Sunday Sketches - Rosebud

Welcome to Sunday Sketches! This piece is called 'Rosebud' and is done in my art journal in watercolour pencil (5"h x 7"w).  Don't flowers make you happy, especially roses!  It's something about their beautiful petals, the shape and colours.

Latte

I seem to be doing a lot of 'warm drink' posts lately, a sign of the times. I found this funny one at Martha's blog.

When I went into McDonald's for a cup of coffee the other day, the cashiers asked if I had tried the new creme brulee latte. I admitted that I had and that it was good, but unfortunately too fattening for me. I told them I knew I was gaining weight and why. It is from eating all the leftover Halloween chocolates. One of the women said her daughter hides her stash, but it seems her husband had found them! We had a good laugh about that, poor kid.

Paint Party Friday - Soaring

Welcome to Paint Party Friday. This piece is entitled 'Soaring' done in my art journal in watercolour pencil (5"h x 7"w). After observing photos of the way birds fly, I realized the legs are always straight back, I suppose Superman looks the same when he 'flies'. This soaring angel exhibits an inspiring sense of freedom I think.  Wouldn't it be nice to feel free like this sometimes, perhaps from all our responsibilities.

Festive Cup

Here's a festive cup of coffee from Panera Bread. Husband M really likes their light roast, I wonder if they market it like all the other vendors? We were talking to a friendly cashier. She said she had some days off during some snowy, cold bad weather a few weeks ago. Sitting at home cooped up inside, she booked a holiday for herself thinking that she had had enough of that!  Good for her, we said!

There was a little girl

Here's the festive cup this year at McDonald's Canada:

I read a good review in the newspaper about the new book by Brooke Shields called 'There was a little girl'. It's on my list now. She talks about her relationship with her strong, yet alcoholic mom. It sounds open and honest.  Apparently it took her 9 months to write, and it wasn't cathartic.  One interesting tidbit was that Susan Sarandon slapped her 9 times in different takes of one scene in the movie 'Pretty Baby'.  Brooke's mom hinted it might have been some resentment due to Brooke having the lead role in the movie.  Brooke sounds like a real survivor.

Seasonal Goodies

The kids are busy visiting Santa at the mall these days and here are some seasonal goodies from Walmart:

Our minivan has had this annoying rattle in the back left side for a few years now.  Husband M finally got annoyed enough to report the problem to the car dealer when he went to get snow tires put on recently.  Wouldn't you know, they found the problem right away.  It seems the spare tire had come loose from its supports and a screw just needed tightening.  We didn't even know that's where the spare tire was let alone how to get at it. We did know where the sound was coming from.  All is well that ends well!

Kid's Lambo

Welcome to December!

Son K showed me this photo and said it even has real working lights.  Even the wheel rims are amazing. He wished he could've had this one as a young kid!  This one's  $269 Canadian dollars at Costco, I would've thought it was more.  Well, he did have a little used Fisher Price jeep I had found at a garage sale for about $30, it worked well enough.

The malls have been crowded since the beginning of November, it may show that the economy is in good shape.  Oil prices are certainly down.