A Watched Pot

 

It's been a busy two weeks.  Since my last post, I have:

• Made two trips to the vet with different dogs 
• Dropped off  an overdue library book (haven't paid the fine)
• Stopped by the hospital for a fasting blood test (I hate them, but the doctor has been insistent since the heart surgery.)
• Watered the almost-dead garden, since the predicted rain did not come
• Participated in volunteer proofreading for Distributed Proofreaders
• Assembled a new bed frame and hauled off the old one

While assembling the bed frame, I almost stepped on a tiny frog on the porch.  Before relocating it to a safer location, I took some photos.  The frog,  an excellent example of camouflage,  was cooperative and cute--for a frog.

All these activities left little time for drawing and painting.

Monday evening, I peeled and cut up some potatoes for supper.   I dropped the peeled potatoes in an old Club Aluminum pot we paid $2.00 for at a local auction. While the potatoes were boiling, I realized there was enough time to make a quick drawing.  I took my pencils, pens, and watercolor, then painted the scene in my Strathmore Watercolor  Visual Journal.

A little practice is better than no practice at all.