Postcard Round Robin - January 2017

This postcard has been sent to California in a round robin postcard exchange that I belong to.  It is a pocket postcard with an ATC inside.  As you might remember I added a circular collage last month for this same exchange.  Now to think of something different for the pocket next month! :-)

Pocket Postcard January 2017 Round Robin

January 2017 RR

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I have three collages in the NW Collage Society Winter 2017 Show.  This show runs through most of March.

I have six collages in the Edmonds CC Faculty Show which runs until the end of January.

Pine Bluff, Ark.

Pine Bluff, Ark.

Soda pop was once really important to me.  I drank at least two or three cokes a day.  No longer.  I have not totally given up carbonation though.  I have moved on to what I call fizzy water.....no calories but still a fizz.  San Pellegrino sparkling water, Perrier, and seltzer water do the trick for me now.

According to a past dentist, fizzy water is not good for teeth.  Since I have been on a low carb diet I decided fizzy water would be my treat and I will ignore warnings about teeth.  Something is going to get me in the long run anyway!

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Quite some time ago Terry Garrett turned me on to David Fullarton's work.  It is worth your time to explore his sense of humor combined with art.

David Fullarton

David Fullarton's website:

http://davidfullarton.com/

Here is a YouTube video as well.  Stay with the video through the music for a bit of a short chat with David Fullarton.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE5Ly-bgSMU

Monkey See, Monkey Do

Monkey See, Monkey Do

Imitation is a form of flattery.  We learn to imitate very early on.  We do something as a baby and we are reinforced.  The adults in our world laugh when we do it and so we do it again.  I love this vintage photo of a mother and her child playing a simple game.  I wonder though who started the game, mother or child?



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My extra for today what sent to me this morning by Jacki Long.  I had seen this artist's work before but thank Jacki for reminding me of his work.  I found a YouTube video of Michael Grab's amazing construction  abilities that you might enjoy.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vswc7xB0V6c

Electrifying

Electrifying

All of the electrical wires reminds me of some electrical work I did in our house in Germany.  I was installing a foyer ceiling light being very careful to make sure the power was off.  I was up and down the ladder several times.  I needed one more adjustment to finish the job but this time I forgot to turn off the power.  In Germany power is 220 to 240 volts.  I touched the screw driver to the screw to finish my installation when the power went through my right thumb and exited out my left big toe.  I was knocked off the ladder by the jolt and fell down a flight of stairs.

I ended up with a burns under my thumb and toe nails and I had some bruises from the fall. However, I was very lucky that I did not kill myself!  Yikes that was a close call!


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Speaking of electrifying, have you heard Meryl Streep's Golden Globe speech?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxyGmyEby40

Remembrance of Things Past

Remembrance of Things Past

What a lovely building this is!  It has a history and looks to be very solid.  That history, like everything else in life, is a soap opera in a sense.  Just what went on in the upper left room or behind the upper right two windows.  Decay arrives and the building is boarded up until someone decides that there will be a new building in the same location.  Every once in awhile someone sees the value of the existing structure and decides to revive it.

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You are in for a treat while watching the video below of an artist's work.  Enjoy!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B26y36mV28FmOUgyNUd0VE1JclE/view?pref=2&pli=1

The Producer

The Producer

Last night was the Golden Globe Awards.  The Producer  reminds me of Hollywood of years' past. Recently I read about how the HOLLYWOOD sign came to be and much of its history.  I did not know of the many pranks played on the world by changing the look of the sign.  The latest change to the sign was to HOLLYWeeD.  You can see all the alterations on Wikipedia.....

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Sign

The Committee Meeting

The Committee Meeting

In this country women moved on from the fashion of wearing hats socially years ago. I guess that is one thing that I really like about the British.  They still wear hats to many social occasions like weddings or to Ascot or royal occasions.  I love what hats say about personality.  I say bring back hats!  Well, I can't really say that because I am a man and I do not have the right promote such a movement in women's fashion.  However, I do like looking at them.

For me, I do not look that great in a hat although I wish I did.  There is a man's hat store in Portland, Oregon that I have frequented.  Each time I go there I think perhaps it will work this time and I will look good in a hat.  I have tried cowboy hats, bowlers, top hats, fedoras, and berets.   The only hat that works for me is the baseball cap.  I have a bunch of those.  With that said I do not care for hat hair and usually avoid even the baseball cap.

The only time I might wear a baseball cap is when I have to spend a great amount of time in the sun or if I am going to do yard work before cleaning up for the day.  I have been known to do grocery shopping before showering especially when I need a last minute item.  Thank goodness for baseball caps then. :-)

Now someone who looks great in a hat is Pharrell Williams.  Check out his video "Happy" and you will see.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbZSe6N_BXs