Day 33: Here we go again ...

Some people say they don't remember their early years? 

I do. I think I was taking notes.

I remember when the new car came.

Even I knew it was pretty.

I can remember being on the farm and even Jill,

part of Aunt Luella's white dog in this picture.

I do remember being happy.

We are up to age 2, with a lot of years to go.

Day 32: Back when and some of the relatives ...

I was an only child. I still am.

My mother was the youngest of ten, five girls and five boys.

Three of the brothers died. 

Uncle Les was my Mother's oldest brother.

They called him "Brownie",  I don't know why.

Aunt Geneva was married to my Uncle Les.

I called her "Aunt Tillie",  I don't know why.

You can meet more family tomorrow?

Day 31 : Another visit to my time machine ...

These are more photos from the timeline series .

I  played with the old photos, overlapping layers 

with photoshop to suit my memories of each shot. 

I love the old photographs. 

Some of mine have scratches, or are blurry.

    I know Photoshop and can fix it, but I don't. 

I like it that way. 

These photos are old and they earned their stripes. 

Maybe only people of a certain age can relate?

There are more to come, as I grow up in the timeline.

It would be a big help to me if you would let me know 

if you would like me to continue with this series, 

or better to post them at random times?  

Day 30: Going back in time.

You may have noticed I jump around a lot 

in choosing subjects for this blog.  Just like in real life.  

 Please let me introduce ... me.

These photos are part of a timeline series I did about twelve years ago. I  played with the old photos, overlapping layers with photoshop to suit my memories of each shot.

My Mother's brothers,  Uncles Les and Uncle Pete 

were so special to me.

Today's photos cover age one and two.  I am older now.

Day 29: A serving of i-pad delicacies?

Maybe not, but I think they are kind of yummy?

These colorful morsels were stirred up late at night, 

while I kept thinking, "just one more"!

I guess this might be the seafood course?  

It has an underwater look to me.

If you have a keen eye, you may recognize the "survivor

orchid family", who volunteered to help.

And again.

There were nine courses, but I chose five for this meal.

Day 28: This or that? That is my question.

Yesterday was less than stellar. It wasn't bad in any way. I worked out, delivered some artwork and read the Sunday paper. Then I morphed into the couch, with a fan on me. By evening I was scrounging to find some redeeming virtue for the day.  

I selected four collages for today.

Have you heard of Randall Plowman?  

He is a collage artist, and publishes Collage a Day.  

He has 859 followers on his blog (I have 2). 

An author of two or more books, and he teaches 

collage workshops that are on my bucket list.

I have followed and admired him for many years.  

I own a few of his pieces.  I also admire his work ethic.  

I have been doing collage for many years ... since college 

at Eons Ago University.

In other words, I have an ample supply to choose from.

But, if theses aren't to your taste, I will be serving up some 

i-pad delicacies tomorrow.  I had fun late last night.

Day 27: Brandy for Cats ?

I thought that might get your attention. 

Actually, it's cats for Brandy.  I met Brandy in one of my classes, and we were instant friends.  This happens more often that you would guess.  Brandy is the ultimate cat lady, but a sane one.  

She later commissioned me to do three cats on canvas for her amazing home.

Brandy had had a cat called Mistoffelees.  So, with a photo in hand,  I started on my first realistic collage, of anything.  He started out okay, as shown above, but darned if I can find  a 

picture of the finished Mistoffelees.  As is my habit, I made five canvases for Brandy to choose three.

     







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The canvases were collaged with magazines, tissue and just a touch of ink and gesso.

Not clear in the photo, but the above canvas says, 

"Sometimes a cat can take over your life."

"Alpha cat" just happened and demanded the name.

Finally, I stumbled across this word, 

and made this for Brandy, just because.

Day 26: It's going to be a hot one.

Saying that, I remember hearing it so many times throughout my life.  Back in Indiana before A/C became common, and in California, in my Dad's tiny house. We had a hot day ritual. No A/C, but as soon as we got up in the morning, and the above banner cry given, we would close all the windows and blinds, and not use lights. This dark house technique sealed in whatever cool air we had from the night before. Then about 5 PM we opened up and hopefully some cool air came in. 

I realize that this little collage has nothing to do 

with my little story, so I'll add another.

 Collage, that is.                  

I guess the only correlation is that they have ...

a warm color scheme?

And, it's going to be a hot one ...

Day 25: A veritable buffet of blog titles ...

This morning I started writing in my journal. Today is a rare open day, so I was deciding whether to do "should's" or "wants". Thinking about this blog, I started thinking of subject titles.

A few possible titles for future blogs :

1.  Can a song make you cry?

2.  Do jobs get harder when you put off doing them?

3.  If you don't have a sibling, can you make one up?

4.  Collage makes me happy!

And, since I played with my i-pad last night while I listened to the tv,  today I am going to pick ...

5.  What can you do with an i-pad?

First of all, I have to acknowledge my guru, middle grandson, Jake.  I have three grandsons who are all knowledgable, but Jake is a born teacher and has PATIENCE! He makes me do it, he doesn't just show me.  The above shot, was my first i-pad attempt.

So, while curled up on the couch, I load a photo from my photo library, into Sketch Club, which allows me to add and manipulate layers, much like PS, and when I'm done I can save and export into Instagram or whatever.

 I am especially fond of e-mailing these little gems late at night. 

I picture friends opening their e-mail in the morning saying "What?". 

Send me you e-mail if you want to be bothered.

The one above is a variation of the previous flowers. 

Fun to explore...

Being a paper-hoarder, I save EVERYTHING! The above is initially a print sheet from cleaning my printer heads, and of course I knew I would find a use for it.  Fun, right?

I guess this is my favorite from last night. It has words.

And, I may have posted too many, but please remember I am working on this moderation thing, I still don't have it down.

Day 24: We all have both, right?

Yesterday I came across a saying/definition for 

left and right brain.  We all have both, right? 

Maybe not in equal proportions.

I tried to let it go, but late at night I started to play ...

In this area only, I guess I lean to the right?