Seth Godin on Art:

Art isn't a result; it's a journey.

 - Seth Godin.

Cats - Pepper cozy in her carrier

This is a sweet picture of Pepper as I attempted to get her comfortable in a carrier.

Since it took five Vet techs to get Pepper into her carrier to bring her to my home, I thought if I got her comfortable, she'd not fear getting into her carrier to go to the vet (haha).

Anyone who has cats knows this is fantasy.... hence being the one and only picture of Pepper calmly in a carrier.

Enjoy!

Abstract Color Study 503:

Talk about a great day painting!

Since I’m working full-time, I paint abstract color studies on the weekends.

After selecting the colors of the day, I do one pour on a white background, and a second or third one on black.

This was the final piece of the day that captured the day's colors (shades of purple),

along with the white and black in nearly all of my pieces.

Usually, the final piece is the 'keeper', and this most definitely is one of the best.

Abstract Color Study 503 as a framed poster:

This piece is also available as a greeting card and can be transferred onto books,

clothing, mugs, notebooks, and many other items ...

Look up Abstract Color Study 503 in the Zazzle search engine.

Enjoy!

Happy Thanksgiving:

 

Born on this day – Moses Gunn:

Actor

October 2, 1929 – December 16, 1993

Colors - Abstract Color Study 364:

This is among my favorite color studies completed to date.

Each piece is unique...with acrylic pours, you never know what you'll get....but this one turned out quite nice.

Through Zazzle, I've ordered images on greeting cards, mugs, t-shirts, and posters -- including Abstract Color Study 74 which I framed and hung in my home office.

Call out to Debbie Petrina, author of Managing MS - A Roadmap to Navigate Multiple Sclerosis.

It's the current book I'm reading and it has so much practical and relevant information. Thank you, Debbie!

Love playing with colors and beatifying my home work space!

#Art #ColorStudy #AcrylicAbstract, #WallArt #WFH #HomeOfficeArt #ManagingMS #DebbiePetrina 

Born on this day – River Phoenix:

Actor,

Musician

August 23, 1970 – October 31, 1993

On this day in movie history - Signs (2002)

 

Directed and written by M. Night Shyamalan,

was released in the United States on August 2, 2002

Music by James Newton Howard

 

Cast:

Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Rory Culkin, Abigail Breslin, Cherry Jones, M. Night Shyamalan, Patricia Kalember, Ted Sutton, Merritt Wever, Lanny Flaherty, Marion McCorry, Michael Showalter, Kevin Pires, Clifford David, Rhonda Overby, Greg Wood, Paul L. Nolan, Ukee Washington, Babita Hariani, Adam Way, Angela Eckert, Jose L. Rodriguez, Paul Wilson, Thomas Griffin, Mark Falvo, Derek Mears, Chuck Pressler, Samantha Steffen

#Signs #JoachinPhoenix #MelGibson #MNightShyamalan #AbigailBreslin #PatriciaKalember

On this day in movie history - In the Heat of the Night (1967)

In the Heat of the Night

directed by Norman Jewison

written by Stirling Silliphant

based on the novel by John Ball,

was released in the United States on August 2, 1967.

Music by Quincy Jones.

Theme song In the Heat of the Night written by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman.

Sung by Ray Charles.

Cast:

Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant, Larry Gates, James Patterson, William Schallert, Beah Richards, Peter Whitney, Kermit Murdock, Larry D. Mann, Matt Clark, Arthur Malet, Fred Stewart, Quentin Dean, Scott Wilson, Timothy Scott, William C. Watson, Eldon Quick, Stuart Nisbet, Khalil Bezaleel, Peter Masterson, Jester Hairston, Phil Adams, Nikita Knatz, Sam Reese, Anthony James, Clegg Hoyt, Alan Oppenheimer, Buzz Barton.

#InTheHeatOfTheNight #SidneyPoitier #RodSteiger #LeeGrant #August 2

Born on this Day - Carol O'Connor (August 2, 1924 – June 21, 2001)

Carroll O'Connor, Actor, Producer, Director, was born on this day in 1924.

Although I remember him most for his role in All in the Family, I've come to love and appreciate the role he played in Point Blank.

#CarolOConnor #AllInTheFamily #PointBlank #August2

On days like these...

On any given day, I’m thankful that the MS that I’ve had (or had been diagnosed with) since 2002 doesn’t impact me in any dramatic way.

I work full-time, albeit flexibly, thanks to medical accommodation and an understanding employer.

But on days like these with temps in the upper 90s, ironically International Self-Care Day and National Tequila Day, even doing the smallest task warrants a post task 30-minute rest with feet up and something cold to drink.

Today, I dared cleaning the outside of our stainless-steel appliances….inside…with air conditioning on…but still ended up sweating, hair damp and curling (even more than usual)…wiped out.

MS has taught me that that I can’t always do everything I want to do to the extent I used to, but I can do most things, by downsizing my goal and planning downtime after each task.

Stay cool my MS Warriors out there.

#InternationalSelfCareDay #Tequila #MultipleSclerosis #MS #MSWarrior #NationalMultipleSclerosisSociety #NationalMSSociety #NMSS #Heatwave

Cats - Bodhi, Mr. Blue Eyes:

 

Introducing our Ragdoll cat, Bodhi, a.k.a. Mr. Blue Eyes.

Bodhi is a law unto himself, a super sleeper and annoying younger brother to our rescue Tabby, Pepper.

Come back for more Bodhi antics and pics of Bodhi being Bodhi.