or present a lovely gift in a handmade oragami box! Yesterday, I went to the library for a craft workshop. It was all about making oragami boxes. The box making was a nice relaxing activity to do after having just been at a circuit training class in the gym. The instructor, Adele, had provided sets
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In today’s blog post, I’m going to talk about four color-related things. I made another painting with the matte pastels on canvas, and I attempted to create a color wheel within the center of the flower, but it really didn’t work well. Which is okay. The goal of daily practice is to sharpen skills, not
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Three colors, to be exact. These three colors are turquoise blue, deep red, and lime green. So, instead of painting an image, I chose to do a paint-mixing experiment. I wanted to mix them to see how many colors I could create. Although I am sure that I could have created many more shades by
Today is Wordless Wednesday, so I am sharing a picture of two wooden eggs that I painted this afternoon. It is day 39 of the 100-day art project.
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Happy April! This month brings another edition of the Ultimate Blogging Challenge, along with the annual Blogging from A to Z challenge, always held in April. This year, I’m collecting challenges like my dad used to collect stamps. Yes, my dad was quite the stamp collector and he and I bonded over the stamps that
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Today, we went to Tarpon Springs, which is famous for sponges and Greek food and fishing boats. It’s a scenic town and a pleasant place to take a walk with friends, have a nice lunch at a Greek restaurant, and buy souvenirs. There are some really fun things to see, like my new boyfriend, pictured
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Today, I traveled to Florida. It was amazing to go from a frozen wasteland to warm and sunny. There are palm trees and live oaks and more. I will talk about them in the next few days. One of the great things about traveling is seeing different types of plants and birds. The big highlight
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Today is the lunar new year, which is celebrated in much of eastern Asia. It occurs on the day of the second new moon following the winter solstice. The first new moon occurred on December 30th. The celebration, which begins today, will last for fifteen days and will end with the lantern ceremony. This new
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Winter has always been my least favorite season. The combination of cold temperatures, winds, and darkness was never my idea of fun. When you add the lack of color, winter just felt dismal and best when ended. But this year, something happened to change that. And I guess that something was a steady snowfall. It’s
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on feeling invisible It’s easy to feel invisible in a world that doesn’t always celebrate our differences as human beings. A world that wants everyone to fit a mold that we don’t fit. A world that sees our differences as weaknesses, not as our unique individuality. I remember, when I was in high school, wondering