T Stands for Tuesday & TIOT and Painting & Spinning Yellowstone

  Hi everyone, with this virus concerning all of us, the last couple of weeks have dragged on for me, when before the time went by too fast it seemed.
   This all has stressed me out, I have stopped watching all news except for when the President and his health team speaks live. and I am staying away from reading much on facebook now-it has gotten to be too negative and really just too much and too many untruths as well. One has to work hard to search out the truth these days-sad.

   I hope everyone had a lovely Easter despite those of you that usually enjoy your large family groups. and Passover as well.

  And my heart goes out to all of those in harms way from the tornados last night.

  It's a new week and I am working on getting things accomplished-opposed to Not haha.
   Today we gather with friends for T with our hostess Bleubeard and Elizabeth. You are most welcome to join us, only requirement is to share a drink related photo.

  I think I may have forgotten to share last week, that Bluprint has all of their instructional videos for free. (I don't know if this is for everyone or just the USA) I think this goes til the 16th.
     They have all sorts of craft and art topics. I have watched several acrylic painting videos my favorite being from the artist Reid he has two classses one on painting water, and another in depth video about trees.
   I had purchased a wet palate set up and I really like it-keeps my paints damp for a week or more, and this artist has a large one that he loves using too-so I was happy to know someone else that likes this set up.

  I just finished a journal page painting this morning. I used a birthday card for my inspiration. I have worked on this piece for several days now.
    As I got into this painting,  I discovered I had for sure bit off a bit much for my current painting talents haha. I did stick with it though and got a finish.
   I only painted the one butterfly as I wasn't real happy with the one I did and didn't want to do more.  I think I wasn't in the mood to practice painting butterflies first.  With any of my art I always just "do it" and never sample or practice first.  I like this well enough to share at Try it on Tuesday where the theme is Beauty of Nature and also sharing on friday for Paint Party Friday
Inspiration-from a birthday card
  (All photos will enlarge just click on them)

  

Here is my drink reference-a cup of my coffee

   I am happy I finished this piece but not sure if some of the flowers make any sense-lol wanted to show movement with the wind as well.

For our Easter meal I found slices of ham in the freezer, and I prepared some frozen green beans with fresh mushrooms and red onion-I really liked this dish sauted in a cast iron skillet. I also steamed sweet potatoes.  and I spent the morning first baking two yellow angel food cakes. My Grandma always called this cake that but I have since learned it is also named a Hummingbird cake.

I made a wheat and a gluten free cake

   The cake in front is the gluten free cake which does not rise as high, but this one turned out really delicious.

                                   Wheat cake

                                     Gluten free cake

                               I found these lovely fresh very large strawberries when I went food shopping last week Tuesday

I was playing around with my camera and discovered the date stamp-I decided I didn't like it as too large and distracting so have since deleted that feature.

   Last Tuesday and Wednesday I did try painting the chairs and tables. I got several primed and then when I went to use the hammered rust oleum it came out of the can horrible-like it would not mix together. These were very expensive cans of paints that I had bought late last fall but I kept them in the house-so was not happy. Larry had a small can of professional grade black enamel rust oleum that he thought would be especially nice for the tables-well it was til I accidently knocked my paint over and watched it all run down the hill-ugh   I did go to the hardware store near us and they had everything rust oleum except for this enamel-so this has put a stop to my tables and chairs project until I fill comfortable to go to a big box store like Lowes. That will be awhile sigh.

   My lilacs are beginning to bloom today, there are two small bushes here

Very very cold and windy today-as you can see in the flowers

Do any of you know what this plant is? it is a wood vine that is growing on part of this stone wall

I spun a little over the weekend-it always calms me. This is more of my Yellowstone inspired rovings.

  Husband and I have been on a chocolate splurge haha happy feel good food. I picked up mounds coconut minis, and York's dark mint chocolate mini's in the egg shape-these are in a candy jar with Hershey's dark chocolate kisses. So if we need a little lift we just need to walk by the candy jars haha So please help yourself

Oh, and I found a lawn service. Happy Dancing!!
     I had someone come out last Friday-he was just a No.
Then I found someone from this area that does this for a living with his father, he came out today and turns out he services someone he said 4-5 houses down from me, so if he can come out the same week for the both of us he can keep the price down. I chatted with him for at least 15-20 minutes and I am so thankful-he sounds perfect. My grass is really getting tall here too-he will be out mid week.

So on a happy note--Happy T hugs to all of you my dear friends in my computer. Hope you are all safe and not going stir crazy in your isolation. Good thing many of us have our art and other activities we can do at home.