I took a collage class at RAL here in town and it was a hoot. No I don’t think this is my art form of choice but gluing things to other things is just as satisfying at 57 as it was at 7. Also, it’s a bouquet of potatoes and they sort of look like dog wieners. 😃

Found more old paints. They’re again more pearlescent than metallic except the gold but honestly not bad for ? 20 year old watercolors

Wanted to try out some theoretically metallic watercolors. They weren’t. Good for sea glass colors tho maybe

We got a fancy coffee maker that also makes cappuccino and now most evenings, we feel so continental drinking our crappaccino with a bit of cake.

These are garlic baguette SunChips and they’re 😃❤️ delicious!

Saw a picture by British artist Jane Newland and tried to copy it a little.

Making your own bread sounds really difficult but if you have any time it is not. I’m a sloppy baker and mostly wing it till dough looks and feels like it should but there are tons of great recipes using only flour water salt yeast or starter. And an oven. ❤️

The sweetest dog I’ve ever known died yesterday. My baby, Mooch. I miss her. Pictured here with Mrs retired chicken and hatey the cat back in 2022. My heart.

Also got this cool book donated. It’s from 1890 or so

Todays amusing donation photo. Someone donated a plant identification book. Look at the cool leaves it had pressed inside!

Tonight’s dinner was Mac n cheese,was legit. It starts with a roux, add some tomato paste and herbs and garlic, milk, mix till smooth then add mozz cheese, shreds of pepperoni. Add in cooked pasta, distribute some whole slices pep. atop the pan along with Parmesan and put in oven at 425 for 10 min

I got to visit Stride near Palmer yesterday and see the horses. This is Cedar. I’m a little scared of horses even though I love them because they are so big. The horses at stride are mostly older and very calm and low key and unintimidating. It was great ❤️

This was someone else’s idea on Pinterest but it intrigues me since I think I can embed information or messages in the dots. This one contains no such message but maybe later variations will.

Steganography?

I haven’t painted much in a while for a lot of reasons. The biggest reason is that the whole world seems to be sliding into the shitter and it’s hard so hard to keep handing out daisies. You know? But maybe, maybe making little flowers is all I can do. Maybe that is me pushing back at the meanness

Nothing much to say. Here’s a bread picture that brings me comfort

Otters ate all our koi, so now any time someone posts cute otter stories —