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You might remember back in April of ’22 I shared my Eddie Van Halen Funko figure in which he was “jumping” and holding his customized red, white, and black Frankenstrat guitar. Funko obviously knows the way to my heart and my credit card because they’ve done it again, this time posing EVH with his custom-designed Black and White Eruption guitar.
Maybe next year, the Bumblebee?
Here’s Eddie playing the Black and White on “You Really Got Me.”
Name that mood!
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Lucia Larner, Chicago, USA
Gouache on board, circa 1950s
illustration and text below ©Swann Auction Galleries
Larner was the only female artist at Stephens, Biondi, & Decicco, Chicago’s premier commercial art studio in the 1950s. For the city at the center of modern American consumerism, her background as a fashion artist set her visual style apart from her colleagues and she was one of the most in-demand artists for the agency. Lucia’s most iconic contribution to the commercial art world was the 1956 redesign of the Morton Salt girl.
Today is National Pizza with the Works Except Anchovies Day. I’m not sure I’ve ever known anyone who eats anchovies on pizza. They were part of an ex-boyfriend’s homemade Caesar salad dressing, and they didn’t bother me, so it wasn’t anchovies that broke us up. =)
What’s your favorite pizza AND do you feel passionate enough about no pineapple on pizza to wonder why there’s not a National Pizza with the Works Except Pineapple Day? (For all I know, there could be.)
Today is my nephew Daniel’s birthday, and if he were here, I’d make him any kind of pizza he wanted. EVEN if he wanted anchovies or pineapple. Happy birthday, Daniel!
I might have resolution to a situation that’s cost me a lot of peace of mind for almost three years, and I’m not mad about that. =)
Tom didn’t have his volunteer gig, so he did some light yard work (and put out the flag for Veterans Day), and I didn’t do any housework. Dinner was a joint effort, and other than that, it was just a day to chill with the hounds.
Tom put together another of the beautiful wooden puzzles he received last Christmas. This one is “Dachshund.”
How cute is s/he?
Meanwhile, I made a big mess of the writing sanctuary NOT writing but working on my ongoing doll kilt project. I learned so much as I went along with the kilts I made that I’m going back to fix things (though not my mistake in putting the openings on the wrong side) and also adding embellishments. I’ll share when my six-pack of kilt-wearing character dolls are ready for their closeups.
Current Photo Friday theme: Ice
Central Park, Manhattan, February 1998
My first trip to New York City. If you squint, you can see ice beneath those skaters.
Lynne, I believe the final of the significant four teams is now part of the collection.
1985 Becky would never have predicted this.
In mid-April, I posted about how a few notes* of a song were in my brain, and I couldn’t identify the song. I found a virtual piano keyboard so I could play those notes for Tom and Tim, but neither of them could identify it from what I remembered or from my speculation about who the artist might be. One of those artists was the band Pearl Jam.
Last night, the show I’ve been rewatching played in the background while I was doing other things, and I suddenly realized I was hearing lyrics that matched that music–oh, thank you, Internet, for giving the world a means to quickly look up lyrics.
So… Turns out I was right. A familiar song that I just couldn’t quite remember. Now that I’ve listened to it a few times (especially reading the lyrics), I understand why it persistently nagged at my memory–and so do my characters, one of whom could have written those words.
*These were the notes that I played over and over, except for a couple of blanks, to try to figure it out.
Below are tiny charms I used to embellish kilts.
I ended up with six finished 1:6 scale kilts. Then I realized the trouble I’d had modifying the pattern I found (for a human kilt) contributed to how I misread the actual arrangement of the kilt. Kilts open or fasten on the wearer’s right side, what we see facing it on our left. I got that reversed in my brain, so all my dolls’ kilts open on their left side and are incorrectly fringed on their left side. Since these are dolls representing characters in the Neverending Saga, Tom advised me to accept that I’ve created a mirror universe in my fiction. It’s always good to have a science fiction buff around.
Here are the six. From left to right (real left as you’re looking at it, not some fictitious left), their characters’ initials are AC, MA, DFS, BW, PA, and CA. I tell you that so I can give credit for the pieces I didn’t make.
I made AC’s white shirt (in the 1990s), vest, kilt, and socks. The shoes are Mattel’s.
I made MA’s kilt and socks and the strap with the ram charm. The green over-shirt, black long-sleeved tee, and shoes are Mattel’s.
I made DFS’s gray shirt, kilt, strap with the piano charm, socks, and necklaces. The shoes are Mattel’s.
I made BW’s kilt, fly plaid, belt with the crow charm, and socks. Black shirt and shoes are Mattel’s.
I made PA’s red shirt, black belt (many years ago), kilt, and socks. Shoes are Mattel’s.
I made CA’s brown shirt, kilt, socks, and chain holding flower charm. Boots are Mattel’s.
I can bring a little life to these characters by imagining dialogue. You might have to zoom in to read it.
Definitely a learning experience, and not only will my next kilts and shirts be better, but I’ll make sure they open on the dolls’ right sides. Literally.
Photo posted here previously was of a mixed media on canvas work, A Raven’s Dream, by artist Vicky Hensley.
Time change affecting your mood? Your sleep? Your dreams?
If you’re on Instagram, you can also find Hensley’s work at this link.