Coffee Mugs Fun

Good morning to you!

Well, with so many coffee mugs, perhaps you'll head to the kitchen for a cup. My day doesn't start without it!

I did these mugs on Thursday. After I made the mug, I decided to see how many different ways I could design it.

My computer is really slow this morning. I had to reboot just to get on the internet. Everything is running sluggishly. Ugh!

We've had a little rain the last couple of days, which we needed badly.

The kittens love to come up and lay on my deck now. I guess the warm wood feels good to them.

I am watching them through the glass door, and learning the personalities to several of them.

There is one little black kitty with white paws on the it's hind legs ... and he/she is a real character. There is always one in the bunch. This one loves to chase its tail, and it will do so on the very top step. How it manages NOT to fall down them is beyond me. And if the others are sprawled out sleeping, this one loves to go pounce on another and begin biting and playing.

There is also "the little princess" or "prince". This one prefers the comfort of one my cushy chairs instead of the warm slats of the deck floor. That one has to be a girl!

I took pictures though my glass window. The glass does interfer though. But, if I open the door, they run off to hide.

They won't be little much longer. My husband says, "Well. I guess you have more cats now." I don't really. They just "live" out there.

Have a great day! See you tomorrow!

Space Kitty Stationary

Good morning,

It is Friday!!! Only fourteen hours till the weekend, if you get off at 5 pm today.

This is a day off for me. I spent most of yesterday playing in psp. Didn't open Cosmic Blobs at all, although I love the program.

This is stationary to the left. Space kitty is a combo of kaleis and using my wacom.

The more I use my wacom, the more I love it. That pen is fantastic once you get used to drawing with it.

I hope you have a great Friday.

See you tomorrow.

Framed Summer Flowers

Good Thursday Morning!

The picture this morning started off with this butterfly. I haven't done much with my new Wacom Graphire Tablet and Pen, so I was trying my hand at freehand drawing.

I took it and another creation and then began kaleidoscoping. I came up with numerous new designs which I just loved.

Hence, all the flowers.

Little by little, my new creation took shape. Playing here and there, I arrived at this final composition.

I was going to put a title on it, but couldn't think of anything to add. So, I left it alone.

I'm off today, but need to see a dentist. Not a wonderful thing to do on a day off. But sometimes necessary.

I hope you have a really great day.

See you tomorrow!

Happy 4th of July!

Good morning!

It was a noisy evening last night. And will be for the next several, I'm afraid. But, I really don't mind.

My grand-
daughter stayed the evening, and she's still asleep. Shhhh! (She'll want to play on my computer!)

I wanted to make something that was red, white, and blue. It started with making the border at the far left, and kaleidoscoping the design for the other effects.

Our poor city is very dry this year. Reports on the radio warned patrons that this year, the police would be on the lookout for unsanctioned fireworks, as it is just too dry, and they don't want a lot of fires.

My daughter went downtown to the Red, White, and Boom last night with a friend. I've done that, many years ago. It is beautiful, but the getting in to find a place to view it, and the getting out is just too much! I'm sure it will be on tv, so I'll just watch from the comfort of home.

A note on the kittens. They are growing up. They wander around throughout the day now, but come home to our yard every so often. I don't see them all so much anymore. I don't think they have homes though, as they are still wild. Mama kitty still comes for food at my deck door though, and I've found more birds and feathers around lately.

Have a really great 4th today. This starts a mini-vacation for me today. I don't go back till Monday. I had hoped to get all the "regional accounting tech" work done for all the U.S. before I left work yesterday, but alas, the phones were too busy.

There are only two "regionals" in my office. We each handle 3 of the regions that make up the 6 across the U.S. Since the other regional was out on Monday and Tuesday, I was handling her work. We had 2 days of daily work left for the month of June. I got the first day done easily, but yesterday was impossible. I got my work pulled, but the system I needed kept "booting" me out. I don't understand that as many people were off, so I just have to assume they were busy loading it throughout the day. I left most of the last day for the regional returning. We do our work to give to the techs that input. All the work that comes in starts and ends with us. So there will be spreadsheets and filing away the month's work when I get back.

Again, have a great 4th! Keep it safe! And I'll see you tomorrow!

Kalei-riffic!

Good morning,

Okay, it is NOT Wednesday yet. But we are looking forward to a great one this week, as it will be the Fourth of July. And that means a holiday!

So I threw together this little kalei-riffic creation in honor of tomorrow.

Make it a great Tuesday! See you tomorrow.

Fairies

Good morning,

This fairy is for Monday.

Simply playing around as usual, and came up with this little character.

Hope your Monday was great!

Back in a minute for Tuesday.

Vacation On A Fantasy Planet

Good morning,

This creation started just as an experiment in painting colors. I tried one effect after another, and eventually I saw a picture developing. I then had a goal to aim for.

This is a fantasy space planet. This little creature is renting a wilderness habitat shack on unusual wheels. She is visiting a lake crater in a very unusual desert on the planet of Mapo.

It is a spacescape.

This planet has a blue sun and a very animated mountain in the background.

I experimented some with shading and textures which is always fun.

My granddaughter is here this early morning. Her mom had an "afternoon" date for lunch, and Taylor asked before-hand if she could spend the night. She's a treat to have around, and I said it was fine with me, if it was fine with her mom. Her mom said okay.

She had a fun day, feeding and coaxing kitties. We fed them a can of tuna, which I only reserve for Taylor days. It is so cute to hear her out back singing and talking to the kittens. She so desires to pet and hold one, but they are wild. They do seem to find her entertaining though. Maybe it's because she's a "little person", even though she is quite tall for her age. Tall and skinny! And beautiful -- like her mom.

Her most adoring thing to do while staying here is to play on my computer. She spent most of the day doing so. Mostly games. She loves games.

She was allowed to eat lunch (thanks, mom) from McDonald's menu yesterday, which is a real treat for her as she follows a "no wheat, gluten-free" diet with her mom. Of course, she then had to put up with the stomach ache that came with it.

For the evening meal, I decided we'd head back to the diet. I needed to shop for dinner items, but Taylor was too busy to leave the computer to go with me -- a first. I gave her the option to stay home, which she gladly took. After all, grandpa was here.

We had a wonderful dinner of steak, mashed potatoes, limas, and corn. She thought the limas were "yucky", and made the most wonderful faces of disgust as I make her eat at least 1 lima.

She was so absorbed in playing that when the ice cream man came on our street, I thought she would play right through his passing. I waited and waited until I was afraid we'd miss him. I wandered down the hall and said, "I hear something." She listened intently and her eyes lit up. "Yes we can!" I smiled at her. Out we ran to get her dessert.

And now she sleeps, although I must be very quiet. While she sleeps like a log at home, I think she always keeps one ear peeled to her grandmother's early morning "stolen" minutes, when I can take refuge in my computer for awhile.

She tinkered around with Cosmic Blobs yesterday, but found the games to play more enticing. After all, when in Cosmic Blobs, she needs her grandmother's help. And grandma's hands just get in the way too much. I must work on this.

I imagine we'll see my daughter sometime this morning after breakfast. I still have to find time to go grocery shopping, and then cook up my meals for the week as well as do some laundry. The day will go fast, and the weekend will end way too quickly.

But we're all looking forward to the Fourth of July and some time off. I am making a long weekend next weekend by adding Thursday and Friday and acquiring a full 5-day vacation. Others at work are taking Monday and Tuesday, so this is the long weekend for them.

Have a great Sunday! See you all tomorrow -- bright and early!