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What are you up to?
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It made complete sense to me!Jade, my previous sentence is weird. I must have messed up words or smth.
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Here's one view of the castle that is nearby the cabin. I went painting there yesterday.
What a lovely castle. Really nice shapes too.
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Ooh, a Bengal kitty! I grew up with a Bengal boy. My family got another after he passed away. I've since moved away so he's with my parents now. They recently got two more Bengal babies. I haven't met those two yet.
They're such a fun breed. I absolutely love their personalities.
They're such a fun breed. I absolutely love their personalities.
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Thank you, everyone, for your condolences and well wishes on my health. Everyone here is so special, and I appreciate it tenfold. 
I am doing well now. I have recovered from that procedure, but now I'm waiting to be scheduled for a more major surgery, which will put me down for a couple of months during recovery. You probably won't see me for a while (again).
I hope everyone is doing very well.
I am doing well now. I have recovered from that procedure, but now I'm waiting to be scheduled for a more major surgery, which will put me down for a couple of months during recovery. You probably won't see me for a while (again).
I hope everyone is doing very well.
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I wish you all the best for your surgery and a successful recovery. It could be a good time to read all books on your list.
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Hi everyone,
Thought I'd share a few photos taken on my wanders around the lovely local park, which is around 5 minutes from where I live
The last photo, the one of the sculpture I took without my glasses on and didn't see the people seemingly being eaten by the sculpture until I uploaded it to the computer
Thought I'd share a few photos taken on my wanders around the lovely local park, which is around 5 minutes from where I live
The last photo, the one of the sculpture I took without my glasses on and didn't see the people seemingly being eaten by the sculpture until I uploaded it to the computer
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Went apple picking with hubby about a week or so ago. Some went in a stew, some went into a pie, and the rest have been munched on with breakfast so far. He's fairly tall, so he can reach all the good ones up top that most people can't reach. And I'm quite short, so I can crawl underneath and find some good ones tucked under that people either missed or didn't want to dig for. 
Went to the Monterey aquarium this past weekend. We realized we haven't been there since the beginning of our relationship. That was 11 years ago! So we made our way down there and spent the day. Also had lunch at a crepe cafe nearby. Those were quite tasty.
I finally got working on my acrylic transfer projects. One image has been transferred onto canvas. It transferred perfectly, to a point it looks like I just glued the page on. Just have to do an isolation coat on it, and then add some colors and goldleaf. I'm probably going to gel the next one today so it'll be ready to go once the first is finished. If I feel up to it, I might gel the third one (the largest of the three). I hadn't done transfers in ages, but honestly, this one turned out way better than the ones in the past. I used a different medium for it and kind of guessed at how thick the layer should be. It worked wonderfully.
Hubby wanted to try doing some painting with me, so we picked up two paint-by-numbers kits just for fun. We've been slowly picking away at those. He's doing a nighttime landscape with an aurora, and I'm doing a Japanese landscape.
Went to the Monterey aquarium this past weekend. We realized we haven't been there since the beginning of our relationship. That was 11 years ago! So we made our way down there and spent the day. Also had lunch at a crepe cafe nearby. Those were quite tasty.
I finally got working on my acrylic transfer projects. One image has been transferred onto canvas. It transferred perfectly, to a point it looks like I just glued the page on. Just have to do an isolation coat on it, and then add some colors and goldleaf. I'm probably going to gel the next one today so it'll be ready to go once the first is finished. If I feel up to it, I might gel the third one (the largest of the three). I hadn't done transfers in ages, but honestly, this one turned out way better than the ones in the past. I used a different medium for it and kind of guessed at how thick the layer should be. It worked wonderfully.
Hubby wanted to try doing some painting with me, so we picked up two paint-by-numbers kits just for fun. We've been slowly picking away at those. He's doing a nighttime landscape with an aurora, and I'm doing a Japanese landscape.
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Checked out a library in another town yesterday. Pleased to see they have a good selection of the books I like to read. Really nice building and very friendly staff. I also found a hidey hole on an upper floor that was quite peaceful and had a great view of the adjacent park.
They had plenty of biology/nature books. I'm very interested in botany and botanical painting, so I signed out a book about plant intelligence (an area I find fascinating), and another on botanical painting. It's a watercolor book, which isn't my best medium. But browsing it, I found a lot of useful tidbits, so going to study it some more. I also signed out a book I found about mushroom cultivation. I've tried a few times to grow mushrooms, and finally had some success with my most recent attempt. I grew some pink oyster mushrooms that went into a pasta sauce, and a few more are currently growing. I want to try growing more in a similar manner, and me and hubby were considering hunting for some logs to try innoculating with mushroom spawn to put in the shady part of our vegetable garden. The book seems mostly focused on growing on logs, so I'm hoping it'll be useful for us. Hoping to grow some more oysters, shiitakes and maybe a third variety.
I found out the library occasionally offers watercolor lessons for adults and seniors as well. I tried registering for the next one, but it's full. So I'm hoping to squeeze into the next one when registration goes out. Watercolor is probably my worst medium, so I could use some pointers. I never quite figured that one out. I keep saying I want to learn though. This might be a good start.
I might spend some more time there. I've been going crazy being stuck in the house (can't legally work yet because I'm still waiting for my Social Security number - applied a second time yesterday. And can't go anywhere because my car is back in my home country. I also can't walk too far because of a bad knee. And the public transit never seems to go where I want it to.) That library is in the town hubby works in, so I can catch a ride there. Just so badly need ways to get out of the house for a while...
The peace and quiet was nice too. There's a building behind our house that is, no exaggeration, an 11 hour party, 7 days a week. They're driving me nuts. So having some peace and quiet was so nice.
They had plenty of biology/nature books. I'm very interested in botany and botanical painting, so I signed out a book about plant intelligence (an area I find fascinating), and another on botanical painting. It's a watercolor book, which isn't my best medium. But browsing it, I found a lot of useful tidbits, so going to study it some more. I also signed out a book I found about mushroom cultivation. I've tried a few times to grow mushrooms, and finally had some success with my most recent attempt. I grew some pink oyster mushrooms that went into a pasta sauce, and a few more are currently growing. I want to try growing more in a similar manner, and me and hubby were considering hunting for some logs to try innoculating with mushroom spawn to put in the shady part of our vegetable garden. The book seems mostly focused on growing on logs, so I'm hoping it'll be useful for us. Hoping to grow some more oysters, shiitakes and maybe a third variety.
I found out the library occasionally offers watercolor lessons for adults and seniors as well. I tried registering for the next one, but it's full. So I'm hoping to squeeze into the next one when registration goes out. Watercolor is probably my worst medium, so I could use some pointers. I never quite figured that one out. I keep saying I want to learn though. This might be a good start.
I might spend some more time there. I've been going crazy being stuck in the house (can't legally work yet because I'm still waiting for my Social Security number - applied a second time yesterday. And can't go anywhere because my car is back in my home country. I also can't walk too far because of a bad knee. And the public transit never seems to go where I want it to.) That library is in the town hubby works in, so I can catch a ride there. Just so badly need ways to get out of the house for a while...
The peace and quiet was nice too. There's a building behind our house that is, no exaggeration, an 11 hour party, 7 days a week. They're driving me nuts. So having some peace and quiet was so nice.
