#blogboost #wordlesswednesday It snowed for much of the day, and it looks really pretty. This morning, I was in River Lea, the Grand Island Historical Society’s headquarters at Beaver Island State Park, to do some photography for an upcoming newspaper article. While I was there, the snow started falling, so I headed outside to take …
after your team loses… I have been a Buffalo Bills fan for years. It has been a roller coaster ride, for sure. There have been good seasons and atrocious ones. There was the bizarre four Superbowl losses in a row, which included the infamous “wide right” field goal attempt. Following those years were many years …
a book review This book is next month’s book club book at Grand Island Memorial Library I signed up to be a discussion leader for the monthly book club that meets at the local library. All I knew was that I was to lead the discussion in February. In fact, on Valentine’s Day. I didn’t …
#WordlessWednesday (maybe a few words!) Every now and then, I draw and paint an image that looks similar to the earlier images that I’ve done, but different, depending on the medium that I use. Creating these images is all about having fun and letting go of all expectations. It’s truly the “don’t worry be happy” …
Did you know that on January 17th, 1929, Popeye made his debut in a newspaper comic strip called “Thimble Theatre,” which had gotten its start in The New York Journal in 1919? Before the arrival of the sailor, the comic strip featured a full cast of characters, including Olive Oyl, Caster Oyl, Mama Oyl, Cole …
Today, I went to a friend’s house for a tea party. For me, that’s about the best kind of party possible. After all, I am Alice, and Alice went to the Mad Tea Party with the March Hare, Mad Hatter, and Dormouse. The three of them were sentenced by the Queen of Hearts to an …
It’s Let’s Paint a Rock Day! (non official)
“If you hear a voice within you say, ‘You cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced,” Vincent Van Gogh A few weeks before my fifteenth birthday, I decided that I had no artistic talent. I had, just a month earlier, been told by another kid, that I couldn’t draw. …
art at fort niagara Ernst Wille (1916-2005) was a German artist and teacher who was drafted into the army during World War II. Apparently, he was a better artist than soldier. During the Normandy invasion, Ernst Wille was one of a large number of German soldiers captured by the Allies. Many of those captured soldiers …
almost #wordlesswednesdays #blogboost Getting hungry? What are some of your favorite sweet treats?