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    Cotswolds, England

    Beautiful---I love it! I like to watch the videos on Youtube that show images of England and when I get moved to my new place I'll be doing "urban sketching" of scenes from there. Not just of the city of London but of the Cotswolds and other places in the UK that are so beautiful. You've done...
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    What are you reading now? (books, authors)

    Now I'm reading several books. If You Leave Me Can I Go With You is a daily meditation type of book for Alanons that I've wanted for several years and finally gotten. I've also got three books about the Idaho Four about the students who were killed there. Then another one about Carl...
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    I Don't Know What to Title This.

    One of my professors many years ago talked about how a person's creative drive thrives the most on angst. The wounds and scars of life's extreme moments are where our most striking and impressive creations come from, but that takes some time to appear in our "rear view mirror" emotionally. At...
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    What are you working on?

    Everyone has been so busy creating wonderful works and here I sit, kind of stuck on stupid with not much to show for myself. I've been recuperating well from my hip replacement and have gotten some really awesome brushes and things from my reviews but even though I tried everything out, I...
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    I'm excited about an accidental find!

    The link is posted below that first post, Donna. It didn't show up very well, but it's there.
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    I'm excited about an accidental find!

    The paints are dry, the little palette closes just great, and today I'll try the kit out to make a tiny painting. I've been watching a couple of ladies on Youtube doing those so I'm intrigued now. I wasn't very interested in the tiny ones for awhile but this little accidental find of mine has...
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    Well, it starts out "not art" at least----

    Just thought I'd do some updating to let people who might be curious know of my progress. I'm doing well and had my final visits from physical and occupational therapy today. Next Friday I see the surgeon for an ex-ray to see what things look like inside. I'm having more soreness and pain the...
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    I'm excited about an accidental find!

    I was on Amazon the other day and one of the things I found was what was titled "acrylic travel palette" and I (foolish me) just jumped to the conclusion that it was for use with acrylic paints. I have several travel palettes for watercolors that are very small and I love them but on this one...
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    Well, it starts out "not art" at least----

    It's 50 miles one way down the mountain to the hospital. I don't exactly remember how long the hospital stay was but I think it was only three or four days till I was transferred to rehab for two weeks. No, there's no emergency clinic or anything being built up here. We have a tiny clinic...
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    Well, it starts out "not art" at least----

    Nobody was around but me right then. I had decided to just have a TV dinner rather than put my daughter to the task of cooking so I was on my way to the microwave from the fridge to put the dinner in for myself. My phone was on the charger across the kitchen and I landed too far away to reach...
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    Well, it starts out "not art" at least----

    Well, the doctor visit went well yesterday. I can now sleep like a normal person (pretty much) in my own bed. However, that long round trip into the valley and back took its toll on my poor hip. He said it will take about a year to regain all the muscle tone but that I'm doing well. I go back...
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    Late April Challenge plus May!

    Oh yes, our little Secret Service Dr. Dog attendants always know, don't they? You too with the ster
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    Hobbling back, but back I am.

    I broke the ball off my left femur just walking to the microwave with a TV dinner early in April. But just like a bad penny, here I am again. You all can't seem to get rid of me any easier than you can get gum off your flip flop on a hot day.
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    Well, it starts out "not art" at least----

    To start out with, I fell down and hurt myself earlier in April. It's the worst pain I've ever had in my life including 4 child births. I broke my left femur. Just sheared the ball right off my left femur in the blink of an eye and slick as anything. I pray I never, ever, ever, EVER suffer...
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    Thoughts about my Daily Challenge

    Thank you so much, Christine! I'm glad you liked my post and especially that you understood what I was trying to say. I was just reading some posts about "style" and "finding one's style". It reminded me of a painting I did in one of my sketch books back when the Ukraine war first started. I...
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