treasure

my aunt sent me a package of family treasure

all of it dated from 1908-1911

my great grandmother and her sisters had a traveling vaudeville act

"Witt's Four Girls from Melody Lane"

I think this is some of their fan mail

:)

round robin art journal

journal page for my friend

a friend of mine sent me her art journal and asked me to fill a page in it

she suggested I might like to send her an art journal for her to fill a page

and that is how my first round robin art journal has begun

my art journal ready to be filled

 her journal doesn't have a theme

but I thought I would like to have one for my journal

my theme is "sunlight"

now I just need friends to raise their hand, saying, "I'll do a page!!!"

if you do,

I'll do a page in yours

and round and round we go

:)

bookends

do you have any summer reading that you would recommend?

I keep a running list in my notes so I can put books on hold at the library

I'm still reading (savoring) 

The Street of a Thousand Blossoms 

by Gail Tsukiyama

I love a book that sends me off to learn about something I had no idea about beforehand

like: the firebombing of Tokyo in March 1945

that anyone survived those days at all is a miracle

maybe my next book to put on hold will be something to make me laugh

Mark Twain or Garrison Keillor

how about you?

I can't seem to get Mister Linky to work today

so, for today, we'll just go back to our old way of making the rounds

(using the comments as a guide)

mend a tear

perfectly good jeans

which had a tiny tear

and now they sport

a perfectly good patch

not simple

or easy

but it really brought a grin to a certain 8 year old

now I can show it

the birthday present for my sister, that is

it's about 7 X 11 inches

the base is an old book cover

and I added lots of layers of collage,

gesso, pen, paint, oil pastel, jewels, etc.

I centered it around a vintage advertisement for a washing machine

and as I was working, a story was taking shape in my head

my sister loves retro, vintage, fun, quirky stuff

so I was thinking of her the whole time I was making this

it has her personality all over it

especially the crowns

here is the story:

of course, I used my new typewriter :)

the story is glued to the back of the piece

... all of it just for fun ...

in the stands

there is a lot of in-action at a baseball game

so eat peanuts

or knit

or put peanut shells on your fingertips

:)

working tea

today my workdesk is bathed in warm sunlight

a good day to make a birthday present for my sister

and drink some iced tea

a combination of:

irish breakfast tea (NOT decaf)

red zinger tea (rosehip and hibiscus)

p.o.g. juice (pineapple orange guava)

now if I could just bottle up this color and use it for paint!

what are you up to today?

hot tea?

cold tea?

coke?

lemonade?

whatever your beverage is,

 I hope you're also having a good day to go along with it!

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