Settled in the Maritimes of Canada, surrounded by the forest and Acadian Mountain Chain, I live a simple life of gratitude. This blog is a journal of my art, food, furkids, garden, home, my life and my thoughts. Thanks for reading!
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Welcome to Thursday's Art Date, today our theme is Villains. During this time of year, I watch a lot of scary movies. Not just horror movies, but psychological thrillers as well. The Hannibal Lecter movies always make it on the roster! Bugs insisted that I leave him as is in Daffy Duck's dressing room - but I just couldn't do that to Daffy! Bugs is such a stinker!
I'm on a pizza journey my friends - trying to make the perfect toaster oven pizza. I started off making 9 balls of dough.
Day 1 was kind of a disappointment and I have no photos. Day 2 though - getting better...I baked one pizza with only a wee bit of olive oil and some Parm - it rose amazingly! But when I put the sauced/cheesed pizza in, it barely rose. I know it's because my toaster oven lost a lot of heat when I opened the door...so,
Day 3: I put my probe thermometer into the oven and waited until it hit its highest temperature 414F before putting in the pizza. This is close to perfection! I'll be documenting all of this in the near future for you! I have more pizzas to make this week before my Halloween feast!
For today's art date, I went with Edgar Allen Poe's villains...In The Tell Tale Heart, the villain is the narrator who believes the old man's eye watches him like a vulture. This drive's the narrator's madness to murder...
Here are parts oneand twoof Vincent Price, acting out The Tell Tale Heart - he's brilliant.
In The Raven, the villain is the mind...or is it the raven?
Here is The Raven, read by James Earl Jones - he does it wonderfully and actually The Simpsons did a version of this (read by James Earl Jones) for one of their TreeHouse of Horror episodes! Here's the link where you can watch it: The Simpsons The Raven.
In The Fall of The House of Usher, the villain is again, the mind...of Roderick Usher who buries his sister alive under the mad idea that she is the cause of the end of his family name.
For my art video, I introduced each drawing with a fun costume! I'll be celebrating Halloween on Sunday with lots of fun foods! I'm carving my pumpkins tomorrow too. If I have the time, I'll be posting about it this weekend!
Mexican Night
Crepes with vanilla yogurt and real maple syrup...so yummy.
I had some fun making a homemade spirit board this week! Also called a Ouija Board - I'm not at all superstitious about this, though I know some folks are! I'm going to try it out on Halloween night! 🎃
I also cleaned up my raised beds this past week and planted 16 more cloves of garlic for next year (like I need more garlic) - couldn't help myself! I have a HUGE bed of mint that I'm just letting be...and the bed in the foreground is all strawberries - again letting it be to see what comes of it!
I'm still waiting to find out when my roof will be replaced...this is very stressful but I'm trying to roll with it!
♥ The five furries are doing very well! ♥
Today's featured Artist/Blogger is Glenda from Gigi-Hawaii blog. She's Gigi to me! Gigi lives in Hawaii, is a published author and shares her stories of life with her husband David. They are such a sweet couple and her blog is very interesting! Please visit her! 💗
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That's all for now folks! Please check out the link widget below for more "Villains" creations! See you soon!!! 💗 💗
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Welcome to Thursday's Art Date, today our theme is Broomsticks! I had to showcase Witch Hazel from the Looney Tunes for this theme!!!
"Bring me the broomstick of the Wicked Witch of the West"....commanded the Almighty Wizard of Oz to Dorothy! I had a lot of fun drawing Margaret Hamilton from The Wizard of Oz, in charcoals! Though she wasn't the director's first choice (uh...really?????) she was the perfect witch!
Here are my latest videos, please click on the images above or the links below if you'd like to check them out!
For the intro to my art video today, I filmed myself in my best witchy outfit!
My friends, October is my busiest month of the year and to boot, there is a big possibility that I will be having a new roof installed in the next month or so. I can't keep up lately! I will keep this short and I promise to catch up with your blogs by the end of this weekend!
Upcoming Art Dates For Rain's Thursday Art Date: click on the links below for a description of the theme and inspiring images!
This art date is 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! All spam and non-related links will be removed! The link gadget expires Friday at midnight (EST).
Welcome to Thursday's Art Date, today our theme is Being Watched! Bugs Bunny has been watching too many "Halloween" movies, he's imagining Michael Myers watching him through the window! Or maybe it's NOT his imagination???
I bought myself a Red Riding Hood cape! I finally had some fun wearing it! For my art videos, I always record a personal introduction and for this week's tutorial, I wore the cape and hinted that I was being watched! It was fun.
Here is my version of Being Watched in charcoals. I thought about me as Red, being watched by a wolf...in this case, Benecio del Toro as The Wolfman. He played that character in the 2010 movie called The Wolfman. I thought it was perfectly scary!
I had a great Thanksgiving with all the fixins! I made a mostly vegetarian meal.
Cauliflower Gratin
Chicken Gravy and Cranberry Sauce
Stuffing with Homemade Bread
Mashed Potatoes and Braised Mushrooms and Carrots
Pumpkin Pie!
The mornings are very frosty these days.
But we all try to stay warm and cozy!
This week's highlighted artist/blogger is Elle from Empire of the Cat blog! Elle drops by once in a while and always has something very creative to share! This is her entry for last week's "Alien Worlds"! I just love it, please visit her blog! 💗
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That's all for now folks! Please check out the link widget below for more "Being Watched" creations! See you soon!!! 💗 💗
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! All spam and non-related links will be removed! The link gadget expires Friday at midnight (EST).
Welcome to Thursday's Art Date, today our theme is Alien Worlds. I hope you're getting into the spirit of Halloween! I know I am! I couldn't NOT draw Marvin The Martian for my Looney Tunes piece this week! When I think of this character - voiced by the amazing late Mel Blanc - all I can hear is "I'm getting very very angry...."
And once again, I was very stumped by this week's theme, yes Christine...yet again!!! I started drawing Sigourney Weaver from Alien...that didn't work, then I tried drawing the actual Alien monster from the same movie and that was a disaster...so I went cutesy lol...here is my ink and graphite drawing of E.T.. Tell me you didn't cry at the end of that movie!!!
Here are some links to my latest uploads on YouTube:
You can either click on the images, or on these links if you'd like to watch the videos:
Homemade Open-Faced "Egg-McMuffins" with Chips, Tortilla Chips and Salsa
I still have lettuce growing in the garden!!
Pizza Poutine - the fries soaked up the pizza sauce and it was a soggy mess, but we still ate it! ☺
Lollipop Charlie - look at that tongue!
Lollipop Jack!
A work of art!
Monthly shopping happened two days ago. It kind of turned into a 2-month shopping trip! I have enough food to feed us until December, all I have to do is drive 30 minutes to the nearest gas station to get some milk every other week. I have to experiment with freezing milk too, that way I wouldn't have to leave the house for the next few months!!!
Folks, this is the time of year to stock up on fresh harvest veggies because they are SO CHEAP, or at least cheaper than any other time of year. I'll be spending the rest of the week canning and freezing. I really feel like I'm taking care of my family this year by stocking the pantry and freezer with such nice goodies!
Photo by Miriam Bauman/David M. Gascoigne
This week's highlighted artist/blogger is my friend David, from Travels With Birds blog. David and his wife Miriam take absolutely gorgeous photos of nature at its best. David is an expert when it comes to birds, and reading his blog has taught me so much about Ornithology. David started a series in September about his travels in Atlantic Canada - where I now call home! His blog is filled with many beautiful photos and stories of his travels - please click on the link above to visit, you won't regret it!! 😊😊
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That's all for now folks! Please check out the link widget below for more "Alien Worlds" creations! See you soon!!! 💗 💗
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! All spam and non-related links will be removed! The link gadget expires Friday at midnight (EST).
