A book

I noticed this book on sale at my local drugstore and decided to buy it. I had watched the Genius series on National Geographic a few months ago and really enjoyed it, it was based on this very book. It will be a pleasure it read it after the fact. Do you prefer to read the book and then see the movie?

Scribble Picnic - Flower Bed

Welcome to Michael's Scribble Picnic! This is my flower bed for this week's theme. It's done with permanent marker, acrylic, watercolour crayon and outlined with a black fine point marker on coloured cardstock (6" x 6"). It's based on a photo of a garden bed that I took.

At a snail's pace

My friend S told me to be careful as I walked towards her one morning. This snail pictured above was crossing the pavement at a snail's pace. There were a lot of them out and about that day.

A nice breakfast

Husband M and I went for a nice breakfast last week. It was a gorgeous summer day under blue skies. This place is a bit of a dive but we enjoy their food. We split the large breakfast between us. This is my half pictured above. I forgot to take a photo of the large pancake and slice of French toast that we also split.

Sunday Scribbles - Some Xmas Cards

Jennifer has decided to kindly host a new Sunday Scribbles art co-op for us and I am pleased to join her today.  I will have a new sketch ready in time for next Sunday.  For today I am sharing these Christmas cards of my art that I just had printed.

I had an offer of free cards from Shutterfly and I decided to take advantage of it. It's always a fun feeling when they arrive in the mail!

3 1/2" x 5"

5" x 7"

Bank Machine Changes

I thought this 21st century alphabet was certainly a sign of the times.

Speaking of change, I went to my bank machine recently and it is now dispensing cash
in 10's and 5's as well as the 20's it used to give out.  It was my first time using this new feature
when I needed some 5's.  You have to punch in the total amount you want, then the denominations you want.  So 5 x however many 5's you need and it should add up to the total amount of cash you
requested.  I hope I can remember what I did last time, I guess there is always the teller.

Then I was at the lab getting some routine blood tests done.  The technician mentioned to me that they have a new app that I can install on my phone which allows you to see how busy the lab is and in fact you can check yourself in ahead of time.  In this manner, you won't have to wait anymore. When I hesitated, she told me I could get my kids to help me with it if necessary.  When I got home I decided to install it on my own, thank you! 

Paint Party Friday - Snake

Welcome to Paint Party Friday, hosted by Eva and Kristin. I did a snake based on a photo I saw on Adam's blog. It's done on coloured cardstock (4 1/2" x 6 1/2") using washi tape and outlined with a black permanent marker.