Just Like They Said: Fiction Friday

Posted on February 5, 2016 by treshabarger

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

Just Like They Said

It was an old wives’ tale; something grandmothers told children to scare them when they were misbehaving. That’s what they said.

The pier hadn’t been there yesterday. This morning it reached out to the middle of the lake. An omen, they said, of an untimely death, a broken heart, lives undone.

The constable at Irene’s door surprised her; his news shocked her. Her son, an accident during the school field trip. Nothing they could do.

She dove off the pier, never to resurface. In the morning, all the water lilies would be blooming, the pier gone. Just like they said. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To read other Friday Fictioneer stories based on this photo, select the smiley blue frog.

Continuous Line Drawing

Posted on February 4, 2016 by treshabarger

Lesson 3 of my online sketch and watercolor class is an exercise in continuous line drawing. Once we start, we don’t pick up our pen until we’ve finished the drawing. There’s no preliminary drawing in pencil, either. I did practice once before drawing on the watercolor paper.

I started out with one object, just to see how it went.

aa Lesson 3 Continuous Line Drawing (1b)s

Then I used all three peppers. Fortunately, the peppers were on sale at the grocery store.

aa Lesson 3 Continuous Line Drawing (2b)s

Once I started painting, I saw I missed some definition, especially on the red pepper.

aa Lesson 3 Continuous Line Drawing (2a)s

The bonus lesson was to use our non-dominate hand to draw. Now there’s an adventure! It’s a pin cushion in the shape of an easy chair. I didn’t want to paint it black, so I decided to use purple instead.

aa Lesson 3 Non Dominate Hand Drawing (1b)s

aa Lesson 3 Non Dominate Hand Drawing (1a)s

Happy Harlequin

Posted on February 3, 2016 by treshabarger

While on the hike at Commons Ford, we came across some dogs playing with their humans. This dog in particular was having a wonderful time.

Yippee!

Orange & White Quilt #1

Posted on February 2, 2016 by treshabarger

I made this quilt for hubby. I collected Texas fabrics and orange fabrics for a few years before deciding on a pattern I liked.

The front

The back

All the quilts were quilted by Mary Golden in Cedar Creek, Texas. Everyone in our immediate family now has a quilt. I used my serger to make most of these quilts. Here are the links to them, in chronological order.

Brother-in-law’s quilt

Brother’s quilt

Quilts for two uncles

Sister-in-law’s quilt

This quilt is not one of my UFOs; those are still in queue. If you inferred the “#1” in “Orange & White Quilt #1” implies there is an “Orange & White Quilt #2,” you are correct. It’s just a matter of time for it to appear (also not one of the UFOs).