Paint Party Friday - Inspiration

I saw this interesting photo in the newspaper, taken in Africa and wanted to use it somehow in an art piece. I was attracted to the combination of colours and textures. Here is the result.

It's done in acrylic on a greeting card (4 1/4"h x 5 1/2"w).


Linking to Eva and Kristin's Paint Party Friday.

Inspiration

Dill Pickles and some other recipes

Here's my favourite chocolate bar of the moment. It's Cadbury fruit and nut dark chocolate. It has just the right amount of sweetness to counteract the bitterness of a dark chocolate. Sort of like finding the perfect coffee, lol. Of course it goes down so easily you might end up eating more of it than you intended. Their burnt almond flavour is also good when I can't find the fruit and nut kind.

Dark Chocolate

If you are a pickle maker, I found a recipe for refrigerator dill pickles - salt free from the Heart and Stroke foundation.

And it's time for those summer salads!

Here's a recipe for potato salad from Whole Foods that I'm going to try.

Here's another easy recipe from Whole Foods for Refrigerator Pickled Slaw that I'm also going to try.

For my retired friends

Here's a video we should all watch concerning recognizing heart attacks in women.

And here's a funny joke that might appeal to all the retired people:

A RETIREE'S LAST TRIP TO KROGER

Yesterday I was at my local Kroger buying a large bag of Purina dog chow for my loyal pet, Jake, the Wonder Dog and was in the check-out line when a woman behind me asked if I had a dog. What did she think I had an elephant?

So because I'm retired and have little to do, on impulse I told her that no, I didn't have a dog, I was starting the Purina Diet again. I added that I probably shouldn't, because I ended up in the hospital last time, but that I'd lost 50 pounds before I awakened in an intensive care ward with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IVs in both arms. I told her that it was essentially a Perfect Diet and that the way that it works is, to load your pants pockets with Purina Nuggets and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry. The food is nutritionally complete so it works well and I was going to try it again. (I have to mention here that practically everyone in line was now enthralled with my story.)

Horrified, she asked if I ended up in intensive care, because the dog food poisoned me. I told her no, I stopped to Pee on a Fire Hydrant and a car hit me.

I thought the guy behind her was going to have a heart attack he was Laughing so hard.

Kroger won't let me shop there anymore. Better watch what you ask retired people. They have all the time in the World to think of crazy things to say.

Forward this (especially) to all your retired friends...it will be their laugh for the day!

 

Creative Tuesdays - Candy

The theme for the current Creative Tuesdays is 'Candy'. The jumping off point for this piece was 'Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory', one of my kids' favourite movies. I wanted to do a chocolate river and it evolved into a kind of candy land. I'm pleased with the final result, pure fantasy! It's acrylic (8 1/2" h x 11" w) on card stock.

Linking to MMm's Creative Tuesdays. Please visit the other talented participants, I can't wait to see what they will come up with!

Dangling from a Crane

Could you eat at a restaurant like this where diners are dangling from a crane?  I couldn't.

And have you heard that Amazon will be selling fan fiction?
It's interesting, it could open up a whole new world of authors, sort of like what American Idol did for singers.  Well, that's what I think anyway.

I accidentally hovered over some blogs in my reading list and saw this upward arrow that said 'hide'.  Of course I clicked on some of them and ended up hiding some of the blogs and there didn't seem to be a way to 'unhide' them.  After a bit of googling I ended up at the bottom of my reading list and found where they were 'hidden' and was able to 'unhide' them.  Whew!  So much for technology.

Sunday Sketches - Spring Blossoms

This piece is done in acrylics (8 1/2"h x 11"w). It was inspired by a photo of a blossoming crab apple tree that I took a few weeks ago.

Linking to Sunday Sketches.

Joke

I went for my usual haircut and colour earlier this week. Walking over to the hairdresser's I noticed a very senior man moving slowly along on his own, pushing his walker. Then I saw the box of beer sitting on the seat of the walker and I realized he was just leaving the beer store! This amused me.

Here's a cute joke for you:


Complete vs. Finished.

No dictionary has ever been able to define the difference between
"complete" and "finished". However, in a linguistic conference, held in
London England, and attended by some of the best linguistics in the
world, Samsundar Balgobin, a Guyanese was the clever winner.

His final challenge was this. Some say there is no difference between
"complete" and "finished". Please explain the difference in a way that
is easy to understand. His response was:

When you marry the right woman, you are "complete". If you marry the
wrong woman, you are "finished". And, when the right one catches you
with the wrong one, you are "completely finished".

His answer received a five minute standing ovation.