Wordless Wednesday

Dear Blog Friends,

It has come to my attention that my number one, favorite of all time magazine is in an iron lung (so to speak).

Before it even has a chance to get on its trembly little legs……

 FEATURING magazine is the brainchild and dream of Marit Barentsen.

It is a glossy, yummy, gloriously free of advertisement, art magazine that features artists from all venues and mediums from all corners of the world.

It is the only magazine I know of that does not pander to the ‘art snobs’ or talk down as if to children.

The look, the feel, the content is all superlative.

 

Because they don’t take much advertising they are on the precipice of not being able to publish any longer.

I cannot tell you how sad this makes me.

The market place NEEDS this magazine.

An intelligent, accessible art magazine covering venues and artists the other publications ignore.

Now here is what I’m asking.

All it takes is a mouse click.

Go HERE and add your voice to the independent artist chorus.

I KNOW WE CAN DO THIS!

AND…..

If it wouldn’t be too much trouble, post it on your Facebook page. Or even better on your blog! Or BOTH!

Feel free to cut and paste this post directly to your own blog.

If you tell two people and they tell two people……we’ll have this done in no time.

And if you’re looking for a really good read with your morning cuppa, go here and order an issue (or even all four!)

I promise, you won’t be disappointed!

I thank you for taking the time to read this, but I’ll love you forever and you can be my new best friends if you help!

Thanks! I knew I could count on you!!

PS Don't forget to 'like' their Facebook page too! 

ALL IMAGES ARE FROM ISSUE #4 if you like them and want to see more.......

BUY A COPY! J

Fugitive Friday

Harold Putnam

Height:  5’ 11”

Weight: 195 lbs.

Eyes: brown

Age: 42

Hair: hardly any

WANTED FOR: Unlawful bassoon playing in public without a permit or accompaniment

Dismissed!!!!!!!!!

So, if You Don't Hear From Me for a While

Surprise!

Does it ever surprise you to look in the mirror and see that you’re not ‘young’ anymore?

I know that sounds weird, but let me explain.

I couldn’t find my regular brand shampoo last time I went shopping (stay with me here, it’s pertinent!) So I bought a different one.

I used it for the first time this morning and the fragrance was exactly like a brand I used in my twenties.

FLASHBACK!

It was a nice little treat for my olfactory senses.

I loved that shampoo so much I used to have the pharmacy guy buy it by the case.

But life moves on and they changed the formula or something, so I stopped buying it.

But the funny thing was…….when I stepped out of the shower and was toweling my hair I glanced in the mirror and saw myself as I am now….. and I was, for a nano-second,  taken aback that I didn’t see my thin, pretty, twenty two year old self reflected back at me! 

Okay, so I’m delusional, you’re surprised?

Fugitive Friday

Claudia Reins

Height: 5’ 7”

Weight: 118 lbs.

Eyes: blue

Hair: blonde (possibly bleached)

Age: 27

Distinguishing marks: ‘My Little Pony’ tattoo on right buttock

Wanted For: Retail Exploitation a.k.a. ‘Wardrobing’ returning clothes for full refund after being worn to high end Hollywood parties and premieres

Sketchbook Review

Review of my new ‘hand-book’ journal, manufactured by GLOBAL ART MATERIALS, INC

Timaree was right.

In a word……meh.

I’m glad it was on sale. 

It said it would take ‘light’ watercolor. 

Not so much. 

The paper curls and warps with the slightest application of water.

I used my new Copic Multiliners and my good ole Sharpie pens.

Not too bad but the paper does ‘lift’ and you get little fibers and globs on the pen tips.

I also used Copic markers for color and they bleed through the pages terribly.

On the plus side….it makes the journal less ‘precious’ so I don’t have to feel hesitant about ruining it. 

Which is always a drawback for me. 

I’m afraid to make a mistake! Like it matters in a sketchbook! LOL 

Plus it's small enough to tuck in a pocket or purse. 

And it's CUTE, so there's that too!

Wordless Wednesday

Gecko Gardens

Some time ago I put my painted birdhouses in our ‘back forty’ (our little garden on the lanai.)

For several reasons…

        I was sick and tired of dusting them.

I thought it would add some needed color when the decorative plants died off.
It might give the geckos a hiding place from the cat when she went on her nightly hunts.

I have noticed a growing number of geckos out there lately and I imagine they must be partying hardy now that she’s gone.  ;)