in Ireland at the time...

Red Moon Over Second Empire

The altered photo I thought

would give the players a hard time....

I mught as well have used this one

One of my favorite old Victorian houses in town

which I just used in my facebook "guess where" photos

for local people to enjoy..I did disguise it to make

it a challenge and they got it right

off anyway. I love Second Empire

architecture..

crepes and crikey

Above is my breakfast today---some wonderful crepes made with whole wheat

flour (from Cooks .com) filled with flavored lite cream cheese and chopped

walnuts....topped with lite syrup, more nuts and bit of parsley for color
seems heavenly to find a way to enjoy such a treat that I can

make myself...looked better not sliced for a photo

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then below I get a chance to use the English (Cockney?) term

"Crikey ! "---for not moving myself a bit when

taking this horse photo---to eliminate the

tall grass thing in front of his nozzle... my brother in law

was elected for 10 terms I believe

and found a new use for the political signs

Tea Time for Dear Old Friends

"A Hearty Beginning"

Valentine's Day is for

Love to be tied

to one another

as a groom and a bride

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The face on the plate

must congratulate

the couple who is married

on this date

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Here I post a sketch instead of

a photo--as time permitted

and the heart was willing.

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My poem mentions the

face on the plate which

got there for the photo shoot as

I usually scan the area I am in

and spy something that I feel

will enhance the photo ..,this

amusing head was a recent find

that insisted I buy it...

"Sooooooo Good !"

I just had to blog about this lunch---it surprised me with

it's flavors...I used whole wheat bread, I Can't Believe Its Not Butter,

sugar free bread and butter pickles,
some jarred red pepper, Dubliner cheese (I stayed near

the place that makes this Irish cheese etc--they have a tower that

sticks up high and you can judge how close you

are to home after a day trip on the The Ring Of Kerry ) shredded,

and fresh sprig of Rosemary that smells good even if you

just look at it...it was cooked in a non stick electric fry

pan with cover 350 to 375---some cheese was

shredded in to the pan alongside the sandwich to

fry till you can turn it over and fry the otherside...

this went on top of the sandwich and I must advise you

to save these parts for last--they are such a treat..reminds

me of the famous Shady Glen burgers with the sides of

the burger having fried cheese hanging off them..

Picked up the heart plate yesterday--always

love red things and heart things and this all makes

life have a gladder heart...and how happy

I was that this was a lite lunch...

I usually limit cheese to about once a week