ICAD 2 - 2013 - PEONIES

I picked this flower on my walk the other day

 and was looking forward to sketching it.

But for me, peonies are pretty daunting.

They are gorgeous but look at all those petals!

I just love the quote!

 I know nothing about this person Bashō,

so I went to Google to find out. 

Wikepedia says he 'was the most famous poet

of the Edo period in Japan and

that during his lifetime,

Bashō was recognized for his works

in the collaborative

 haikai no renga form; today, after

centuries of commentary, he is

recognized as the greatest

master of haiku (at the time called hokku).'

Great stuff!

 

 

Please take a few moments to check out some

of the other artist's cards and visit:

 

 

Happy Sunday and enjoy your day!
Take care,

Fran T xo

 

 

 

ICAD 1 - 2013 - starting off!

Wow, I can't believe that its June already.

Well, I've jumped in with two feet and
I'm going to participate in
 ICAD 2013

Woohoo!

Here's my first ICAD, below.
I got this from a quote on a fortune cookie.
I was going through last years ICADs for inspiration
and saw that fortune that 
I had glued on my card.

 

 

I couldn't find any loose cards that I had last year.

I had used colored index cards and

they were so cool to work with.

I have to dig some more, I know I have more.

Anyhow, I grabbed my son's spiral bound pad.

I kind of like that its in notebook form.

Maybe they make it in a larger 4x6 format,

because I really prefer the larger cards.

 

Be sure to check out the other cards!

Tammy has it so well organized.

You can post on your blog and link up to her blog.

You can post on Flickr, Facebook, Instagram...

go check it out!

 

Join in the fun:)

See you tomorrow!

 

Take care and enjoy this wonderful Saturday.

We're having a gorgeous day here on the island.

Fran T xo

Friday Finally

some bits of foliage left over from summer...fall is soon coming

I walked the dog tonight and was

picking at all my neighbors' plantings along the road and sidewalk.

My anniversary/September bouquet kicked the bucket so

I need something new to study.

I noticed the house at the corner has these terrific flowers but

the pots are on either side of the front door,

and I wouldn't dare, truly.

 

Earlier this morning I noticed down the block these amazing

morning glories but

1. I just couldn't pick it as it was true perfection and

 2. its broad daylight

I console myself by saying that I'll probably never 

capture that blue/purple anyway.

I found my stash of index cards from ICAD challenge from a while back.



 I have been following DPP at Daisy Yellow and

thought I saw 'circles' as a prompt..when

 I went back to link up my art to her blog, I couldn't

 find it as a prompt at all.. I'll just chalk that one up to a 40s-moment.

I found another stash of small pieces of watercolor paper I cut last winter.
 I didn't realize what a squirrel I am.



I'm glad this week is over. So many big unexpected things happened,

forcing the cash to fly out of my wallet. 

 I'm going look on the bright side and just say they were all improvements...

to the car, the kid's glasses...etc.

Half full, half full.

Have a totally FULL weekend!

DDP 42 Haiku

 

 

I have all these index cards from ICAD a few months back.

I'm working on DPP/Daily Paper Prompts now in between the raindrops.

The last time I wrote a haiku I was in grade school.

You ought to try it- its easy and fun.

This one is 5-7-5 pattern.

First line five syllables, second line seven ,third five syllables again.

 

When I was in 6th or 7th grade my cousin and I would spend a week

or two at my grandparents upstate and she brought with her this album called Day at the Races

and that began my youthful obsession with Queen.

 I lost the obsession before my twenties but it's found its way back to me.

 

It is old and brand new again to me.

 

The best thing is that it makes me feel down to my cells like I'm thirteen and

that is the most awesome feeling.

 

Thank you gentlemen.

 

June/July Challenge-ICAD#1

Yep a summer challenge! The last one was too big of a bite for me when May turned crazy. I THINK I will be able to handle index cards. I will try! That's all we can do, right? :))

Tammy at Daisy Yellow instructs us to "Just Start", you do not need to catch up. OK, well then, I am ready to go! :))  She offers so wonderful prompts as well!

I doodled this is my work agenda a long time ago. I have bunch of doodles so hope I can realize some of them through this ICAD challenge.

Good night!