It is the birthday of our United States Marine Corps.
The Marine Corps ball was cancelled in Washington and other areas. That stinks! It is one of the neatest celebrations. I have photos in these posts:
https://jocastilloartblog.blogspot.com/search?q=marine+corps+birthday
Gene and I a few years ago!
David, Cole and ChristyThe official birthday of the United States Marine Corps is on 10 November 1775. That was the day when the Second Continental Congress established the Continental Marines with the following decree:[1]
Tun Tavern, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is regarded as the birthplace of the Corps as the location of the first Marines to enlist under Commandant Samuel Nicholas,[2][3][4] though it is disputed if a recruiting drive may have occurred earlier at Nicholas's family tavern, the Conestoga Waggon [sic].[5] When the Revolutionary War ended in 1783, the Continental Navy was disestablished, and with it, the Continental Marines. The Corps was re-established on 11 July 1798, when the "act for establishing and organizing a Marine Corps" was signed by President John Adams.[6]
“ That two battalions of Marines be raised consisting of one Colonel, two lieutenant-colonels, two majors and other officers, as usual in other regiments; that they consist of an equal number of privates as with other battalions, that particular care be taken that no persons be appointed to offices, or enlisted into said battalions, but such as are good seamen, or so acquainted with maritime affairs as to be able to serve for and during the present war with Great Britain and the Colonies; unless dismissed by Congress; that they be distinguished by the names of the First and Second Battalions of Marines. ”
https://www.cmc.marines.mil/Birthday/
This is David when he came home after bootcamp, and the rest of us except Gene. Was he taking the photo?
Happy Birthday to the Marines and to our favorite Marine, son David!
Here is the message from the commandant this year. Scroll down to watch a 10 minute movie about the Marines. https://www.cmc.marines.mil/Birthday/
A few photos of David, some I've posted before. He went in the Marines when he was 17. Whew.
David as a new Marine.
David and I on his first leave.
David and I when he was about a year old.
Michael Fay, Fire and Ice, scroll down to March 5, 2009 for a documentary about the Marine Corps Artists http://mdfay1.blogspot.com/
Kristopher Battles, Sketchpad Warrior http://kjbattles.blogspot.com/
I intended to sketch most of this Hunt at Jennie's in order to have some "new" items for sketching. That didn't happen so we are back to things I have sketched or drawn before. The sketches always come out different, hopefully, so it is not so boring.
I sketched in the big book at the dining table. I could see the inside of the hutch. Quite a few of the wine glasses on the middle shelf are in the dishwasher. We usually have wine every day.
For Scavenger Hunt 655 on wetcanvas. I will put a link and you can check out the Hunts. Most of us are putting up our sketches as attachments so they will be larger. If you are not a member, I don't think you see attachments. That is not a good way to get new members and visitors. After the big change, we have lost many regular sketchers and painters. The site is more cumbersome and was always hard to get to your destination without a link. Some of us are diehards and seem to just hang around and persevere.
https://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/topic/scavenger-hunt-655-nov-07-15/
If you can persevere, come on over and sketch with us. Most of the sketchers have been around since 2006-2007. Dedicated....
Number 4, glassware - The hutch in the dining room. There are a couple of Kachina Dolls on the top shelf. I keep them in there to keep the dust off. The glassware consists of glasses, the big plate, butter dish and salsa dishes, oh, and lids to the Corning Ware. I used a Micron 02 pen and a quick dash of colored pencil. So boring for me to go over and over things with colored pencil. I like color down and done .. are you thinking pastels, ink, oil paint? The oil paint needs to dry, though.
We had a quiet couple of days. Yesterday was Veterans Day and the day before was the Marine Corps Birthday. Shame on me for not posting. We are so thankful for our Marine, David, and for all the veterans in the family and friends. There are a bunch. At David's work they put a card, flag, candy and gum on his desk. They put signs in honor of the Veterans outside to welcome them to work. Very nice!
Behinder yet again.
Happy Birthday, Joanna. Yep, another year of celebrating Joanna's birthday. Hope she has a nice day. We did the celebrating last night because Bastrop had Patriotic Day yesterday. It looked like they had a great time with games, food, contests, music and ending with the great fireworks. They go all out for a small town. For the fireworks, we found a new vantage point by the library which seemed cooler on the hill and not right down at the river. We could hear the Elvis impersonator and the recorded music for the fireworks. They had a choir for the patriotic songs just before the fireworks but they were not boosted by speakers so we couldn't hear them very well. We do miss the Austin Symphonic Band, they used to come every year to Bastrop. Miss the trombones and cymbols.
We still had a good time with our New Mexican food dinner as requested by the birthday girl, uh woman. Doesn't seem possible. How time flies.
Here we are. Gene doesn't like the noise and crowds so he stayed home and watched the house. He said there were lots for fireworks very close by. We had a couple of inches of rain in the afternoon so at least there shouldn't have been any fires.
The evening was beautiful after the rain. You can see the roofs of the food area down below us. The fireworks were right over the middle trees. Beautiful.
These are some shots from a video Joanna took. Came out pretty good, don't you think?
Hope you all have a great day! So thankful for our troops and first responders! We thank them for our freedom.
Here is the Marine Corps band's version of Stars and Stripes Forever. Love it!
Home Front, Too
Pastel, 11 x 14 inches on Pastelbord
