Got out of the habit of taking pictures of food. Last Wednesday was the monthly dinner for the Gathering Place group. The Long Island Ice Tea was very strong and the chicken Marsala was very small but tasted good. The picture on their menu and the actual meal are very different. Leo said there are comments made online about the food at Olive Garden not up to par lately. I would say that they certainly got a bit stingy on their portion.
Elim and Ryan took us to Pier W for my birthday No 1. My first time there. I can see Cleveland downtown out one side of the window over the water. Had a great time sharing a wonderful meal and visiting with two wonderful people.
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An absolutely great article on commonplace book. Recently learned about this from a youtube video, I believe it’s one of Rhomany’s Realm’s videos. And started googling and learning about it. I have a DIY notebook in a fauxdori leather cover that is now being used as a commonplace book where I jot down notes from watching Youtube, DVDs, reading. The new found enthusiasm in using notebooks, pens, coloring has lead me down a road of rediscovering past interests and some suppressed hobbies. What used to be considered as time wasters is now a hobby and the creativity generated from them is fun and inspiring.
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It’s a beautiful Sunday and I went and got my hair cut real short. Once in a long while, I would do this just for a change and also when the bit of hair by my ear flips to my annoyance at the time. I feel very light and like it. While Leo cooks a chicken burger dinner, I took Benny for his afternoon walk and saw the clouds in the sky in such a brilliant display, I whipped out my iPhone and took a picture of it again. Gosh, still don’t have my instant camera with me. But with a little adjustment, the picture is ok.
Intrigued by the new iPhone 6 Plus and probably would get one when it’s available. Leo said the online preorder is already out. Wow, can’t believe the number of iPhone followers can be so big and crazy. But it is time for Apple to come out with a bigger phone to answer the need on the market.
JT is coming to LDC this weekend and I will have a couple of lessons with her tomorrow. It’s always exciting to learn from her even from my level. She can teach anybody at any level with a smile and constant encouragement. That’s just who she is. A world class dancer and teacher with a next door girl’s smile.
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Another day of gorgeous sky. The iPhone can’t do it justice. Need to put my Canon camera in the doggy walk bag tomorrow.
Last night when Benny and I took our walk, the sky was a gorgeous red and fabulous blue. So my iphone was out to keep some not so good pictures of it. While we walked on, a neighbor was out with a camera doing the same thing. It was really beautiful.
While browsing on youtube, I discovered zentangle. After watching quite a few people doing the doodling, I feel motivated to give it a try myself. The first time took over an hour and I doodled several pages in my journal. I found that although I can’t draw, I can certainly doodle. Not good, but it actually centers me and keeps me focused. Don’t know what it is about doodling that interests me so much. There is a sense of guilty pleasure knowing that I am not productive and yet I enjoy the process.
Yesterday, I bought a sketch book from Hobby Lobby so I can do my doodling in it. And this is the first page. Think if I can keep an intention for each of the dooling page, it serves some kind of purpose. And it’s fitting to start the journal with the intention of ‘love’.
