Short and Sweet

Icre Cream days are numbered

Dont eat ice cream when the temp outside is below zero

today out and about enjoying summer

trying to stay off computer

whats on your sunday

Run Jane Run

I have an old reader, but not as old as me apparently

because its not Dick Jane and Spot, these must

be there kids...(lol)

A Critical Examination

When making these index cards, you usually have a few fav's this one is mine

working on portraits

need more work on eyes, nose and mouth

more work required on skin tones

and hair

lets just say more practice needed in portraits

Mish Mash Thursday

Today just a small index collage

beautiful weather

meeting friends for lunch to talk about a trip\

playing with my Koi Watercolour set

What are you doing today?

28 days left of index crds

my Rolodex is getting full

pictures when the challenge is over

tacos for dinner

still working on my urban journal

thoughts of a vacation swirling in my head (I need one)

Help

My fav beatle song

What's yours?

Mosquito Alert

Do you live in a place where there are no mosquitoes, if you do you are one lucky person.
Usually we don't have as many as we do, they spray to keep the population down, but in past years we have had a decrease in them, so they cut the budget.  So this year, we are the mosquito capital of Canada because of all the rain we have had.  Figures, cut the budget when we need it the most.  This
weekend in Canada we are having a long weekend, i cant remember the why, but we are.  And we have had nice weather for most of it, so we have been bbq, doing art on the deck.  Going to the bookstore, browsing, buying and reading, watching movies late into the night and generally enjoying ourselves, here at Casa Lee.  What did you do this weekend?

Two for the price of one

this journal page just came together, you know you sit down and look thru your stash

and see what you have and you have no idea what your going to do.  I make copies

of all my art, and this lady I had drawn her head and put her in a bird cage.  So she now has a new life out

of the cage and on a new page. These old women reminded me of gossipy old ladies and how they would talk about people, hence the line who decided you were fat.

Now you all know what this is, I used to have a BBQ like this years ago with the coals, but of course we all now have the gas ones.  But sometimes I remember the days of starting the bbq and the trouble we always had.

Birthday Greetings

Today is Devil Dogs 4 birthday (aka Sofie)

this is my index card for Friday

beautiful day in the neighbourhood

ready to start today's adventures

talk to you tomorrow

who doesnt like french onion soup and index cards and review of a new product

I bought these watercolour paints awhile ago, they were quite expense but of course i had a coupon, but I really don't like them.  I like how they cover, but you have to squeeze them to get the paint out, and sometimes you have to squeeze really hard.

I luckily bought the small pack, as you see below they are quite dark but once you use all the paint in them they no more use to you.

Now the last picture here is I put the watercolour down and immediately used some water to see what would happen, and it does not look to nice.  All and all I would not buy these again.

Now here is my index card with my favourite onion soup in the crock pot recipe

I use this recipe all the time, I love french onion soup, I have some Caesar salad with it and maybe a glass of wine, and your dinner is ready.  Just in case you cant read it I am going to type it in, with my comments.\

French Onion Soup In Crock pot
3 medium onions
2 tbsp of flour
5 cup;s of beef broth
1.4 cup of butter or margarine (I use margarine)
1 tsp of salt
1 tbsp of sugar
1/2 cup dry white wine (cheap old wine, if I don't have any I use apple juice, almost tastes the sane

OK, slice the onions very thin
Saute onion in the butter or margarine, cover the pan, keep checking, cook on low, still like there limp and sweating
Uncover and add salt, sugar and cook uncovered 15 more minutes on low, don't burn them, Stir in flour,  combine the onion mixture the stock, wine in the slow cooker and cover cook on low 6-8 ours.

When it done I add the cheese and a piece of french loaf on top in the soup bowl and broil it

Then eat it, stays cook in the fridge a few days

Bonn Appetite

Whats on my desk Wednesday (a mess)

Double click on pictures to make them bigger

Been working in the studio cant you tell

working on my art journal

making collages

doodling

working on painting paint brochures

testing new pens

working on urban journal (cant see the other side)

3 girls in my family

I fashioned after a card I saw at IKEA

the three girls were all in white

I made my girls in Red because red is my favourite colour

we dont actually look like this (lol)

that is my index card for today

Joy

I had a blast making this collage, my hand drawn bird

and just pieces I had laying around.  I will be

making more of these cards when the challenge is over

I find them easy and fun to do, and its a mini piece of art

that I can put in my Rolodex and leave in the family room

for all to see

Solitude Street

Hello fellow bloggers, here it is 8:13am and I am up, showered, walked devil dog, and blogging.  I had a horrible sleep have you ever had one of those.  Where you wake up every hour on the hour, and then decide you better just get up.

Well this weekend was OK, I went to my favourite art store.  They have every July this blowout sale, and bbq.  I did not buy much because I don't need much, I bought some molding paste, 2 charcoal pencils, and 1 grey pan pastel.  I restrained myself.

Well today is beautiful, I am off to sit on the deck, read the paper and just enjoy this beautiful morning, and who knows what the rest of the day holds.

Are you a Foodie

When I was younger and living at home, I would not eat anything new or different.  Now truthfully we never had red peppers at our house, maybe you couldnt get them back in the dark ages.  Anyway

I totally will try anything now, I love red peppers, all kinds of peppers, nothing is off limits to try .  I love all different kinds of veggies and fruit, I could be a vegetarian if I did love meat so much.

What veggie have you tried lately that you think I should try, I need some new veggies in my life.

building an ark

need to borrow the ark that the guy in the Netherlands built

need to go and buy some mosquito netting to cover my body

after all this rain

hubby and I going out for lunch today

and thats all the news there is

Making time for Me

Can you believe it today is July 19......summer is flying by and i haven't done all the things I want to do.  I don't want summer to rush by and not for me to enjoy the beauty of an early morning, or a late night on the deck just being.  God do I sound like a nut or what?  I am going to make a conscious effort from now to the end of August, to enjoy every sunny moment, every sunset.  The other day my friend and I were discussing our ages and really how much good time we have left So I want to savour every day I have left on this planet.  I don't want to be 85 and say I wish I had sat on the deck and just enjoyed the moment.  So this is my plan, I am going to be on the computer less, still posting on my blog and still checking my blogs, but not just picking up the computer because I don't know what else to do.  I am going to ensure that I sit on my deck every morning that it is sunny, read the paper at leisure in my jammies, and savour a diet coke, get dressed when I want to.  I am going to have lighter meals for dinner, (last night we had cold chicken, 4bean salad (from the deli) french bread, corn on the cob, fresh green salad.  Not a lot of work, and not alot of clean up, and eat on the deck. Tonight I am going out with my friend Gail or I met on the blog, and we are going to have dinner and do some window shopping.  Its time to make time for your friends.  So that is the start of me making time for me.  Any other suggestions?

Hot Dog Monday

The other day with the shopper we went and had a Nathans

Hot dog, I of course had never heard of them, but

the shopper had,  They were okay I don't know about

the claim world famous.  Anyway I didn't get the

paper they came in dirty.  Always picking up

scraps, I tucked away in my purse and a card is born.

Here are some pictures of a canvas in progress, click

on pictures to make them bigger.  I was painting

on the deck

born this way

This is not an ICAD, this is an art journal page.  All vegetarians

look away.  Well yesterday was hot, sunny, hubby went to

the football game with friends, and I went to the Red

Lobster with friends.  I happen to love seafood and they have

the best at Red Lobster.  

Well all things back to normal tommorow, hubby is back to work.  And I am back

to working on my courses.  Cant do to much with hubby around, were always

doing something around here that needs doing.

I found a really neat idea on making a cake tier thingy

from the dollar store, that I might try out today

here is the link, try it and let me know what you think

http://www.joyshope.com/2010/06/carnival-of-tiered-trays.html

Hip Hip Horray 45 days of ICAD and counting

I didn't believe I could do it, but its 45 days and counting.

I have been doifng these small Index Cards and

having a blast doing them.  I like working small,

its like small works of art.  After posting them

I have been putting them in a Rolidex, and displaying them

for all to see, in my family room.  What are you going

to do with your cards?

Home Home on The Range

For those of you who do not know where I live in Canada, I live in Alberta.

It is called a prairie province, because its flat, there are many farms

in this province, and lots of Cattle, we are known to have the best

beef in Canada

Well yesterday the dentist, was good, I got Thur it and its over and today I feel great.  I also won the item that I was bidding on at EBAY that to Julie at Lost Luggage as she told this great site that you go to and they bid for you.  Its called esnipe.com if you want to check it out.

Well today since I feel so good, I am off in a trail of dust, places to shop at

places to spend hubby's hard earned dollars, lunch with friends to be eaten,

so until the big celebration of 45 days of ICAD cards I will talk to you tommorw