Thursday Art Date: Hands

Hello Friends!! 😊😊

Welcome to Thursday's Art Date, today our theme is Hands. Who do you think will win in this match? I think Yosemite Sam has the fiery strength and passion to win...but I suspect Bugs Bunny has something up his sleeve!

Here's a little video of the pets. They are all doing well thankfully. My car is not doing well, nor is my oven...grrrrr!!! This too shall pass, this too shall pass....I'm trying to get back to blogging and drawing. I intend on visiting everyone's blogs this weekend to catch up, so we ask that you please bear with us. 🐻 Despite feeling low most days, I'm trying my best to see the positive in everything. Thanks again friends for your continued love and support and to those who have lent me a helping hand! 💙

These are my hands...kind of a mix of how I've been feeling lately! I have to admit, I'm not very good at drawing hands...but then, I've never actually taken the time to practice. For my art this week, I focused more on portraits where the person showed their hands. 

"I refer to my hands, feet and body as the tools of the trade. The hands and feet must be sharpened and improved daily to be efficient." - Bruce Lee (drawn in charcoals)

"Just remember, you can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets." - Arnold Schwarzenegger (unfinished charcoal drawing)

“Film is fragmented and gets into lots of other people's hands. There are a lot of pleasures that theatre gives me. You get to perform uninterrupted.” - Willem Dafoe (drawn with ink and graphite)

This week's highlighted artist is Cathy from Curious As A Cathy blog! This is Cathy's contribution for last week's theme "Cupcakes" - isn't it cute??? Cathy is a sweet lady and her blog is a lot of fun, so why don't you check it out? 💗

That's all for now folks! Please check out the link widget below for more "Hands" creations! 

See you soon!!! 💗💗💗

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Upcoming Art Dates For Rain's Thursday Art Date:

June 10th: In The Water
June 17th: Inventions
June 24th: Jump!

Click on the links for ideas and inspiration! Remember it's all about creating. You can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, baking, poetry...whatever you like! 🎨

Don't forget to add the URL link to your post (not your blog) to the link gadget below to share your wonderful creations! Please revisit to make sure you don't miss those who join in a little late! Also, if anyone adds a link that has nothing to do with the art date theme, it will be removed! The link gadget expires Friday at midnight (EST).

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Thursday Art Date: Cupcakes

Hello Friends!

Welcome to Thursday's Art Date, today's theme is Cupcakes. I'm sorry but Bugs Bunny and I are absent this week...I can't believe what's going on in my life...I had zero time to do any art this week. My time has been spent caretaking my pets and trying to deal with my depression and going to therapy.

This is Leo. He stopped eating a few days ago and then we noticed his skin was yellow. Jaundice...as this post is being published, we are again at the vet. Please wish all of us well! When will it end????

I'll just add the link widget below, please enjoy each other's art creations. Love to all of you!! ♥

Thursday Art Date: Candies

Hello Friends!! 😊😊

Welcome to Thursday's Art Date, today our theme is Candies. I recently saw some Pez dispensers at a local candy store and decided to look up to see if there were ever any Looney Tunes Pez dispensers...sure enough, every Looney Tune was "pezzed"! I was never a fan of this candy myself.

My favourite candy when I was a kid was Bottle Caps. The best one of the pack was the root beer flavour! What was your favourite candy as a kid, or even now?

These days I mostly enjoy chocolate for my candy fix...but I am also a very big fan of anything jelly! I have a nice memory of my grandparents offering me jelly fruit slices on Sunday afternoons when I'd visit them. 😊

I'm very happy to say that Jack's surgery went well! The poor baby had sixteen of his teeth removed. At first when they told me that I was shocked, but after learning that dogs usually have 42 teeth, it didn't seem all that bad. The surgeon also removed the eye tag that had been irritating his left eye. He's on pain meds and antibiotics and he's resting. I'm feeding him baby food and he's getting all the water he wants. I am NOT leaving his side. I'm sure he'll be back to his normal spunky self very soon! Gratitude. 💗

This week's highlighted artist is my friend Christine! 💗 Her blog showcases her minimalist art, food and recipes and much more! This is a photo of one of her lovely florals.

That's all for now folks! Please check out the link widget below for more "Candies" creations! 

See you soon!!! 💗💗💗

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Upcoming Art Dates For Rain's Thursday Art Date:

May 27th: May Sweets: Cupcakes
June 3rd: Hands
June 10th: In The Water
June 17th: Inventions
June 24th: Jump!

Click on the links for ideas and inspiration! Remember it's all about creating. You can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, baking, poetry...whatever you like! 🎨

Don't forget to add the URL link to your post (not your blog) to the link gadget below to share your wonderful creations! Please revisit to make sure you don't miss those who join in a little late! Also, if anyone adds a link that has nothing to do with the art date theme, it will be removed! The link gadget expires Friday at midnight (EST).

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Thursday Art Date: Cookies

Hello Friends!! 😊😊

Welcome to Thursday's Art Date, today our theme is Cookies. I LOVE cookies, I don't know that I have a favourite! Tweety Bird always has a nice snack of chocolate chip cookies with Strawberry Quik milk before bed. When all of the other kids were guzzling down chocolate milk, I was always asking for Strawberry Quik!! Now though, I normally have chamomile tea and some passionflower tincture to help me relax enough to sleep through the night. I also listen to a You Tube channel with falling rain to lull me to sleep. What's your bedtime routine?

I'm being tested again...at least it feels that way! My sweetie pie Jack is having recurring tooth infections and needs dental surgery. We went to the vet on Tuesday for his pre-surgery blood work. The tests are all okay so he qualifies for anesthesia. His surgery is May 19th and I'm so darn nervous...I'm trying to remain positive but this added stress is very challenging for me! 

Even though I've kind of lost interest in a lot of things lately, my therapist insisted I do at least a few drawings/paintings each week...of whatever comes to mind. I'd been watching a lot of The Andy Griffith Show lately and decided to do a charcoal of Andy and Don Knotts. It's such a great show, so funny...and interesting that Andy mostly plays the straight man - as he's quite a funny standup comic!

Here's a bit of his standup comedy from the 1960's, talking about The Discovery of America. It's really funny.

This week's highlighted artist is Elke from Elke's Lebensglueck blog. I think the German word lebensglueck translates into either happiness in life, or joy in life...but no matter the translation, whenever I visit Elke's blog, I come away with a smile on my face and joy in my heart! This is Elke's creation for last week's "Cakes" theme! Thank you so much Elke for your consistent participation in the art date and for your sweet and supportive comments every week! 💗

That's all for now folks! Please check out the link widget below for more "Cookies" creations! 

See you soon!!! 💗💗💗

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Upcoming Art Dates:

May 20th: May Sweets: Candies

May 27th: May Sweets: Cupcakes

Click on the links for ideas and inspiration! Remember it's all about creating. You can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, baking, poetry...whatever you like! 🎨

Don't forget to add the URL link to your post (not your blog) to the link gadget below to share your wonderful creations! Please revisit to make sure you don't miss those who join in a little late! Also, if anyone adds a link that has nothing to do with the art date theme, it will be removed! The link gadget expires Friday at midnight (EST).

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Thursday Art Date: Cakes

Hello Friends!! 😊😊

Welcome to Thursday's Art Date, today our theme is Cakes. Bugs is really channeling his inner pin-up gal as he pops out this giant cake! I hope you're all doing well. Things are chugging along here slowly but everything is moving in the right direction! I can't say I'm feeling great, but the weekly therapy is doing wonders for my spirit and emotional health! It's a long process. Thanks for all of your well wishes!! 💗

This week's highlighted artist is Gillena from Lunch Break blog. Gillena's Betty Boop art is just fabulous, as is her haiku!

That's all for now folks! Please check out the link widget below for more "Cakes" creations! 

See you soon!!! 💗💗💗

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Upcoming Art Dates:

May 13th: May Sweets: Cookies

May 20th: May Sweets: Candies

May 27th: May Sweets: Cupcakes

Click on the links for ideas and inspiration! Remember it's all about creating. You can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, baking, poetry...whatever you like! 🎨

Don't forget to add the URL link to your post (not your blog) to the link gadget below to share your wonderful creations! Please revisit to make sure you don't miss those who join in a little late! Also, if anyone adds a link that has nothing to do with the art date theme, it will be removed! The link gadget expires Friday at midnight (EST).

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Thursday Art Date: Gates and Fences

Hello Friends!! 😊😊

Welcome to Thursday's Art Date, today our theme is Gates and Fences. Bugs Bunny decided to don his extra-snug fencing outfit and parry his épée for today's theme.😊

New birds at the feeder: Purple Finches

I hope you're all doing well. I am relaxing as best I can, I've started a little bit of therapy too, to help myself cope with stress; and we've started to slowly start working on the house again. Enjoy each day and thanks for dropping by!

I contacted Eva and Kristin from Paint Party Friday, asked them if I could borrow their idea of highlighting an artist each week, they were okay with it! I randomly drew from last week's art date participants, and this week's highlighted artist is Monica from NatureFootstep blog. Monica was testing acrylic swipes on photo paper and came up with this lovely creation! 

That's all for now folks! Please check out the link widget below for more "Gates and Fences" creations! 

See you soon!!! 💗💗💗

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Upcoming Art Dates:

May 6th: May Sweets: Cakes
May 13th: May Sweets: Cookies
May 20th: May Sweets: Candies
May 27th: May Sweets: Cupcakes

Click on the links for ideas and inspiration! Remember it's all about creating. You can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, baking, poetry...whatever you like! 🎨

Don't forget to add the URL link to your post (not your blog) to the link gadget below to share your wonderful creations! Please revisit to make sure you don't miss those who join in a little late! Also, if anyone adds a link that has nothing to do with the art date theme, it will be removed! The link gadget expires Friday at midnight (EST).

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Thursday Art Date: The Future; 🌎 HAPPY EARTH DAY!! 🌎 ; Blogging Break

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Welcome to Thursday's Art Date, today our theme is The Future. What came to mind was the movie Back To The Future starring Michael J. Fox. Bugs and Daffy decided to recreate a scene in the movie. This is a great movie! Although, as usual in my case, the first movie of the trilogy is my favourite! Here is a link to the trailer. I love Michael J. Fox, I was a big fan of him in the tv show Family Ties. He's had quite a turn of events in his life and is holding strong, an inspiration!

It's still pretty chilly here lately, but I've been able to walk all three dogs together every morning on the blueberry fields. The coyotes are very active so I make sure to bring my air horn and pepper spray with me! Marlene has good days and bad, otherwise all of the other five pets are doing well. The trail cam caught Jack giving me a hug. Awwww. 💞

Here is a ten second or so video of Charlie. I walked her on that 6km nature trail again a few days back and she decided to cool off in the river!

My other pets...the birds: I finally bought alkaline batteries for the "bird cam"...friends, what batteries do you use and how long do they last? Here are some photos from the last week:

The Evening Grosbeaks are back as long as there is a steady supply of black sunflower seeds!

Mourning Dove

New birds to the feeders! Northern Juncos!

A sneaky squirrel on a snowy morning

Northern Junco and Hairy Woodpecker

As the title of this post reads, I need to take a blogging break, I'm burnt out. 😟 I will however be continuing to host Thursday's Art Date, so please do continue to join in! I'm going to try to at least get some Looney Tunes into the weekly post. 

Now that spring has arrived, I have a colossal amount of work to do on the house. I had every intention of doing work on the house last year after I moved here, but having all of those unexpected costs (drilling a new well, new engine for the car, new chimney and insulating the basement, the appliances fiasco etc...); I was kind of stuck financially. I'm doing a little bit better this year, so I need to get moving with some projects and start to clean up my acreage and organize my house as frugally as I can. I need the house to be functional and it hasn't been in the last year. It's been overwhelming and really needs to be addressed.

In two weeks I'll be celebrating one year in my new home. My first home. My dream of home ownership came true on May 8th of 2020. Here are some memories...

Goodbye Quebec forever!

Emotional Rain...I was terrified we'd be turned back at the border because of Covid. When we were given the "okay" to drive into New Brunswick, I lost it.

 

After 15 hours of driving, we arrived home at around midnight on May 8th.

Me and Jack in the Uhaul!

Charlie and Marlene in the car that I was towing behind the Uhaul truck

Can you believe it's nearly been a year since I moved??? I can't!

Wishing you a lovely spring and a very HAPPY EARTH DAY. Let's take care of our planet and ourselves!! That'll be all for now folks! Please check out the link widget below for more "The Future" creations! 

See you soon!!! 💗💗💗

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Upcoming Art Dates:

April 29th: Gates and Fences

May 6th: May Sweets: Cakes

May 13th: May Sweets: Cookies 

May 20th: May Sweets: Candies

May 27th: May Sweets: Cupcakes

Click on the links for ideas and inspiration! Remember it's all about creating. You can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, baking, poetry...whatever you like! 🎨

Don't forget to add the URL link to your post (not your blog) to the link gadget below to share your wonderful creations! Please revisit to make sure you don't miss those who join in a little late! Also, if anyone adds a link that has nothing to do with the art date theme, it will be removed! The link gadget expires Friday at midnight (EST).

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Thursday Art Date: Coils

Hello Friends!! 😊😊

Welcome to Thursday's Art Date, today our theme is Coils. I had a tough time with this theme...but I took to my Spirograph and started to make some coiled flowers...I thought, well, maybe I could add one (digitally) to my cartoon this week. I came up with the squirting flower gag! Of course, Daffy Duck had to be the one to receive it from Bugs Bunny....what a stinker! 😊

I surprised myself by coming up with quite a few drawings this week. This one, in ink, is from the movie Rope starring Jimmy Stewart. In the movie poster he's holding a coiled rope...the murder weapon!! I've talked about my favourite Hitchcock movie before, but if you want to watch the trailer, click on this link! 

On the subject of thrillers that will knock your socks off, a great Michelle Pfeiffer movie is "What Lies Beneath". I drew her, in ink/graphite, in the bathtub as she recoils in fear from what is going on around her (I won't give it away!!) I watched the movie again last night and boy, it was amazing. It's such a good suspense/thriller, you never know what's coming next!! Also starring Harrison Ford - he was great in this!

Here is the official trailer.

Any Little House On The Prairie fans out there? Do you remember the nasty little girl named Nellie Olson? She had the most amazingly perfect coiled curls! She was so horrible to Laura Ingalls and usually got her come-uppance!!! I did a quick doodle of her in ink and graphite. If you were a fan of the show, I'm sure you remember the wheel chair scene...I think I jumped up and clapped when Laura pushed Nellie down that hill!!

I'm a big Three Stooges fan...though Shemp is my favourite, Curly is a close runner up! Those Howard boys...So I asked Curly what he thought of Nellie Olson's hair...that was his response! 😊 Any Stooges fans out there?

Okay enough with the coils!!! Let's eat! I made two, count 'em TWO Pour In The Pan Pizzas this week!!

I had a chocolate craving (sorry Joyce! 😁), so I made chocolate chocolate chip muffins! Sorry I can't share, they are all gone! 

If you eat toast, what do you put on it? I had a hard time deciding between strawberry jam and my Homemade Cheez Whiz!!

Exciting to see my garlic coming up!

I went back to that 6km trail and took Charlie with me. It's so nice to be out. I saw a lovely old tree that looked very wise in her years...do you see her face?  😊

I passed by the duck pond and saw these lovely creatures. Aren't the colours amazing?

I'm linking up with these wonderful bloggers today, or at least trying (!!), please visit them for some really interesting posts! And why not join in on the link parties? You can meet some really nice people!! 😊

Friday April 16th : Paint Party Friday

Saturday April 17th: Eileen's Saturday's Critters

Monday April 19th: Angie's Mosaic Mondays

That's all for now folks! Please check out the link gadget below to see more "Coils" artwork!

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I took this photo back in 2008. These sweeties had quite a lovely future ahead of them!

April 15th: Next Thursday's theme is The Future. Click on the link for ideas and inspiration! Remember it's all about creating. You can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, baking, poetry...whatever you like! 🎨

Thursday Art Date With Rain. Click on the link for a description of the art date as well as a list of upcoming themes.

Don't forget to add the URL link to your post (not your blog) to the link gadget below to share your wonderful creations! Please revisit to make sure you don't miss those who join in a little late! Also, if anyone adds a link that has nothing to do with the art date theme, it will be removed! The link gadget expires Friday at midnight (EST).

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