Do you ever think
how your world will be
after The Pandemic?
I wonder
if I will feel funny hugging anybody,
I wonder
if the great little shops in my town
will survive,
I wonder
how it will feel buying my own groceries, and
I wonder
if I will ever take anything
for granted again.
To all these questions I say,
I hope not.
how your world will be
after The Pandemic?
I wonder
if I will feel funny hugging anybody,
I wonder
if the great little shops in my town
will survive,
I wonder
how it will feel buying my own groceries, and
I wonder
if I will ever take anything
for granted again.
To all these questions I say,
I hope not.
While I am
looking out my kitchen window now,
I sense a beautiful spring day
that has the sweet scent of roses
in the air.
That is as it always is
this time of year,
but even so,
we now know
how swiftly some things
can change.
My guess is
that, no matter,
how large or small
those changes may be
the acceptance
will be up to us,
as individuals.
looking out my kitchen window now,
I sense a beautiful spring day
that has the sweet scent of roses
in the air.
That is as it always is
this time of year,
but even so,
we now know
how swiftly some things
can change.
My guess is
that, no matter,
how large or small
those changes may be
the acceptance
will be up to us,
as individuals.
Many of you will remember
I ordered a paint by number kit
of the Cottage.
I painted it rather quickly and
enjoyed doing it.
When I saw another
paint by number company on Pinterest,
I ordered two others.
I was very excited and
couldn't wait to start on one.
This was sometime last summer, and
I did post about it,
but I was quickly disappointed
as all the lines and numbers
were too small for me to see clearly.
I did a very small section and
realized I couldn't stay in the lines,
so I put it away.
I painted the Santa's at Christmas and
tried my hand at watercolors,
but I find them frustrating and
not easily manageable for me.
In the meantime
we acquired a lighted magnifier glass,
so I decided to tackle
the paint by numbers kit again.
During this time
of quarantine,
we can't have
idle hands.
I ordered a paint by number kit
of the Cottage.
I painted it rather quickly and
enjoyed doing it.
When I saw another
paint by number company on Pinterest,
I ordered two others.
I was very excited and
couldn't wait to start on one.
This was sometime last summer, and
I did post about it,
but I was quickly disappointed
as all the lines and numbers
were too small for me to see clearly.
I did a very small section and
realized I couldn't stay in the lines,
so I put it away.
I painted the Santa's at Christmas and
tried my hand at watercolors,
but I find them frustrating and
not easily manageable for me.
In the meantime
we acquired a lighted magnifier glass,
so I decided to tackle
the paint by numbers kit again.
During this time
of quarantine,
we can't have
idle hands.
I had painted
the sunflower
on my first go-round and
when I opened the little paints
I found them to be
full of thick chunks
with some even dried up.
Now I could see them but
had no paint.
I took each color and
matched them as closely as I could
to my acrylic craft paints.
They are not a perfect match
but good enough
in my estimation.
the sunflower
on my first go-round and
when I opened the little paints
I found them to be
full of thick chunks
with some even dried up.
Now I could see them but
had no paint.
I took each color and
matched them as closely as I could
to my acrylic craft paints.
They are not a perfect match
but good enough
in my estimation.
This is the first sunflower
using the paints from the kit...
using the paints from the kit...
...this is what that same sunflower
looks like now
that I painted my own mix over it.
A subtle difference and
I found that the
acrylics have
better coverage.
looks like now
that I painted my own mix over it.
A subtle difference and
I found that the
acrylics have
better coverage.
I even took some liberties and
painted what should have been
stalks of wheat and
turned them into
butterfly bush flowers.
painted what should have been
stalks of wheat and
turned them into
butterfly bush flowers.
I am looking forward
to finishing this painting and
so far
I'm quite pleased with
the way it is
turning out.
to finishing this painting and
so far
I'm quite pleased with
the way it is
turning out.
This is a screen shot
that I took off of the company's website.
This is what the painting
should look like.
I can do a little tweaking
after it is finished
to make some parts
stand out over others,
but as I see it so far,
there is a slight difference,
but is it a
good difference or a bad difference?
I think it is
neither.
that I took off of the company's website.
This is what the painting
should look like.
I can do a little tweaking
after it is finished
to make some parts
stand out over others,
but as I see it so far,
there is a slight difference,
but is it a
good difference or a bad difference?
I think it is
neither.
Under the circumstances,
I did with it
the best that I could, and
that is all
we can ever do.
While things may be different
after this pandemic is all over,
we can hope that
we can make the best of
whatever changes there may be,
good or bad.
We go about life
doing the best that we can and
if that best is
a little different at times,
whether in a painting or a pandemic,
we will survive.
I did with it
the best that I could, and
that is all
we can ever do.
While things may be different
after this pandemic is all over,
we can hope that
we can make the best of
whatever changes there may be,
good or bad.
We go about life
doing the best that we can and
if that best is
a little different at times,
whether in a painting or a pandemic,
we will survive.
I will keep you informed
as to the painting's progress and
give you all the particulars
at a later date.
as to the painting's progress and
give you all the particulars
at a later date.
Stay safe and stay well...
...Judy...
When life
gives you lemons,
use acrylics
instead.
gives you lemons,
use acrylics
instead.
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