One recent afternoon my husband called me into the living room to see something. I could tell from the sound of his voice that I should hurry and bring a camera. (25 years of marriage teach all sorts of non-verbal communication.)
Outside our living room we have a ladder leading up to the roof. I don’t know why. Michael wants it there, so there it is. He is a great husband – bit of a neatnik, loves to putter around the property, and an awesome BBQer, so if he wants a ladder outside the living room window, he may have his ladder there. (Why am I digressing into his good qualities? It is at the suggestion of my friend Jennifer in her blog.)
The raccoons like the ladder. The cats do too. This is Kaweah and Perkins. If Zeke was there too, all three might not have fit into the frame (or the ladder might have collapsed).
Isn’t it odd what amuses a California artist? Not much going on in Three Rivers (outside of planning for the studio tour or working on The Cabins of Wilsonia)
“Get a life”, I hear some of you thinking. (Yes, occasionally I can hear your thoughts.) Guess what? I have a life and I love it!
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I love it! It’s so funny. And your series on drawing was great. Such wisdom. I didn’t know that about being left-eyed, which I am, as well as right-handed and near-sighted (and very astigmatic). Do you know the fun way to have people test if they’re left or right eye dominant? Cup your hands and make a hole to look through between both thumbs and forefingers. Hold your hands in this position about a foot from your face and look through the hole at something. Close one eye and then the other without moving your hands. The view through the dominant eye will be the same as what you saw through both eyes. When you close the dominant eye you see you’re looking at something else entirely. Did that make any sense? I was so surprised when I tried it.
Thanks, Jana! It is funny, and if there were 3, it would be hilarious! About the dominant eye check – I learned that it 1st grade when I had to wear a patch over my left eye in order to force my right one to work. Not fun. Glad it is fun for others – always a bright side!
Diane, you are a dear. And Melissa, the possums DO use the ladder as do raccoons . . . nasty critters. And, I was the winner of blog-friend-Jennifer’s contest!
As long as the possums don’t like the ladder the cats are safe!!
Hugs,
Melissa
… yes, you have a life and I love it –
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