A Bit of a Week

So I haven't posted in a couple days and I was wondering why not. Then I realized a lot has been going on in my life. I did find time to participate in A String Symphony with my Facebook group Zentangle All Around. Above is my tile for string #30.  I am only about 30 strings behind. Hahaha! The tile is a mashup of arukas and airways. Such fun!

 I also got to spend some time with the Frankles.

She loves those sunglasses. 

 She even insisted I wear them -

even if they were made for a little guy

and barely fit my face.

Frankles wore her new glasses that 

are helping her see better.

(When she gets tired of wearing them,

she will have them to me and say, "thank you.")

And our really big news this week is that Bobbie - my son's wife who I call daughter - and mom of the Frankles - earned her ears at Disney two days ago. The beginning of a new adventure for their family. My son will be starting a new job dispatching in a 911 call center for one of the Sheriff's Offices in the area. And the Frankles is starting day care.
In the meantime, we are packing everything  that doesn't move in preparation for our move to Maine.  Happy times. 
What are you up to? How was your week?

String 24, January 24, 2016

I am a day late posting, but better late than never.

This is the string I drew for the 24th of January.

In our Facebook group Zentangle All Around,

the prompt for this string was to do it as a monotangle.

Using just one tangle, variations or tangleations were acceptable as well.

For mine, I used my tangle TootsieMoon.

It works very well when you have several sections that

meet and intertwine.

Shading really makes it yummy!

It is not too late for you to get involved in our year long endeavor -

A String Symphony.

Just head on over to Facebook and join us in

Zentangle All Around

by using this link.

Hope to see you there!

String 23 - Zentangle All Around

 Some of you may not know that I host a Facebook Zentangle group called

Zentangle All Around.

I recently started a year long challenge in the group.

I provide strings - a week at a  time - and the challenge is to tangle a string for every day of the year.

At the end of 2016 each participant will have 366 pieces of artwork that they created themselves.

A treasure trove and beauty, of learning, of advancement and progress.

This is today's string.

As a prompt this morning I challenged each member to tangle today's string using at least one tangle they had never tried before.

Here is what I tangled up. I actually tried three tangles I hadn't drawn before. From upper left to lower right you have: OO Africa (new,) flying geese, gryst (new,) and fracas (new.) I enjoyed trying some new linework,  I think I'll be using that gryst a lot in my circular art. I love to do circles! Haha! 
If you are interested in expanding your tangle abilities,  or if you are just looking for a way to stay busy,  head on over to Facebook and search for Zentangle All Around. Send me a join request and I'll accept you right in. There is still time to get involved.