Time Flies

It seems like  winter has been here for ever.  But now that spring has sprung, the grass is showing and the snow is melting.  The
temperatures have risen, and the socks have come off.  Yep the socks now will stay off until the snow flies again, in October.

Today I am linking to paint party friday......http://paintpartyfriday.blogspot.com/2019/03/paint-party-friday-week-3-year-9-check_22.html

talk to you all soon

lee

Spring has sprung

Hello,

Are you welcoming the first day of spring.  I am, its really nice here, and the snow is melting.  

Did you know that I swim 4-5 times a week.  Well I do, I hate
exercise, but I do like to swim, so that is what I do.  I go for
an hour a day.  It gets me out of the house, and I see the same
old regulars at the pool, and we chat, and its just nice.  It helps
relieve any stress that i might have.

Had a birthday last week, and it was really nice.  Had the kids (ha kids there in there 30s) and the mother in law.  We ordered Pizza,
I made Cesar salad, and my daughter made cupcakes.  Very low
key and that  is what I wanted.  Not to much cooking, and just
being with the people I love. I received a great gift of new luggage, so beautiful, easy to push, and lightweight to start.  My old suitcase was heavy with nothing in it.  Will be great for the NYC trip.

Well should go, and put some chicken in the oven. Will talk soon.

lee

Swimming against the tide.....

Hello


Hey how are you all doing.  This week has really been a trial by fire.  I finally decided to quit Etsy. It was a big decision as how else can I sell my art online.  I am checking a few things out.  Though to be completely honest I hardly made any money.  I offered free shipping to attract customers.  I gave myself a year on Etsy to see how things were going and if they weren't going good I was going to quit.  Well the other day I made a small sale, 5.00 but it was in the city about 3 hours away.  Well by the time etsy had got there payments I had made .32 cents.  It was at that moment, I realized it was time.  Maybe my art is not up to snuff,but its mine, and I think
its worth more than .32 cents.

So its done.....I am thinking of  creating my own website and selling my stuff there.  Lots to think about

Anyway I am linking to Paint party Friday http://paintpartyfriday.blogspot.com/

just pecking along

Well hello, and if your reading this welcome.

I have been busy with Dr. appointments, when you get older thats
all you do is see the Doctor.

Sold another print, to someone in Calgary the other day, which
is a city  about 3 hrs away. Etsy as changed there account policy, I still have not figured it out.  The print was 5 dollars, and the amt I was pd was .35 cents.  So you do you think its worth my time and effort to sell on etsy anymore.  So in all the print I sent to Calgary, cost me money.  Because in part of the cost of the card
I offer free shipping.
So I thinking long and hard about just getting off of etsy.

so thats its for today, my thoughts on etsy

lee

International Woman's Day a day late

These are some of the women I have been working on for my
series "Women of the World"  they are all 5x7 , I have few more
that I have not included in this collage. I enjoy working on a series,  as you can just focus on that.

Just short and sweet today, as I just got in, and have to throw dinner together.  I am making stuffed mancotti, made the sauce yesterday,
so its half done already .

till next time 
 lee

OOlala

When I painted this little lady, I imagined her as a french
girl, running out with her scarf to buy groceries.  I painted a whole series of international women, so far I think 14.

I am linking to Paint Party Friday http://paintpartyfriday.blogspot.com/

My life in a nutshell

I like drawing kinda of wacky cityscapes and then put lots of color in them.

I like painting with acrylics instead of watercolor because the color is more intense with acrylics

I love the paintings of Bernard Buffet and Modigliani

I am really not a Picasso fan

I sell some art on Etsy   but don't know how people can say they make money on it

I  have a home studio in the basement

I have been married 45 years to the same man ----I know right yes some days I would trade him in

I have one child ---a girl----who is 30 and married

I have been to Europe, Mexico, USA, and the Caribbean.

I am going to New York for a week in May...I have never been there

I live in Canada, and its snows and is cold here in the winter

I live in a house which we own

I am retired after working at the same job for 35 years.....I know so adventurous

I have a few select friends that I have been friends with for over 35 years

I am on a perpetual diet

I love to cook, and I love to experiment with food

I love to cook low fat,,,,,,favourite website to cook from Skinnytaste

A few things about me,,,,,,you didn't know....or probably never wanted to know

lee

Technology sucks

 

Just got home from the pool, it was 1 degree in the pool.  Apparently there trying to fix it.  I would hope so.  I felt like one of those polar bear swimmers, I only swam for half hour that was plenty
long for me.

I sold another print, to someone in the next city over, which is a treat.  Since the post office
should deliver it in good time.  Our postal service in Canada is crap, it takes so long for
mail to get any where.

Tonight is a bit of a mish mash for dinner,ground turkey meatballs, rice pilaf, and vegetables.

So I have a fit-bit, this is the 2 one, the first one wasn't working correctly, so I took it back and got a new one, and this one the strap broke and I almost los it.  So this time I bought the hubster a Samsung gear fit2 just like a fit-bit, he goes everyday and exercises at the YMCA.  Well since we are not keeping up on the technology side of things, the fit gear wont work.  You either have to have a I PHONE, or something else.  Well I do have a iPad, and iPod, and none of these  will download what you need to get this thing working.  We dont have a I PHONE like the rest of the world, because we dont need one, truth be told, we are usually with each other.  So then my ipad  generation they are not updating anymore, my ipod is not the right generation.  So the hubster is not getting a fitbit.  I have to take it back.

You know i would get a iphone if i thought we needed one, but really we dont.  But it seems like
you cant do anything in this world, without being connected 24 hours a day.

ok enough bitching, I will talk to you all soon.

lee                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

A mixed Bag of talking and cooking

This is a mixed media piece I did on board awhile ago.  I have a thing for birds who dont look
like the average bird.

I have been in a art slump the past few months, it seems like I will do anything but do art.  I go down to the studio with intent, but all I do is move stuff around, throw stuff out, and dont make any
great marks on paper.  I think alot of people go through this or I hope a lot of artists have moments like this.  Because it makes me want to just pack it all in and move on.

Today I am prepping for dinner tomorrow, I am having my mother inlaw and my daughter and her husband.  I am making Lasagna in the crock pot, I have made this before and its delicious.  Sure there is some prep work but when you make Lasagna there always is.  I am having Cesar Salad, and for
dessert the most delicious thing ever, Brownie Cheesecake, so easy to make.The base is actually a brownie mix, so easy. Tonight its back ribs and rice pilaf. I saw a online video of them made in a crockpot with a can of root beer, and some bbq sauce.  Now I was going to make these, but there is
so much fat on ribs, that I usually simmer them on top of the stove, to make some of the fat, disappear. and then cook them in the oven.  So i am going with my method.

Also I hope to make it to the art store, for some much needed inspiration.  I go in there and soak in all the art supplies and hopefully I will feel the need to paint, or draw.

I am linking this bird to paint party Friday which I am joining again http://paintpartyfriday.blogspot.com

Ok enough whining and talking about food, now that I have put you in a coma, dont forget to
come back for more exciting talk from me.

lee