ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY ~ REMEMBER ??????

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PS. the newest chapter in the Adventures of Winston the Wonderhound is now showing.

A Beary Funny thing Happened...

As I was finishing a slide show, our neighbor began leaning on our doorbell....I thought the house was on fire.... but No. She came with camera in hand to tell us that there was a huge bear in our front yard.

I grabbed my camera and called the police just in case, as he was heading for our neighbor's back door. He settled for her bird feeder instead and after wandering around for about a half an hour he headed back into the woods. I have to say, he or she was so beautiful. The Police said they are usually afraid of humans, but since he was at someone's back door they responded and kept an eye on him until he wandered away. Lessons to be learned... no bird feeders once the snow is off the ground. Make a lot of noise if you walk in the woods... (I don't plan to anytime soon.) Always have film in your camera or a fresh disk in your digital.

Here he is wandering in our back yard....
And grabbing the neighbor's bird feeder... he just sat right down and devoured all that was inside.
And finally heading home.

Recycle...

Something pushes me to recycle old sketches from time to time and these are two that were painted a bit differently a while ago. I think there is always room for improvement... and these may be redone again at a later date.©Ginger Nielson

ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY ~ POLAR

Everyone needs a little music no matter where they are. Have you heard about the newest from Apple? The ICE-POD!
©GingerNielson

And Now for something Completely Different....

Enough tough stuff... it's time for some happy thoughts. The sun is out today, and hopefully it will stay out for many more days to come. Time for a walk, and an ice cream cone, a happy puppy to come along and maybe a new adventure.

A Soggy Saga....

The storms in the Northeast caused our power and phones to be disabled. Roads were closed and the fire department couldn't even get to our house to help out... The story was repeated over and over here in NH. With no power we couldn't use our pumps and tried bailing from the sump hole. That became useless after the first two hours because we just couldn't keep up with the flow. We even tired the old syphoning trick with the garden hose.... ever tried to suck water for 60 feet? We could get it going, but then it would quit. Finally we quit too and just had to grab things off the floor and try to find higher places to store them. I felt like the sorcerer's apprentice carrying those buckets.

After about 6 hours the fire department was able to get to us and turn off the furnace, but there was still no power, heat or phone. We started a nice fire and kept warm there. Reading, sketching, talking and praying for the power to be restored.
Telephone poles were down at either end of our rural road. Our family room was entirely flooded and the water was rising when the power came back on at 9pm. We started our pumps and kept on pumping. By morning we were able to remove the dozens of books that had been soaked and other things to the garage on a higher level. Furniture and carpets were casualties but we did finally get the floor dried out with the use of fans and a dehumidifier.

We consider ourselves very very lucky. There are people here who lost their homes.. businesses that will not recover for months and many roads still closed ....some indefinitely.

Our biggest lesson from all of this... can be summed up in one word. When you live up here remember this: GENERATOR!

the latest in Winston's Adventures

The latest in the Adventures of Winston the Wonderhound have been added. Go take a look at the newest predicament that has befallen the curious beagle and his traveling companion.