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Sunday, March 5, 2023

A Bit of a Landscape

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I haven't painted much in recent months, or at least posted anything. So here we go... The beginnings of a sky, using the "Gamblin ...
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Monday, February 6, 2023

Gobi Matar

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I haven't posted on cooking in a while. Or much of anything for that matter. But I have been a bit obsessed with learning to cook more I...
Monday, January 30, 2023

Hiking, in the Best Way Possible

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In the Fall semester, Grace was able to go on a couple of day hikes with a UDel hiking club. When she came home for her extended winter brea...
Sunday, January 29, 2023

Relief

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Health issues are always a concern, even if they affect our pets and not the people we love.  Boys and Bones Ryder's couple of lumps and...
Saturday, January 28, 2023

So Many Things

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The Phillies got to the World Series, in spectacular fashion. And lost. To a better team. Which I suppose I have to live with. Six trips to ...
Monday, August 8, 2022

The 1980 Phillies

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The 40th anniversary celebration of the 1980 Phillies world championship team, the first in franchise history, happened over the weekend. It...
Thursday, July 7, 2022

Milestones Aplenty

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Grace graduated high school, as noted previously. Then turned 18. Then had a big graduation party at our house. Then had a new student orien...
Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Graduation Day

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At the Bob Carpenter Center on the University of Delaware campus, Grace participated in what we hope to be the first of two graduations on t...
Saturday, May 28, 2022

Alan White, RIP

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Sad to hear that Alan White, drummer for Yes , died recently at the age of 72 after a brief illness. White replaced Bill Bruford when Brufor...
Friday, May 27, 2022

Senior Prom, part 1

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Tonight was Grace's senior prom. Senior Prom We had a whole host of kids and their parents over to our house for pictures beforehand, so...
Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Northeastern (and Bust)

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Going into college application season, Grace had a bunch of schools that she wanted to apply to, for various reasons, and a smaller subset o...

So Close to Graduating

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The ramp-up to Grace's graduation has been a surreal time. There are AP exams. Days of watching movies in class. College tours. Choosing...

Sunrise Over the Hills

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Enough is enough. No more tweaking this painting Sunrise Over the Hills (oils on canvas, 20 by 30) I'm relatively pleased, but one way o...
Saturday, May 14, 2022

Sunrise, Part 3

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A few more tweaks today.  Sunrise Over the Hills (oils on canvas, 20 x 30 inches) Break up the sunrise blob. Fix the foreground a bit. Not q...
Thursday, May 12, 2022

Happy Painting part 2

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I took about 10 minutes this evening to tweak a few things with this work in progress. Sunrise Over the Hills, part 2 (20 x 30 oils on canva...
Wednesday, May 11, 2022

Happy Painting

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At the end of an often-long day, I paint because it relieves stress and makes me happy. Sunrise over the Hills (oils on canvas, 20 by 30 inc...
Friday, April 22, 2022

Painting Again

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It's been too long since I have painted anything in oils (or any media for that matter). My normal painting space, so as not to be shut ...
Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Selection Day

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After weighing her various options and visiting the campus again yesterday for a small group tour, my not-so-little girl has accepted a Trus...
Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Daughter Does Disney

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It's been a long time since posting. Life has been full, and busy, which is a good thing. We are all well, which can't be assumed th...
Friday, January 28, 2022

Here We Go Again

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We will never ever ever ever get a dog. So... Meet our second dog. Flynn is a ~7 month old Corgi (terrier) and Beagle (hound) mix. As near a...