Day 20,153 Assorted bits of today. Pearl in the alpaca, black dog salvage, satin moth at Dunkin’, deer at Sugarloaf Mountain, a visit to Happy Hollow Gardens Park with azaleas. A pretty full day! The in-laws are back at the Bay, so we certainly filled our Sunday up.
#doodle #azalea #walkies #nature #roanokeva
Day 20,152 ☀️🌸
A gentle Saturday. We went out with the in-laws and visited the first farmers’ market of the season. We admired all the Kwanzan cherry trees along the way. We picked up a few baked goods from @blacksburgbagels and some lovely plates and bowls from @ishadevinepottery.
Then we returned home to move the old couch out so the new couch could take its place. Pearl is enjoying all the hubbub and a little packing tissue from one of rhe bowls.
The in-laws are likely heading back to the Bay tomorrow morning, so hopefully we can have a little fun before they leave. CB is doing their taxes, so we will reconnect when they are finished. With any luck, that will be before too long.
#SaturdayVibes #FarmersMarket #misspearl #HomeImprovement #doodle #woodsybear #cryptid
#cappyspace does brilliant work. I love the green aquatic folks called #Brynelords and #mischievers. Fab sculpts, and I am a sucker for his colors. #glyoscompatible #glyos #modulartoys https://www.instagram.com/p/C5ZcjhFOGio/?igsh=ZHRqeTJkNGIxYzdq
Day 20,151 🌳🌸🌼 Took a little trip to Green Hill park and areas nearby to get some fresh air and look at some of the local flora and fauna. The kwanzan cherry trees and dogwoods were especially lovely, and the bluebell and trillium were in heavy bloom along with a nice dosage of phlox here and there. Of course, we brought the in-laws and @maximillian_deersteak along on the trip. We made sure to stop by @bohobake bakery for some delicious cookies. (The lemon blueberry scones are really yummy.) #naturelover #springtime #outdoors #doodle #salemva #kwanzancherry #apr052024 https://www.instagram.com/p/C5ZMhMTud2a/?igsh=b3RkNm04Z3djcXow
Day 20,150 Pt went well, but still no word on the brace. Going to have to pursue it. Taco salad night with the inlaws, making use of last night’s chili. Spending the evening with crime dramas from the BBC.
#doodle #flyingcarpet #apr042024
Today’s moments of Pearl: exploring the new couch and enjoying sunbeams around the house. Day 20,149 Rough day today, but she and her mother make things less so, thankfully. Chili on baked potato night—added bonus!
#roanokeva #catsofinstagram #tabbycatsofinstagram #stripedcatsofinstagram
Day 20,148
Careful, Icarus… Got our new ottoman and couch today. So far, so comfy!
Pearl hasn’t given it her seal of approval yet, but I’m confident that it will come soon.
#doodle #icarus #craigyferg #couch #april022024
Day 20,147 No April fools nonsense caught up with me today, and for that I am thankful. Swung by the doc, and it went reasonably well. Doodled a little grizzled old prospector while I was there, I should give him a donkey. Saw some nice redbuds today, and my first woolybear caterpillar of the season, too.
#doodle #cowboy #flower #caterpillar #prospector
Day 20,146
Reading some Silver Age comics, I stumbled upon the Spider-Man villain Mysterio (pardon the pun). I realized that I drew his gloves completely wrong; I forgot about the angular-styled gas gloves.
It might be fun to recolor it to make it more of a black light poster. I never did see the Spider-Man movie(s?) that featured him… even though he is in my top three baddies with Sandman and Doc Ock.
#doodle #quentinbeck #mysterio #spiderman #supervillain #mar312024
Day 20,145
It was dealers choice on the last monster / plant combo, so I went with Mothman Easter Lilies, just because of the region and the season. Another one that could stand more cleanup, but I’m already a day late. 🙂
#🦋🤵♂💐 #doodle #borolinamonsterspring24 #mothman #easterlily #monsterspring24 #monsterspring24mothman
Day 20,144
I saw a neat picture and figured I’d redraw it in my style.
I think the horses came out okay.
Maybe I’ll give it a few more passes to make it less of a doodle and more of a drawing. I have always preferred a cone beam to a cylinder.
It might be time to go back and play some Red Dead Redemption 2 again.
#doodle #cowboys #aliens #cowboysandaliens #roanokeva #mar292024 #rdr2
Day 20,144 Painted pig update – accidental university of Miami colors? Hooves are still gold from st Patty’s day, and a heart on the left rear cheek with LOL inside.
#salemva #paintedpig #traditionalart #mar292024 #pigstatue
Spoke to DC for a few minutes today. Apparently, he has drunk the Kennedy Jr. Flavor-Aid. He has gone down a misinformation rabbit hole from which forces greater than I will have to pull him.
He is still teaching at a private school, and we both spoke briefly about the old days of gaming, being old dudes (he is eight years older than me) with individual health concerns. We remained friendly or at least civil when it came to our differing beliefs and candidates. I imagine that 45 is going to take Florida’s vote anyway, and his and JC’s votes really wouldn’t turn the tide either way. I caught him up on Pearl and life in Virginia, talked about how proud I am of BHK’s work, and I think we had a pretty good time. He told me about his student gaming group, mostly Yu-Gi-Oh! and Magic: the Gathering, but some old-school Dungeons & Dragons in there as well.
Overall, I am quite disappointed in his mindset, but I am not surprised. No one should get all their information from social media, and his situation is even worse since he gets all of his information filtered through a private religious school and his spouse, who also believes that there really are Nigerian princes looking to share millions, that prosperity doctrine works, and that colloidal silver is some kind of wonder drug.
Florida has a concerning trend of misleading its people into joining anti-vaccination and anti-women’s health movements. It is regrettable that these guys, who are otherwise known for their kindness and generosity, fall victim to such misinformation. Fortunately, their influence is limited, preventing further escalation of the situation. However, it is disheartening to consider the possibility of one of them facing serious health consequences due to their misguided beliefs, and worse, treatment or lack thereof afterward.
This is probably the first time I’ve spoken to him since we moved to Virginia. I often come away feeling a bit sad, but what can I do? I only talk to him maybe yearly or every other year, and there are good spirits to be had too.
Day 20,143, regarding day 20,154.
The early afternoon of April 8, 2024, if you are in my neck of the woods. I don’t know where our eclipse glasses from 2017 are, probably at the old house. Next lunar eclipse for me is about a year from now, in 351 days, next solar eclipse after this one is in 75 years and 169 days…. might not make it to that one.
2nd image via timaanddate.com (you can enter your own region to get specifics for your locale)
https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/usa/roanoke
#doodle #eclipse #roanokeva #totaleclpse #partialecplise
Today’s moment of Pearl. Day 20,143.
#misspearl #catsofinstagram #tabbycatsofinstagram #stripedcatsofinstagram #sunbeamgravitywell