An early cold snap has limited my flower photos this week. So once again, I thought I’d instead share one of my abstract flower paintings. This one is on a 5-inch x 7-inch stretched canvas (one of the smallest I’ve worked on). The background is a mix of gray and…
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Creativity
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Poetry Moment – Sleepy Bubbie
When we adopted Bubbie on Valentine’s Day earlier this year, the shelter told us he was around 15 months old. So, doing the math, he should now be almost two years old. Still, he acts like a puppy most of the time. He wants to run, to play, and to…
Dogs
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Photography Moment – Tres Perros
It was late afternoon and my partner was due home from work soon. I took a break from my own duties in the home office and headed to the kitchen to reheat my tea. As I walked through the living room I saw my three dogs huddled on the sofa,…
Abstract Art
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Floral Friday – October 16, 2026
Not many flowers to photograph this past week, so I thought I’d share one of my abstract wildflower paintings. This is acrylic paint on an 8″x 10″ stretched canvas. This was all done with palette knives, no brushes or other odd tools this time. I really like how the textures…
Abstract Art
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Photography Moment – Car Wash
My partner decided her vehicle was dirty and that we needed to swing by a car wash earlier this week. Being an unwilling captive, I resigned myself to my fate. Luckily, the car wash she chose had colored lights inside and I saw a couple of interesting opportunities for photos. …
Chickens
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Chicken Update III – Soft-Shelled Egg
I haven’t posted about my chickens in a while, so I thought I should provide a quick update. Lefty had a rough couple of months. She went broody on me, meaning, she decided that she wanted the eggs to hatch. So she’d park herself on the freshly laid eggs each…
Gardening
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Floral Friday – October 9, 2026
A few commenters from last Floral Friday were interested in seeing all five the aloe flower clusters opening, so I was able to capture the photo above this week. I’ve never had an aloe plant put up this many flower stalks and this many flowers. I wish I knew the…
Abstract Art
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A Little Abstract Expressionism – Blue Wave
This is another intuitive canvas I painted this past week. For the background, I put drops of acrylic paint at the top of the canvas, then used a window squeegee to spread it down to the bottom. I then used palette knives to apply the blues, whites, and reds. The…
Nature
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Photography Moment – Golden Beet
Now that the weather is slightly cooling off, it’s time to warm up the oven and start making roasted root vegetables again. It’s one of my partner’s favorites and perfect food for the cool evenings. I was slicing up a golden beet on my cutting board when I noticed the…
Gardening
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Floral Friday – October 2, 2026
No, this is not a repeat. This aloe plant, which bloomed earlier this year, is now blooming again. And this time it’s throwing up multiple flower clusters. The main one is just starting to open its little flowers, and I hope in the next week or so they all begin…