Tag: Pen and Ink

For Wordle ARBOR I thought of Arbor Day, a holiday I remember from elementary school when people made a big deal about planting trees, which I was confused about. I didn’t know the meaning of the word Arbor nor what it had to do with tree planting.

It turns out “Arbor Day—which literally translates to “tree” day from the Latin origin of the word arbor—is a holiday that celebrates the planting, upkeep and preservation of trees.”

Arbor Day was invented by a couple in Nebraska in the 1870s. You can read about the interesting history here.

For Wordle: RIPER I drew the stages of bananas from Green to Ick. Why do they go from green to black so fast? I learned recently that if you seal the end where it connected to the bunch with plastic wrap or foil the ripening process goes more slowly.

The dreams above were:

(1) Riding in a NYC taxi and explaining to the driver how New Yorkers are born with wisdom and know things others don’t, like how to get home when the bus stops running, and then crying because I love NY so much and want to be back there.

(2) I thought the cab driver might be homeless but he said he had to hurry and go because his wife is in a Calvin Klein Fashion show.

(3) Admiring my friend Barbara’s belt and then realizing I have one just like it. (Except in real life I don’t own a single belt but wish I did.)

For Wordle: RUDDY I drew the North American Ruddy Duck. These funny, cute critters need to get a running start across the water in order to take flight. Also above are some vibrant dreams illustrated that you can read if you want to click to enlarge the image.

My usual at-home wardrobe consists of sweats (above) because as Mark Twain said, ”The coldest winter I ever spent was summer in San Francisco.” The constant fog and wind in my neighborhood call for sweats and a hoodie most of the time, even or especially in the summer.

I’d been watching the very funny Party Down on Hulu (from 2010) that Adam Scott stars in. So in my dream (above) he was my boyfriend and we were planning our ill-fated wedding.

When I googled “KIOSK,” I landed on http://www.PrisonKiosk.net, a seller of Prison Music Kiosks with the tagline, “The “i-Tunes of U.S. prisoners.” The site displays a photo of a hapless prisoner paying to play music. The Prison-Industrial complex provides opportunities for entrepreneurs to invent businesses to capitalize on the system.

She AVAILed herself of a VEIL to No AVAIL. It wasn’t going to hide the fact that she was a creepy clown. Also a dream of shopping for chaise lounges at Costco. All they had were the nasty ones with plastic straps of colored plastic that stick to your skin and leave stripey dents.

The Wordle was SOUND and it was a day of synchronicity because I finally have good sound in the studio again thanks to a cheap Bluetooth Dongle. (Click image to enlarge to read more about it).

I am months and probably 100 pages behind in posting so will keep this short. I almost posted these two journal pages a month ago but got frustrated when I couldn’t get a clean image. I decided to just get them posted anyway, even if they’re not close to perfect.

Flemish Giant rabbits grow to the size of small dogs—2.5 feet long and 15 pounds. They need their own rooms, not a cage, according to a website about them. I thought they qualified for Wordle GIANT.

I love taking long showers but in the SF Bay Area and most of California, water is a precious and scare commodity so we have to monitor our usage. My water bill displays graphs displaying if I’ve been a good citizen and minimized my water usage. I try my best.

My dreams: I got a call from AAA that I’d left my car keys were in my car so he locked the car and put my keys on the dash. I took my sister’s little fluffy white dog (that she doesn’t have in real life) to go look for my car. I couldn’t remember where I’d parked it and couldn’t answer the phone because the phone was in the car (weird dream logic).