Happy Birthday, Gene, and the End Sketch

 

Happy Birthday Gene!! 

Gene with the Thunderbird he won at The Bugle Boy a few years ago.  We had fun with that and donated it back to them so they could trade it for a new roof on the building. 

  

Today is Gene's 31st Anniversary of his 50th birthday.  He can tell you a story about thinking he wouldn't survive to 50 so he celebrates the anniversary.  We went to a routine test for me in Austin this morning.  This afternoon we will meet Joanna for dinner at Murphy's Steakhouse in Winchester, Texas, and then to music at The Bugle Boy if we last that long.  I did buy tickets!  We will combine our birthday celebrations with the rest of the family like we used to when we were traveling during our birthdays.  That will be fun.  Always good to celebrate for a month!!

 

The end of Scavenger Hunt from Life 36 sure seemed to sneak up on me.  Number 37 will start today.  I put a couple of marks on the pastel I'm working on.  I'm working on two.  As you know I have a very difficult time going back or doing over so I'm wondering if I'll finish these or start a new one.  Any bets?

In the meantime it is sketching. 

I sketched at the imaging center.  I was so surprised to find something for this unusual item on the Hunt list.  It was "pertaining to coughing".  I didn't really think about hunting for that item.  We walked in the waiting room and sat down.  Across the room in a little corner was the sign,  Cover Cough, with instructions for coughing into your arm, etc.  I did not go read the fine print.  I sketched in the Ohuhu book with a Micron 02.

For Scavenger Hunt from Life 36

https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-36-aug18-26.4335/

Number 10, pertaining to cough

Tonight at The Bugle Boy we will see Natalie Price and Ben Jones.  I'm copying the info as the blurb will move after the show.

Described by Texas Music Magazine as “one of Austin’s most dynamic new singer-songwriters,” Natalie Price’s ethereal, one-of-a-kind sound refuses to fall neatly into one category. Just as comfortable dabbling in Americana or folk as she is indie-pop, her music is perhaps best encapsulated by its deep-seated humanity. “Each of her songs takes you on this journey,” says No​ë​lle Hampton of Austin’s The Belle Sounds. “They capture not one emotion, but many — [reflecting] what the listener needs to feel.” For her Bugle Boy debut this weekend, Price will be sharing the stage with her friend and fellow Austin-based songwriter Ben Jones. A native of the U.K., Jones is of course no stranger to our listening room, having performed here a number of times as half of the crowd-pleasing duo Beat Root Revival (with Andrea Magee). But he’s also an accomplished solo artist with years of touring on his own under his belt — and a brand new album, this spring’s Souvenir, to spotlight on what promises to be a wonderful night of song swapping.

Eating at Winchester which is always fun and should be delicious.

Murphy's Steakhouse  https://www.eatatmurphys.com/