Rain's Thursday Art Date - Shag Carpeting and Roasted Red potatoes

Welcome to Rain's Thursday Art Date's 'Shag Carpeting' theme. Rain is on an indefinite break but I am continuing with her themes for now. Here is my shag carpet ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2").

For the Dinner Date, I roasted some red potatoes.  There is no need to skin them first which is convenient.
 

Wednesday Memes

 

A little five-year-old girl was usually driven to school by her grandad, but one day he had a bad cold, so her grandmother took her instead.

That night, the little girl told her parents, “The drive with Gramma was really different today.”

“Oh? What made it different?” they asked.

“Well,” she said, “with Gramma, we didn’t see a single  numb nuts, blind lady, or freakin' moron on the road the whole way!” 

Roasted Asparagus with mint and tarragon

 

I was inspired to roast some asparagus with mint and tarragon fresh from the garden.  Perhaps 15 minutes at 400F will be better next time, I did 20 minutes this time.

A wake up call.

 We received some sad news a few weeks ago, husband M's long time friend from university days passed away suddenly at the beginning of the month.  He and his wife had retired out west to British Columbia just 3 years ago.  He was only 64.  It was heart failure diagnosed only a year after they had moved to be closer to their 3 adult daughters.  It is a shock and a wake up call on how short life is.

Sunday Smiles - Where did apples originate

 Linking to Gillena's Sunday Smiles.

Roentare noticed the last sentence which led me to googling that modern apples ARE dying of unknown causes.

On the Safety Pin

 

Some ideas are born and are complete from the very beginning. They do not need repairs, further developments, or modernizations.

They remain as they are.

A perfect example of this is the safety pin invented by Walter Hunt in 1849.
A simple piece of metal, cleverly bent, has remained virtually unchanged for over 170 years.

It is not always a matter of complexity or constant innovation.
Sometimes the greatness of an idea lies in the fact that it combines the best of function and form from the very beginning and does not need to be changed.

-Echoes of Insight

Friday Art - Malaysian horned Frog

 Welcome to Friday Art!  This is a Malaysian horned frog ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") in watercolour pencil.

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