Granny's gone and done it again

Husband is trying to kill me with kindness! We have 8 runs filled with sand now. He did most of the work, I took down tarps so he could toss sand in through the wire. It looks fabulous, and I am much less likely to fall. Yay for hubby. Bet he pees blood tonight. He has bad kidneys.
Oh noooo. But bless him. Hope he is okay.
 
Definitely a love hate relationship with the steroids. I've only had one injection into a joint and that was into the left SI (sacroiliac) joint when I had a flair in it a couple years back.

I love that it makes the pain go away but hate that it tends to make you forget that there is a problem in the joint that the steroids is masking so you go out and abuse the joint some more. Sigh, it is really a no win situation.

@Granny Hatchet ! You wanted to see some of my artwork. Cap has seen some of these on the Old Folks Home but there are more to see now. One has a funny story attached to it.

Two nights ago we were out in our hobby room with the cattle dogs. One of the boys, Ben, was lying in my lap. Suddenly he started sitting up and staring at my art table. I got him to lie back down and he set back up again. The second time some of the hair on the back of his neck bristled and his ears shot forward. This time I followed his gaze and this is what he was staring at:

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I tend to do a lot of detailed art and am trying to learn 'freestyle' looser styled watercolors. This one is of our 21 year old diabetic kitty, Johnny Cash. When I showed my husband what Ben was staring at, he laughed and said, well, can't say it isn't a good likeness.

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These are Dutch Pours, a trio of water pieces that I call 'Splash!'

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Left: Koi watercolor Right, another Dutch Pour called Orange Crush

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Some works in progress. The dragon fly is about half done, the sunrise and moon rise need more stars added to them.

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And just for fun, here I am with my attack Falcon/silver duck wing barnyard cross cockerel Izzy. He loves to ride around on my shoulder and came in the house with me to get something that I needed out in the coop. He was the perfect gentleman and didn't poop on anything while inside.

The cats thought he was fascinating....yeah right.


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This is one of two portraits I did for a friend of my husband's who owns French bull dogs. Interesting subjects and this type of sketching is my passion.

Okay, so big enough post to last a week or two? Just kidding.
 
Definitely a love hate relationship with the steroids. I've only had one injection into a joint and that was into the left SI (sacroiliac) joint when I had a flair in it a couple years back.

I love that it makes the pain go away but hate that it tends to make you forget that there is a problem in the joint that the steroids is masking so you go out and abuse the joint some more. Sigh, it is really a no win situation.

@GrannyHatchet! You wanted to see some of my artwork. Cap has seen some of these on the Old Folks Home but there are more to see now. One has a funny story attached to it.

Two nights ago we were out in our hobby room with the cattle dogs. One of the boys, Ben, was lying in my lap. Suddenly he started sitting up and staring at my art table. I got him to lie back down and he set back up again. The second time some of the hair on the back of his neck bristled and his ears shot forward. This time I followed his gaze and this is what he was staring at:

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I tend to do a lot of detailed art and am trying to learn 'freestyle' looser styled watercolors. This one is of our 21 year old diabetic kitty, Johnny Cash. When I showed my husband what Ben was staring at, he laughed and said, well, can't say it isn't a good likeness.

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These are Dutch Pours, a trio of water pieces that I call 'Splash!'

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Left: Koi watercolor Right, another Dutch Pour called Orange Crush

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Some works in progress. The dragon fly is about half done, the sunrise and moon rise need more stars added to them.

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And just for fun, here I am with my attack Falcon/silver duck wing barnyard cross cockerel Izzy. He loves to ride around on my shoulder and came in the house with me to get something that I needed out in the coop. He was the perfect gentleman and didn't poop on anything while inside.

The cats thought he was fascinating....yeah right.


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This is one of two portraits I did for a friend of my husband's who owns French bull dogs. Interesting subjects and this type of sketching is my passion.

Okay, so big enough post to last a week or two? Just kidding.

@microchick these are so beautiful!!! I absolutely love the pours that look like water and the koi watercolor!! You are so talented! :love
 
Definitely a love hate relationship with the steroids. I've only had one injection into a joint and that was into the left SI (sacroiliac) joint when I had a flair in it a couple years back.

I love that it makes the pain go away but hate that it tends to make you forget that there is a problem in the joint that the steroids is masking so you go out and abuse the joint some more. Sigh, it is really a no win situation.

@Granny Hatchet ! You wanted to see some of my artwork. Cap has seen some of these on the Old Folks Home but there are more to see now. One has a funny story attached to it.

Two nights ago we were out in our hobby room with the cattle dogs. One of the boys, Ben, was lying in my lap. Suddenly he started sitting up and staring at my art table. I got him to lie back down and he set back up again. The second time some of the hair on the back of his neck bristled and his ears shot forward. This time I followed his gaze and this is what he was staring at:

View attachment 2422651

I tend to do a lot of detailed art and am trying to learn 'freestyle' looser styled watercolors. This one is of our 21 year old diabetic kitty, Johnny Cash. When I showed my husband what Ben was staring at, he laughed and said, well, can't say it isn't a good likeness.

View attachment 2422658
These are Dutch Pours, a trio of water pieces that I call 'Splash!'

View attachment 2422656
Left: Koi watercolor Right, another Dutch Pour called Orange Crush

View attachment 2422659
Some works in progress. The dragon fly is about half done, the sunrise and moon rise need more stars added to them.

View attachment 2422660





View attachment 2422661
And just for fun, here I am with my attack Falcon/silver duck wing barnyard cross cockerel Izzy. He loves to ride around on my shoulder and came in the house with me to get something that I needed out in the coop. He was the perfect gentleman and didn't poop on anything while inside.

The cats thought he was fascinating....yeah right.


View attachment 2422670

This is one of two portraits I did for a friend of my husband's who owns French bull dogs. Interesting subjects and this type of sketching is my passion.

Okay, so big enough post to last a week or two? Just kidding.
Thanks, Mic, these are awesome! Thanks for sharing! :love:love:love
 
Sigh, I will try to remember that the shoulder problem is masked, not fixed. Maybe The Kid will clean the coop for me. Not betting on it, though, he is mad at me. I yelled at him for being a jerk and now he wants ME to apologize. Probably not happening, so we are at an impasse right now. Maybe one of us will grow up at some point. Right now it's not me. Move over, Granny, I am gonna sit by you for a while. Whimper. Lol.
 
Thank you Big Blue!

I just entered a sketch in the poultry art contest. Not expecting to win. There is some pretty stiff competition but still fun to see what is out there and add to the gallery.

I just came in from feeding and watering. CRAP! It's snowing! :hmm:ducA lot! They weren't calling for that in the forecast. Only rain but it didn't get out of the 30s today. It was covering the ground by the time I got done. I had to stop and remind myself that it is November after all.
 

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