storm clouds

August 16, 2014

The rain is coming

August 15, 2014

A storm is brewing

August 13, 2014

Hi.

August 11, 2014

Back at the Vet

At the last Vet visit, the Vet lowered the dosage on my cat's prescription, so a week later we had to go back to the Vet for a recheck. 

On that visit, I also found out that my cat had lost even more weight since the beginning of the year. One of the Vet's assistants suggested that I feed her baby food. She LOVED the baby food. But even so, I was very surprised on the recheck visit, to find out that she had actually gained some weight back. Kitty went from 2.8 pounds up to 3.2 pounds in a week. Even the Vet was surprised that she had gained weight. Baby food for the win!

August 9, 2014

Selfie

Or as us old-timers call them... self portrait.

August 8, 2014

Today is...

Blue skies and poofy clouds.

August 7, 2014

Outside

She's an indoor cat that is afraid of her own shadow. 

But there is just something about rolling around on the concrete outside that turns her into the boldest of cats. That is of course, until she sees her shadow.

August 6, 2014

At the Vet

I had to take my cat to the Vet for a check-up before I could get a refill on her medication.

Poor kitty has lost about 1 pound since January. She has always been small. At the most, maybe 7.5 pounds. But back in January, she was down to 3.7 pounds and now she is at 2.8 pounds. She really didn't have any extra weight to lose.

August 2, 2014

Hello, August

Hello, August.

Here you are pretty much halfway over and I am finally getting around to posting for The August Break. Well... it is a "break," isn't it?

It's the middle of monsoon season here in the desert. I don't think it has rained as much this year as it has in the past. If you don't know, rain is really a pretty big deal around here. Like scream and shout and tell every person you see that a few rain drops fell, kind of big deal.

The monsoons have caused the cactus flowers to bloom again.

August 1, 2014

Index card a day 2014

Today is the last day of July and that means the end of the Index-card-a-day challenge for 2014.

This was my 3rd year doing the challenge. I had all these ideas that I wanted to try on my index cards this year. But life got in the way and things kept coming up that kept me from really doing anything more detailed or artistic with my cards other than using markers and pens. I still enjoyed the challenge though and was able to complete 11 cards. I will most definitely continue to play along in the future.

To see all my ICAD 2014 posts click here or click on a thumbnail below to get a closer look of a particular card.

No. 1

No. 2

No. 3

No. 4

No. 5

No. 6

No. 7

No. 8

No. 9

No. 10

No. 11

icad 2014 :: Index card a day No. 11

I bought a new pen. :-)

Supplies: Pentel liquid gel ink

icad 2014 :: Index card a day No. 10

I have to say that out of all the index cards that I have created for this year's ICAD challenge, this one is my favorite so far.

I really do love this challenge. I wish that I had been able to create an index card every day but it just didn't work out that way this year. I can't believe that this year's challenge is almost over. Only 10 more days to go!

Supplies: Bic Mark-it markers

 

 

 

icad 2014 :: Index card a day No. 9

Index card No. 9 is another doodle.

I didn't want to deal with marker bleed and I didn't want to use black ink. So, I decided on my trusty blue ink pen. It didn't work out as well as it has in the past. The pen didn't want to work on the index card paper and it took a lot longer to fill in my doodles. 

Supplies: Uni-ball Signo 207

icad 2014 :: Index card a day No. 8

I really love the look of Mandalas. They are so intricate. I would love to be able to draw them.

My drawing ability is not very precise and it is even less so when working with markers that bleed. I love the colors of the Bic Markers but I hate that they bleed. I end up having to work very quickly and the end result is not very clean.

I am amazed at the people that can doodle using markers that bleed (like Sharpies or Bic). Their finished projects always look so good. I really need to learn their secret on how to stop the marker bleed.

Supplies: Bic Mark-it marker

icad 2014 :: Index card a day No. 7

I have really dropped the ball when it comes to creating index cards for this year's ICAD challenge. I haven't been creating that many cards this year and it is taking me forever to photograph the few that I have done.

I created this index card last month. It's about time that I shared it. It doesn't help that my computer just gave me the dreaded blue screen of death right in the middle of trying to write this blog post causing me to re-write the entire thing. Not that this is a super long blog post or anything.

This card is a simple black ink doodle. I kept thinking it still needed something more. But now, I am embracing all the white space.

Supplies: Zig Millennium pen

from where i stand

I ❤️ clouds

icad 2014 :: Index card a day Nos. 5 and 6

I have a couple of index cards to share with you today.

I am such a slacker. I have been so slow with taking and uploading my index card photos. It takes an hour or so for my computer to even acknowledge that my camera is even connected and that makes downloading pretty much a chore, so I try to do it as little as possible.

I am still playing with markers on these 2 cards. I really do need to get out of this rut and be creative with something other than just markers.


Index card no. 5

Supplies: Bic Mark-it markers

Index card no. 6

Supplies: Bic Mark-it markers, Zig Millennium pen

Another Monday post

Here it is, another Monday.

My short vacation is over and I am back at work. Which basically means that I won't have time to do anything creative until super late at night.

I had hoped to be super creative during my days off but instead I shampooed the carpet in my house.

It took me 3 days.

I am tired.

In fact, all the furniture is still pushed into one corner of the living room. I am secretly hoping that everything will be magically moved back into its proper place by tomorrow morning when I wake up.

Update: When I got home from work today, I walked through the door and every piece of furniture was already moved back into its rightful place. Gotta love that magical furniture moving elf.