Stirred, not shaken

 

My foodie friend Sally gave me a plethora of old calendars dating from 2004 to 2021.

I didn't pay attention to where this image came from when I removed it from one of the many calendars I received.  All I remember is how much I LOVED the image and what potential I saw in it as part of a collage.  Last night I finally took it out of the box in which I had carefully saved it.  I knew I wanted to use it for Erika's theme at Art Journal Journey.  As you may know by now, she asks that we use the color red as the predominant color in our art.

It was at that time, I created Stirred, not shaken.  I have a few detail shots to share.

To the original calendar page, I added a glass of strawberries layered with tapioca and more strawberries, this time with seeds and granola bits added.  I then fussy cut a red enamel ware spoon and placed it on the page.  To cover the hole in the calendar, I added the computer generated and colored sentiment, a play on words.  I believe this is my favorite entry this month. 

 

Bleubeard and I are quite pleased you joined us for our latest take on the color Red chosen by our host Erika at Art Journal Journey.

 

Finally, whether you agree with his politics or not, please take a moment for former and longest living president, Jimmy Carter, who actually saved Ottawa from being blown from the face of this earth.

Carter, at the age of 28 was the first and only president to date to graduate from the Naval Academy.  He worked with nuclear submarines and nuclear materials.  In 1952, long before Chernobyl or Three Mile Island, Ottawa built a nuclear reactor.  Due to human and mechanical error, the reactor exploded.  The Canadian government contacted the U.S. for help with shutting down the reactor.  In order to disassemble it without taking human life in the process, it took a young naval officer by the name of Jimmy Carter to determine how to make it happen.  The good news is, he not only figured out how to do it, he did it with no loss of life.  He had a mock up built and individuals practiced until they knew their part by heart because it was determined that no one could be exposed to the radiation for more than 90 seconds.  Carter led the way, by going first.  Just a tidbit you may want to think about now that former president Jimmy Carter is on hospice care.