It snowed and was very cold most of the day. Not as cold as yesterday, but still a good day to stay inside. And paint. Now, if there were only something to paint. So, I started drawing random lines and thought that was fun. And slowly, little by little, I added color to the spaces […]
It’s day three and the prompt is “currently reading.” I added two books to the picture because, under the circumstances, that seemed like the right choice. So, I’m stretching the “currently” a bit. I just finished reading “The Boy Who Ran Away to Sea,” by Barry Gifford. It’s actually a series of short stories, all
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part one In the section of the Island Ship Center where you find the mailboxes, there are paintings on the wall of various places on Grand Island. They are very colorful and, together, they tell a story. Well, this was going to be #WordlessWednesday, but it’s already too wordy. To be continued!!!
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Inktober continues in the form of Inktober 52, which is one prompt for each week of the year. The prompt for week 47 is train So, I decided to draw three trains: an historic train, a bullet train and a cartoonish train. I remember seeing these little trains on movie that people used to travel
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Today is day 30 of the Ultimate Blogging Challenge and of Inktober. The prompt for the day is violin. It had been such an exciting day. Bearnacle Bear had received his forever name. He got to explore the stars and to hear the story of Callisto and her son Arcas and how Zeus turned them
Today is day 29 of the Ultimate Blogging Challenge and of Inktober. The prompt for today is “navigator.” After night fell and the ground was full of shadows, Bearnacle Bear and his Poppa went to look at the stars. “How will you know where you are going when you are far out at sea?” asked
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Today is day 28 of the Ultimate Blogging Challenge and of Inktober. Today’s prompt is jumbo. The Bears had gathered at the foot of the mountains. They were seated at long tables. On each table was an array of fruits and nuts and seeds and leaves and honey of all different shades. The dark fall
Today is day 27 of the Ultimate Blogging Challenge and of Inktober. The prompt for today is road. The sun was out again when Baby Bear temporarily left the cave. The feast wasn’t quite ready so Momma and Poppa Bear sent Baby Bear outside to play for a bit. Baby Bear found a road that
Day 26 of the Ultimate Blogging Challenge and of Inktober. The prompt is camera. The thunderstorm lasted much of the night and the rain persisted all day. The bears stayed inside the cave, having decided to let the rain stop before venturing to the base camp at the mountains. Baby Bear found an abandoned candle
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Day 25 of the Ultimate Blogging Challenge and of Inktober. Today’s prompt is scarecrow. The sound was beginning to come closer. It was a crashing sound and the sky lit up and, within the space of a few minutes, Baby Bear was soaking wet. The storm didn’t bother Baby Bear. He danced and attempted to