SKETCHBOOK 86 – CAT IN THE GRASS

It looks like a cat. I'll improve with practice. It's the first cat's face that looks catlike. For some reason, this picture looks better on paper than it does in the photograph. The colors blend together well on paper, but not so well in the photo.

WRITING IS…

Blogging Insights — # 45: What writing is Writing is all the things we've talked about, including: "Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers." - Isaac Asimov Yes, it's definitely thinking through your fingers. All the initial ideas and feelings pop out through your fingers into that first draft. After that, it's time … Continue reading WRITING IS…

WHERE’S MITCH?

The new puzzle game, by Rich Paschall Perhaps you recall the children's puzzle books, Where's Waldo, known as Where's Wally outside North America. The puzzle books were so popular they spawned all sorts of Where's Waldo media. There were television series, films, magazines, comic strips, video games, and cereal boxes. You could collect cards and … Continue reading WHERE’S MITCH?

AND SO JULY ROLLS ALONG

SHARING MY WORLD AS WE HIT THE MIDDLE OF JULY This is the month of medical stuff. I thought I was done with this in April, then in May, but none of the tests came back "fine." None of them came back screaming "you are dying," but all of them came back with issues of … Continue reading AND SO JULY ROLLS ALONG

SENSIBLE VIOLENCE

The thing about "senseless violence" is that it implies there's another kind of violence. The sensible kind. Everybody talks about senseless violence, but I can't get a decent conversation going about sensible? Here is a list of sensible reasons to kill people: - "He needed killing" is still accepted in some American courtrooms as a defense … Continue reading SENSIBLE VIOLENCE

BROWN & BLACK IN THE WHICH WAY

CWWC:  Any Which Way with the colours of Brown and/orBlack Most paths are brown or black, but I did sneak one in that is essentially gold, as are the trees surrounding it. And, of course, grey, which I consider a dilute of black and thus fits right in. Take a walk along the banks of … Continue reading BROWN & BLACK IN THE WHICH WAY

SKETCHBOOK 86 – A ROSE & 2 BIRDS

FIRST SUCCESSFUL ROSE AND TWO IMPERFECT BIRDS I have had a really hard time drawing a rose that looked like a rose. This annoyed me because I'm pretty good with flowers, even complicated flowers. But for some reason, roses with all that layering came out all wrong. Last night, I looked at a picture of … Continue reading SKETCHBOOK 86 – A ROSE & 2 BIRDS

AND NOW, MORE ORCHIDS

FOTD – July 10 – New Macro Orchids These were the first orchids I got, four years ago. It has been a very long four years. These usually bloom for a few months and then rest until the following spring. This year, because I repotted them at the end of their blooming last year, they … Continue reading AND NOW, MORE ORCHIDS

AT HOME WITH THE RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS

They are as married as woodpeckers can be. These are our Red-Bellied Woodpeckers. They don't have a red belly except in the most distant way, but there's already a red-headed woodpecker, so they became red-bellied. They have a nest in this tree, and you can see all the woodpecker holes in it. This dying tree … Continue reading AT HOME WITH THE RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS

SKETCHBOOK 84 – FEAR

AN ILLUSTRATION AND A FIRST It was a new "Provocative" question from Fandango. I was looking for a picture that showed fear. Everywhere I looked, it was someone else's work. Drawings, photographs, posters. None of them seemed any better than my own photographs, which sadly didn't have anything showing fear. But the drawings were not … Continue reading SKETCHBOOK 84 – FEAR