Day 2731: "different views".

"different views": junk mail collage

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The house on the hill has a big screen tv and Netflix.

Yesterday I asked GH#3 to put on The Two Popes, and he did. 

Valerie and her husband recommended it, so glad they did. 

I actually missed Jeopardy because I didn't want to pause.

So good.  A+

 

The granddogs let me sleep in till 7:44 am, a first-ever. 

This was our view at 7:50 AM. I missed the sunset too.

A smile for Saturday ...
 
*I still don't remember how to embed a video, I once did.
So here is my video "cat watching horror tv movie. '
I hope you'll be able to take 1 minute to watch?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kgRFHaNo-Y

Thanks so much for visiting today. Come again?

Day 2531: I think it's Sunday.

Hibiscus: photograph, ipad digital.

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Yesterday felt like a Friday.

I took out the trash and did laundry, all Friday stuff.

But it was, in fact, Saturday. So I think today is Sunday.

Do you ever do that or am I the only crazy?

:

Everyone was at the beach last night, 

but GH#3 came home later. as had work this morning.

 

This is the view from the house in Newport Beach

Here at (THOTH) the house on the hill ...

We 3 were up at 6:15 am & woke GH#3 at 6:30, as he had work.

We 3 spent some time outside ...

Zoey

and more  time playing...

 

And this evening when I got their attention ...

Zoey, age 1.

even the camera-shy Laker.

Laker, age 8.

I took a before and after sunset picture tonight.

6:30 pm

Later, I looked out just as the sun was sinking, 

but by the time I walked to the fence, it was gone.

8:21 pm

A smile for Monday ...

Day 2522: Fetch results in a tug-a-war ...

Directions: 5x5" handmade paper collage on Fabriano card

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Am packing to go to the house on the hill for two nights.

Packing all the things necessary for my survival takes planning.

That's the hard part, as I always forget something. ;op

WW drove to LV today to pick up SM at a convention.

They will stay with newly LV-ites Saurday & come home Sunday.

My assignment is to puppy-sit Laker (8) and Zoey, especially Zo.

Zoey (age 1) still loves to dig, tear up and eat anything. 

I try to divert her with toys. A lot of tug-a-war & fetch.

Fetch results in a tug-a-war, everytime. 

The 3 Grandhunks (18, 20, 21) will be home, 

in and out, and working.

I have a new book to take with me.

I finished the previous two.

Have you read it? I know I am late to read it.

It's only 338 pages, less than half my previous 744 pager.

But I loved that book, A Gentleman in Moscow.

Wishing you a lovely weekend where ever you will be.

Thanks for stopping by.

A smile for Saturday ...

(The house on the hill has Alexis & boxers) 

Day 2512: Sunset from the house on the hill.

Dorothy: old photo, collage and digital.

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Staying at the house on the hill is about the dogs & sunsets.

I went out early to catch Tuesday's sunset.


 

7:30 pm

Some clouds, but looking straight up the moon was visible.

 

8:10 pm

7:30 pm

7:45 pm

7:50 pm

7:55 pm

7:58 pm

8:10 pm

2GN2S:

 

Realistic Glass Insects Sculpted to Scale by Yuki Tsunoda

 

mosquito

Think twice before you swat that mosquito. 
It just might be a delicate glass sculpture.

Yuki Tsunoda, is a young sculptor who shapes glass 
into insects and plants that are almost exactly to scale.

dragonfly

Tsunoda works primarily with Italian Moretti glass, which is 

a medium-soft glass and is known for its malleable and colorful properties. But because she works in such miniature scale 

she often uses pins, small spatulas, razors and other tools around the house to create her sculptures. She also uses dichroic glass 

and a form of quartz known as aventurine to obtain the type of metallic luster often found on insects.

Tsunoda at work

Tsunada exhibits her work around Japan periodically. 
She does have an online shop for purchase of her glass insects. 
She is also on Twitter, where she occasionally shares 

images of her work.

honey pot ants

honey pot ants

honey pot ants

hydrangea and snail

leaf cutting ants

a mantis

June is the time of year when the the praying mantis hatches 

from the larvae that were planted last fall. Over the summer, 

these fascinating insects will consume all kinds of smaller bugs. 

In ancient Japan, the female, which is sometimes known to 

feed on its own mate, was a symbol of a seductive woman.

Thank you Yuki Tsunoda.

A smile for Wednesday ...