Pets

A Most Contagious Game

I did a little more tweaking to the blog template, in order to add a links menu and banner image to the header. This involved more hair pulling, while I tried to add a button menu widget to my template. The guy who created the Tiga theme has updated it, and it now has that capability, but making it work is beyond my skill level. I ended up dumping the links into a table, then dumping that into my header.php template.

In other news, my old cat, Pandora, continues to take her job as Entertainment Coordinator seriously. This morning, as I was brushing my teeth, I heard a racket in the bath tub. I opened the shower curtain, and there was Pan, maniacally chasing her tail. She was having a spectacularly good time, which made me laugh. I nearly choked on my toothpaste. Harriet overheard (the laughing, not the near choking), and came into the bathroom to see what the commotion was about. She promptly picked up the silly vibe, and started kidney beaning, play bowing, woo-wooing, and basically behaving like the deranged-but-goofy Boxer clown that she is. It’s hard to resist such a delightful invitation to play, so I got a little sidetracked.

I sometimes wonder what people without pets do for entertainment.

Art, Paintings

In Progress, Part Deux

It’s been a a month, exactly, since I started this one. The base coat was oil, so I wanted to give it plenty of time to dry before working on it some more. I also was feeling lazy, to be truthful. I’ve had two more goes at it, with oil pastels and oil pencils. I like the visual and tactile texture that’s beginning to develop, but it has a way to go yet.

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oil, oil pastel, and oil pencil on newspaper adhered to 90lb Stonehenge paper
11 1/4 x 15 inches
29 June 2006

I’m not sure what this little bowl will eventually hold. I’ve got some gorgeous luna moth wings (thanks, Pyewacket!) that I might combine with leaves. The problem is, figuring out how to adhere the wings without damaging them. I’m also considering something viney, perhaps hair and/or braided paper.