Day 4926: Bea & Bert were Ken & Barbie! & Orca Mom's 17 Day Journey.

        

"Glowing Ginger": junk collage, ink, china marker, digital.


(* Do you someone who glows? Do you know Katie Kendrick? She really does glow.)

"Regular Ginger": junk collage, ink, china marker

                                                                

  

Want music?

    Click: World Artists, La Bamba

2GN2S

(*Some of you have said you like the family stories? So here's another.)

I really loved my Uncle Bert, all of my life & still.

I was an only child, and only around adults.

Bert was special, a fun grown-up!

Married to Bea, they were the Ken & Barbie of their day.

Bea & Bert

  

Bea was beautiful & my Dad's cousin from Indiana.

All had moved to SoCal about the same time. 

Bea & me age2

Bert had been a Marine & had colorful language.

Bert would take me with him on errands, even to ball games. 

There was a time when riding in the front seat (no seat belts) and my Mom made a U-turn. I asked "where in the hell she was going?" She pulled over and went into a store to laugh without me seeing. I got a lecture and Bert received a colorful language donation jar.

Aunt Bea, with nieces Julie and Jane Caplinger, in Indiana

me age 5 & Bert

I would have gone to the moon with him gladly, anytime.

Bert gave me a discarded baseball from one of the games.

He wrote "Bert + Jacki" on it.

I treasured that worn out ball with the faded writing forever.

I took it with me to boarding school at age 8, 

later to Australia, later on high school & college.

Some would ask who Bert was, I would smile & say "special." 

Bert was a graduate of Wabash University, a mechanical engineer.

Bert (center) & crew at the brickyard

He returned to Indianapolis 500 several years as pit crew chief.

A beloved auto mechanics teacher at Van Nuys high school,

he would take his boys to national auto competitions for Ford.

1984

Bea & Bert were a special part of young WW's life too. 
In later years Bert was ill and moved to Indiana to be near family. 
Before they moved, I was given Bert's boots. 

  

I have been wearing Bert's boots during the two days of rain.

Bea and Bert been gone a long time now, but I miss them still.

So grateful,  great memories last a long time.

   

 

  

 

A 5+ minute video, Life,  here.

 

Just because ...

   

Palau fruit doves

 Wednesday's Smiles ... 

 

  

Hoping you feel all the good things in your day.

  

 

 

Day 4925: Gift from the Sky & A StepxStep & Robotic Shoes for Balance

"X-man": junk collage, photo & digital.

                                                                       

  

Want music?

    Click: Stevie & Friends, That's What Friends Are For

2GN2S

Rain, and more rain. A gift from the sky for three days?

Because of the horrendous fires in Pacific Palisades & Altadena areas last December, rain, though needed, is problematic because of damaging mudslides, from earth stripped of structures & growth.

 

A rainy day, 54' and I have the window blinds all the way up to enjoy this rare sight. As I sit here in the studio, I look out and see ...

 

 

and after ... 

a  rainy day step by step ...

I wanted to do a belated birthday card for Courtney, so I started with a messy sketch ...

and at the last minute, decided to do a stepxstep?

1.

2.

My head was yucky, so I covered it.
Best part of collage is being able to cover up messes.

3.

I usually don't use real images, but why not? 

But, with my initial ink smudge, I still had a lot to cover up?

4.

One of the scraps ended up with a story so I used it. No rules. 

Then the cat sketch?

5.

    I had more fun doing this silly card for Courtney than I have had in a long time. 

Just fun!

6. (final)

Rain outside, Olympics in the background, playing with paper scraps and a glue stick, no charge, fun?

  

 

  

 

A 5+ minute video,  Sled & Ant, here.

 

Just because ...

   

Madagascar fody

 Tuesday's Smiles ... 

 

   

   

   

   

   

Hoping you feel all the good things in your day.