Miss Em goes fishing

This is for Teri C - inspired by her recent fish story and drawing. Miss Em's creator has never done this activity but loves the thought...



and a nice fish dinner was had by Miss Em and Mr T. Thanks to Teri for the inspiration.

Animal Wednesday - more animal drawings

More drawings - am trying to work my way the " How to Draw Anything - a course for Artists". Fun stuff. This little guy has a bit of a rabbit nose, but maybe he knows Emily.
A birdy on a limb - ain't he cute???



And my favorite - a crow - sent over to fly wishes to HB.

(That crow is either gigantic or is pecking at a very tiny ear of corn - why do I always notice these things afterwards???)

HAPPY ANIMAL Wednesday everyone!

Sketching around the House

I haven't been sketching enough..or drawing. Been too much doing of "crafts" such as knitting and quilting - and I love that, but wanted to do a few drawings before dinner.

So I decided to use my house as a model, and set up 5 minute sketches of a few views that I could see from my comfy perch on the sofa.


Living room leading to sunroom.

Gas Fireplace - lovely in the winter.


A side table.

My feet - very comfy.
G'night!

Reflecting on Saturday

I gave myself the day off yesterday and by that I mean that I didn't bike, hike or kayak -- but stayed home and caught up. DH went off kayaking with our nephew, so at least he wasn't underfoot and I got a ton of left over chores done - it was an unusual way to spend a beautiful Saturday - but do you ever get to that point where the "I'll get to that chores" start to overwhelm your brain? I do - and I have to deal with it. We have visitors coming in August and I wanted to start getting ready for that, setting up beds and making room. Putting away the piles of books that seem to grow in every room - herding them back into the library room. Returning some yarn that I hated, and some clothes to Marshall's. (got some great new red shoes there tho;) Cleaning the junk drawer so that I could find the extra key to the car. Organizing my ATC's (my ABC's are in a lovely little box now and I want to find another way to display them); and other artwork. Working on the massive quilt that I am making for my nephew. Just all those ordinary chores that seem to pile up.

The funny thing is that - looking around the house, I don't see any real tally of my efforts and I have to remember how busy a day it was and how much I really did get done. But additionally I needed that day alone, and just feel a tiny bit of regret for missing a day on the water.

But today - we're off bike riding come hell or high water. I'm hoping it doesn't rain - but then again, I'm not made of spun sugar and won't melt. Have a lovely Sunday - wherever you are.

Postscript:

It didn't rain...it poured. I can vouch for the fact that I am not spun sugar nor the Wicked Witch of the West. We did 16 miles, the last 6 in a deluge. It was truly lovely - really. Some photos below

First the sky looked like this
Then it got like this:

We got back to a wet car

And on the way home, this is what the sky looked like
A lovely field that we pass - couldn't resist taking a photo.

Six Work Saturday

I am worried about a friend

I was going to write "worried about a blogger friend" but it was too many words and the "blogger" part just didn't seem to make sense - even though that is the connection. Renee has had her own troubles and now 3 family members are ill. I know that people who know her are worried about her and her family - so it seemed appropriate for a six word Saturday to send as many healing wishes and love and prayers her way as possible. Renee has a great talent for writing (which I do not - unless under the influence of music) and for loving.

I think this is the worst part of having friends far away. You can't go over to the house and help out. You can't visit. You have minimal ways of contacting the person and may not find out for days what has happened, if ever. But the friendships are so real in so many other ways - and I worry as if they were living down the street.

Much love to Renee and her family. Many thoughts and prayers for the health of them all.

Postcard Friday - Recent postcards

I received some postcards recently so thought I would post them. The first one is from an old friend who lives in North Carolina - she is DH's second mom and a huge influence in his life. Lovely wonderful friend and she sent me this beautiful postcard which is from a painting called "Cat on Rug" by Lucy Willis . Can't you just feel the soft summer air and the breeze moving thru the trees?
I received 3 great postcards from Marianne this week along with my ABC-ATC trade. Marianne is a wonderful artist and does everything in a very special way - her ATC came packaged in a delicate pink gauzy small bag - just the perfect package for her wonderful work.

Anyway - the first one was made by her son Felix a few years ago - and is delightful. Check out the picture below and see the trees and the houses and the little apartment buildings. And the KLM plane and the blue clouds - just great.
The second one is an old postcard that she had and decided to send to me for Postcard Friday - and is a great still life. I'm not sure what is says on the front but my interpretation is "Have a drink and a smoke while you give yourself a manicure and splash some aftershave onto your smooth cheeks" (I'm paraphrasing to be sure) Isn't it great? Such an interesting set of items on this card.
This third one came from Marianne also and is going onto my list of favorite cards. Isn't it just classic little Dutch kids? That blond hair and rosy cheeks! And the adorable puppies! I don't know if I ever mentioned it but one of my best friends is Dutch and she had 5 little girls who all looked like this when they were small. Two of them were our godchildren and they were just the most adorable little kids you'd ever see. I love this postcard.


Thank you Marianne - these are a wonderful addition to my postcard collection and a great post for Postcard Friday.

Animal Wednesday - Emily's cousin visits

I'm sure that this was a cousin of Emily's - he/she was carrying jelly beans and planting them all over my yard.

Emily - do you claim kinship with this pesky rabbit???