The idea of layering and coloring brush marks for an abstract digital painting excited me to try some landscape shapes in repetition. Credits: AnnaLift of Circles: An Art School Project by zlemon...

Thank you Vera for selecting my LO of the art card! Does my heart so good to see.

I love creating one of my mixed media mental landscapes as a card for my DH. It reminds me a bit of Chinese landscape painting. This was for his birthday, a little larger at 5.5 x 8 inches. Credits: all by Vicki Stegall -paper: Crisp Autumn papers -branch: Crisp Autumn elements -frame: 52...

Friday was a quiet day for DH's birthday but pleasant. We had a good steak dinner (I know, not the favorite of others, but for us) and watched a free movie at IMDB, Ender's Game. DH had even sort of considered it when it was at the theaters, so this was a good time to watch it. He has read all...

Tuesday the part for the car got there about 6 PM, so they finished it up Wed. morning. Meanwhile, Tues. afternoon DH cut the front grass and then had the electric lawnmower give up the ghost. I didn't know he'd been having trouble with it. Wed. when we got the car we did our real grocery...

Another lovely day here too. It has warmed up some, but not too much. No special plans except watching the Genetic Detective at 10:00. I too have a birthday card to create for DH's on Friday, a big round number coming for him that he is trying to ignore. Chris, how nice to get out with your...

A strange day. DH took the car in first thing coming home in their courtesy van. Then he hosted H&S while I did weekly bills, etc. Soon after the Zoom session they called, not to say the car was ready, but to tell DH when they got things apart found it needed another part they don't have! Wanted...

It's another beautiful sunny, slightly cool day, just perfect for me. It was like this but a tad warmer Friday when we went birding. We had a great time visiting a rural area that has not changed a great deal for the most part in the last 35 years. The biggest town in the area has a Dairy Queen...

It was so nice visiting places we atlased breeding birds 35 years ago to find much unchanged amid sunshine, bird song and lots of roadside daisies. Also nice to have a cooperative skipper! Credits: all by Anna Aspnes -paper: ArtPlay Palette Daffodil -mask: FlutterBy FotoBlendz No. 4...

The heat has abated, it's sunny and we're going birding. Just hope the car won't get too warm as we found the AC isn't working. The dealer's shop has us on the "critical" list for the needed piece of equipment, but no telling when one might be available Tomorrow there are about three virtual...

It's another beautiful day and DH is hosting H&S at the moment. Yesterday we went to some natural area/park spots south of here. One is a grassland where I hoped to see and especially hear Bobolinks. We didn't find any, but there were birds and a good time. Too many folks were in the parks and...

A lovely day here but a bit cool. Have to enjoy it as they are threatening 90 on Tuesday. I told you about the car and yes, insurance covered it but with a $500 deductible. I didn't tell you about the desktop computer. Sunday evening it gave a noise and shut down. Totally. DH took it in but they...

Sorry to be so quiet lately, no special reason, just general lethargy I think. We've had a run of nice summery days with just some thunderstorms one night. Today we got our car back from the body shop after about 10 days and a big bill stemming from DH backing out of the garage and not making...

You can see that I enjoy our azaleas very much. Credits: -paper, green leaves, word art: Springtime by et designs -mask: Disquiet FotoBlendz No. 1 by Anna Aspnes -frames, flower stamp: Oscraps Collab Live Life -music leaf, ribbon: Musical Dreams by After Midnight Design font: Ink Free

Vera, thanks so much for liking my blended old car page! Made me smile a lot.

The auto-aviation museum has lots of wonderful cars but the Model A was my father's car when he met and married my mother, like ghosts at the museum. Credits: -paper: Life is a journey, Papers by Florju Designs -masks: FotoBlendz Overlays No. 14 by Anna Aspnes -car stamp: Cars No. 1 by Anna...

Today has just slipped away. Have to make dinner soon. It also really heated up from the chilly weather I was enjoying. Had a long Zoom meeting with the computer genealogy group board and two people from another local group of the same sort (originally all one group). They are thinking to go...

Sunday here was sunny but even cooler. Don't think I accomplished much. Chris, that the world is still this way is very disheartening. Sometimes it seems like progress but then not. The only thing for sure you can do is keep being the loving person you are spreading that to those around you...

I was happy to see this Solitary Sandpiper while birding on my birthday especially as it seemed unlikely. Credits: all by Anna Aspnes -paper, splatter, overlay, word art: ArtPlay Palette Bravura -mask: Framed FotoBlendz No. 1 -framing threads: UrbanThreadz FotoBlendz Frames No. 1 -glow...

Chris, listen to Felis! We'll worry about you anyway, so share so we can be a shoulder to cry on and give you hugs. Good you'll have the camp fire night on Monday as it sounds fun. Felis, I'm glad you have the security of getting the old job back, but do hope the future will bring you...