A little further along

Added some darks. Now in the refining stage. Got to straighten out the horizon and buy a sunflower so I can look at the details. Getting there, but has to sit a few days. Too wet to work with right now.

VD Favorite Post Secret

Happiness isn't in a marriage, but I do like the waiting for happiness part. Happiness is a sole pursuit, and once it's found within yourself, then you can share it with someone. Don't wait for someone to "complete" you.

 Miss Chloe, at the Seaford Bowling Lanes, enjoying a Pepsi in between handstands and the occasional rolling of a bowling ball.

 And there it goes. Thank goodness for gutter guards.

I gotta say, these weren't bad for bowling shoes.

Another update on "Suns". Still working.

All or nothing

I get irritated when people quote the bible to prove an (often political) point, especially the conservative ones. The way I look at it, either we adhere to EVERTHING in the bible, or we use it as a guideline to living a good life. Basically, we adhere to the golden rule, and live our lives making wise, compassionate choices that suit us and harm no one.

Here's an example of what I mean:

"A marriage shall be considered valid only if the wife is a virgin. If the wife is not a virgin, she shall be executed."
Deuteronomy 22:13-21

There are other passages that refer to selling daughters into slavery, sacrificing sons, and not approaching the alter of God if there are faults...such as baldness, faulty eyes, being "unclean"....ya get the picture.

When I asked my minister years ago about dinosaurs, which Dustin was very into at the time. She sighed and told me that the bible was a story...told and retold over the years. Basically telling me not to be so literal. (Hard one for me, but okay....I can do that.) What gets me is what I mentioned above. Those who take it literally...but only the sections that appeal to them. Ya can't pick and choose. It's all or nothing. Unless you like the "guideline" idea. Which I do.

Beebe Art Auction 2012

This is a progression of photos documenting a painting in progress for the Beebe Art Auction. I was fortunate enough to be chosen as the Featured Artist this year. I chose an unusually sized canvas, for fun. Can't tell you the theme of the night, but this fits. Will post more as the painting progresses. This is all done in palette knife, and is basically just being roughed in at this point.

David Gilmour

So, so you think you can tell

Heaven from Hell,
Blue skies from pain.
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

And did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl,
Year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
And how we found
The same old fears.

Wish you were here.

Love it when January flies by

Yes, it's almost over....January. February usually goes fast because it's short. March....well, that's another story. Part of why January has flown by is because of the rehearsals for "I Hate Hamlet". We've been at it since before Christmas. Rehearsals start right after work and usually go till about ten, which makes for a very busy day. But a busy day means an occupied mind, which means I'm not obsessing about it being dark at 5, and freaking cold. We opened this weekend, and it went well. But now that rehearsals are over, that means I need to get back to painting. Keep those hands and mind OCCUPIED!!

This Jesus Post Secret is dedicated to all the political candidates stumping at the moment. Let's see...we have Newt, who is like a bad blast from the past. Mr. Family Values himself, who is on wife #3, after dumping #1 and #2 when they got sick, and asking to "swing" with the second one. What a tool. Mitt Romney...well, he seems pretty harmless. Just your typical rich, vanilla Republican....and Santorum. Now, he's scary. Huge bible thumper who probably should have been born a pilgrim. His puritan (seemingly....he's probably a freak) views are scary enough when applied to just him and his family, but when he wants to spread that throughout the country, it makes me quake in my boots. A woman shouldn't be president because it upsets the natural order of the family?? Whaaaat?

 This is Esther, who is playing Lilian in "I Hate Hamlet" Look at that girl! She's awesome. 91 years old and knows her lines, her entrances, her cues. A consumate professional who has really got her sh*t together!

Felicia Dantine and Gary Peter Libowich. (Jerry Cox)

 James Davis, playing the lead as Andrew Rally. This boy is going places.

 Abby Toomey, playing Deidre, the 29 year old virgin.

Richard Huffman, playing John Barrymore and Linda Killion, our director extraordinaire.

Chloe

Here's a pic from the Cape Gazette showing Chloe looking very excited about her soccer ball from the Legg family.

She's such a sweetie.