Rain's Thursday Art Date - Red

 Welcome Rain's Thursday Art Date's 'Colourful June's  - 'Red' theme.  I did a solar eclipse for you today.  It is an ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2").  

Wednesday Memes

 

Almond Flour Cake

  There were containers of almond flour clearing at the grocery store so I decided to get one. I decided to make this almond flour cake. I was very happy with how it turned out.  I used this recipe.

Correction - Bengal Cat (not Savannah Cat)

 Apologies this is not a Savannah cat as I had first been informed, it is a Bengal cat. This one belongs to my nephew, her name is Tora. I had asked my nephew your initial questions in the comments below thinking it was a Savannah cat.   

It looks like  a leopard doesn't it?  It is a handsome creature.  According to wikipedia,  'it is a domesticated cat breed created from hybrids of domestic cats'.

Pretty

Oops I accidentally had this posted yesterday, it was meant for today.  Apologies to those who commented already yesterday, as I rescheduled it for today. 

Last week I noticed my purple iris and bachelor's button flowers were in full bloom in my garden!  I guess I had been busy.  Don't you love June?

Grannie Annie posted an interesting fact recently:  'In George Washington's days, there were no cameras. One's image was either sculpted or painted. Some paintings of George Washington showed him standing behind a desk with one arm behind his back while others showed both legs and both arms. Prices charged by painters were not based on how many people were to be painted, but by how many limbs were to be painted. Arms and legs are 'limbs,' therefore painting them would cost the buyer more. Hence the expression, 'Okay, but it'll cost you an arm and a leg.' (Artists know hands and arms are more difficult to paint.)'  Hop over to  see a 'cheaper painting of him'.

My 20 year old niece told me she learned that in middle school.  She likes interesting facts too.

Chives Chives Chives

My neighbour keeps giving me fresh cut Chinese chives from his garden. They are different from garlic chives.  They have a mild taste.  I gave some to a friend but decided to be creative and put the rest to good use as pictured below. It does add flavour to the dishes.  I debated on freezing some, but things tend to stay in the freezer forever as clutter.

Chives from the Neighbour

Scramble Eggs with Chives

Chive Pork Meatballs uncooked

Chive Shrimp

Chive Pork Meatballs with a  Honey Garlic Sauce

 

Even added some chives to my salad

Tuna salad with celery and chives

Chinese Chive and Egg soup

And you will remember I had made these chive chips.

They turned into this roasted chive and egg soup and it was so flavourful and delicious.

As you can see we have a 'no waste' policy!

Friday Art - Mimicry

 

owl moth

This is an interesting wildlife article on Mimicry. "Mimicry is an adaptation that helps wildlife species live longer by trying to mimic or copycat other top predators."

I was inspired to paint an owl mothACEO (2 12" x 3 1/2") which evolved to look like an owl to protect itself from predators.

Linking to Gillena's Art For Fun Friday and Nicole's Friday Face Off.  This is sort of a (mimicked) face isn't it?