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The Things We Do For Fun
We humans go to a LOT of trouble to have fun don’t we?
Something NOT Super Bowl
If you want to learn more about these beautiful instruments, visit Charlie Hind Ocarinas. There are many different styles. They’re works of art in themselves and you can play very satisfying music for self entertainment or the enjoyment of others. My dog, Mr. Ben, howls along with me when I play slow songs. He’s a real crooner 
Posted in Just Sketches Tagged Charlie Hind, cocobolo, ebony, hand made, musical instrument, ocarina, Super Bowl 2 Comments
Whistle While You Work…or sketch something
Posted in Just Sketches Tagged Micron Pen, Sketches, Sketching at Work, Street Lamp, Whistle While You Work 2 Comments
The New Idle Minutes
Hello Dear Readers!
As many of you know, life has been a whirlwind for me the last year. I’m back now.
Unfortunately, about a month ago, someone hacked Idle Minutes and in the process I’ve managed to lose all the images to my previous posts. There were two-hundred plus posts since 2006 and they didn’t make a lot of sense without the images. In thinking about all that stuff, I decided that since my life had changed so radically in the last fourteen months, perhaps I just needed to start over with Idle Minutes as well.
And so I have.
So for the next couple of weeks you’ll see some tweaking on the appearance of the blog, as well as posts of course. I’m not really changing my focus for Idle Minutes. It’s still a sketch blog. The about page explains its purpose. As has always been the case with me…I take twists and turns. So you’ll never know what’s to come here.
Many of you have subscribed to Idle Minutes so you receive it in your email each time there is a new post. No worries…you’re still subscribed. One-hundred plus at last count. And I greatly appreciate each and every one of you Thank you so much for your patience and kind emails while I’ve been away.
As priority number one, I’ll have the subscribe/unsubscribe link active so you can unsubscribe if you like. Though I hope you’ll choose to stay aboard.
So off we go…hopefully never to be bothered again by hackers. As always, please leave your comments when the mood strikes. I truly enjoy conversing with the readers and making new online acquaintances through Idle Minutes.
Posted in Fresh Start 10 Comments
ACEO Painting
That makes them simple to collect and display. Most people keep them in a display album or even frame them. I did a commissioned piece a couple of years ago for a reader and she gave it to her dad for his birthday. So they make nice gifts too.
This one is just a figment of my imagination…no place in particular. Just a peaceful, serene view of a hillside meadow.
I think I’ll just focus on painting in my idle minutes for a while. And that’s what I’ll post here on the Idle Minutes Blog. These little paintings are pretty easy to finish in one sitting and I can concur up something from my imagination that usually makes a decent painting. I’ll put ‘em up on eBay for auction if anyone is interested in purchasing one.
They’re cheap! It’s an inexpensive way to collect original art.