I am pet sitting til Sunday...with a darling little Italian Greyhound that I stay with a lot. She is sweet and no trouble at all..so no feather raising stories for you. It is still very hot here in the sub Tropics, but supposedly will start getting cooler soon..ahem. I brought some art to work on, but will have to post pictures later. I am painting backgrounds which is a favorite thing for me to do. Color and color mixing is fun for moi. Have a loverly week and I will see you later! KiSs kiss hug HuG

Underwater dining ...,,

or new meaning of POOL table ,,,Just for fun !

More Art journal doodles

Doodling around in my sketch book with my Micron pen. I drew what ever popped in my mind. Then used my Portfolios again...to color in. These are so easy to travel with..... they now go with me in my little bag O' art supplies. So now I have no excuse not to create something in my book every day. not great art , but it keeps my creativity going in the right direction. I am working on the new Art On The Darkside Challenge "Be Careful What You Wish For" topic. hmmm..... It has been super hot around these parts for the past few weeks. I'm talking in the triple digits with the heat index or real feel ( real feel? why don't they just come right out and say it's 105..haha)..THe weather report is on my side bar..take a gander where it says real feel..mwaaahaaaa

ART...Art On The Darkside Challenges: Art on the Darkside Challenge : lurking in the shadows

My art journal..I intend to create art in it as much as possible..can't promise myself every day..hah. I heART my water souluable oil pastels. Lisa Oceandreamer turned me on to them and for me they are perfect!

The crow below is for the Art on the Darkside Challenge ..which is late of course!/. Lurking in the shadows was the theme. THe pic came out lighter than it really looks.

A blast from my past

Way back in 1972....I was living in West Virginia...with my doggie (that black blur on your right) Muffin. Muffin loved the snow...me, not so much. Don't you just dig the coat. Betcha you had one like it. I ran across these only 2 photos in my niece's pictures. I lost all my photos somewhere during a move. This brought back a rush of memories and got me thinking about old college friends..so I got on Facebook and found a few. Boy..those were the days.

Adventures in Pet Sitting

So...I'm pet sitting in the woods again. Last night I was on the computer and started hearing this little cluk sound..you know like when you put your tongue on the roof of your mouth and make a pop sound. Hmmm I thought what is that..must be the dog thumping it's tail. clok cluk clok..there it is again...go see the dog..nope not the dog..maybe water plopping off something..no. Sit down at the computer again and a couple minutes later I hear a more distinct...yet low clok cluk. I tiptoe into the kitchen from whence this noise is coming.. OHHHH I see Miss Booboo Macaw has entered the room and is making her way up the hand carved wooden bar chair at the counter..trying to be very inconspicuous with that low cluk sound.. DAMN! How am I going to get her back in her room with out injury to me ..or her. I approach with caution LARGE powerful bird with large powerful beak...! SQUAWKKK! attack mode...gingerly I take my foot and move the chair...s l o w l y scoot it towards her room. Boy is she pissed now , she takes a biggo bite out of the aforementioned handcarved bar chair...I grab a broom handle and ease the chair oh so carefully into her cage room Now..how do I get her off the chair? Slowly tilt it back and down to the floor....she hops off and walks around like she owns the place. Oh yeah ,,she does! I scootch the chair back into it's rightful place ..complete with the chunk missing WAAA!

THeme Thursday Challenge

Make an ATC Halloween themed...for Theme Thursdayportfolio pastels on black paper..with rhinestone eyes

Art On The Darkside Challenges: Art on the Darkside Challenge : Black

Art On The Darkside Challenges: Art on the Darkside Challenge : Black "Collage Noir" I took up the challenge as inspiration to get my creativity back up and running. I looked through my magazine clippings and came up with this sort of ..dreamy mindscape. The photo is not too good because the flash went off...causing the blacks to look grayish.

Vote for Alphie

please take the time to go vote for Alphie and tell all your friends. Bernie Berlin artist and dog rescuer needs your help. If Alphie wins it means $$$$ to help keep her rescue efforts going. She is in dire straits to keep it afloat ....you can also donate

Beach clouds this morning.....

Rows and flows of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons everywhere
I've looked at clouds that way ~ Joni Mitchell
..it's no wonder I'm not getting any art done