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My day - walked with Dave and Andy in the morning. I took the LX3 camera that can do double exposures but I accidentally had it on black and white settings so they turned out a little disappointing to me. I wish they could have had the red in the sumac, the blue in the sky and the brown in the weeds. ( Here they are anyway... )

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Decided to make four more mask faces for the book and remake another that I didn't care much for. That will keep me busy today. I'd like to finish it up, bind it and be done with it - get on to other things - jewelry and taxes ( Read more... )

Have you ever had it happen to you where the more you work on an art project the dumber it seems? But I have put too much time into this to abandon it now - need to see it through. I painted all the faces - 20 in all. ( Here they are laid out in what I think will be the final order before gluing them into place. )

I have no idea what this will taste like but I got some today cause I am sure when it's all over and done with and I'm ready to say goodbye to this world I will be glad that I have a seasoned soul.


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Movies. "Me Before You". Just my kind of movie - sad - sweet and it makes you smile. Heartrending too. Sam Claflin plays a young quadriplegic man and Emilia Clarke is wonderful as an adorable caregiver. Gets my recommendation. Jan lent us a lot of the "Vikings" DVDs and we are starting them now.


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I wanted to stay home today and try and get more done on my "diversity" art project for the Graffiti Gallery show next month. I decided to make a book with 16 pages - each page will have eyes that can be seen through, like masks and there will be a mirror behind them all so the person viewing the book will be seeing their own eyes in the mask eye ( Read more... )