Week 3 of Index-Card-A-Day or ICAD

 

It's Friday and time for ICADs.  I'm joining Nicole for Friday Face-Off and Gillena for Art For Fun Fridays along with Tammy Garcia at Daisy Yellow (Index-Card-A-Day).  It's also Juneteenth, a Federal holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States.

Day 13: Dance.  Background is encyclopedia.  Red, blue, and green dry erase colors.  Postage stamp from Christmas 2000.  Names in purple Micron pen.

 

Day 14: Fancy.  Background is Russian text.  Blue dry erase color.  International (French) postage stamp.  Names in blue felt tip pen.

 

Day 15: Map.  Background is crossword. Blue and green dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is 150th anniversary of Lewis and Clark expedition.  Names in green felt tip pen. 

 

Day 16: Drive.  Background is Spanish text.  Blue and brown dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is Electric 1917 Automobile.  Names in blue felt tip pen.

 

Day 17: Fly.  Background is encyclopedia.  Blue and green dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is William T. Piper, aviation pioneer.  The famous Piper Cub plane is shown in the stamp.  Names computer generated.

 

Day 18: Jazz.  Background is encyclopedia.  Red and blue dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is a jukebox on a presorted first class stamp.  Names in red felt tip pen.

 

 Day 19: Justify.  Background is sheet music.  Blue and green dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is Thomas Jefferson.  I would like Jefferson to justify how he could be the primary author of such an eloquent document as the Declaration of Independence and still hold slaves including one, Sally Hemings, with whom he more than likely had sexual relations and fathered her child, Eston Hemings.  Our names in blue felt tip marker.

 

 

  I'm creating ICADs but am not on the sites where Tammy posts.  Therefore, this is the only place you will find Bleubeard's and my ICADs.  

Today I'm also joining Nicole at Friday Face OFF, and Gillena at Art For Fun Friday.

 

   

Thanks for visiting today.  Bleubeard and I hope to see you at these art blogs, too.  We are delighted you dropped by.

 

Friday Smiles will be posted this afternoon.

 

 

The Security House

 

I'm once again joining Matilde from Craftowanie.  She is our host this month at Art Journal Journey.  Her theme is Houses and Buildings.  

I give you the Security House.  Can you tell why I call it that?  Details are below.

Every part of this house, right down to the door knob, was created using security envelopes.  It's no secret I save security envelopes and love to use them in my art.  There are some great patterns and they are free for the taking (after you've removed and dealt with the item inside, of course).

I used watercolor pencils to create the sky, grass, flowers, and sidewalk.

I hope you will join Bleubeard and me at Art Journal Journey and share your own take on Houses and Buildings.  Thank you so very much for visiting today.

  

T Stands For Croissants and Chocolate

 

Please join me today at my dining room table.

I made a chicken salad croissant for lunch. 

 

I added some pasta salad I made earlier in the week.

 

For my drink, I chose Dark Chocolate Royale protein shake.

 

One more quick look before I dig into this yummy lunch. 

I've shown you mine, now it's your turn to share your T entry this week.  The rules are extremely simple.  Your drink related post may be anything from a photo of a glass, cup, or mug, to an actual drink.  You may choose to share a sketch or a digital, hybrid, or traditional page in your scrapbook, art journal, or altered book.  Maybe you'd prefer to share a tag, or wow us with your photography.  You might choose a postcard or decorated card.  You might even draw an image on a used tea bag.  Or perhaps you prefer to review a place you visited, a movie, or book.  It makes no difference as long as it's drink related.  And don't forget that the more unique and outside the box it is, the better we like it.  Please tie it back here, and please link only to your T post, not your entire blog.  When you link, Bleubeard, the T gang, and I will be by to visit.   Bleubeard would also like to remind you that your photos may be taken any time.   

 

 

 

 

Week 2 of Index-Card-A-Day or ICAD

 

Today I'm joining Nicole for Friday Face-Off and Gillena for Art For Fun Fridays along with Tammy Garcia at Daisy Yellow (Index-Card-A-Day).

Day 6: Identity. Background is encyclopedia. Blue and green dry erase colors. Postage stamp is George C. Marshall, Statesman, Soldier of United States (1880-1959). Our names written with blue felt pen.

 

Day 7: Colorful.  Background is Russian text.  Red and green dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is bee pollinating a plant.  Names written in green felt ink.

 

Day 8: Dig.  Background is Spanish text.  Red and brown dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is a 1920s tractor (used in nonprofit postage).  Names written in red felt pen.

 

Day 9: Judge.  Background is Spanish text.  Red and blue dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is Oliver Wendell Holmes (Influential U.S. Supreme Court Justice, served from 1902 to 1932). Names in red felt tip pen.

 

Day 10: Hope. Background is Russian text.  Red and blue dry erase colors.  Postage stamp is semipostal.  Per USPS:

Names in blue felt tip pen.

 

Day 11: Tragic.  Background is Spanish text. Green and brown dry erase markers.  Postage stamp is Abraham Lincoln (16th president of the United States, served from 1861 until he was assassinated in 1865. He led through the U.S. Civil War, defeated the Confederacy, and played a major role in the abolition of slavery.). Names in green felt tip pen.

 

Day 12: Duty.  Background is Russian text.  Green dry erase color.  Postage stamp is George Washington (the first President of the United States, serving from April 30, 1789, to March 4, 1797, is often referred to as the "Father of His Country"). Names in green felt tip pen.

 

 I'm creating ICADs but am not on the sites where Tammy posts.  Therefore, this is the only place you will find Bleubeard's and my ICADs.  

Today I'm also joining Nicole at Friday Face OFF, and Gillena at Art For Fun Friday.

 

   

Bleubeard and I hope to see you at these art blogs, too.  Thanks for stopping by today.  We are delighted you dropped by.

 

  

My Herb Garden, part 2

 

 If you want to see part 1, it is here.

Here is where we left off last time.

 

My spearmint overwintered inside.  It appears I need to get rid of the weed that has infiltrated the pot.  My dill, which I planted not long ago, is doing well.  

 

My spider/airplane plant hasn't improved much since I brought it outside.  I keep hoping, though.

 

Peppermint I overwintered indoors.  On the right is another milkweed plant I grew from seed.

 

Not long after I took this photo, I transferred this milkweed to a larger pot and threw the broken pot away.

 

This large pot of dill sits on my patio table.  I've been harvesting it as I need it.

 

I've now identified this as more oregano.

 

This is lemon thyme.

 

This is another pot of oregano.

 

This is another type of rosemary called Coin Blue, or Tuscan Blue.

 

 

Here's another look at Comfry.  It overwintered inside and is now doing great.

 

And I have another Tuscan Blue rosemary.

 

Sadly, my rather pricey Painted Sage didn't make it.

 

This is another milkweed plant I grew from seed.

 

This is sweet basil I'm growing from seed.

 

 

This is another pot of sweet basil I'm growing from seed.

 

This is the Thai basil, also from seeds.  This is two packages of seeds.

 

And finally, two of the bell peppers I got in a four pack.  The other two are in the veggie garden.

 

Thanks for joining me in my herb garden.  I am grateful for your visit.