Redtail’s Guilty Pleasure – Bliss
Tim has a cute video of her in the original post.
Meet “Bliss”, Redtail’s Guilty Pleasure. Our new baby girl. Bliss is the Great-Great-Great Grandpup of our first golden “Bo.”
This was her first week with us.
Here, Mary and I just picked up Bliss from the breeder, Susan Liptak.
Fellow artist, Doyle Glass, put a little bug in my ear about some wonderful work being done in Dallas. Doyle’s wife Kim passed away from breast cancer this past December at the young age of 46. Because of this, he has devoted his life to helping find a cure for cancer. Cancer touches so many lives in such a profound way, I know you’ll all be pleased to learn about ART TO BEAT CANCER.
Doyle has organized the inaugural ART TO BEAT CANCER for Children’s Research Institute, which will occur on May 8, 6-8 PM at the Miller Event Center at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX.
ATBC for CRI is an art auction in which all proceeds benefit the “Kim Hazelwood Glass Endowment for Cancer Research at Children’s Research Institute.”
ALL PROCEEDS, INCLUDING TICKET SALES, WILL BE MATCHED, thereby doubling the donation to cancer research at CRI.
How can you help?
Bids on artwork are underway at https://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/auctionhome.action?auctionId=230666008
You can help out by purchasing ticket to attend, making a donation or bidding on artwork. (You can bid on artwork now at the link below). Individual tickets are $35; couple tickets are $50.
Art to Beat Cancer on Facebook
Please spread the word.
I wrapped up Kinta stalking butterflies. Try as he might to catch them, the pipevine swallowtails were too quick for him. He is now six months old, a gawky age for a pup. His rabies titer is done and he will be clear to go home in September. We’re going to miss him around here. He’s full of play and snuggles.
Stalking Butterflies
As I started to wrangle my week under control, I slipped out on a break to snap some shots of the pipevine swallowtails. I had company. Neither of us got what we were after. Here’s a start to Kinta stalking butterflies on newly blossomed Blue dicks.
WIP – Kinta stalking butterflies
Water heater died, car in the shop and the accountant needs more documents for taxes…now that puts a pinch on bliss.
Catch you next week.
Sailor’s advice – Find a lovey and snuggle up for a nap.
An afternoon of bliss with my new boy, Sailor. Tap on the first image and enjoy the slide show. Thanks to Tim – The Forester Artist – for the great shots.
Meet Sailor, he’s my new boy. At 17 months old he’s still a puppy discovering his world. This morning, it was ducks on the pond. He kept running to the pond then returning to me…Look! Ducks! Come on, DUCKS! Yep, Whimsday Bliss!
A childhood friend has a birthday this week. It got me thinking about my favorite birthday as a kid. On my eighth birthday, my best friend, Cynthia, gave me a runt piglet. He required bottle-feeding much to my delight. Whenever I got the chance, I snuck him into bed and cuddled him all night. The only photo I have of him is from the back, so here’s a work in progress of Porky and me.
I know I’m a few days early, but Happy Birthday, Cynthia…I’ll never forget the precious gift you gave me all those years ago. Happily remembering pet bliss.
I couldn’t help it. Porky was so little, he really needed a nighttime snuggle.
The 2014 installment for family coloring pages for my grandchildren, Color My Family,™ includes the family pets. Fun, fun, fun, bliss.
The highlight of my week was sharing art with my friend, Noriko. She arrived last week to meet her puppy, Kinta. The puppy is living with us while he waits for his health clearance to go home to Japan. (See Puppy Bliss)
You may recall from Puppies, Friends and Bliss, that Noriko is an artist. She has worked mostly in oils, and more recently in pencil and pastel.
Noriko at my desk, exploring watercolor. A beautiful friend and artist.
She was curious about watercolor and we invited her to give it a try. We introduced her to the brushes and tools. In no time she was bringing life to a stunning image.
I think you’ll agree, sharing the art experience with friends is bliss.
Her first watercolor. Isn’t it stunning? She captured Kinta perfectly. Kinta by Noriko Akiyama 2014 (c)
Sneaking Bliss 