Butterfly lll

Here's the last of 3-piece set.  They were fun to do, a little tricky, screwed up 3 others.

All hung.  Ready for next project.

Slim

Slim recently joined our household.  He's 5' tall, weighs in at 21 pounds.  He's severely underweight, which is probably the reason he becomes light-headed at times. 

Slim's job is to shed light on Trish's jigsaw puzzle today.  She cranks up Slim's dimmer - and he becomes even more light-headed than usual.  We dim Slim some sometimes, like when we watch TV in the evening.

The picture shows him hiking, but he's frequently seen arms akimbo, showing dismay, doing the funky chicken and so on.  He's very expressive.

Home Improvement

We did a couple outdoor improvements awhile back and are quite pleased with how they came out.

First, we added permanent shades and access doors to the SE side of the patio.  It provides sun and wind protection, and adds privacy. 

And then we have the new Bark Park, a place for Trish and the 'kids' to hang out.  It's at the rear of our lot, an unused space that's now getting a lot of use.  They spend an hour or two out there every day, weather permitting - and it permits most of the time. 

That's not real grass, in case you were wondering.  It's high-end artificial stuff, professionally installed.  LHC population is 52,000, which doesn't include several thousand seasonal visitors that own homes here, but are citizens of other states or Canada.  So, the number of homes is a lot higher than the population would indicate.  And I doubt that even one out of a thousand homes has a real grass lawn.  When Minnesota relatives come to visit, we have to take them to one of the many parks every other day or they suffer severe grass withdrawal, get twitchy and irritable.  Pathetic.

Butterfly II

This is my second acrylic chain pull butterfly.  Will do one more, then move on.   Metallic paints don't show well in pictures but are dynamite on the wall in direct light.  This one has gold on top, silver on bottom.

Parker Goes to Sea

Trish took Parker out in the kayak for the first time yesterday.  Unlike Artie on his maiden voyage, Parker did not attempt to walk on water.  She was well prepared, had her PFD on, also doggles to protect her eyes from the glare off the water.  She's a smart little bitch.  And way cool, to boot.

Butterfly

My fourth attempt at acrylic pour butterfly and second attempt using the chain pull method; the first one was terrible so I wiped it off the canvas before it dried.  This has several minor flaws but still pretty enough to hang.

Despite the name butterfly I've yet to see a single one making butter.

Nor eating butter, for that matter.

Blossoms

My enthusiasm for trying various acrylic pour techniques has long since exceeded the available wall space to hang the finished paintings.  I've given dozens away to family and friends.  This latest batch of chain pull paintings will be donated to our pickleball club as a fundraiser, silent auction item.  It'll be interesting to see what people think they're worth.

The one below is metallic paint, which doesn't really come through in photos.

It really pops out when light shines on it.