Mr. Liu's Great Idea

I'm tutoring a man from Taiwan who gave me an idea. He described a soup he made of Chinese cabbage, pieces of pork ribs, tofu, fresh mushrooms and chicken soup powder. He made his soup for supper, but he told me it makes a good breakfast, too. I'm a terrible cook, but I made a version of it; and it was my breakfast today.
I used escarole, a few small pieces of Polish sausage, habichuelas rojas (red beans), vegetable soup base, and a packet of sazon con azafran. I put it in a big pot, boiled it up, and it was (surprise!) good. So, I had an Italian vegetable, Polish and Puerto Rican protein, and American soup base. A United Nations meal! Thank you, Mr. Liu!

Happy Birthday, Joe!

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Happy Birthday, Joe!

My friend, Myra, likes fish.

Yesterday, I went to FTDP (Finish the D@#% Project), where Myra was busily paper-piecing a school of fish. She used all batik fabrics, and people were coming in from the store to check out her work.

Aren't they adorable?

Have you tried...

Derwent Inktense water soluble ink pencils? They don't dry back (dry lighter) the way other watercolors and watercolor pencils do. They're permanent when dry. I'm trying them, and liking them a lot. Here's a link for more information. 

No street names in Japan

Here's an interesting and very short video that makes me want to stand on my head to improve the bloodflow to my brain!

And, more journal pages from ROD #2

I used parts of a Sara Midda calendar (it felt like sacrilege to tear that thing up). The espadrilles on the above page spread are from her book: Sara Midda's South of France. She lived and painted for a year there. It's one of my favorite art books.

The word 'sing' was masked with tape, then the black fabric was painted with metallic acrylic paints.

More Sara Midda, and 500 rubles. Wonder what that's really worth. 

Yes, I know. Too much Mona. But I like Mona. A lot!

A new painting

My friend, Sari Gaby, had a lovely show where I obtained this new work of hers. Her official website is here.

Journalcat

Journalcat, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

I'm reposting this with thanks to LOLcats and JournalArtista. In defense of art journalers everywhere, I reiterate: There Are NO Rules!

More and more pages

More pages, ready to fill

Here is a link to my Flikr photos, if you want to see all the pages, plus some other stuff.