Thursday, June 29, 2023

πŸŽ¨πŸ˜‹ Thursday Art and Dinner Date: Extinct Creatures



Welcome my Friends, to Thursday's Art and Dinner Date! 😊😊

🎨For our 🎨 Art Date 🎨, today's optional prompt is Extinct Creatures! Please feel free to share any art you've created, we would love to see it! And please showcase your foodie posts too for our πŸ˜‹ Dinner Date!! πŸ˜‹

Announcement: After much thought, I have decided to go on a permanent blog break. My education and business ventures are leaving me little time for much else! I have to focus my life in that area, so blogging will be collateral damage I'm afraid! I will still host the weekly Art and Dinner Date until the end of the year, then after that, my blogging journey will end! I just want to give a genuine thanks to all those who have participated over the years and also those who have been so supportive! I've made some lovely friendships throughout the years!

I guess my blog is becoming extinct!

If anyone wants to take over the TADD in the new year, let me know! Thanks Friends!! ♥♥


If you'd like to see my latest videos, please check out my channels:

Rain Frances Art For Kids 

Rain's Kitchen and Garden 

Spiritual Rain


That's all for now folks! Please check out the link widget below for more 🎨 artistic πŸŽ¨ and πŸ˜‹ delicious πŸ˜‹ creations! See you soon!!! πŸ’— 

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Upcoming Art Prompts For Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date: click on the links below for a description of the prompt and inspiring images! (Prompts are optional!)

July 6th - Picnic!
July 13th - Draw A Summer Sound
July 20th - Tea Party
July 27th - Heat Wave

This art and dinner date date is all about creating. For the art date, you can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, poetry...whatever you like! You can follow the weekly themes or post any art you like! 🎨

And for the dinner date, please feel free to link up your foodie post! πŸ˜‹

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! All spam and non-related links will be removed! The link gadget will be available until the following Sunday at midnight!

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Thursday, June 22, 2023

πŸŽ¨πŸ˜‹ Thursday Art and Dinner Date: Water Creatures

 

This is a photo from a year ago when I went to Nova Scotia to have Raven's brace fitted on her leg. She is definitely a water creature, though Jack prefers dry land!

Welcome my Friends, to Thursday's Art and Dinner Date! 😊😊

I will be taking a Blogging break for a while my friends! Please continue to share your beautiful art and delicious dinners with us! I'll be back in July when things calm down a little!

🎨For our 🎨 Art Date 🎨, today's optional prompt is Water Creatures! Please feel free to share any art you've created, we would love to see it! And please showcase your foodie posts too for our πŸ˜‹ Dinner Date!! πŸ˜‹


Home Baked Bread!


If you'd like to see my latest videos, please check out my channels:

Rain Frances Art For Kids 

Rain's Kitchen and Garden 

Spiritual Rain


That's all for now folks! Please check out the link widget below for more 🎨 artistic πŸŽ¨ and πŸ˜‹ delicious πŸ˜‹ creations! See you soon!!! πŸ’— 

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Upcoming Art Prompts For Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date: click on the links below for a description of the prompt and inspiring images! (Prompts are optional!)

June 29th - Extinct Creatures

July 6th - Picnic!
July 13th - Draw A Summer Sound
July 20th - Tea Party
July 27th - Heat Wave

This art and dinner date date is all about creating. For the art date, you can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, poetry...whatever you like! You can follow the weekly themes or post any art you like! 🎨

And for the dinner date, please feel free to link up your foodie post! πŸ˜‹

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! All spam and non-related links will be removed! The link gadget will be available until the following Sunday at midnight!

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Thursday, June 15, 2023

πŸŽ¨πŸ˜‹ Thursday Art and Dinner Date: Land Creatures

 

Backyard Visitor!

Welcome my Friends, to Thursday's Art and Dinner Date! 😊😊

Please continue to share your beautiful art and delicious dinners with us! I'll be back in July when things calm down a little!

🎨For our 🎨 Art Date 🎨, today's optional prompt is Land Creatures! Please feel free to share any art you've created, we would love to see it! And please showcase your foodie posts too for our πŸ˜‹ Dinner Date!! πŸ˜‹

If you'd like to see my latest videos, please check out my channels:

Rain Frances Art For Kids 

Rain's Kitchen and Garden 

Spiritual Rain


That's all for now folks! Please check out the link widget below for more 🎨 artistic πŸŽ¨ and πŸ˜‹ delicious πŸ˜‹ creations! See you soon!!! πŸ’— 

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Upcoming Art Prompts For Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date: click on the links below for a description of the prompt and inspiring images! (Prompts are optional!)

June 22nd - Water Creatures
June 29th - Extinct Creatures

This art and dinner date date is all about creating. For the art date, you can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, poetry...whatever you like! You can follow the weekly themes or post any art you like! 🎨

And for the dinner date, please feel free to link up your foodie post! πŸ˜‹

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! All spam and non-related links will be removed! The link gadget will be available until the following Sunday at midnight!

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Thursday, June 8, 2023

πŸŽ¨πŸ˜‹ Thursday Art and Dinner Date: Crawling Creatures

Raven and Jack - they crawl sometimes!! ☺

Welcome my Friends, to Thursday's Art and Dinner Date! 😊😊

🎨For our 🎨 Art Date 🎨, today's optional prompt is Crawling Creatures! Please feel free to share any art you've created, we would love to see it! And please showcase your foodie posts too for our πŸ˜‹ Dinner Date!! πŸ˜‹ (See you in July after my little break!!)



I made the dogs some "Pupcakes" last week since it's been one year since I adopted Raven! Can you believe it's been a year????



I wanted to post this last week for "Flying Creatures" but totally forgot! A Blue Jay and a Mourning Dove in flight!

If you'd like to see my latest videos, please check out my channels:

Rain Frances Art For Kids 

Rain's Kitchen and Garden 

Spiritual Rain


That's all for now folks! Please check out the link widget below for more 🎨 artistic πŸŽ¨ and πŸ˜‹ delicious πŸ˜‹ creations! See you soon!!! πŸ’— 

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Upcoming Art Prompts For Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date: click on the links below for a description of the prompt and inspiring images! (Prompts are optional!)

June 15th - Land Creatures
June 22nd - Water Creatures
June 29th - Extinct Creatures

This art and dinner date date is all about creating. For the art date, you can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, poetry...whatever you like! You can follow the weekly themes or post any art you like! 🎨

And for the dinner date, please feel free to link up your foodie post! πŸ˜‹

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! All spam and non-related links will be removed! The link gadget will be available until the following Sunday at midnight!

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Monday, June 5, 2023

Riddle Me This...

What is this creature near my garbage bins??? (click to enlarge)

The trail cam picked it up, at first I thought it was a wild turkey, then a dog...now I'm not so sure. I zoomed in/embiggened and I still can't figure it out! Any ideas friends?







Thursday, June 1, 2023

πŸŽ¨πŸ˜‹ Thursday Art and Dinner Date: Flying Creatures

Here's my little duckling drawing from 2021


Welcome my Friends, to Thursday's Art and Dinner Date! 😊😊

I'm on a Blogging break for a while my friends! Please continue to share your beautiful art and delicious dinners with us! 

🎨For our 🎨 Art Date 🎨, today's optional prompt is X! Please feel free to share any art you've created, we would love to see it! And please showcase your foodie posts too for our πŸ˜‹ Dinner Date!! πŸ˜‹

If you'd like to see my latest videos, please check out my channels:

Rain Frances Art For Kids 

Rain's Kitchen and Garden 

Spiritual Rain


That's all for now folks! Please check out the link widget below for more 🎨 artistic πŸŽ¨ and πŸ˜‹ delicious πŸ˜‹ creations! See you soon!!! πŸ’— 

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Upcoming Art Prompts For Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date: click on the links below for a description of the prompt and inspiring images! (Prompts are optional!)

June 8th - Crawling Creatures
June 15th - Land Creatures
June 22nd - Water Creatures
June 29th - Extinct Creatures

This art and dinner date date is all about creating. For the art date, you can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, poetry...whatever you like! You can follow the weekly themes or post any art you like! 🎨

And for the dinner date, please feel free to link up your foodie post! πŸ˜‹

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! All spam and non-related links will be removed! The link gadget will be available until the following Sunday at midnight!

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Thursday, May 25, 2023

πŸŽ¨πŸ˜‹ Thursday Art and Dinner Date: Petals!

 

Petals on a pond lily (Rain's Photography from 2010)


Welcome my Friends, to Thursday's Art and Dinner Date! 😊😊

I will be taking a Blogging break for a while my friends! My gardening season is starting and I still have a lot of work to do on the house! I'm also focusing on my education. I will still host every week, but may not participate! I'm also continuing to work on my channels as a business venture; I've started a few podcasts as well!

Please continue to share your beautiful art and delicious dinners with us! I'll be back in July when things calm down a little!

🎨For our 🎨 Art Date 🎨, today's optional prompt is Petals! Please feel free to share any art you've created, we would love to see it! And please showcase your foodie posts too for our πŸ˜‹ Dinner Date!! πŸ˜‹

If you'd like to see my latest videos, please check out my channels:

Rain Frances Art For Kids 

Rain's Kitchen and Garden 

Spiritual Rain


That's all for now folks! Please check out the link widget below for more 🎨 artistic πŸŽ¨ and πŸ˜‹ delicious πŸ˜‹ creations! See you soon!!! πŸ’— 

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Upcoming Art Prompts For Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date: click on the links below for a description of the prompt and inspiring images! (Prompts are optional!)

June 1st - Flying Creatures
June 8th - Crawling Creatures
June 15th - Land Creatures
June 22nd - Water Creatures
June 29th - Extinct Creatures

This art and dinner date date is all about creating. For the art date, you can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, poetry...whatever you like! You can follow the weekly themes or post any art you like! 🎨

And for the dinner date, please feel free to link up your foodie post! πŸ˜‹

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! All spam and non-related links will be removed! The link gadget will be available until the following Sunday at midnight!

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Thursday, May 18, 2023

πŸŽ¨πŸ˜‹ Thursday Art and Dinner Date: Moon Phases!


Welcome my Friends, to Thursday's Art and Dinner Date! 😊😊

🎨For our 🎨 Art Date 🎨, today's optional prompt is Moon Phases! Please feel free to share any art you've created, we would love to see it! Did you know that Bugs Bunny was the man in the moon? This is a photo I took of the moon; I drew Bugs' face and added it as a layer to the photo in Photoshop. I also added the starry sky!




πŸ˜‹For our πŸ˜‹ Dinner Date πŸ˜‹,  I made an Italian Focaccia Bread with Onions! It was so good! 

On the video front:

⬆️⬆️ For Rain Frances Art For Kids, I have How To Draw A Dragonfly!

⬆️⬆️ For Rain's Kitchen and Garden, I'm sharing the video for How To Make Italian Focaccia Bread with Onions!



That's all for now folks! Please check out the link widget below for more 🎨 artistic πŸŽ¨ and πŸ˜‹ delicious πŸ˜‹ creations! See you soon!!! πŸ’— 

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Upcoming Art Prompts For Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date: click on the links below for a description of the prompt and inspiring images! (Prompts are optional!)

May 25th: Petals

June 1st - Flying Creatures
June 8th - Crawling Creatures
June 15th - Land Creatures
June 22nd - Water Creatures
June 29th - Extinct Creatures

This art and dinner date date is all about creating. For the art date, you can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, poetry...whatever you like! You can follow the weekly themes or post any art you like! 🎨

And for the dinner date, please feel free to link up your foodie post! πŸ˜‹

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! All spam and non-related links will be removed! The link gadget will be available until the following Sunday at midnight!

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Thursday, May 11, 2023

πŸŽ¨πŸ˜‹ Thursday Art and Dinner Date: Hats!


Welcome my Friends, to Thursday's Art and Dinner Date! 😊😊

🎨For our 🎨 Art Date 🎨, today's optional prompt is Hats! Please feel free to share any art you've created, we would love to see it! Bugs Bunny is showing off his ten-gallon hat this week! Instead of a gun in his holster, he had a carrot!



⬆️⬆️ This prompt is right up my alley! I can't even imagine not wearing a hat anymore!



⬆️⬆️ Here is my Cat in the Hat!



⬆️⬆️ I also drew a top hat inspired by Fred Astaire!



⬆️⬆️ Jack continues to be stable!



⬆️⬆️ πŸ˜‹For our πŸ˜‹ Dinner Date πŸ˜‹,  I made a pizza hat!!

On the video front:


⬆️⬆️ For Rain Frances Art, I'm sharing the video How To Draw A Top Hat With Charcoals!

⬆️⬆️ For Rain Frances Art For Kids, I have How To Draw The Cat In The Hat!

⬆️⬆️ For Rain's Kitchen and Garden, I'm sharing the short video on how I made the Pizza Hat!

⬆️⬆️ I'm also sharing a few gardening videos, I have a Spring Garden Update!

I also planted some more Asparagus Roots!



That's all for now folks! Please check out the link widget below for more 🎨 artistic πŸŽ¨ and πŸ˜‹ delicious πŸ˜‹ creations! See you soon!!! πŸ’— 

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Upcoming Art Prompts For Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date: click on the links below for a description of the prompt and inspiring images! (Prompts are optional!)

May 18th: Moon Phases
May 25th: Petals

This art and dinner date date is all about creating. For the art date, you can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, poetry...whatever you like! You can follow the weekly themes or post any art you like! 🎨

And for the dinner date, please feel free to link up your foodie post! πŸ˜‹

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! All spam and non-related links will be removed! The link gadget will be available until the following Sunday at midnight!

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Thursday, May 4, 2023

πŸŽ¨πŸ˜‹ Thursday Art and Dinner Date: Embossed!

 


Welcome my Friends, to Thursday's Art and Dinner Date! 😊😊

🎨For our 🎨 Art Date 🎨, today's optional prompt is Embossed! Please feel free to share any art you've created, we would love to see it! I KNOW this was a toughie my friends! And I seriously was wondering what I was thinking when I came up with this prompt lol...I write all the art prompts for the coming year in November and they surprise me just as much as they surprise you!! ☺

So, one of the definitions of embossed is "decorated with a design that stands out in relief"...I tried to do foil embossing art and it just didn't work out so I opted for some 3D trick art! Tweety seems to be popping out of the page!



⬆️⬆️ They look guilty of something! Jack is still doing very well my friends! Always happy to report that! ♥

LOTS OF BIRDS!!!

Chickadee - don't worry he landed on top of the trail cam, didn't fly into it!

Blue Jays

Grackle Fight! (Kind of Matrix-y isn't it?)

Hairy Woodpecker, Grackle and a few Mourning Doves (I'm sure this is a Hairy Woodpecker because I've seen him all week, and his bill is quite long!)
Hairy Woodpecker, Grackle and some Mourning Doves
(I'm sure it's a Hairy because I've seen this fella all week and he has quite a long bill!)



πŸ˜‹For our πŸ˜‹ Dinner Date πŸ˜‹,  I had fun in the kitchen in the last week! I made some of my French Baguettes.



⬆️⬆️ And we need to dip those baguettes into something don't we? How about some Marinara Sauce! After this is all cooked, I blend it so it's nice and smooth - perfect for bread dippin'!



⬆️⬆️ Or a nice cheese fondue? This is my Smoked Cheddar and Apple Fondue.



⬆️⬆️ One of the key ingredients in this fondue is Homemade Apple Butter!



⬆️⬆️ I also loaded up on more Homemade Chunky Pizza Sauce.

On the video front:


⬆️⬆️ For Rain Frances Art, I did a little Pet Doodle video!

⬆️⬆️ For Rain Frances Art For Kids, I have How To Draw Upside Down Cake - With A Pineapple!

⬆️⬆️ For Rain's Kitchen and Garden, I'm sharing my video on How To Make Cheese and Apple Fondue!

⬆️⬆️ I'm also sharing How To Make Slow Cooked Apple Butter!



That's all for now folks! Please check out the link widget below for more 🎨 artistic πŸŽ¨ and πŸ˜‹ delicious πŸ˜‹ creations! See you soon!!! πŸ’— 

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Upcoming Art Prompts For Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date: click on the links below for a description of the prompt and inspiring images! (Prompts are optional!)

May 11th: Hats
May 18th: Moon Phases
May 25th: Petals

This art and dinner date date is all about creating. For the art date, you can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, poetry...whatever you like! You can follow the weekly themes or post any art you like! 🎨

And for the dinner date, please feel free to link up your foodie post! πŸ˜‹

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! All spam and non-related links will be removed! The link gadget will be available until the following Sunday at midnight!

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Thursday, April 27, 2023

πŸŽ¨πŸ˜‹ Thursday Art and Dinner Date: Twisted!

 


Welcome my Friends, to Thursday's Art and Dinner Date! 😊😊

🎨For our 🎨 Art Date 🎨, today's optional prompt is Twisted! Please feel free to share any art you've created, we would love to see it! Bugs is enjoying a carrot martini with a twist of lime! 

Comments: I counted 79 comments that I posted on Wednesday morning and I didn't get that message. I know I left a lot less comments on Blogs last week, so who really knows why I got shut down like that!



⬆️⬆️ I also painted a watercolor seahorse with a little twisted tail! I was just playing around with dots!



CALLING ALL BIRDING FRIENDS!!!




⬆️⬆️ I got some nice photos from the trail cam. I've been trying to distinguish Ravens from Crows. I consulted my birding book and I'm a little confused about the tail feather shape. According to my book's drawings, they really look like Ravens...but they don't seem to have the shagginess of a Raven. Are these American Crows?


⬆️⬆️ This is the heartbreaking scene I see any time I leave the house! Oh the guilt lol!!! Jack is still stable!!



πŸ˜‹For our πŸ˜‹ Dinner Date πŸ˜‹,  I made a Cauliflower and Cheese (Jarlsberg) Quiche. I was inspired by Christine's Crustless Quiche last week!

On the video front:



⬆️⬆️ For Rain Frances Art, I'm sharing my Seahorse Dot Painting!


⬆️⬆️ For Rain Frances Art For Kids, I have How To Draw Fuzzy Monsters!

⬆️⬆️ For Rain's Kitchen and Garden, I've got the Cauliflower and Cheese Quiche video!



That's all for now folks! Please check out the link widget below for more 🎨 artistic πŸŽ¨ and πŸ˜‹ delicious πŸ˜‹ creations! See you soon!!! πŸ’— 

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Upcoming Art Prompts For Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date: click on the links below for a description of the prompt and inspiring images! (Prompts are optional!)

May 4th: Embossed
May 11th: Hats
May 18th: Moon Phases
May 25th: Petals

This art and dinner date date is all about creating. For the art date, you can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, poetry...whatever you like! You can follow the weekly themes or post any art you like! 🎨

And for the dinner date, please feel free to link up your foodie post! πŸ˜‹

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! All spam and non-related links will be removed! The link gadget will be available until the following Sunday at midnight!

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