A little Pit Bull Nugget

Y'all remember Pac from last February. Short for TuPac.
You first saw him here in this post.



Well, Mr. Pac is now a Daddy. That's right.    Meet Pete Pac Jr. 

 6 weeks old. He came in yesterday, to get checked out. He's really anemic, probably worms from his mom. 7 litter mates have died and he's the only 1 remaining. (and before you say or think anything, Pac owner doesn't own the Mom- he rescued this little guy when the others started fading away, and has been bottle feeding him, thinking that might have been a contributing factor)

He should be okay if we can get rid of the worms and his blood levels rise back to normal. See how pale his gums are.

Isn't  he cute?  You just want to squeeze him.

 

Mabel- Absolutely No Idea. Heinz 57?

This is Mabel. We have no idea how old she is, as she was found wandering on a lonesome dirt road last night.



We also have no IDER about what breed or breeds she might be mixed from/with. Chihuahua? Her face looks a little like King Charles Spaniel. Her fur reminds me of a Corgi.

She weighs about 5 lbs. She probably is somewhere between 6-12 weeks old. Feet don't seem to be very large. She has sort of curly fur on her back as you can see from the photo.




She might be up for adoption. The couple that found her aren't sure if they are keeping here, assuming she got dumped. Or if they will try to find her a home, or put her up for adoption. Her bark is more chihuahua than beagle. She has a bit of a cherry eye on the left side. That is common in some breeds such as beagles. If the cherry eye doesn't correct itself, it's a simple fix with a laser by lasering off the excessive tissue.

Yuma and Echo- Pit Bull Puppies

This photo and video was them 3 weeks ago. You might have seen the video on Facebook as I don't see a blog post on the day they were here.








And here they are today.



Yuma and Echo returned today for their second puppy vaccinations. They were wormy 3 weeks ago- really, really wormy- so they are looking much better now.

Their Mom says they are about to wear her out, haha. She said that she has to turn out all the lights at night to stop the wrastlin' and get them to go to sleep.

They were both barking and carrying on before we did their vaccination in the waiting room. I tried to get them to do it again before they left, and on camera.




Too cute. And they still have puppy breath. Their Mom thinks it's a little weird, that I enamored with puppy breath. That isn't crazy is it? huh? Say it ain't so. Tell me it's normal in the comments section.

FaveCrafts Radio

If you are around in about an hour, I am on blog talk radio for about 10 minutes at 7 pm EST at FaveCrafts Radio. Did I mention it was LIVE? *breathe, breathe, breathe*

I am also doing a doing a coupon code on Artfire for 20% off for listeners. If you can't make it, not to worry, the show is taped, and the coupon code is good until next Saturday.

I am nervous. I need a cigarette.

and I don't even smoke.

Buddy- a German Shepherd Husky Mix

This is Buddy. He came in for his first puppy vaccinations today. He's 7 weeks old. It's going to be interesting to see what he looks like when he grows up. Now, you can see both sides of his family gene pool.

The photo is a tad blurry. You can blame Buddy for that. It's not my excessively caffeinated photo taking skillz.

Here a short video of him.

Champ- (cue the musical theme to Rocky here)

Here's Champ.

He's a 6-8 week old pit bull puppy in for his vaccinations today. The photos below are blurry, but notice the bowing of his front feet. Sometimes with puppies, you see one of the bones in their forearm grow a little faster than the other, they are two bones there remember. One sometimes will grow a little faster causing some bowing of their foot. Usually they grow out of it and it straightens up. Unless there is some type of injury to the growth plate.




Last time, a Poltergeist got in my post and emailed out like 5 versions of the post. Not sure why, but in case it had something to do with that video, I am embedding this one from youtube. Here's Champ having a little treat.

My apologies-

I have no idea if the problem is with blogger or google groups, but I have now received 3 email notifications from the same post.

I am disconnecting the link to see if that stops the emails from going out. My apologies if you got too many as well.

Bo's Back in Town

Bo came in for his next vaccinations today. He's the little King Charles Spaniel that you first saw about 4 weeks ago in this post.



He's grown a little since that time. Here's a few seconds of video as well.

Missy, Pebbles, and Finished the Caperneum Church

While watching and listening to the Olympics last evening, I finished the painting of the Church with the Pink Roof.

I had to go back and look at the title of the reference photo. It wasn't Greece as I had originally though. The Church is the Orthodox Church of Caperneum in Caperneum, Israel.

Here's a second reference photo that I didn't show the other day.





It's a small painting- about 6 x 7 inches. I ended up scrubbing out the bouganvillea (sp?) bush, and leaving out some of the detail towards the bottom left of the reference photo. I thought they would draw attention away from the pink roofs and the blue sky.





On the Animal front presenting-


Missy, a Golden Retriever, was in for her vaccinations today along with a tummy rub.



and Pebbles.



A little Yorkie who was in yesterday to have some lady parts extracted. She grins at you, baring her front teeth. Which looks a lot like a snarl, but minus the growl. I didn't have much luck catching it on camera unfortunately.

A Work in Progress- Pink Roof of a Church

It has been forever since I posted a work in progress. It has been forever since I painted on regular watercolor paper. It has been forever since I painted an architectural subject.

Let's combine all 3 for maximum pressure, shall we? HaHa.

Here's the story behind this painting . . . .
One of the artists forums, that I used to pop in more frequently than now, is WetCanvas.com. The Watercolor Forum.

Over time, you meet other members, and recognize their avatars. Some you might now better than others, some you might know in real life.

Olga Moore was one member. She and her family lived in the Netherlands. I remember Olga as being very helpful when people had a problem with a painting, quick to encourage people with their paintings, and shared her reference photos with everyone else through the Reference Image Library. Great photos- many from her travels all over.

The forum recently learned that Olga had passed away last summer after a rather lengthy illness. The illness had kept her away from painting and the wetcanvas forum for some time prior to her passing.

In a thread of condolences, I had an idea to remember this special lady. She left behind almost 850 photos in the reference image library. I suggested people paint one of her photos and share them in a thread in her memory. WetCanvas agreed- with a date of completion by the end of March. Here's the thread, with a link to her photos.
Some people have already posted photos, but do bookmark it and check back at the end of March to see all the images.


It was tough to choose just one. They are that good. But I decided to pick this church in Greece, I think, it might be somewhere else, I need to look up the name.


So last night I started on this little painting, just laying in the first glazes of color. It's a small painting, just a hair over 5 x 7 inches. I changed a few things. I wanted a vertical format. So I cropped the image, and moved a dome. Because I can.

I wanted to incorporate that bougainvillea. (Try to spell that without looking it up!) But on the other side of the wall. . . maybe. I'll probably add or change a few more things as time goes along. But here is where everything is at this point.




Stay Tuned!