More Rock Art

I LOVE this rock I finished tonight.  Fasten your seatbelts - it's going to be a bumpy ride!!!

Also finished a few others this week including:

Betty & Wilma, along with Lucy & Ethel, I posted on PNW Rocks as they were having a best friends challenge.

Lucy & Ethel.  This one was a bitch to get the face right with the full mouths and tiny eyes.  At one point the thought crossed my mind to just revise them as zombies as the faces were sooo bad.  Finally threw in the towel and called it good.

A Merman!!  No, not Ethel Merman but a finned MerMan!

The Viking sent me a cool pic for inspiration so wound up painting this kilt dancing picture.  Kind of digging it.

A Little Work and A Little Art

You know that feeling when you are swamped at work yet everything gets thrown at you?  Yeah, my life lately.  Cannot stand to have tasks hanging over my head and for that reason put in 7 hours of OT today. Uninterrupted time ticking off tasks one by one.  Feels great to have a big chunk of my backlog caught up.

This evening finished off rocks I began painting over the last few days.  Love the mermaid!

Deadpool 2

Viking treated me to dinner last night and we were actually able to dine in!  Well, sort of.  Sat in the outside covered area of Fiesta Bonita.  At first we were seated away from the heater but thankfully moved closer once a table became available.

After dinner came home and watched Deadpool 2.  Movie was hysterical!  Haven't laughed that much over a movie in a long time. 🤣

Handmaid's Tale

Just finished watching The Handmaid's Tale series with Elizabeth Moss. So addicting as well as disturbing.  Especially since you could see a future like this occurring in today's political environment.

On that note, ran across a picture of congressional aides removing locked boxes containing the electoral college votes from Congress during the D.C. riot.  Immediately this image reminded me of the Wives from Handmaid.  Not sure of the correlation but it's an unexpected comparison.

Hello 2021

Spending New Year's at the beach was relaxing. Wandered antique shops in Astoria, browsed Warrenton Goodwill, and  downtown Seaside, which was just a few steps away from the hotel. The Kathryn Riverfront Hotel was scenic, cozy, and included a balcony and fireplace.  No dine-in restaurants so ate to-go seafood in the room.  Took my partner in crime Viking so even received a kiss at midnight! 

View from hotel

Ilwaco marina decor

Friday adventured to Long Beach on the very rainy day.  Wandered downtown first in search of a bathroom because I had to go and it was not going to be in a Honey Bucket!  Stopped off at public restroom #1 - locked.  Public restroom #2 - locked. C'mon!  Asked a cashier in a souvenir shop and she pointed us to a restaurant or bakery as if they served food there had to be a restroom.

Made it to the bakery and I spied with my floating eye an open restroom!  Yay!  Ran in there, locked the door, and began to unbuckle my belt when I saw there was no toilet paper!  Dammit! The gods were working against me!  Pants up, opened the door and hollered to the doughnut gal, with sweaty desperation, "Do you have any tissue?" She tossed me a roll and it was smooth sailing from there! Whew!

Crisis over, we hopped back in the truck (well, truth be told, after we picked up a bag of bakery delights) and made our way first to Ocean Park then Oysterville, trading childhood stories along the way. We did find another antique store which was huge and thus sucked us in for way too long.  Didn't make it home until later evening where we indulged ourselves with Chinese food.

Oysterville

Saturday night showered then rolled my damp hair in a "bun maker' which I don't typically use.  OMG talk about curl central! Once I tamed it have to say it was pretty cute. This technique is going to be added to my arsenal of hair tricks.

Weird hair bun wrap

Wrap = Wow!

The first weekend of 2021 was pretty much one of relaxation, bonding with Stubbs, and cleaning my room.  Also spent time with Jimmy and Sam catching up. 

Now it's Monday and back to work!  

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year all!  Not soon enough to get rid of 2020!!

I will be spending New Year's Eve at my favorite place of all - the beach!  Just have to get out of town to ring in 2021 and there is no better place than the Oregon coast!!

Where Art Goeth I Shall Follow

Art Project #1

Ran across the monthly newspaper The Columbia Reader and saw they were holding the annual HaikuFest poetry contest. Only had a few days left until the deadline so not much time to ponder and count syllables on my fingers. The theme this year was to focus on glimmers of light during the Covid quarantine.  Here's my best effort that I submitted today.

1.

Rhinestone, leopard, plaid,
Camo, cartoon, basic black
Masks now high fashion

2.
Among the heartache
They still sang from balconies
Italian courage

3.
Winter hummingbird
Lovely visitor provides
Surprise distraction

4.
Cooking shows are my
Guilty indulgence during
Covid quarantine

5.
The secret is out
Angels not just in heaven
They work in healthcare

Art Project #2

Saw an art contest on Facebook that called to me, perhaps due to the $1,000 honorarium prize.  It is to design a cover for, of all things, a utility box.  The focus needed to be on "A Healthy Future For All of Us" along with diversity. Well, that could be interpreted pretty broadly.  

I went through my acrylic pour painting files and selected one.  Had to fit the jpg file onto a template to determine what it would look like when wrapped.  Submitted the template along with a short essay behind the meaning of the art. I described it as all sorts of diverse colors flowing together to create a piece of art which is representative of the community.  Or something to that effect.  Let's cross our fingers to see if my submittal is chosen as one of the winners!

Here's the painting:

And here's the wrap: