Paint Party Friday - Cave Swimming

I was inspired by all the ICAD drawings I've been seeing on other blogs and decided to do my painting on an index card today. It's done in watercolour pencil and crayon. Want to join me for a cave swim? Happy Paint Party Friday! Thanks to our hosts Eva and Kristin.

My bug story

Here are some interesting mosquito facts for you. Only female mosquitoes bite. DEET is safe. Citronella, garlic, bananas, eucalyptus oil are effective repellants and so on.

On the topic of insects, here is my bug story for the day.  We were unpacking groceries from the car when I noticed a bug on the egg carton.  I told husband M to flick it off.  Then I noticed the bug landed on its back on the driveway.  It seemed to be struggling so I flicked him onto my finger and deposited him right side up onto a flower.  Then I got my phone out but before I could snap a photo he flew off!  Yes, bugs do fly! 

Thing 2

Well husband M's credit card was compromised last week.  I just happened to go online last night and checked our balance and there were 2 unknown transactions on there $1500 in total...apparently manual transactions as opposed to electronic.  We think they are able to copy the credit card number even if they bring those machines to your table!  Well at least we caught it within a week of the transaction and the card was blocked.  However there will be an investigation.  Have you had your credit card compromised?  It has happened to daughter L a few years back, and this is M's second time. It does make you go into panic mode.

Anyway, this post was just going to be on a more pleasant topic of cupcakes:

Daughter L's friend is headed off to Europe to finish her studies in medicine. Her friend threw a going away party and L decided to bake her some red velvet cupcakes in a Dr Seuss theme as it was the theme of the party. We were able to taste one, it was so moist and delicious!  It was a buttermilk cream cheese type of icing with blue cotton candy on top.  The trick with the cotton candy is that it has to be applied 30 minutes to an hour before serving.

Creative Tuesdays - Picnic

Welcome to Creative Tuesdays' "Picnic" theme. I am bringing a charcuterie board to the picnic, won't you join me? It is created with light rye bread slices, swiss cheese, salami, proscuitto, and pastrami slices, olives, mustard and some sweet chili sauce why not?  It's done in watercolour pencil and outlined with a fine point marker on good quality brown cardstock (6" x 6").

Cheesecake with Sour Cherry Compote

I finally got around to getting a plain cheesecake to go with my sour cherry compote, it was yummy!

Sunday Sketches - Atop the cliff

For Sunday Sketches, this piece called 'Atop the Cliff' is done in my art journal (8 1/2" x 11") in watercolour crayon and pencil.

A Good One

Welcome to August!  It is the Civic Holiday long weekend in Canada.

A friend invited me for a lovely walk and lunch yesterday, her treat! She is a very good friend, she even invited son K to come along as he was free. It was hot and sunny but the day before was even hotter so we were good.

Here is an intriguing story I found for you in Canadian news. A baby could inherit millions if a DNA test can prove she is the daughter of a murdered millionaire. The millionaire's brother was trying to block the testing. The baby's mother would gain a nice lifestyle although the millions would be held in trust until the baby turns 19.