Friday, August 6, 2021 Freddy’s Birthday

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Freddy’s 8th birthday was coming up and it couldn’t come soon enough. For one thing, since Matty’s birthday wasn’t for another four months, Freddy would be two years older than him for awhile. He enjoyed having this extra boost in age difference. If anyone asked him, he’d be able to say, “I’m 8 years old and my little brother is 6.” Even though he thought this was a very important advantage, Matty didn’t seem to care one way or another, which took a little bit of the fun out of it.

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Wednesday, August 4, 2021 Marbles

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It might be kind of hard to read my teeny tiny writing if you’re looking at this on a phone.

This was an experiment using watercolor pencils and a paintbrush with a water reservoir. In other words, I didn’t feel like getting off the couch. I think I’ll have to try it again using regular paint and paintbrushes, but at least I got a haiku out of it.

Did you ever play marbles when you were a child? I did! We used to make a circle with string, put all the marbles in the circle and then try to knock them out of the circle with a larger marble, which we called a shooter.

I’ll probably knock this post right out of the circle in the morning with a blog post shooter. Bam!

Tuesday, August 3, 2021 Tangled Web

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Oh what a tangled web we weave
When first we practice to deceive…

When my husband and I were newlyweds, we joined a progressive dinner group at our church to get to know more people. We were assigned to bring dessert to the first gathering. Since we both worked full-time and I wasn’t much of a cook (you can see me building up to justifying something, can’t you?), I bought a couple of Mrs. Smith’s frozen pies and baked them.

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Friday, July 30, 2021 Erase the Blots

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When the moon is so full that it looks like it will break your windows, you know that the Blots are on the move. The night deceives you – do not trust the calm and the silence, for the Blots make no noise as they rise up like smudges against a dark sky. They have no mouths, they make no sound, but their inky presence swells and spreads as they search for places to stain.

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Wednesday, July 28, 2021 Watercolor Italy Lesson 17 and Final Exam!

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Now that I’m at the end of the Watercolor Travel through Italy lesson book, I can admit that I didn’t really understand until several lessons in that each of the paintings in the book are from different places in Italy and you can use your phone to access the maps to each of these places. I guess you’re really supposed to feel like you’re traveling through Italy as you paint. Just call me “slow on the uptake!”

Lesson 17 is a quaint little vineyard scene in Passo S. Giovanni.

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Tuesday, July 27, 2021 Desk Pal

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When I was a senior in high school, I was taking an English class from Mr. S. and one day I noticed that someone from another period had written “I’m a star!” on my desk. I couldn’t let that go unanswered, so I wrote in pencil underneath it “Boo Hoo – I’m only a square.” Oh, the wit. I thought that was the end of it. The next day, the anonymous writer had added, “I’m so sorry for you. Who are you?” to which I replied, “I don’t want your pity and I would like to remain anonymous.” Bam! The writer replied the next day “So sorry again. That suits me fine. To each his own. Tell me this, then, are you a foxy lady? Tell the truth.”

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