Day2757: Hearts.

"Hearts#1" junk mail collage

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Click here for Luther Vandross,  If Only For One Night.

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Tonight I took a page from my journal. I saw room for a face?

journal page

I love the random look of exposed layers ...I hunted a face,

but I decided to use the mouse to draw the face.

You could probably tell?

An acquired skill that isn't working yet. But ...

 

For FB Throwback Thursday ...

me (6) & Doug McClure (10) 1947

A smile for Thursday ...

Day 2527: A re-visit to Santa Fe.

Alter ego: graphite drawing, acrylics, collage & digital.

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Click here for  Shawn Mendez & Camila Cabello, Senorita.

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On the recent trip (late April-early May) to

I had some mainly downtown photos left to share...

At 7,000' the sky seemed bigger and the weather changed quickly.

Travel Buddy, Irene

Irene's travel buddy

Great memories from Santa Fe ...

and a beautiful destination as some of you know,

and the rest I hope will be able to visit?

For FB Throwback Thursday ...

Greg Collier, me, Byron Fennema, 2012

A smile for Thursday ...

Day 2516: "Happy Father's Day."

Graffiti Face: Montana markers on newspaper

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Click here for Al Green, Lets Stay Together

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Yesterday's blog mentioned that WW had treated me to a pedicure.
 I got some feedback! 

For the record, my nail polish is always as close as I can get to 
skin color, soft natural pink? I do my own manicure.
Both nails and toes the same.

Good friend Carole, said "Pedicure?? What color?  Bright pink or red. Better yet; that turquoise or green color that I see everywhere.  What color, Jacki?  Ha.Ha."

My friend Ann, said she could "understand that for fingernails, but the feet should be bright, with flowers and glitter!"

I said "Egads, no!"

Aunt Vonda always kept her nails perfectly filed and neat. 
No polish. Later when she had to be in a very nice care 
facility, the well meaning girls painted her nails red. 
She didn't seem to mind or maybe notice, 
but I knew they really didn't know Aunt Vonda. 
Erin will tease me sometimes saying 
that someday she'll paint my nails red. 
If so, I hope I'll be like Aunt Vonda and not mind.

If you are lucky enough to have your Dad, 

I wish you and him "Happy Father's Day."

I hope you will both celebrate. 

Fathers are very important, and too often under-rated? 

They are kinda like a pet ... we willingly accept 

any bad traits along with the good, as pets do for us.

Happy Fathers Day, Dad, up there!

A smile for Sunday ...

Day 2420: Slow motion.

puzzle:junk mail collage card on Fabriano

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Click here for  Norah Jones, She.

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Two long weekend days ( here & here) have me super tired. 

I even missed my usual day class training today.

My body & brain seem to be working in slow motion.

So, I thought I might share something I received from Stan.

Seems there were a lot of surprises to me, maybe to you too?

ASSORTED FACTS & HINTS

1. A Strawberry isn't a Berry but a Banana is. 2. Avocados and Watermelon are Berries, too. 3. Cashews grow on Trees like this:

4. And Brussel Sprouts grow in long stalks like this:

5. Chocolate Milk was invented in Ireland .

6. Ketchup used to be sold as Medicine.

7. Carrots were originally purple.

8. McDonald's sells 75 Hamburgers every second of everyday.

9. Yams and sweet Potatoes are not the same thing.

10. Ripe Cranberries will bounce like rubber balls.

11. An ear of Corn has an even number of rows, usually 16.

12. Betty White is actually older than sliced Bread.

13. Humans share 50% of their DNA with Bananas.

14. Honey never spoils. You can eat 32,000-year-old Honey.

15. Peanuts are not Nuts. They grow in the ground like this, so they are legumes.

16. Vending machines are twice as likely to kill you than a shark is.

17. Coconuts kill more people than Sharks every year. So do Cows.

18. Pound cake got its name from its original recipe, which called for a pound each of Butter, Eggs, Sugar, and Flour.

19. The probability of you drinking a glass of Water that contains a molecule of Water that also passed through a Dinosaur is almost 100%.

20. Honey is made from nectar and Bee vomit.

21. Pineapples grow like this:

22. Quinoa is the seeds of this plant:

23. Kiwis grow on Vines:

24. Ginger is the root of a Plant:

25. And Cinnamon is just the inner part of this Tree:

26. And Artichokes are Flowers that are eaten as buds. This is what they look like when flowered:

27. "Spam" is short for spiced Ham.

28. Popsicles were invented by an 11-year-old in 1905.

29. Apples, like Pears and Plums, belong to the rose family.

30. The official state Vegetable of Oklahoma is the Watermelon.

31. Peas are one the most popular Pizza toppings in Brazil :

32. There are over 7,500 varieties of Apples throughout the World, and it would take you 20 Years to try them all if you had one each day.

33. The twists in Pretzels are made to look like arms crossed in prayer.

34. Canola oil was originally called rapeseed oil, but renamed by the Canadian oil industry in 1978 to avoid negative connotations. "Canola" is short for "Canadian oil."

35. And no matter what colour Fruit Loop you eat, they all taste the same.

You may not know

A smile for Tuesday ...