Things I have never eaten

Potluck Saturday

Abstract painting with Mr. Hardy's class

A new food for me

I found these donut peaches at the public market today. They're sweet and white inside, and have a small pit. I think I'll eat a few, and freeze a few. This is my new favorite donut.

At the Public Market today

This energetic young lady was making smoothies with pedal power.

We didn't have one, but what a good idea!

These are called 'roly-poly' zucchinis; aren't they cute?

You can avoid lugging your 30 lbs. of produce ALL the way to your car by using this nice service. 

New stuff everywhere!

Wildflowers

Just a little painterly scribbling in the sketchbook.

Seen at the Public Market today!

Making paint charts

I never liked doing mixing charts before, but this class I'm in has turned it into a meditation on color combos. I'm so surprised that this has been relaxing and fun to do. This first one is a small set of Sennelier pan colors I've been using for a long time. I didn't realize that blues plus brown or orange gave such nice grays.

These little rascals (Radiant) are so vivid and juicy.

Now that I've painted a bazillion little squares, I have to paint something loose, wild and messy to restore balance to the universe.

Homemade hummus! Why haven't I done this before?

There are a million recipes on Pinterest and the Internet, and it takes about 5 minutes! This one is cannellini beans and an avocado, spices, lemon juice, tahini and garlic. I'm never buying hummus again. 

Crash bang boom

So, last night about 12:40 am, I heard a big crashing noise. My upstairs neighbor and I park on the street, which was otherwise empty. A drunk driver had crashed into her car, nearly removing the rear wheel, and pushing her car into mine. 

Sad Suzuki and UnHappy Honda. 

See all the pretty sparkly glass? That's my rear window.

Bye-bye, little Honda.

I'm feeling thankful that nobody was hurt, it wasn't raining, and that we both have good insurance. And so does Drunk Driver. He had a case of beer and a bong in his car, and was arrested. My neighbor's car is totaled, and I'm waiting to see what the damages are on mine. Wish me luck!

Back to the sketch journal

I'm taking an online course about journal art, art journaling, sketchbook, whatever you call the place your art supplies like to mess about.

Who's the cutest poser?

Encaustic painting by Patrice Maloney

My friend the fabulous artist painted this. She's having a show next month, too. She's amazing.

Fourth of July brunch

So here's Anna trying to get the bananas to flambe'.

Maybe we should get out the fire extinguisher. We don't have one. What?

Carefully watching the blazing pan.

We had tater tots, Bananas Foster, buttermilk pancakes with strawberries and whipped cream, baked cheesy egg casserole, and bacon.

Shizu made the pancakes at the table.

Angel and Anna.

Jon digs in.

We had a great time!

Durand Eastman Park

From the reservoir

I just like this picture

On the last day of school I gave away lots of paper, markers, crayons and other supplies. Looks like we didn't do much coloring, as these Crayolas are in pretty good shape. I made them into about 5 or 6 sets containing some of each color group. Seems like there's too much red and orange, and not enough green and blue. It's okay, the kids were happy anyway. I like to start off the school year with new clean crayons.

Seen on a boring walk

So, I first saw this poetry station, which contained multiple copies of a poem about a dad who wears shorts that his kids find embarrassing.He wears them anyway. (Why do people do things like that? And then write a poem to cement the idea into the universe? These are rhetorical questions.)  And next I found this very ironic sewer cover. 

I'm just blogging to mark the days, I guess. Waiting for something interesting to turn up.

Doodles

Just messing around in the sketchbook.