Day 3096: Capitol.

  

 

"Capitol": junk mail collage.

 

 

 

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A feel good story ...

True loyalty
What did we ever do to deserve dogs? Look at this sweet girl, waiting patiently outside of a hospital in northeastern Turkey as her owner recovered from Covid-19. When Cemal Senturk was taken to the hospital on January 14 to receive treatment, his dog Boncuk managed to escape every single day and wait by the hospital's entrance. Hospital staff informed Senturk's family about her whereabouts, but every time they retrieved her she'd find a way out again. (Senturk lived nearby, but to this day, his family doesn't know how the dog did it.) The hospital staff was charmed by Boncuk's loyalty, and made sure she was fed and cared for during her visits. Senturk even got to see her through the window of the facility, and tried to reassure her. Still, Boncuk refused to leave until he did. Luckily, Senturk beat the disease, and was reunited with his loyal pup, who was, of course, waiting right outside for him.

 

 

 

 

•  A musical 5-1/2minute video, Sheeran & Bocelli, here.

•  A fun 1-1/2 minute video, Fiona, happy hippo, here.

•  An amazing 4-3/4 minute video, Elephant Whisperer, here.

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This is the "Teeter-Totter Wall," a set of three seesaws slotted in between the gaps of the steel border wall that separates El Paso, Texas, and the Anapra community in Juárez, Mexico. The bright playground staples allowed children from both communities to play together despite the 20-foot wall between them. The temporary installation just won the 2020 Beazley Design of the Year, an annual award and exhibition run by London's Design Museum. Ronald Rael, one of the California-based architects behind the project, said the seesaws were almost like the wall itself: "What you do on one side has an impact on the other." 

 

 

 

Just because ...

 

 

Lady Amherst's Pheasant

 

 

                         

Smiles for Monday ...

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                          

Thanks for coming by today.

 

Day 2928: Saturday felt like Sunday.

"Seated" & "Standing": china marker drawings, collage in a journal.

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Saturday felt like Sunday.

My main accomplishment of the day was a salad.

A huge salad. Romaine, arugula, 

Persian cucumbers, green onions, 

orange & yellow mini peppers,  cherry tomatoes,

avocado, hard-boiled eggs,  Colby-jack cheese

tossed with a creamy sesame dressing. 

I should have taken a picture, it was that pretty.

But, I didn't know it was going to be mentioned in the blog.

Rabbit rabbit! Anyone else grow up saying that? 

I always heard if those are the first words you say at 

the beginning of a new month, you’ll have good luck. 

Like so many charming superstitions, it’s not really clear 

where the custom came from. But who’s going to say 

no to starting the new month off on the right foot? 

A rabbit’s foot, even. Did you say rabbit, rabbit?

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A feel-good story ...

I can use one, can't you?

Before Marilyn Soriano died, she put her voice into a teddy bear. She gifted her daughter, Mara, the custom-made Build-a-Bear made to sound and look like her, glasses and all, shortly before her death from cancer last year. But last week, the teddy bear, who says "I love you, I’m proud of you, I’ll always be with you" when squeezed, was stolen from Mara during a hectic move. She lost a book of blank checks, her citizenship card and some electronics, too, but the bear was her most valuable possession.

Mara's pleas for the bear’s safe return were widely heard. 

Actor Ryan Reynolds offered $5,000 for the bear’s safe return, no questions asked. A Canadian TV personality and a peanut butter company chipped in money too, raising the total reward to $15,000 — and within a few days, Mara had her bear back, voice box intact. She said two "Good Samaritans" returned the bear after they found it at a park nearby."It means just everything to me honestly," she said. "There was a part of me that thought I'd never see it again."

(Sorry, the blog is not letting me format)

Just because ...

 

Smiles for Sunday ...

Day2831: It's Okay.

"cool hair?": ink brush drawing, 5 minutes.

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Another lucky mail day Saturday: A note from a dear friend and 

Albuquerque artist sent a terrific surprise.

Inside the notecard with his wonderful artwork was a 

A zine is made by folding a single sheet of paper, 

strategically, making 8 pages.

pages 1 &2

pages 3 & 4

pages 5 & 6

pages 7 &8

back cover & front cover

Thank you, Terry, beautiful work as always.

And one more, a great postcard from Mitzi, a Seal Beach

artist, former student, and friend.

note the mask?

Thank you, Mitzi, you are so kind and talented.

Feel-good story:

That precious face.

Ken Benbow, a 94-year-old World War II veteran living in a care home in Preston, England, takes a photo of his late wife Ada to bed with him every night. Ken and Ada were married for 71 years before she passed away last August. One of his care workers, Kia Mariah Tobin, noticed his tender ritual and gifted Benbow a pillow — with Ada's lovely face on it. Love in many directions.

 

 2GN2S #2:

Photographer Spent Days Waiting For Museum Visitors To Match The Artworks They Observe, And it Was Worth It

 France-based photographer Stefan Draschan,  camping in galleries for days, waiting for visitors who perfectly match the artworks they observe.

 

His photo series is called “People matching artworks,” and seeing it at first you might get an impression that it’s all staged. But the artist reassures that these perfect shots are actually achieved using patience. I picked 24 of his original 50 but you can see all here.

Smiles for Monday ...