I gathered these turtles to my footstool several days ago and they sat there waiting to be sketched. Knocked them on the floor with my feet but they insisted on staying for the sketch.
Number 5 - turtles, the bigger ones are from South America and have been refired in our fire. The top left is a whistle with black gunk on its head. Both the ones on top were very colorful and now just pottery colored. The bottom left was the bright blue and white from Chile, so cute. The smallest is silver and I don't remember where it is from. It sits on Gene's desk so must have been a gift for him??
We stopped for take out at the Lakeline Cafe close to the house. It is an oooolllldd saloon with pool tables, smoking and dark and gloomy. Had to use a flashlight to sign the receipt. I ordered ahead to avoid the smoke but had to wait anyway. Should have waited outside, I'm still feeling smoky. The food is surprisingly good. The burger for Gene was done on the old fashioned flat grill. I had catfish basket which came with two huge pieces of catfish, hush puppies and fries. We also received a chocolate rose. It was hollow of course but a nice gesture. We had that for our Valentine's Day chocolate. Hope you had a nice time.
Baseball news .. no more art.
The Longhorns opened the season in Arlington at a tournament. They played the Louisville Cardinal and lost 4 - 3. They were ahead until the bottom of the 9th, 2-0. Louisville tied it up so the game went to the 10th inning. The Horns went ahead with a home run, but Louisville came back in the bottom and scored two runs. Such is life. The game was called by Craig Way and Keith Moreland. Always good to hear them. Thought of streaming the game but the service was sketchy so stuck with what we know and just listened.
I hope this isn't going to be like the last two years. The Horns lost all three games in the opening tournament. Tonight they play Old Miss and tomorrow night Oklahoma State. New coach and new players so wishing them well! Hook 'em Horns.
2 comments:
Cute sketches of the small turtles. I love that they survived the fire. The chocolate rose looks so tempting. I didn't get any Valentine's Day chocolate. I know what I'm like and if I have one piece I will eat the entire bag/box/bar, so I requested that Jerry not buy me candy. He likes the look of the big, fancy, heart-shaped boxes, but I just like sketching them. I'd prefer solid chocolate. lol
Thanks Joan. The turtles are sort of fun. The chocolate rose cut in half was like one bite each. Only a couple of inches long. Yes the boxes are always so nice. I prefer some good old Snickers. Although, I'm really liking dark chocolate.
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