I'm once again joining Mia from Craftartista, our host this month at Art Journal Journey. Her theme is Fish. This will be my penultimate entry for Art Journal Journey.
Call me crazy, but I created another teeny tiny art journal.




I'm once again joining Mia from Craftartista, our host this month at Art Journal Journey. Her theme is Fish. This will be my penultimate entry for Art Journal Journey.
Call me crazy, but I created another teeny tiny art journal.
You may have seen this photo last Tuesday, or one similar to it.
If you are from the states and want to exchange ATCs for our ninth anniversary, I will go over the Pay it Forward rules next week.
I'm once again joining Mia from Craftartista, our host at Art Journal Journey. Her theme is Fish.
Bleubeard and I
are delighted you dropped by today. We hope to see you at Art Journal Journey with your own take on Fish.
It's Sunday, which means it's time once again to join Sami at Sami's Colourful World and her Monday Murals. Even though it's still Sunday in my world, please be aware
that Sami's mural link goes live at 11:01 a.m. my time today.
Some of you will remember this mural I showed back on May 22.
No matter where I stood, there was a shadow.
Needless to say, I was checking for an image on the Avenue Art Days site when I found this. I thought everyone might enjoy seeing all that I missed when I took my photos. There is still a shadow from the sign, but it is not as pronounced as mine was. This shows the entire mural in a single photo, too. According to the Avenue Art Days site, this mural is located at Uhlick Music, in the 1100 block of East Douglas in Wichita, Kansas (USA). Not sure if there was a diving school at this location in the past or why that sign is there. I'm just so glad I ran across this image of the entire mural, which was created in 2017 by Mike Fallier for Avenue Art Days.
If you enjoy murals from around the world, please don't forget to visit Monday Murals at Sami's Colourful World. Thanks for stopping by to visit Bleubeard and me today, too.
Please note: I've had trouble for the past two days trying to leave comments on blogs with embedded comments. If you've posted and haven't heard from me, this is why. I get "failed to publish," or no comment box, even after I refresh. Please be aware, I am doing all I can possibly think of. The help aspect at Blogger isn't much help. I am NOT ignoring you, or your blog posts. I assure you, it's a Blogger problem, but I'm the one suffering for and stressing over it.
These are my ICADs for this week. ICAD stands for Index Card A Day.
A couple of weeks ago, my friend Deb asked (in comments) why I chose to sew everything this year. The answer is simple. I have tons and tons and tons and tons and tons of thread, but am nearly out of every adhesive I own, including glue sticks and PVA glue.
In looking over the comments from yesterday concerning PBS, I want to reiterate answers to a few comments I received.
Mae wrote:
I'm very intrigued, and tried to find more info. Could you give the source of your dollar amounts for public broadcasting support? The source I read said Kansas has state funding at the level of $500,000.
Link: https://current.org/state-funding-guide/
Here was my reply:
The Kansas Public Broadcasting Council, which divides the amount among four public TV stations and five public radio stations following a formula similar to CPB’s. “It is also weighted to ensure that most goes to stations serving rural communities in Kansas,” said Debra Fraser, GM at KMUW in Wichita and chair of the Council.
The $250 K is spread over 4 TV and 5 radio stations. The money must be divided among 9 entities. I know my PBS station gets 50 K a year after everything has been divided because they tell us that every time they have a pledge drive which is four times a year. They couldn't say it on camera if it wasn't correct!
Kathy and Deb commented on local news. My PBS station doesn't have local news. They DO have BBC News Hour late at night, which is early the next morning in the UK. But the only "local" stuff we get is when the President of the local PBS station interviews someone in the community. That is NOT news, but an interview. And, it is pre-recorded, I suspect. If we want "local news," we have to go to one of our local stations, which, in my area are ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC.
PBS got a new President in 2017. The first thing he did was start a campaign to raise funds for a new building. He thought the old building was appalling. It had been a service station 40 years ago when KPTS purchased it. He got a lot of heavy lifters from what I could tell when I went. Some I know personally, too.
Jeanie brought up a good point. Their children's programs are above reproach. In fact, they are so well loved, they are shown every morning on the main channel, but have their own 24 hour channel, too. Although I didn't, I know some of you grew up watching Sesame Street.
Erika thought I was trying to compare PBS Passport to Prime. I was NOT. I DID, however compare it to Acorn, which, as I understand, you must be a member in good standing before you are offered a yearly rate. At $6.99 (USD), that comes to $83.88/year as opposed to $75.00 (USD) a year for Passport. And PBS has British dramas and mysteries too, including Doc Martin, Father Brown, Midsomer Murders, and my favorite, Death in Paradise. However, since the rights to these British shows must be purchased separately, they are more expensive and are not included in Passport. Fortunately, Vienna Blood, Endeavour (as I mentioned yesterday), Broadchurch, and other British shows are available through PBS Passport.
You can tell I'm a mystery lover, so I mention primarily mysteries. However, there are ghost stories, scary stuff, and lots of romance, which I would never watch. OK, I DO watch All Creatures Great and Small, but that is as mushy as I'll allow myself!
Now let me take you to the Party at PBS. BTW, I took over 400 photos, so culling them down took awhile.