Carol liked my toad. Even though there was some work to do on it, she felt he had character. I agree. I had done a couple other toads. It was so strange that I had used a green colored pencil for the dark areas on one of my drawings. I thought it was the darkest black graphite I had when I was drawing him! So I was trying to think "did I draw in the dark?" I don't think so, but I don't understand how I did part colored pencil. So I tried to work on that one coloring black over the green, though it didn't seem to work. I'm working on a rhinoceros now. I'll have it done next week.
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| I seem to like making them older! Much more character! |
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| Made the water going over splash more, worked on the variation in shading |
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| Worked on the shading more |
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| Worked on more details. |
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| Worked on features, though back front leg isn't showing so well |
My friend Jo and I had lunch at Jin Sushi. I've only been there one other time. I like sushi. Too much food. I made another meal out of it. I enjoy Jo's company. She is one of my Red Hat ladies. She is a realtor and is willing to give my daughter Shelley some advice in going this direction.
I saw my oncologist this week before chemotherapy. He told me the ejection fraction on the MUGA Scan was 80%. He has not had anyone with that high a number. He ordered an echo cardiogram to see if I have a leak in my heart. I have a bicuspid aortic valve. Normal is tricuspid. The doctor who diagnosed this years back said that this valve could wear out faster because it is working harder. I got a call the same day to schedule the echo cardiogram which will be in July. We'll see.
My fellow Red Hat friend Pamela was willing to buy our tickets to see Hamilton in Los Angeles. We understood the prices to be about $120 to $180 per ticket, which was high, but we thought that was less expensive than flying to New York, until she responded to us when getting down to business:
"I am so sorry. I know my eyes are getting bad again, but I didn't think they were that bad. I totally missed the ea under the price and therefore thought the price was the total for four tickets. It wasn't, it was $439.00 each ticket. I haven't ordered them as I am not sure I am even willing to go that high. That was directly from Pantages too. Let me know what you think though." I cancelled. I don't think I want to pay this much!
Janet and I met at Mexicali's for Margaritas and a Mexican dinner our favorite haunt because of the Margaritas. Janet gave me this clear stuff to put on my eyelashes which are very short now. It is supposed to allow eyelashes to grow out. Mine have become very short. Always enjoy getting together with Janet. We are talking about going to the beach for the day sometime this summer. I hope we do it.
I had forgotten to mention that last week Barbara and I got together about three weeks after she returned home from a three week vacation visiting Britain, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. I wanted to do this trip, but I was feeling chronically tired and didn't want to go thinking I wouldn't enjoy myself. Her birthday was the day she got back but we celebrated much later when we did this outing to Chef's Choice Noodle Bar and to the Maya Theater to see "Me Before You", a very unusual love story, but it was good. When we were eating, I had lots of questions and she brought pictures she printed. It was a wonderful trip for her. I think she liked making contact with a cousin she found on the internet the most exciting, but she loved the whole trip. It was good to see her. I missed her after seven weeks!
Today is Fathers Day. I miss my father. He was a wise and loving man. When I needed to figure out things, I would call him. After he died, I found myself picking up the phone to call him. It took quite a long time before I stopped that. Then I would think, "what would dad say?" I could hear his voice and I think I accurately got what he would say. This helped me a lot.
My husband Paul loved his children very much. He was there for them when needed and when they needed to talk, he would listen and let them know what he thought. I miss him too and can think of what he would say when I imagine his voice. His voice was very deep and sonorous. I loved it. His voice really helped me too even when it was just in my head.
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| Paul and I when we married |
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| I took this picture of Shelley with her father at Shelley's wedding |
One of my sisters' sons, Obie was murdered when he was seventeen. My sister was divorced at the time. My other sister sent me information on Obie's father. He became a minister and wrote a book about sin. I could imagine him doing this. Losing his only child was such a loss. I think he was attempting to make sense of all this. I wonder if he remarried and had children. He would be a good father, because he was with his son Obie. I ordered his book.
My grandson Billy has 6 children he is responsible for. He works full time and is going to school to advance his career. I hear he is doing very well in school. I don't know how he does it, but I think his wife Meagan is very encouraging to him. I'm so proud of Billy and wish him a Happy Fathers Day!
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| This is almost a year old, but a very good picture of the children. |
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| Billy, Meagan and Kason, the youngest |
In less than two weeks is the Art Show at the Bakersfield Art Center. July 1, 2016 from 5-9 PM. I will have three of my drawings up then. If you are coming, the downtown restaurants need a reservation. First Friday is a very popular event. I tried to walk into Sandrini's on First Friday and was told "Oh no, you must have a reservation." I didn't expect that!
So that is it for this week. I hope your week went well and your Fathers Day is good. I hope this next week is good for you. I have some nice events coming up. See you next Sunday. Rachel
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