Quilting and other Things

This was left over from Mom & Dad's visit. Dad likes onion in his salad. I don't. The diced onion went in a little dish so he could have some.

I'm reading Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain and working my way through the exercises. The first hand picture (holding the sketch book) was done just as I was starting the chapter that has you tracing your hand on a view plan. The second hand picture is after tracing my hand several times. I didn't do the exercise correctly as I traced the hand then drew it. Forgot I was suppose to transfer the markings to the page. The steps, nesting tables and end tables are all after reading the chapter on perspective and measuring something in the scene with your pencil and drawing everything relative to that measurement. Callee doesn't approve of my trying to trace her on the view plane or my trying to measure the distance between her ears relative to the height of her ears. Holding Sketch Book June 28 Sleeping Callee Cat June 29 EDM # 10 - Hand after tracing on view plane June 29 EDM # 61 - Nesting Tables July 10 EDM # 23 - My Foot while curled up watching TV July 11 E...

The first coin is a nickel from 2005. It was issue to commemorate 60 years since Victory in Europe. Its a repeat of the original 1945 design. The bunny nickel was the first non-quarter special coin I saw.