2014

Photo: http://www.hdwallpapersinn.com/hd-happy-new-year-wallpapers.html
FIZZLE: We did manage to stay up until midnight last night. About 11:45, we headed up the hill a few blocks to get a 'floor to ceiling' view of the Space Needle. It wasn't easy. The fog was so thick, there was no way we were seeing the base of the Needle, and we had a hard time picking out its well-lit saucer.

It was a *little* easier to spot by 12:01, but the fireworks were less than spectacular due to the low flying clouds. By 12:04, we decided to rip home to watch the rest on TV.  It was funny, even on TV with the close up cameras, the fireworks were considerably muted. Oh well, there's always next year. And at least the kids got to stay up until midnight, which is what they were most concerned about.

HARD LABOR: I spent the day slinging mud. No, not saying nasty things about people. Rather, I was spackling, filling, smoothing and fixin' the walls at Rick's 'new' house. We're getting there. One of the reasons it's taking so long is it's not nice, big wide open wall spaces. What I'm working on is making a new transition between his living room and kitchen. It involves 11 corners, which sounds ridiculous, but it's true. That's why it's so labor intensive.

Anyway, in a perfect world, we'll go back tomorrow and it will have dried up nicely. We'll sand and paint. In a real world, there will be some places that shrank too much, didn't dry thoroughly, or some other mudding heartbreak, and there will be more mudding to do. Time will tell. Bottom line is, this post is short today, because it's hard to do anything very compelling when you're covered in plaster.

INTERPRETATIONS: Every once in awhile, I will Google my name and find out where photos I park on Morguefile wind up. A recent hunt turned up some interesting drawings of Annabelle, based on this photo of her. ...
                            
The drawings were posted to a web site for artists of varying levels, called "I Draw and Paint." Drawing challenges are posted (in this case, Annabelle's photo, along with some others), and people who frequent the site submit their artwork based on the photo of their choice. There were some interesting interpretations of Annabelle, some better than others, IMHO.

Here's one:
 http://api.ning.com/files/4z2bpK7Bb4UmzWs*2GMqyITe2P2YyNupruqHbJd43QxZneCG9Jo*5SHtUw8u3DMOGPEal9T0RiIZ3VI2xSzmAz1JmKfWNqqO/DSC02087.jpg

and another: http://api.ning.com/files/MD*QRO8USlAZsAoxfAzhXaIpqVcpSngouAg-wADzmKpL4B1yjE3TsfiXj3Iqk6FTy6qMr7HGzNibYw6pyv-7pOQ2h088yUi0/ballerina.jpg

another: http://api.ning.com/files/Lg8i9AAw*3T*krnZ8Sh9FVfcxVhni5b*JDT-EyIWIgb-Sr2ZBafMh6GjEclAcAhNf-Pyxv27ec5Ox28bQF70pii2feY3hg5X/File1618.jpg

here's one with a little color:  http://api.ning.com/files/aJCkZUSzogUIqg*2qzQSUasSwju1GobZWuDFc0kJDYTdK8l1no6vNBFm-atCMWrZsC4a1UhHBvsJKtQpOYdnHtAdClYdR3f8/DSC04873.jpg

another one with a bit of color: http://api.ning.com/files/Ym*1iBEpXoZHBhyxQsPUjYXM0PRVarjzNNswzB2ajIfIjOVCoAdbZv0Uui0ok94*JybMZElVfK2b1hb1lOgTuqYj6cVrCWK*/IMG_0088.jpg

this one is my absolute favorite!
http://api.ning.com/files/sDsZvODZEOJgnnA35kt9UEE1MUj8Y*qZWsluPwHSQkbxd*wX4bHtofD*JdIGhK1upmNROdRk9giQ5e5xGq-XNxbgwp-GQnoQ/YoungBallerina.jpg

and here's another one I liked
http://api.ning.com/files/t*xpVL9ufGLagG-G5On5xGk5ryDoweTR4xz0nKmBr0AHIy3Uu2V5vDmXlJTEvQkCtcdeD3dza92kN3xk*XJpvspJWe1gwGKX/PerfectPupil.JPG