Last on the Card – April 2022 I suppose I was lucky. Usually, I forget everything almost immediately, but since I took these very last yesterday and didn’t get around to processing them until now, they were waiting for me. There… Read More ›
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EASY
How easy it is to shop online? I spent the last 3 hours searching for an effective flea and tick repellant for the Duke. There are some new products on the market including an edible tick and flea repellant, but… Read More ›
SKETCHBOOK 60 AGAIN – THE DUKE
The Duke rests quietly next to me on the sofa, sometimes unmoving for hours. He makes a great model. I actually drew this about a week ago, but didn’t finish it until a couple of days ago.
SKETCHBOOK 56 – DUKE ON GROOMING DAY
This isn’t the first time I’ve drawn The Duke, but it’s the first time I’ve drawn any living thing from “life” rather than a photograph. I was just sitting there, pad in my lap and pencil in hand, looking at… Read More ›
MACROS AND CLOSEUPS
CMMC – April Close Up or Macro I used to do more macros and fewer close ups. I’ve switched it around because a lot of the time, I prefer to look from just a wee bit further away.
LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS?
Fandango’s Provocative Question #159 So, Jefferson, among many others said: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and… Read More ›
A MAN & HIS DOG – SQUARE ODDS
The Square Odds I had the camera in my hand and Garry had the Duke in his lap. There commenced a bit of a power struggle as Garry tried to get the Duke to settle down and the Duke tried… Read More ›
LOST IN SPACE – GARRY ARMSTRONG
THE CONTINUING SAGA OF MISSING ITEMS This is not Sci-Fi. It’s true. No names or places have been changed for dramatic purposes. Things are, in plain sight, vanishing and it’s becoming unnerving. First, it was my computer glasses. Kept in… Read More ›
SKETCHBOOK 14 – IT’S THE DUKE!
Encouraged by everyone (thank you, ALL of you!) to keep at it, I decided to try a portrait of El Duque. I saved myself from the humiliation of feet and other things I really find difficult and only did a… Read More ›
MIDWEEK MADNESS: A CLOSEUP AND MACRO
CMMC: February Close Up or Macro This is a closeup of the Duke. I took the picture this afternoon. He’s not a happy camper right now with an infected bad ear — which I’m treating. It takes a few days and… Read More ›
TOUGH DECISIONS
Fandango’s Provocative Question #153 This isn’t a question I can answer. It’s not that I haven’t had any life-changing tough decision, but because I’ve had so many. Which one was the hardest? I can’t say because all of the hard ones… Read More ›
TINKER BELLE – Marilyn Armstrong
Can you set a price on love? Can you set a number to it? Can you calculate it by the cost of health care, toys, dog food? Grooming? Tinker Belle was a Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen, also called PBGVs or… Read More ›