Thinking this thread may not flip...

WHOOOHOOO GOT IT TO FLIP~~~~~~~

I HAD TO POST THE ABOVE LIKE 7 TIMES THAT YOU DON'T SEE ON THE LAST THREAD BEFORE IT FINALLY GAVE ME THIS ONE....

Thinking it finally worked~~~~

YAY.. ya flipped it TxsGal.. WOOT!!

I'm-ah thinkin it's time to start dinner..

Thinking that Super Bowl Square paid off ~~~~~~

Even if I don't watch Football~~~

thinking that Txs is one lucky Gal

Heck I might need to go buy a lotto ticket

I don't even watch Football but bought a square to help out one of my grandsons Baseball Team to raise money for his team for cost etc..

I won on the final Score.. got me 5 of these babies... Enough to pay for the roof I just had put on my big shed.. I'm one happy Camper~~~

Now to use this money to get my next house repair started....

NOICE!!!

I'm thinkin.. yeah.. maybe Txs should buy a lotto ticket.. I'd go half's with her I could use a win

My only remaining long-time bestie bought 2 lottery tickets on 2 different consecutive days 2 weeks ago and BOTH of them hit - for $2,000 & $1,000.

I told him I thought he should share some of that luck of his and give me all the winnings, minus the cost of the 2 tickets.


I can't understand why he raised an eyebrow at the suggestion, after all, to give is divine and giving always brings the giver more joy than the recipient - or so I've repeatedly heard from the churchy-types.

Maybe I should have dragged him into a nearby church before making the suggestion?

I'd whoop yer azz just for suggestin' it.. never mind raising an eyebrow.. you got off lucky in ma books ya ol'coot!

Crystal mentioned starting her new painting in the locked previous iteration of this saga.

As a long-time visual arts museum fanboy, one of my favorite artists of all time is Hieronymus Bosch.
I have a 50-year overdue hardcover library book from a former city & I keep it in a cupboard right up alongside squatter #2 (half-bath room) so I can look at the glossy full-color plates in it quite frequently.

The Garden of Earthly Delights is something I'd love to have hanging in my home so I could see it multiple times a day.

There's also a 19th? century oil hanging in the Milwaukee museum by the lake.
It shows a woman working a ledge garden deep in a very steep & narrow shadowed Tyrolean? alpine canyon with the sun starting to peek over the towering mountainside to bring her garden its few hours of light & her being illuminated by the stab of the sun's first rays down on her little ledge.
Likely a German/Austrian artist, given The Cream City's immigration history.

I've plotted for DECADES how to pull off a heist to gain custody of that painting.
Never would though, because it would deprive others of its soul-searing beauty.

I'd trade almost anything to have a lick of true talent.
•When I was a musician I could play anything flawlessly from score & then memory.
I could never learn to jam or improvise.
•I can handle the written & spoken English language with the skill of a top surgeon, but have failed dozens of attempts to get past the 1st paragraph on writing a novel.
•When I was in school for Architecture I tried my hand at freehand drawing.
Can't draw a straight line or a recognizable image of anything even if I had a noose around my neck & a gun pointed at my head.
I am extremely jealous of my youngest who CREATES true art with the flick of a few fingers.

Each of us is gifted in our own ways.
Lawdy, I would trade my born intelligence for even a smattering of ANY kind of artistic talent.
Alas, I am doomed to be an admirer, not a generator.

My eternal gratitude to those who do make art & bring so much joy/sadness/amazement/beauty/wordless moments into my heart.

I've been blessed with a few "talents" that I'm pretty thrilled about..
I'm not a Grammy award singer but can carry a tune pretty well.. my parents used to have me don a pretty dress and sing for company.. but I could never get how to play an instrument, no matter how hard I tried..

I danced on stage for many years.. seemingly the envy of most and usually complimented by African Americans as having "Rhythm & Soul" as good as them.. and actually won a "rock'n roll dance" contest with a friend I'd never danced with before that evening.. then I got hit by a car in '99 sadly, and life changed

I can create a large scale hand painted mural from a ity-bity picture.. I had painted a bunch of cartoon characters on my youngest's wall when she was a baby, they delighted her.. prior to and after that, I've left my imprint on many a wall.. including where I currently live..

I used to paint on canvas back in grade school.. even sold 1 of my works for $50.. back then it was a LOT of money for a 9 year old..

I used to sew clothes for my kids and made my own patterns for that purpose.. plus I can sew a full set of sheets w/pillow cases.. bed skirts and bed canopy's, curtains, duvet covers and pillow shams.. plus a whole lot more.. plus I've re-upholstered furniture.. all simply using fabrics and measurements..

I knit and have made blankets for all my g-babies and my kids, plus some for myself.. all sizes and colors..

I can build furniture and anything really using scrap lumber and my imagination.. from a hand drawn drafted design to a completed project..

anything that involves working with my hands and imagination.. I can pretty much do.. all this without any formal training.. so I guess I have a knack for creativity.. plus my dad used to say "you can do ANYthing you put your mind to"..

that doesn't take from the fact I draw of lot of inspiration from musuems, antiques, home reno & restoration shows and even magazines.. I simply add my own personal flair to anything I do..

sorry ol'coot.. I guess I was ahead of you in the creativity line up and took what should have gone to you

Calls the FBI...
Their response:

Too bad she's Canadian & we're at war with them or we'd award her the Congressional Medal of Freedom.

We will however, invite her to Davos in 2027 to give a seminar on how to steal talents professionally.
It sounds like she could become THE leading ex-spurt in the field & help the 0.001% increase their portfolios significantly.

Thank you, Mr. Hyatt, for the information.
Your country owes you a great debt.

Sincerely;
Kashcard Patel
Director of the FBI

smartazz

Lesson:
When the OldCoot is involved DO NOT open doors unless you are prepared for whatever might be on the other side.

I NEVER open doors to the FBI

Thinking... the days go by so fast?!
And yeah, I'm having fun, painting again, and doing some other things here and there. But before I know it the day's over again and it's time for bed. Again.
Which is what I'm going to do now, bed & sleep. It's gone 1 and I'm tired & sleepy.