Yes, Gene's anniversary. He celebrates the anniversary of his 50th birthday. Yesterday was his 32nd anniversary of his 50th birthday. Happy Birthday Gene!
I tried to cook some of the lunch the day before. I made a German chocolate cake, his favorite and then a pan of flan for those of us that are gluten free and don't like nuts (I can't imagine not liking nuts.). I prepared the enchilada casserole and made red and green chile. Yesterday was preparation of the beans, rice and fresh homemade flour tortillas. We had a good time, ate too much and now it is time to recuperate.
Sort of recuperate. Gene rode his trike this morning. I didn't want to ride the stationary bike so went to one of the benches by the westerly pond and sketched. Items on the Hunt were landscape and water view ( you know that would be on Joan's list). Another reason to go to the bench to not sketch the same old views from the porch.
I took a bag with my sketchbook, watercolors and a drink. Sat down, opened the sketchbook and no pen! Therefore, these sketches are in direct watercolor. The first one, water view is a bit on the pale side. I managed more color in the landscape sketch. These are in the Ohuhu mix media sketchbook with watercolor and waterbrushes.
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On our Hunts, Ai from Thailand often puts photos of her world and holds her sketches in front of them. I decided to try that. She hasn't posted on her blog in ages but you can see her great artwork there. http://aiarts.blogspot.com/
Our nightcaps a margarita for me and cabernet for Gene. He was showing off his new t-shirt referring to him falling down a lot. It says "I'm not clumsy. Its just the floor hates me. The tables and chairs are bullies and the wall gets in the way!" That's about the truth of the matter. He is lucky he hasn't broken anything, but his exercise keeps his bones strong I guess.
This was after our trace of rain the other day, so beautiful. We can sure use some more rain! It seems we are sharing the heat, though. Most of you are steaming today as well. There was some rain in our old hometown yesterday. Super!!
2 comments:
Please wish Gene a Happy Birthday for us! Sounds like you prepped a lot of food and it all sounds delicious. Ha,I knew you would end up doing direct watercolors at some point. You had an active day so the nightcap was a good ending. Gene's shirt made me smile...hope he and the floor stay friendly. :)
Joan, thank you. Gene had a good time. He loves having sassy t-shirts. Direct watercolor is interesting. I hope to try some more on regular watercolor paper with brushes. Pretty rested up now, so maybe a pastel sketch tomorrow.
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