Girl2’s skin is extremely pale and translucent. She gets that from her mother. My beautiful young bride and I were lounging around one summer night when the moths started dive bombing her. Her skin was so pale that it was the brightest thing in the moonlight. Unfortunately, Girl2 also got my allergies. This time of year, as the days get longer and the warm air starts blowing up from the Gulf of Mexico bringing with it just enough moisture to keep the pollen afloat, we are all itchy, sneezy and watery. If we are paying attention, the bridge of her nose will turn purple from the swollen sinuses underneath. That’s our cue to medicate. If we miss it, then she gets an ear infection in both ears. Another lovely trait she picked up from dear, old Dad.
Sketches and Musings
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The Nose Knows
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That sinking feeling
Sometime around 1900, someone decided to add an upstairs to my house. The stairwell is not quite 36″ wide. The upstairs was carved into four bedrooms that were pretty much mirror images of each other. They added a front porch in the 30’s and extended the front bedroom over the porch. Sometime after that, someone decided to add indoor plumbing to the upstairs. They carved a bathroom out of one the bedroom closets. The fixtures in that bathroom just barely fit in there by themselves, let alone once a person has walked in. The sink that was in that bathroom when we bought the house was 23 inches from front to wall. I can’t tell you how many times one of us would hit our forehead on it while ascending or descending upon the throne. As soon as I could I ripped that sucker outta there and replaced it with this “anteeky” looking model that is only 13″ deep. No more headaches in the middle of the night. -
A Rock… or maybe a potato….
I really need to start checking out this list earlier in the day. You would think 63 days into this I would know better. Tonight’s challenge, “Draw what you would pick up on a nature walk”, would have worked out better if I could have gone on a nature walk to pick something up. As it is, I went with one of Girl2’s rocks. Being as close to the ground as she is, she sees treasures everywhere. Smooth and sparkly rocks are especially interesting to her. If she keeps collecting them the way she does, in another year or so I’ll have all of the garden stones from the school to decorate my own yard with.EDM
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Different Medium
Tonight, I am obsessed with a different medium. Tonight, I am taken with the printed word. Last night we went for coffee at Barnes & Noble and I was able to obtain the latest paperback of The Dresden Files. My wife and mother are waiting, impatiently I might add, for me to finish with it so they can have their turn. I think when I’m done, I will toss it up in the air and watch ’em fight for it.Tonight’s EDM challenge was to draw a previous challenge in a different medium. I went back to the fall leaf in watercolor pencil.
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Definitely Spring
It hasn’t been out of the 40’s all week long, and in the last two days, it hasn’t gotten out of the 30’s. However, tomorrow there’s an expected high of 50ºF and on Sunday, it’s supposed to be into the 60’s. Look at tonight’s EDM challenge, draw a group of similar items, and see if you can figure out what my plans are for Sunday.The best part is that I will wake up Girl1 at 6am and drag her out to caddie for me.