The current jigsaw puzzle, a layout of labeled butterflies, got an assist the other evening when Gary came over with granddaughter K.
She spotted the puzzle and instantly started studying the picture, clearly knows what's what. She's seven, and I think she can give me tips.
She did almost half a butterfly in no time. Gary promised her she could come back and continue at the weekend. So maybe this might be a thing. I'm very pleased she felt fine just diving in, like at an extra grandma's house. And that Gary's comfortable promising a return visit, too.
Yesterday was a walking day, sunny, in thr fifties f. and this great old tree, there long before our houses, is like an old friend.
That's a squirrel's messy little nest you see up there. They're great engineers when it comes to raiding bird feeders, not great nest architects.
The socks are coming along, looking more and more like a stripey sea serpent.
As you see, I changed the set-up in the drawing from how it was in reality. Used a soft Ivory pencil here.
I remember an art teacher assuring dubious students in our painting class that it was fine to reorganize the elements you see, not cheating! She had to convince some people that it's their art, their decision.
They seemed to feel it was the law or something that you had to reproduce exactly what was visible, no matter how poor a composition it might make. People do tend to create and enforce rules on themselves in other contexts too. There's a sermon there..
And here
Happy day everyone, just be you! It's plenty.
