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Mandala Tutorial

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Simple Tools Sketchbook or Paper Dollar Store Drafting Tools (although I am shopping for some better ones) Pencil Sharpie Pen (or your favorite, that just happens to be mine) Draw concentric circles and divide them up.    This one is at 30% increments but you can choose,  just so it is even.  You will do this lightly with a pencil so that  it can be erased later.  Then you just start creating  Don't worry about a ruler. In the end the lines will look fine.  This one is mostly simple straight lines.  I never have an idea in mind,  I just wait and see what happens.  You will make a line and repeat the  same line the whole way around.  And remember, it is only paper. Big rule of thumb with a sketchbook,  never rip out a page,  your mistakes could become  masterpieces!  I repeated that same idea in one of the bigger circles....

Favorite Sights

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  What a fun night!    Cousins making memories! If we could only freeze them in this moment...   If they would only sleep in... But it's 6:30 and they are stirring... Hurry up, Coffee!   

Wacky Wednesday

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  Leaving for vacation there is always so much to do. Sometimes I wonder why we even go, but a huge recharge is greatly needed this time of year. So, I make lists, and try my best to get them finished. Some got done, some didn't, but today we leave. As a side note, the ground is covered with snow here this morning and that makes it very easy to leave! Florida Bound. But first, the highlights of the last couple of days! Prescriptions filled, check. sounds as though we are on top of this until... the bottle flip challenge. Really anything will do and every morning, Logan finds something in my kitchen to bottle flip. I thought my blood pressure pills looked harmless, I mean way better than some of the glass bottles I have grabbed from him mid flip. Until it hit the ceiling knocked down the artfully arranged corks I have on that ceiling and broke all of the chalky pills inside. Suppose anyone will understand when I say ...