Daisy has eyes

Now playing on my iPod, Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson, "Ghost Riders in the Sky".


I actually spent a lilttle time working on Daisy's portrait, and now she has eyes. Now that I am looking at it on the computer screen, I'm not sure both eyes are looking the same direction.

Now to get some color and texture in her fur.

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On the Ohio turnpike, a tractor-trailer hauling cereal hit a guardrail around 2 a.m. and wound up on its side across both eastbound lanes. Bulldozers cleared away the mess. They didn't say what kind of cereal it was.

Rises in fuel prices have led to an increase in the number of used fryer grease rustlers roaming restaurant alleys in the United States.

Just thought you might like some news about something other than Bin Ladin. My thoughts on this?... He's just the tip of the iceburg.

Monday

Barrie had one of her old sled dogs put to sleep today, Keisha. Very sad. She was 15 years old, and had a long happy life. I don't seem to have any good pictures of her, and I've never drawn her portrait.

These are two of Keisha's pups, Spotty and Possum. Well, I named her Possum. I think Barrie renamed her Tulip.

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Someone posted this photo on Facebook. Pretty funny. Do you think it's real?

Took this photo years ago when the old buildings and barn were still standing out at Hittles. It's a black and white photo which I developed and printed myself. I was pretty proud of it - it won something, I forget what now.

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I spent a little money today and invested in the spam, junk, blocker for me e-mail program. I have been getting from 6 to 12 e-mails every day about losing weight, increasing the size of my penis, getting a job, etc. I can add them to my list of blocked e-mails, and bounce them to the sender, but they haven't slowed down.

Lenore came home from her trip with some old family pictures she got from relatives. I'm not sure what she plans to do with them. I love old family pictures, and have quite a collection of them.

I've probably posted this picture before. It is my great grand parents's Marlatt family, with all sixteen children.

The picture above was taken in 1929 for a Chicago newspaper. Although he was a nephew, not a brother, my Dad played with them. He is in the front row, wearing the school sweater with stripes on the sleeve.

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So much going on in the world! Willliam and Kate got married, Uncle Mo is ready to run the Kentucky Derby, the Pope was beautified (whatever that means), the Rockies are still winning games, it's National Egg Month, and Barrie (almost) drove into her dog lot yesterday. She and Kasey only had to walk a mile.

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When I was reading Stephen King's book about writing, he kept metioning his book "The Stand". One of my favorites. I don't even have the book any more. The one I had was a used paperback, and finally literally fell apart. So I downloaded it to my Kindle yesterday and have started reading it again. Don't ask me why - that's about a 400 page book, and I already know how it ends.

Saturday

Aren't spring snow storms fun? This pickup was parked down on the street in front of my house It's a dark grey truck. Looks like a ghost truck

I had hoped to finish the colored pencil portrait of Daisy, but it is going so slow, and has hours and hours of work left on it.

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This is the cover I designed for the novel I wrote for the NaNoWriMo. To get the free proof copy, I have to have it all ready and formatted next month.


I've got my hero in prison right now, and am having problems with that part of the book. I know nothing about prison life. Someone suggested I have his girl friend break him out of prison. That would probably make a better story than I have, but I already have the rest of the book written, including the ending. And a prison breakout won't fit.

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When it comes to Art, I'm patiently waiting for my ability to catch up with my ambition

Grandpa put wheels on Kasey's Kitty Kat, so she can drive without snow! She sure loves it!

The last time I tried to upload a video to BlogSpot, it just wouldn't take it. Maybe it was too large, but I didn't think so. This took only about ten minutes. Who can figure?

We had a very small group at Art today - Barb, Les, Lenore and I. I muddled through making coffee, which turned out okay after I remembered to turn it on. Lenore bought us some yummy doughnuts from Ridleys.

Jo Mack stopped by this morning with some of her new acrylics to show us. Beautiful! She has done a series of animals and birds on matboard. What a talented lady!

This is what I got done today. Pretty sorry. I have no idea how I got that large "bloom" on the left side of the paper. Sometimes "blooms" make pleasant surprises. This one is not pleasant.

Maybe a small 5" x 7" portion of this painting is salvageable. At least I completed something, which is more than I've done in the past several months.

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Granddad put wheels on Kasey's snow machine, and Barrie took a great video of her driving it yesterday. I will try to upload it here, but I don't have good luck uploading videos to Blogspot. It's on my Facebook wall, if you're one of my friends.

I have no idea how many colored eggs are in the refrigerator. Looks like a lot!

Monday

Northern Lights

Tracy sent me these pictures of the Northern Lights, taken in Yellow Knife, Canada. What a gorgeous sight!

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I was so optimistic that we were really going to have spring weather, but it is trying to snow again. What? That is spring weather? You're right! What was I thinking?

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A mouse trap placed on top of your alarm clock will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.

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Did you know Iceland had a penis museum? Just read about it on the news. Seems they got their first human speciman. If you are visiting Iceland, you may want to put a visit to this place on your schedule. Or maybe not.

Sunday

No, I didn't just take this. It was taken a few years ago, but I am SO ready for this. I have a feeling we might actually have spring. The lawn is getting green.

Another picture I took on I 70 in Colorado when we were headed to Denver. I was singing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game.

I finished the book "Half Broke Horses". Wonder if the author is working on another book? I sure like her writing.

Now playing on my iPod Chris Isaak, "Now I Wonder".

Got a few new songs from the iTunes store, and synced my iPod this morning. Barrie has discovered how to use my account to buy music too. Sneaky!

Kasey's Granddad found this and of course he bought it. I don't know how well it runs, but Kasey is delighted with it. Seems to have a lot of duct tape on it.

Another funny sign I found on the Internet.

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We've had snow the last two or three mornings. Old Man Winter just hates to let go of us!

Barrie and Kasey have planted some flower seeds in a starter kit in the kitchen window. They are coming up and growing fast.

After both Chase and I took a shot at what the arrow meant through the stomach of the bear fetish, I decided to look it up.


the pathway of the breath, the life-force of the animal spirit, called the "heartline"

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Somehow, I think Chase's and my versions are more colorful.

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Hope to get some more work on the colored pencil drawing of Daisy today, and of course read. The reading part will be tiring. I will have to actually hold the book and turn the pages!
It's a book I got before I got the Kindle..