"All That Remains"

In October 2018, the Virtual Painter group is

in Heshima, Japan...on The Ghost Island.

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I got very interested in this place and watched videos,

read what I could .   In the 1890's it was 

an undersea coal mine island...and that 

was what existed there...the mining and the 

workers...a village sprung up....then, the population grew to 

5,259 living in high concrete  bldgs..,,,crowded etc. In 1974 

Minolta, who owned the mines , closed it all 

down and gave the people 3 months to get off the island. 

Thus it was abandoned and also felt 

some Atomic Bomb effects....Now, tourists visit to

feel its eeriness...

   

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Bird Lunch Counter

I put the old straw hat on my picnic table and weighted it with something heavy..

This way, I was able to get tons (well, maybe not tons) bird photos as they 

land to eat the seeds and also could get good shadows and light there. I believe this is a red wing blackbird. Right now, at my kitchen porch window I am getting a great red cardinal who often comes, to lunch with his wife....and a squirrel that is such a  sly one...and practically fearless...he keeps returning no matter what I threaten him with out the kitchen door..he KNOWS I don't mean half of what I holler..sooooooo...seeing as he is a rodent...I thought of spraying  the wooden feeder edge with Mouse Oust....very pepperminty smelling....of course he brazenly came again... I saw him immediately sniffing where I sprayed and halleluiah... he jumped of and ran away.....fingers crossed he stays away ! 

On Ghost Island...

this was done for the Virtural Paintout...where we travel 

with Google guy to places all over the world...this month is is Hashima, Japan

also known as Gunkanjima and The Ghost Island...It first was used for it's undersea coal mine...in the 1890's....villiage grew on top and concrete was used around 1959...it was closed down in 1974 and the mine owner, Minolta demolished it ...giving people 3 months.. to leave....thus the ghostly feel to it if you can go there...only certain people can go inside and photo etc....in this scene there is a temple way up high that had steep steps going down..the boss lived up there. In the front on the right is

the school which still has desks and chalkboards..The red building I do not know anything

about it, except it is the reason I chose to stop and do my  ink/watercolor there...from captured photo.

You Gotta Know

the theme for Inktober in 2018 on this day the 17th is Country music.  I  know any friendly poker game I've ever been in usually has this sung by all at some time...I don't manage to do this fun Inktober  theme
work in October..but just occasionally...I tie myself up with things I love to do and stretch  myself thin sometimes...but not always..