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February 26, 2021 – Day After Our 1st of 2 Covid Shots + Info re 2nd Shot
The young lady above fared fairly well 1st day after our 1st of 2 Moderna Covid shots 😊 A sore arm, a little tired, but able and willing to do today’s SilverSneakers Cardio class! Me? Well 😏
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February 25, 2021 – Got Our 1st of 2 Covid Shots Today!
Reposting my FB post here…And a bit more info in general below my pic 😊
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February 25, 2021 – Austin Winter Storm, Is It a Wrap?
Is our #TexasFreeze winter storm over? A wrap? Done and ready to be forgotten?
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February 24, 2021 – The Old American Artist Twitter Excerpt Series, Number I.2.1 – with Commentary
I’ve no real idea if this is common, a little common, or just plain uncommon, lol, to other artists.
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February 22, 2021 – Austin Winter Storm, Power is On, Water is Running, Boil Ban is Canceled, and – I Shaved!
It’s hard to express the relief in again having the taken-for-granted luxury of running water, power to heat and cool our air and bodies, and being able to stand with family, even if for a short time, even if we knew we’d all four had to have been social distancing / masking – even if…
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February 21, 2021 – Austin Winter Storm, Hope is a Wet Blue Line and One Brave Bird in a Tree
My apologies for the break in communication continuity since yesterday morning – it’s been a rough but promising ride, and, I got my own answer as to how come the phrase/idea, “Why the Caged Bird Sings” has always appealed to me 😊
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February 20, 2021 – Austin Winter Storm, Possible Light End of A Cold Tunnel
The Texas Tribune has lots of articles examining both the overall and details of this disaster. A major component, as voiced from different directions, is cost —
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February 19, 2021 – Austin Winter Storm, The Light in the Cold
The Texas Tribune has lots of articles examining both the overall and details of this disaster. A major component, as voiced from different directions, is cost —
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February 18, 2021 – Austin Winter Storm, Last Day of Snow? Short Videos and a Few Pics
Possibly my last snow images of Austin’s #TexasFreeze Feb 2021
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February 18, 2021 – Austin Winter Storm, 111 Hours Without Heat and Counting…. But Here’s a Bit of Humor!
Here’s a bit of typical Texas humor surfacing from the ice here in Texas 😊
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February 17, 2021 – Austin Winter Storm, Finger Pointing – Facts, Diversions and Worrying News
#TexasFreeze – Facts, Diversions and Worrying News. Winter Storm Austin Texas February 2021
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February 17, 2021 – Austin Winter Storm, My Walking Nature Shots Amid Unnecessary Suffering for Nearly Half the City’s Population
My walking pictures of yesterday during Austin winter storm of Feb ’21. #TexasFreeze
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February 16, 2021 – Austin Winter Storm, A Tale of Two Cities
Info is coming out of ignored warnings within our Texas energy company re mis-use of power margins (I don’t know the details) and warnings of energy crunches, especially during our seemingly unending hot summers. The local news calls it “a lot of finger pointing.”
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February 16, 2021 – The Old American Artist Twitter Excerpt Series, Number I.1.2 – with Commentary
Already, at the beginning of the story, I shift from the contemplative metaphysical musings in my prev post to a suggestion of how the artist blends the language and methods of art with his love for this one woman 😊
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February 15, 2021 – Austin Winter Storm, Looks Pretty, Feels Terrible, No Power 14+ Hours
Sheila and I’ve been through 2 weeks without power in Galveston, after Hurricane Alicia, and I went through Hurricane Carla in Houston over 3 days in ’61, but this we-ain’t-built-for-it single digit cold and below zero wind shield has literally shut down the entire Texas power grid!
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February 15, 2021 – The Old American Artist Twitter Excerpt Series, Number I.1.1 – with Commentary
“Maybe now, in my sixties, he thought, my days are like weeks now….”
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February 14, 2021 – The Weather Advisory in Austin Mid-Afternoon
Weather warnings for unprecedented winter storm in Central Texas Feb 2021
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February 14, 2021 – The Weather in Austin May Affect My Posting, Just Not Sure How Yet 😏
Temperatures here in Austin are predicted to drop and stay around the temps Sheila and I experience in ’89 when we moved here from Galveston, ie, mid to low single digits. Records in this area going back to the 1800s put that at #4 on the all time lows list!
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February 14, 2021 – Happy Pandemic and Generational Snow Storm in Austin Birthday for My Wife ♥️
Amazingly, not the years nor the pandemic nor the worsening by the hour generational snow storm here in Austin right now deters this young lady ❤️
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February 10, 2021 – Reblog, Dr Mirkin’s “Can You Exercise Too Much?”
Dr Mirkin, “You recover by going at a slow pace for as long as it takes for your muscles to feel fresh again. There is no advantage to time-limiting your recoveries.”
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February 09, 2021 – Excuse My Mess, I’m Sprucing Up Posts While “Trying” My Hand at Aging Gracefully, ie, I Need to Rest a Bit
Okay, I’m finally gonna admit, I’ve been trying to do too much 😊
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February 08, 2021 – Surprise Weekend Visit from the Youngest Grandchild, Pics and Video!
It’s difficult indeed to describe how wonderful a silver lining it is that our remote schooled youngest grandchild (via Zoom etc) is realistically safest visiting and staying with us a couple days than so many other options!
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February 07, 2021 – Reblog: When Mittens United the World (hint: Bernie Sanders) via Be Kitschig
Well, honestly, Be Kitschig’s title and sample image speak it all – we know what my reblog of her blog post’s about, lol! Except that she’s got the best overall collection I’ve come across yet!
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Adan’s Fine Art America Images # 25 – Festival Night Land and Shore, Uploaded 04.16.16
“This view, this scene of celebratory calmness amid nature, is an enduring memory of many moments over many years of visiting and living in my wife’s home state 💕 Fuzziness and all 😊 “
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February 05, 2021 – New Excerpt Series Starting Soon, The Old American Artist, with Commentary
Looking back at older work, like my 80s acrylics or 2000s water soluble oils, can be lots of things : sobering 😂 and, when I spot patterns of motifs or preferences in my work, very helpful for me, enabling me to see enduring patterns of interests. The same, it turns out, even with its own…
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February 05, 2021 – Reblog, “Grounded Heart” via Tiffany Arp-Daleo
I had some other posts planned for this time period, ended up with some options this afternoon in term of timing, and decided getting Tiffany’s fabulous great-for-Valentines good-all-year newest watercolor “heart” was too nice to wait any longer 😊
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February 04, 2021 – The Old American Artist Twitter Excerpt Series, Number I.10.3, with Commentary
“ …at the far end of the table, across from the side he had chosen to go down….”
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February 03, 2021 – Glimpses of Valentine Red in Austin
“A surprise sunrise yesterday, Tuesday morning, in Austin. If Sheila hadn’t alerted me I’d missed the whole thing, lol!”
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The Old American Artist Twitter Excerpt Series, Number III.21.2
“Closer, they realized the woman and child by their door must be Anna and her mother Nicolette, waiting for them…..”
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February 02, 2021 – Tweets That Caught My Eye on Twitter – Valentyna Holloway @ValentyneDreams #PianistPoet
“Valentyna tweets a wide variety of intriguing to interesting tweets – and yes, I did consciously choose to list intriguing as overriding interesting…intrigue, in this case, creating the interest.
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The Old American Artist Twitter Excerpt Series, Number III.21.1
“Sloping down, closer to the sea, the dusty road brought their converted fisherman’s hut into easy view under the stars and bright moonlight.”
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February 01, 2021 – Glimpses of Spring Before the Freeze Next Week
“Temps are supposed to possibly drop into some hard freezes this coming week, but this little guy, and a slew of others evidently with him (not shown), are sure glad to gulp down the water and chow – I don’t blame them! ❤️ “
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The Old American Artist Twitter Excerpt Series, Number III.20.3
“Signora and Anna, they go to your house,” said Santino, rocking. “Why?” asked Arturo….
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January 31, 2021 – My Most Viewed Images This Week @FineArtAmerica, Watercolors, Austin and Paris
Newer work almost always has a nice jump on the most viewed count among my images on Fine Art America, but it’s especially nice both my newest watercolors not only topped the list this past week, but with resoundingly good numbers 🙏 On top of that, like a reminder cushion, two of my oldest uploads,…
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January 30, 2021 – Painting My First Watercolor Painting on Paper Printed with My Own Original Pen and Ink Sketch
“There is so much potential in this line of art creativity for me, emotionally and creatively, I felt I really needed to get all this out. If for nothing else, to remind myself later on ☺️ “
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January 29, 2021 – New Upload to Fine Art America, My First Watercolor Painting on Paper with My Own Printed Pen and Ink, Floating Butterfly 1
“my newest image, Floating Butterfly 1, Pen and Ink with Watercolor”
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The Old American Artist Twitter Excerpt Series, Number III.20.2
“She looked around, politely, as if she may have missed them there on the porch. ‘Where is Signora Nicolette and Anna,’ she said, worrying the wind.”
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January 28, 2021 – Yesterday’s Horizontal Art Mess Looks a Lot Better Vertical, Even if Still Not Good Enough
“I’ve been experimenting how to print some of my original pen and ink line drawings onto paper and then paint on them. I was clearly not happy with my 1st painting effort on laser paper yesterday, and then, right before bed, I took another look at the piece, laid it casually down with a sigh,…
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The Old American Artist Twitter Excerpt Series, Number III.20.1
“Nearer their home, the church bells clanging to ten, and chuckling because their hands and elbows kept knocking in the dark….”
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January 27, 2021 – Rushing Creativity Late in the Day When Tired Results in a Learnable Mess, lol!
“I won’t deny it. I don’t really like my painting. But I do see somethings I like — “
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The Old American Artist Twitter Excerpt Series, Number III.19.3
“When quiet found a moment to be heard, their breaths warmed the scent of salt and moisture on their hands and thighs.”
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January 26, 2021 – When Creativity and Chores Collide, lol!
Well, it’s past 5pm, didn’t get to paint, but sure got more than a couple of handfuls of chores done, plus, a little touch of art.
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The Old American Artist Twitter Excerpt Series, Number III.19.2
“Arturo spread their warm worn blanket, thin but protecting, alongside the fold-out windbreak meant for the winds in winter.”
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January 25, 2021 – New Watercolor Upload to Fine Art America, Magenta Mountain
Magenta Mountain In a sign this is as good a rendition to other folks as to myself, I received two comments on Fine Art America within the hour of its posting!
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The Old American Artist Twitter Excerpt Series, Number III.19.1
“At the city’s boundary wall, they stopped, looked back at the lights of the hotel, held each other briefly with tenderness….”
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