Picture turned out crappy.. *sigh* couldn't get right brained:(

Did you try some Pure Contour Drawing, first? I had the same trouble, when I tried a sketch on my own. My brain kept telling me it knew what a lamp looked like ...

I shall defeat my brain some day! :-)

Nah, it ended up being a painting. an awful one. I am now covered in paint! I give up!!!

Perhaps it came out perfectly: you meant to paint your abandoned self ... and you ended up covered in paint.

And people claim I don't look on the bright side! :-P

Ha, funny!! It's definitely not what I had in mind..

Do ye have lots of music festivals over in America?

I don't go to many; I'm not very cool, or fond of crowds. But it is the season for them. I hear lots of concerts being advertised on the radio.

Is rock-boy still away at one?

No, rocker boy is home... I'm going to a festival at the start of september!!!!!!!!! I hope it stops raining for it....

I thought it was supposed to rain at music festivals. Mud is part of the experience, isn't it?

Ah, well you're probably right.....but I hate rain!!!!!!!!! It will be more fun if there's nice weather:)

I would think that having fun would be worth a little frizzy hair.

Plus, then you'll fit right in.

I guess I could bring an umbrella..

And a mac and wellies. You'd look just like Christopher Robin. :-)

Ha:) Of course, can't forget the mac and wellies!!! I need to go festival shopping!!! I already have my mac, but no wellies yet!!! I didn't know christopher robin wore a mac and wellies.

It's just my image of British kids; like yours about Target and the States. :-)

haha you're funny!!! What other images do you have of british kids?!! (target is the most amaz-z-z-z-ing shop ever!!!!!)

Well, I have memories of my cousins and nephews; boys in tweed shorts and colored socks ... Okay, most of the images are also a quarter-century out of date. Most of them are married and have kids your age ...

I could be getting old.

You know my parents are both British, right?

I really have got a fairly large platoon of second- and third-cousins and nieces and nephews of various degrees, scattered between England and Scotland. None in Ireland, though; nothing personal.

Are you getting too far "up", milady?

Yeah, I'm getting hyper again(without any coke so far)!!!!!!!!!! Thanks malign:) Do you go to england and scotland much?!!!!! Have you ever been to ireland?!!!!

I'm a little hyper too. I just got from swimming 3 laps across the lake and back! It was so beautiful.........

Are there any ducks in the lake? There's a lake near me but there's ducks and swans in it so I would be too afraid of getting in in case I get pecked to death!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm glad that you're hyper!!!!!!!!!!! We can all be hyper together!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There are wild ducks and geese and swans, but they are way at the other end of the lake. We have Great Blue Herons, little Green Herons, and occasionally some Kingfishers. This is a nature preserve, so there are no houses or boats. Fishermen though. I always look out for their hooks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What happened with your painting?

my painting.....................................................................there's more paint on me than there is on the canvas...

it was a disaster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, how did you go about it? Maybe you need to journal on it first???

Ahhhhhhh I just slapped some paint on the canvas!!!!!!!! Then I poured a bag of baking flour that I found all over the paint and mixed them together!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!