My Favorite Scene/book and Doodling hands

I don't have a video for My Favorite Scene today. I had a bleeping cold sore on my nose, of all things for a week and, at one point, I couldn't look in the mirror without doing a W.D. Fields impersonation ("my little chickadee") or singing "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer," so video recording myself was out of the question.

But, I thought maybe I could change it to book and combine it with some Doodle Day sketches.

I've not kept up with Doodle Day over at Facebook very much, but when a 5-day hands prompts came up, I had to do it because hands are some of my favorite things to sketch. I used to do it often while trying to stay awake in classes at university.

These were quick sketches done between two to five minutes.

pointing

in a fist

making a letter in American Sign Language (T)

holding

pinching

 Have you tried sketching hands before? To learn how, I'd like to recommend this little gem of a book on learning to sketch people (hands and feet included):

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"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be." ~ Douglas Adams

Mother's Day and what made me happy today

I had wished all my Facebook mom friends a happy Mother's Day, hoping that their families will treat them like the Wonder Womenthat they are, so am here to wish the same for my bloggy friends who are moms. ;)

What brought the biggest smile to my face was downloading a wonderful free ebook on sketching one's life. I would like to thank Suzanne for mentioning it in her delightful blog, an open [sketch]book, and to Michael Nobbs for offering to everyone! Check it out; it may bring you joy today too.

"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be." ~ Douglas Adams

Mid-(ahem)-week post - in which Pooh loses his mind and wants to hibernate

...because he has too many things to do, and too little time to do them.

Dang - I'm projecting again. It's actually me, and not Pooh.

Got a whole bunch of random photos to share anyway, but not a whole lot of writing (mercifully for all of you).

Ds#1's gardening pick this year was a purple carrot. They turned out pretty well (see below with a "normal" carrot on the right for color comparison), but I'd advise against growing them as they tend to stain everything, much like beets do. The thing is, there is no good substitute for beets, but there are fine substitutes for purple carrots.
Here are the carrots, roasted up with potatoes, and served with fried chicken:
Dh has always wanted a good hammock so we finally bought one from Gaiam.com. The boys tested it out and pronounced it a great fit.
Lorie (Be Different Act Normal) posted about bandana aprons and I got inspired (because our bandanas had secretly procreated like rabbits in the drawer and we now have a hundred of them). This is my attempt. I wore it today to brown the pot roast. The pot roast was pleased, I could tell.
Have any of you ever tasted paw paw? It's native to Indiana. The animals have always gotten to them before we did, even though we have a good bit of paw paw trees on our property. This year, dh and the boys managed to snag a couple. So, we tried it, and I think it is incredibly foul. Andrew Zimmern (on Bizarre Foods) could not stomach durian. Obviously, he had never eaten paw paw because that would have prepared him for the durian experience. Yes, it is that foul.
On the other end of the gastronomic spectrum has to be this tofu curry that dh makes. It is the current love of my life!
Tofu curry in my bowl...and in my dreams!
These next couple of photos are specially for Sara (Schooling From the Heart). This is the potter's wheel I bought from her before they left for Europe (*sniffle*). Ds#1 has been working on it regularly for a month now. It takes a long time to master, but I'm glad he seems to be enjoying it.
Sara gave us this table that her dh made; it is sturdy and excellent for wedging clay (which is what ds#1 is doing here, before he threw it on the wheel; my photos are out of order).
Ds#2 is taking a short break from ceramics right now, but will start back next week. He's been practicing sketching while ds#1 works on ceramics. I love art days!
And last, but not least, here are the goodies from Amber (Amber's Ambry) that I got for swapping the hat I knitted. Is the package adorable, or what?
Here are the soaps she sent me. I've started using the Blueberry one, and it smells soooo nice! Thanks much for bartering/swapping with me, Amber!
"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be." ~ Douglas Adams