Soup of the Day

Posted on December 26, 2016 by treshabarger

Somewhere in San Antonio, Texas

My Favorite Angel

Posted on December 25, 2016 by treshabarger

My friend Pat gave me this angel statuette. I must have taken hundreds of photos of it while it was in her garden. Now it’s on my front porch. I adore it.

Angel

Thread Painted Rabbit

Posted on December 24, 2016 by treshabarger

I drew a rabbit a few days ago (based on Mark Crilley’s YouTube video How To Draw A Rabbit) and then I “painted” it in thread (on my sewing machine). This is my first effort at thread painting without having a photograph on the base fabric; this is all free-hand. I think the whiskers are too dark, but it is not like using graphite pencils where I can erase!

My thread painted rabbit (using my sewing machine)

When I drew the rabbit, I used two pencils: Raffiné 3B and Prismacolor Black. When I stitched the rabbit, I used seven threads: Gütermann 30-weight 4335, 8, 9333, 40, 3454, 93, 000 (black). I used the black for the whiskers; too dark.

My rabbit drawing (graphite pencil)

Coming Home

Posted on December 23, 2016 by treshabarger

The Friday Fictioneer Challenge: Write a 100-word story based on the photo.

Photo copyright Roger Bultot

Coming Home

The soldier, in full dress uniform, sat at the counter without touching the food April put in front of him.

“Home on leave?” she asked.

Looking up, he shook his head with sad, hollow eyes.

As she waited on other customers, she saw him weep, teardrops falling on the newspaper he was reading.

When she next noticed, he was gone. April cleaned up the counter where he’d been, picking up the newspaper. Her heart broke when she saw the splotches of his fallen tears on the obituary page. It was his photo looking back at her; his burial was today.

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To read other Friday Fictioneer stories based on this photo, select the smiley blue frog.