Ay-yi-yi-yi

Some actual freezing has taken place to remind us it really is winter and not just a hoax perpetrated by over-eager, excitable, mid-western, Rocky Mountain, Texas, Alabama, etc., TV anchors on the major channels. Aidan is hoping for NO snow days this winter so school lets out early this year; especially since he is already back to school after attending right up to Christmas Eve. Keoni is out there somewhere, presumably New York right now. He might come home and rest a day or two before zooming back to Mercer. How does a Freshman student afford all this, you and I ask. Answer: He was well-paid for a gig before he came home for the holidays.

This is getting awfully grown up.

Marge's Koi pond had a bit of slushy ice over about a fourth of it. The backyard surfaces crunched when I  walked on them. The monthly pond treatment went into it. I can see the Koi resting quietly on the pond bottom. All else seems to be operating well in the household.

In pursuit of some presentable rendering of The Last Supper for Lenten season, I began a charcoal drawing since the other wasn't working out so well. A friend has a highly functional workshop in his garage and expertly trimmed the backboard for the drawing (Lowe's sort of mutilated the edge they cut to the wrong size) that I'll be using to display. It isn't finished, but I took some snaps as it is going along. Maybe that last is so I'll feel like it is progressing. Overall, the project has taken a very large chunk of time, and has given me a little perspective on people who've done work for their patrons.

This is where it got to today. Needs lots of fine-tuning, but tomorrow's another day.

Jesus is looking a little larger than the disciples. Ay-yi-yi-yi. How did that happen...now what.

Michelangelo's David has hands that are too big. Great for throwing rocks though.