Blog Break

 I will be on a blog break for a few weeks, enjoy the start of summer and take care until I return!

I have pre posted (post-dated) the June 27th Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date.

Kathy sent me a lovely summer card which I am sharing with you here! She got most of the drawings from an Etsy shop.  Oh blogger links seem to be working again.

Friday Art - Giraffe in Tanzania

 Welcome to Friday Art!  Here is my Giraffe ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") done in acrylic.  The background is Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.  I was inspired by some photos I saw.  

It's my Birthday today, a big one!

Linking to Nicole's Friday Face Off and to Gillena's Art For Fun Friday.

Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date - Spirals and Spaghetti and Chicken Meatballs

 Welcome to Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date!  The theme is 'Spirals' and here is my Octopus Tentacle inspiration.  It is an ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") in watercolur pencil and outlined with an acrylic marker.  Nature holds a remarkable array of patterns.

For the Dinner Date, I made some spaghetti and ground chicken meatballs.  They were delicious!

Wednesday Memes

 

Nachos

 I made some chili using Yves vegetarian ground round.  Then I made some nachos using the chili, olives, and shredded cheese as a topping for the tortilla chips. First add shredded cheese to the chips then add the chili, and olives.  Then top with more shredded cheese.  Simply bake at 400F for 10 minutes.  It is delicious.

Ube Desserts

 Daughter L got these ube (sweet potato) desserts from a friend who was in the US recently, we don't have Trader Joe's here.  I liked the pretzels a lot.  The cookies are sweeter, being cookies.

Petunias

 Daughter L went to a baby shower where they gave the guests these petunias to take home.  She asked me if I wanted to take them as she is happy with the perennials at her house where they don't need so much regular watering.  I stuck them in some of my planters and it did add a punch of colour to them.