SkyWatch Friday.......Catch Up #2 (of 3)

These were taken this past Thursday. All the shades of blue were awesome, even with white.

Always beautiful right before the storm, which we had between 5 and 6 p.m. that night.

I did not take this last photo which shows the tornado that hit in our area Thursday night around 5:30. It did some damage and took out power for many. Luckily there were no major injuries and no one completely lost their home. Go to http://www.skyley.blogspot.com/ for more sky photos! Please be sure to read Apollo's post today, below!

Dogs On Thursday: Catch Up Post #1 (of 3)

One of my dearest pleasures is taking in a bit of the outside occasionally during the day.

Often, I find solace in my quiet time for deep thoughts and reflection.

Then some idiot interrupts me by snapping photos suddenly breaking the private thoughts once peacefully passing through my mind.

What is one to do? Take a nap.

Here's hoping that you are left alone for your somber moments of time. A big woof to my buddies out there Snuffles, Annie, Emma, Luna, Snickers, Buddy, Dizzy, Friday, Penney, Tonka, Hope, Trixie, Bella, Zoe and Chief!

H.A.W./C.O.W. .......ongoing

Dudley would have no part of cooperation with the photo taking process. Gotta love the cattitude!

Finished this in record time...not totally pleased with it, but considering I was using brand new pencils and working quickly, won't complain. Still not a scanned image, so it doesn't appear very crisp here. Also, painted the background again on an earlier painting, painted some on two 8x10s, found frames for two ink pieces last posted, purchased more pens, brush and a project board for VolleyGirl's science project. Gathered all my other pieces to see just what all I had....for certain! Heaven forbid should I forget washing a couple of loads of clothes! Tomorrow I will paint and go get mats cut for a couple of pieces. After looking over what I have, any new pieces I do should be colored pencil or graphite pencil. Enjoyed taking a little time this morning to check in on some of you too......oh yeah, chased the royal one a bit too!

Working BREAKING NEWS Away...

BREAKING NEWS: SHAMELESS, BURSTING OFFSPRING PRIDE BULLETIN! Just before going to bed last night, after speaking to BigBoy on the phone, he texted me saying that he forgot to tell me he was asked to design the cover for the college yearbook!!! Apparently someone had told the yearbook staff about him. This is the same university that just won the National Championship in college football.........University of Alabama- Roll Tide!!!!! How did you forget to tell your mother that on the phone!

Working away to get pieces ready by this Friday for the upcoming art exhibit. Both of these fill up an 8x10 space and are in ink. They will probably require my getting a special mat cut for them to be put into a 11x14 inch frame. This is due to the fact that they are on 9x12 paper but are too large for an 8x10 opening. The top one would fit an 8x10 opening but I want to leave a bit of a border around it. Neither is a very good photo......I did receive a brand new copier, scanner, printer from Mr. Unplugged at Christmas but must have him look at it again because I cannot get it to scan. The second zentangle was started in December, originally it was to be for someone else but, duh, I made the border larger than the 8x10 opening of the plexiglass type frame that I like to put these in, makes it look like it is floating. So, I started again on the one that was sold and decided that I would finish this one and frame it differently for the exhibit.

I was scheduled to work 5 hours yesterday but ended up working 8 so as to not leave a newly hired person there alone. I do not work again until Friday but my manager said I could have the day off if I needed it to get ready for the exhibit. While working, there are many periods of downtime where I am waiting for downloads on the computer to complete so I used the opportunity to make notes on all that is needed to be done this week. My big goal is to do 2 or 3 small paintings, one pencil drawing and perhaps a simple zentangle or two. There is one or two framing changes I am going to make, frame the latest work, price, name.....blah, blah, blah! Why am I here, typing you ask? Because I miss all of you....can't believe how it grinds my gears not to check in with you all! So......I will bid you goodbye for now and begin scanning the world for blogs!

Snowkids and Zentangle

Yes, we actually had a bit of snow last week, along with the subfreezing temps. Here are my two little offspring, able to stand that close without punching or aggravating......that is in many of the other photos I took.

Finished this commissioned zentangle just this morning. It had MANY requested personal elements to be included. Some of them you may recognize easily and some you may not. I learned that I cannot do this by putting down a "picture" then trying to work around it. Had to begin over again after learning this. I literally have to draw a big squiggle line, study it and add the elements to it. Kind of like the game my dad and I used to play with BigBoy when he was young, draw a line, then the next one has to add to it or make something out of it. My time is very short to get some additional pieces ready for my exhibit that begins next month. I have worked a bit on an ink piece that hopefully I will post later this week. Wanting to do a painting, pencil drawing and some simpler zentangles............

Dogs On Thursday (Belated Edition)

Perhaps you missed me lately....forgive me for celebrating the season surrounded by my closest subjects, focusing on what they can do for me. Occasionally, I just had to sit down and just let the festive decor feed my inner dog, uh, er, my inner young royal.

My best buddy, (deep sigh), we have had so much fun, playing. Simply, "he completes me."

Santa brought me a growling bulldog and I really love it. My time is limited with him, much to my dismay. My buddy leaves this Sunday and I'm just not sure how I will handle that, so keep me in your thoughts. On a high note some new friends have found new homes recently, congratulations to Hope, Trixie, Bella, Zoe and Chief! Welcome to our privileged world! Big ol' bark out to start the year off to Snuffles, Annie, Emma, Luna, Snickers, Buddy, Dizzy, Friday, Penney and Tonka!

Cats on Wednesday

Wow, I'm looking good this year!!!!!!!
-Dudley