June 19th

Happy Juneteenth!

The word for today is “warm.” Am I?

June 16th

Growth

I know why I put that there, but there are so many possible explanations.

Thoughts?

It’s shiny.

It’s shiny because I don’t get to use that paint often enough.

June 13th through the 15th

I’m playing a bit of catch-up after some busy work days.

Monday was perhaps a bit busier in the afternoon after I watched the January 6th hearing in the morning. I might lose followers over this, but it is very satisfying watching these hearings.

The word for Monday the 13th was “sign”…CNN’s banners worked out just fine for me.Knowing how busy the summer months are for me, I did some illumination on various pages. One such illumination straddled the 14th and 15th.

The phrase for the 14th was “salt and pepper” and there is a polar bear and a black dog…close enougb. The word for the 15th was “uneven.” The doodle has an uneven number of boxes on each page.

I like it when my work is done by way-back me.

June 12th

Sunday’s word was “crown,” and it is also day 1 of a booze-free week. I like to give the bod a break every now and then. Change up some habits for better ones for a while at least.

June 11th

Saturday was the Four Seasons Garden Club field trip to Al’s Auto Body and Arboretum in Walworth, WI.

What a beautiful place, and Al gave us a tour! I was not expecting that at all, but his knowledge of all things hosta is encyclopedic.

Our host and tour guide, Al.

And the members of the garden club meeting up before the tour for a short business meeting.

I took the first group shot.

Then our newest member traded places with me, so I could smile for my own camera. Not all of our members could attend, but we had a good group.

After the tour and meeting we all went our separate ways. My car (with three other club members) headed to Northwinds Perennial Farm. We saw Roy Diblic in action…well, saying hello to other tourists/customers. If you visit Northwinds, give yourself a couple of hours to explore everything properly. There are lovely garden paths with sweet surprises around corners, a barn and various outbuildings to explore, and of course, plants to shop for…lots of plants.

While touring and exploring, I sat with my sketchbook a couple of times and started a drawing. Couldn’t finish either, but I have ideas for these.

The word for the day was “mistake,” and we didn’t make any. Well, there were a few missed turns, but those were easily remedied by u-turns. Zero errors, just happiness and green things.

Weekends are my favorite part of life. Can we just arrange the calendar in all weekends? We could possibly keep Thursday and Friday in order to have time to prepare for Saturday and Sunday. Just tossing that out there….

June 10th

The word for today is shadow.

I suppose I could stretch and say the red birds were living in the shadows of the giant flowers. The truth is, I doodled flowers and birds last night and painted them this afternoon.