DVArtist Nicole Campanella's blog. Living in the Pacific Northwest sharing my experience with gardening, recipes and my art in extreme Halloween, graphite, acrylics, leather, and clay. Please join in with Friday Face OFF. Create a blog post, feature a face in any art medium. The faces can be human, alien, animal, and the strange and wonderful. Link up and share.
Today is my birthday. Yikes!!! 73. Nothing special went on. A ride on my broom. I wish. ha ha ha. Spoke to my family. Mr. M. baked a cake for us. We are working to purge things.... again. As soon as the weather breaks we will have a yard sale. In the mean time I promised to show you how I am growing carrots this year. It's new to me, but I think it's been around awhile. Ohhh for some reason my photos are gone so these some of these are taken from google.
First soak the carrot seeds for at least an hour. Then take a flat container and place wet paper towels in it. The sprinkle the carrot seeds. Keep them from touching each other as much as you can. Cover with another wet paper towel and then with plastic wrap and place in a dark, warm place. You end up with this.
It takes up to 5 days for the germination. While that is happening take a cardboard egg carton and run scissors through the cup part.
Once this is done fill with growing soil.
With you finger or the end of a pencil make a 1/4" hole in all the cups. Then, gently take one germinated carrot and place in the hole. Cover with the soil. Take the cartons out to your garden and then gently water the trays.
This eliminates any thinning during the growing period. Here is one of my carrot trays.
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is the place to show off your faces or your face. Post any type of face
from any medium. You can create it, or find it in nature, or even that
face in the design of the
woodwork in your house.
Human, animal, alien,
or monster.
ANY KIND OF FACE!
Hey, for those of you who left a comment on a lupus post, I don't know how that got published.
It's supposed to be for May 1. I'm publishing this early because blogger is not playing nice with me.
This has been a week. Lot's of traveling for doctor's, working around the house and of course gardening. I was very surprised to see some squash blossoms and one on my peas. Seems a bit early for them but we will see how it turns out.
When you look at flowers they all have a face.
I took these photos this morning. It is quite overcast with a marine layer.
I couldn't get around to the front of the pea flower but there it is.
I have a few AI pieces for today. I did not make these. Found them on Pinterest.
Fairies and Trolls some of my favorite things.
I would love this walk way.
Now it time to see some of the amazing artists from last week.
URGENT NOTE: I received an email form, who I thought was Jeanie The Marmelade Gypsy, one of our blogging friends. I go to her blog today and she has this on her blog.
URGENT NOTE: If you get an email from this address -- jeaniee.wkar.gmail.com -- it is NOT from ME.
And, you might get an email from Familie Barwitski (Viola). After I
answered what I thought was Viola's email, another blogger received the
same email but from me (with an incorrect address, as above). Just
beware. In your email, block and delete it. My apologies. Onward to the
post!
If you get an email from me, block and delete it. I didn't write to you.
Welcome To Friday Face OFF (FFO)
This
is the place to show off your faces or your face. Post any type of face
from any medium. You can create it, or find it in nature, or even that
face in the design of the
woodwork in your house.
Human, animal, alien,
or monster.
ANY KIND OF FACE!
Thanks for all the nice compliments on my garden. All of the plants I started from seed.
Also some good news. There was a cancellation for the dietitian. YAY we saw her Wednesday morning. I took paper work on how I keep track of the 3 p's and other things. She was quite impressed with what I am doing and the fact that Mr. M's. blood work has improved. She was very informative and was able to answer all of my questions to my satisfaction. She also gave me 2 websites. So all is well there. We see her again in 2 months.
Now for some FFO
How would you like to drink tea from this cup?
Of course I would. LOL I love this.
Then I found a few more but not as good as the first one.
However, I love, love, love, this one. I don't think I would drink from it, but it would go perfectly in my creep collection.
