Landscapes

@sallypup (63094)

• Centralia, Washington

17 Feb

@lillacskies Thanks. You'd have a ton of fun in my downtown. There is a couple blocks of antique stores to get lost in.

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lilacskies

@lilacskies (7685)

• United States

17 Feb

@sallypup You are welcome. I can spend an entire day in antique stores and not even realize that a day just flew by. There are so many things you can find there. I love them! I love anywhere with treasures.

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@sallypup (63094)

• Centralia, Washington

17 Feb

@lilacskies Me, too.Antique stores are like museums. There's one store here that is a combo: junk store and antique store. I love that place

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@DaddyEvil (142459)

• United States

17 Feb

Yes, the glare isn't too bad on the picture you've posted. And yes, I can see the lady with the hand cart. It's a nice picture.

Most of the snow we got over the last two days is already gone here. The prediction is that we'll get another 10 inches over the next 48 hours. I hope not. (I don't know why the snow melted off so quickly this time around. It normally sticks around a lot longer than this.) We're still at 28F with a cold wind blowing outside. My brother took us to the laundromat two days ago and we're still drying laundry. I folded and put away towels and wash cloths this morning and now, I'm folding my small clothes and hanging shirts and jeans in the closet. Pretty still needs to dry and put away her clothes. I'm glad your house is warm enough for you now.

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@DaddyEvil (142459)

• United States

17 Feb

@sallypup He's really good about taking us places when our car is having problems. We bought a new dryer six or seven years ago but the washer is older. The agitator stopped spinning. I know that could be a broken or loose belt but I'm not a repair person so we're waiting until we can afford to hire one to come take a look. Thanks. It's still too cold for us to want to go outside, even without the snow.

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@sallypup (63094)

• Centralia, Washington

17 Feb

@DaddyEvil I'm for sure not one to talk about repairing machines. My used washer just left lint crud on my bed sheets. Grrrrr. I am rewashing the sheet that is the worst and hoping to get better results.

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@sallypup (63094)

• Centralia, Washington

17 Feb

@DaddyEvil That's great that your brother pitched in and helped out. We never got around to spending bucks on a dryer. We're still at the drying rack stage. I'm glad your snow went away.

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ShannyBananny

@shaggin (73975)

• United States

20 Feb

I’m hoping it stops raining here I’m not sure how long we will have to stand outside and wait to get into the marine corps graduation ceremony.

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ShannyBananny

@shaggin (73975)

• United States

20 Feb

@sallypup we are in Jacksonville

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@sallypup (63094)

• Centralia, Washington

20 Feb

@shaggin If you're in the Charleston area, rain can be fierce. I hope things turn out well for you.

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much2say

@much2say (57291)

• Los Angeles, California

17 Feb

Are you by chance a Thomas Kinkade fan? How wonderful it would be to live in a time/place like that! I want an interior deck! I was looking at our back porch this morning . . . tsk tsk that so much needs to be cleared and reorganized (and redone!). Hopefully you stay warm and dry out there. Apparently the rains are gone here . . . it already feels almost too warm. There's so much to do in the yard and I just know I won't get to it all

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@much2say (57291)

• Los Angeles, California

18 Feb

@sallypup True . . . it was too much when those Thomas Kinkade galleries could be found at every shopping mall

. James Gurney - YES! He's a wonderful illustrator - I love his sense of dinosaurs in human society

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@sallypup (63094)

• Centralia, Washington

17 Feb

@much2say I do like Kinkade though his art is a bit over the top and kitschy. I found one of his books in a thrift store. I really like and admire Gurney- the artist who created Dinotopia

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@sallypup (63094)

• Centralia, Washington

18 Feb

@much2say My daughter sent me a large Gurney art book for my birthday. Glorious. It is a textbook- showing how different aspects of painting are achieved. I am known for being capable of drawing only stick figures. The Gurney book has me being braver- I actually drew bubblegums in a bubblegum machine that look like a cross between marshmallows and bubblegums. Hilarious and yet a far cry from what I have achieved in the past.

Always smiling

@allknowing (141602)

• India

17 Feb

This is a unique kind of painting that tells a story

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Always smiling

@allknowing (141602)

• India

18 Feb

@sallypup This could be a good investment too if the painter has made strides and is now recognised.

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@sallypup (63094)

• Centralia, Washington

18 Feb

@allknowing You're right. I believe the painter is a classical master. On the back somebody wrote in pencil a 1905 date.

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@sallypup (63094)

• Centralia, Washington

18 Feb

@allknowing I agree and thanks. I like paintings that tell a story. That looks like a hand cart that the flowers are in, not a horse drawn cart.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (347385)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Feb

I love paintings like this. I've been doing a bit of decluttering too. I like getting things off counter-tops and out of sight. The problem comes when I try to remember where I put them.

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