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We were watching the news.

The newscaster said ‘studies’ show, on average, women speak 20,000 words a day.

Men 1,000.

Husband turned to me and said………..

“Good thing you’re a man!”

Ummmm……

It’s a compliment.

Yeah, that’s it, it’s a compliment.

Hey, I’ll take ‘em where I can get ‘em!

What I Imagine the Ibis Think

Day in and day out it’s the same damn thing! 

Stick your beak in the dirt and hope you find something.  

You’d think, just once, the humans would take pity on us and put out a spread!

One Finger Salute

One of the funniest childhood memories I have is the first time I ever saw my mother give somebody the ‘finger’.

My parents were not what you would call ‘earthy’ people.

They were refined intellectuals.

Not given to outbursts of emotion, or uninhibited behavior.

She used to say s**t once in a while, in moments of extreme frustration, but flipping the bird at someone???

Totally out of character.

Picture it……..

Here is this petite, mannered, well groomed lady driving along in traffic, minding her own business when out of nowhere something set her off.

All I remember is her shouting at the man in the car going past us………

and her finger.

Her slim, well manicured (with dazzling Million Dollar Red nail polish) finger shooting out of the window at the speed of light!

It was hysterical!

I had never seen my mother lose it in such an undignified manner before.

I remember laughing so hard I couldn’t sit upright in the seat. 

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Mom Said There’d Be Days Like This!

Some days it’s nothing but left brained gibberish all day long.

Bookkeeping and paper work………sometimes it looks like a foreign language I do not speak……ugh!

Courage

I finally got the courage to tell DESKTOP I am in love with TABLET.

He took it very well.

Didn’t even hold his breath until he went blue screen.

I know DESKTOP and I will always have something special, and it may just be a passing fancy with TABLET.

Or maybe we will all live in ménage à trois bliss, happily ever after……..

Someday…….

Someday I will be a real artist.

Someday I will be satisfied with my work.

Someday I will have a one woman show.

Someday my art will hang on the walls of a gallery.

Someday I will have an ‘opening’ of my own.

Someday I will be recognized for the genius I am (I added that for comic relief!)

Someday I will have my art in multiple publications.

Someday I will write a deep and moving novel about my mother.

Someday I will have authored several children’s books.

Someday my style will be instantly recognizable as mine.

Someday my characters will be on all sorts of licensed items.

Someday……….

Hey, Mom always said if you reach for the stars you have a shot at the moon, so dream BIG!

Besides, they’re such lovely dreams, and they don’t cost anything.

Self Portrait Challenge

I’m doing a face a day in February. I think I’ve mentioned it before.

Mostly they stink, but that’s okay. It’s the doing that’s the important part.

So far I’ve done all cartoonish faces.

So I thought it might be interesting and a stretch to try and do a ‘sort of’ realistic self portrait.

The problem is….in order to sketch I need to wear my glasses, but in order to see myself in the mirror I can’t wear my glasses.

Catch 22!

But it did make for an interesting sketch! LOL

Argh…… age+gravity+concentration do NOT make for a pretty self portrait! Although, I’m sad to say, it does look like me L

I Think I Might Be Having an Affair

With my TABLET. 

(Ha! You thought something different didn’t you? Get your mind out of the gutter! LOL)

And my DESKTOP is getting suspicious!

DESKTOP accuses me of spending more time with TABLET than with him.
DESKTOP says I’ve been dressing better lately and says it must be for TABLET.

DESKTOP says I’m acting guilty.

DESKTOP says I’m becoming secretive and defensive about where I’ve been all day.

DESKTOP says I’ve been in unusually good spirits recently.

I keep telling DESKTOP, “TABLET and I are just good friends!”

(But in my heart of hearts I think DESKTOP might be right!)

What I’m Reading

The Muse Is In: An Owner's Manual to Your Creativity

I wasn’t sure about this one when I ordered it.

It was recommended somewhere (blog, FaceBook, I don’t remember.)

Anyway……the first half was pretty much things I’ve already learned but it’s always good to hear them reinforced.

I’m about halfway through and I have to say I like it more and more.

There are some killer lines that I’ve added to my collection of quotes.

So far my favorite is: “Terrify your inner critic!” (Do something outrageous!)

I terrify myself with some of the things I make, she must be downright panicked!

Great Day!

We live in a place that has some of the world’s best beaches but true to human nature we rarely go and spend time at any of them.

Until friends come to vacation and invite us to join them.

We sat on the beach enjoying nature.

The quite lapping of the waves on the sand.

The wonderful salty smell of the Gulf.

The cool damp breeze through our hair.

The warming rays of the sun on our skin.

Good friends, good conversation, beautiful surroundings!  

What more could you wish for?

It was a wonderful day.

Photo credit: Deanna Alexander Barra