5 things I love about the beach
1. The waves
2. The sky
3. The birds
4. The sand
5. The sun
Friday, June 27, 2014
Monday, June 23, 2014
Too much month left....
at the end of the money....
5 things:
1. The CoinStar kiosks are full. Can't get your pennies counted. Boo.
2. ...unless you are willing to set foot in Walmart, which some of us pore old folks are NOT.
3. Beware of signing into one of those "manage your money.com" sites to update your data. You will be charged a fee at your bank. Grr.
4. Aunty Acid* sez..."I am going to retire and live on my savings. What I'll do the the second week, I have no idea."
5. Aunty Acid* also shares her personal advice: "Life is short...Smile while you still have teeth."
* Copyright Ged Backland. available through (cough) Facebook.
5 things:
1. The CoinStar kiosks are full. Can't get your pennies counted. Boo.
2. ...unless you are willing to set foot in Walmart, which some of us pore old folks are NOT.
3. Beware of signing into one of those "manage your money.com" sites to update your data. You will be charged a fee at your bank. Grr.
4. Aunty Acid* sez..."I am going to retire and live on my savings. What I'll do the the second week, I have no idea."
5. Aunty Acid* also shares her personal advice: "Life is short...Smile while you still have teeth."
* Copyright Ged Backland. available through (cough) Facebook.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Jack's First Race!!
Monday, June 16, 2014
Retirement??
5 things:
1. Anna Mary Robertson Moses, popularly known as Grandma Moses, didn't start painting until she retired from farming at age 78.
2. By the time Moses died (at age 101) 23 years after she got out of farming, she had painted THOUSANDS of pictures.
3. A little math: If she painted one picture a day....23 years x 365 days = 8395. Doubtful. One picture a week for the next 23 years? that's 1196.
4. 5.5 months till I turn 78! I have to step up my production schedule!!
5. She used oil paint for these last paintings. Her first pictures were embroidery, but arthritis made it painful to hold the needles. Jaysus!
1. Anna Mary Robertson Moses, popularly known as Grandma Moses, didn't start painting until she retired from farming at age 78.
2. By the time Moses died (at age 101) 23 years after she got out of farming, she had painted THOUSANDS of pictures.
3. A little math: If she painted one picture a day....23 years x 365 days = 8395. Doubtful. One picture a week for the next 23 years? that's 1196.
4. 5.5 months till I turn 78! I have to step up my production schedule!!
5. She used oil paint for these last paintings. Her first pictures were embroidery, but arthritis made it painful to hold the needles. Jaysus!
Thursday, June 12, 2014
5 Small Things....
I ride the metro or the bus almost every day. Most days my journeys are unremarkable. But sometimes, they're not.
1. Two days ago, a young man burst out of the tunnel from the elevator at our metro stop.
2. I don't know what he was singing, but it was very modern and LOUD.
3. He continued down the sidewalk singing and dancing.
4. Then an old man with gray curls and a sky blue sweater came out of the tunnel right behind the young man.
5. "Don't be an asshole!" He shouted. "Don't be an asshole."
1. Two days ago, a young man burst out of the tunnel from the elevator at our metro stop.
2. I don't know what he was singing, but it was very modern and LOUD.
3. He continued down the sidewalk singing and dancing.
4. Then an old man with gray curls and a sky blue sweater came out of the tunnel right behind the young man.
5. "Don't be an asshole!" He shouted. "Don't be an asshole."
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Dispatches 2, June 10, 2014
5 things:
1. Are you becoming SPAM?? When I look at FaceBook and my contributions thereto, I can easily think of "SPAM".....All those funny jokes, and glorious pictures (some of which are highly photoshopped)...and wonderful mottos.....some people are really good at sending out things many will enjoy and be inspired by. I would like to be a little more original, but bear with me.
2. We were going to deal with Colors on this dispatch. Well, I got plenty of kudos on my Cadmium orange underpainting--from an artist i respect highly and from a cultural icon I adore--but I have to make my commissioner happy. So I've added a layer of white (which I generally do not use AT ALL).
3. I somehow cannot find the photo I need for this. TSK.
4. But I shall not quit my show!
5. This is why it takes so long do create a work of art. There are so many things to consider!!
1. Are you becoming SPAM?? When I look at FaceBook and my contributions thereto, I can easily think of "SPAM".....All those funny jokes, and glorious pictures (some of which are highly photoshopped)...and wonderful mottos.....some people are really good at sending out things many will enjoy and be inspired by. I would like to be a little more original, but bear with me.
2. We were going to deal with Colors on this dispatch. Well, I got plenty of kudos on my Cadmium orange underpainting--from an artist i respect highly and from a cultural icon I adore--but I have to make my commissioner happy. So I've added a layer of white (which I generally do not use AT ALL).
3. I somehow cannot find the photo I need for this. TSK.
4. But I shall not quit my show!
5. This is why it takes so long do create a work of art. There are so many things to consider!!
Monday, June 9, 2014
Dispatches
5 things:
1. "Crafting something is a long, uncertain process. A maker should show her work."Austin Kleon
2. The "work" in which I am in the long, uncertain process of making, is a painting. The subject is one of three photos a friend has taken on various trips: Two in Ecuador, and one in Scotland. This is the one in Ecuador we picked for me to paint.
3. On my own visit to the Torpedo Factory in Old Town Alexandria, VA, I saw some paintings done on board panels with 2' deep wood cradles, and I got the idea of extending the painting itself not only across the front surface but also across the cradle surfaces.
4. Easier said than done, eh? This is a small 6"x6"x1.5" painting board with the preliminary design sketched on the front and extending to the cradle. I loved this, and the woman who wanted the painting done liked it, too. It's kinda hard to see here, and the final painting will be much bigger: 2'x2'x2". You can get the idea that a painting board is different from a canvas in that a) it's a board and b) it has a "cradle" or big "edge."
5. Next dispatch will talk about the COLORs in this painting. Unfortunately, one of MY favorite underpainting colors, cadmium orange, is NOT what the commissioner of this painting liked when she saw the first draft.
"ORANGE! I don't want ORANGE...our living room has soft blues and pink"....well, it won't wind up orange. It just has it underneath. and so on....to be continued....
1. "Crafting something is a long, uncertain process. A maker should show her work."Austin Kleon
3. On my own visit to the Torpedo Factory in Old Town Alexandria, VA, I saw some paintings done on board panels with 2' deep wood cradles, and I got the idea of extending the painting itself not only across the front surface but also across the cradle surfaces.
4. Easier said than done, eh? This is a small 6"x6"x1.5" painting board with the preliminary design sketched on the front and extending to the cradle. I loved this, and the woman who wanted the painting done liked it, too. It's kinda hard to see here, and the final painting will be much bigger: 2'x2'x2". You can get the idea that a painting board is different from a canvas in that a) it's a board and b) it has a "cradle" or big "edge."
5. Next dispatch will talk about the COLORs in this painting. Unfortunately, one of MY favorite underpainting colors, cadmium orange, is NOT what the commissioner of this painting liked when she saw the first draft.
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