Monday, April 29, 2024

Celebrate Mourning Doves

i love the soft coo of a mourning dove. I also find the soft taupe of their feathers facinating. I did two renderings from the same reference photo.

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Our Little Cottage

My parents built this shoebox style house in 1968. They probably designed it. it was burned down to make way for a more upscale home in 1980 or so by the new owners.
it was on West bluff drive -Keuka lake.

Saturday, April 20, 2024

Beware of Marijuana

When I was a little girl in the 70s, my parents smoked marijuana. I knew that they were doing it, but I wasn't allowed in the room with them. I can remember watching them from the stairway. I was very against marijuana till I turned about 16 and then I smoked at 33 times while in high school. When I was done with the 33 times I lay in bed one night and counted up all the times I had smoked. I decided I've had enough of it. All I did was feel sleepy with it so I spoke with my boyfriend and we stopped. I was pro legalization but now I have a different opinion. Smokers do not keep it in the privacy of their homes. They smoke while driving, putting everybody at risk. I wish I never smoked. I might not have gone psycho at age 26. gange be gone!

Sunday, April 14, 2024

On Trial

In 2013 i went on trial for texting my son some psycho babble about the end of the world where in I was trying to save my daughter in law. Somehow my daughter in law thought i was a danger to her chickens and goats. I love animals- this misunderstanding was beyind my comprehension.

Misunderstood

What's it like to be misunderstood? It is Hell. In 2013 I became manic. My family avoided me and then made some assumptions about me that were wrong. Because of this I was locked away for two months. I have never been homacidal or suicidal. I will admit to bizarre delusions about being an immortal being.

Adventure 2004

Just before my divorce in May of 2004 I went on a pilgrimage in honour of St Francis. I was a little mentally unstable and went off my medications. After my return a few months later In August I returned to Italy while trying to escape a rehospitalization. It was a lonely trip.
I stayed in a mental hospital in Perugia for 6 weeks. Very few people spoke English. The medications were very strong and I lost one week of consciousness. Eventually I came home with a medical escort.

Saturday, April 6, 2024

The Fortune Teller

Tim was a family friend. My mother got to know Tim and Ken through the furniture store contemporary trends in Victor New York in the 1970s. Ken and Tim were gay. They were Bohemian. I can recall one day they took me and my sisters out for pancakes on a Sunday morning. They had a great sense of humor, and we had a lot of laughs. One day, though, Tim had his crystal ball out and I asked him "what do you see about me ?"and he told me "it would curdle your blood."

Poppet Makers

My mother was very creative. She wasn't always a really nice person, but she was herself. She was comfortable in her skin. My mother was a very intense person, and she influenced me, like it or not. I'm usually pretty nice, though. I took the poppet making to a new level as I will share with my illustrations.

My First Date with Illustration

The Napkin

I need to draw and paint more. Today, while planning to make oxtail soup I did this painting of a napkin. My sheets are drying on the clothes line in the sunshine and earlier I did some stick removal from my yard.