Lighthouse Notes

Underpaintings, a blog of interest

2011-12-29T06:07:00.000-06:00

http://underpaintings.blogspot.com/

Rapid Restoration aka Alien Worm

2011-12-14T15:25:00.000-06:00

Sharon Hobson Carl

2011-10-19T21:23:00.000-05:00

2011-09-29T11:08:00.000-05:00

visited 21 states (42%)Create your own visited map of The United States or website vertaling duits?

Red River Bridge

2011-08-24T19:07:00.000-05:00

http://imgsrv.clarksvillenow.com/image/DbLiteGraphic/201108/8826207.jpg?1314230349

Sharon

2011-07-14T22:47:00.002-05:00

Birmingham Opera Competition May 2011

2011-05-31T01:54:00.003-05:00

Fibonacci numbers - The Fingerprint of God

2011-04-04T15:15:00.000-05:00

Day 2 and 3 - August 15 and 16

2010-08-16T15:43:00.002-05:00

Yesterday I walked around Walgreen's three times. Not VERY far but more than I usually do.Today, I'll walk around Walmart. And tomorrow, back to the mall.

The Crepe Myrtle - August 2010

2010-08-15T03:27:00.002-05:00

Mary's Gardens pruned it but didn't finish cleaning out the area at the bottom.

Day 1 - Saturday, August 14, 2010

2010-08-15T01:26:00.003-05:00

Day 1 of walking. Drove out to the mall around 5 pm. Walked from the car to Dillards, from Dillards to Borders, around Borders, back to Dillards and to the car. Got home about 7 pm.I wasn't walking ALL that time. It's not really very far from Dillards to Borders but I had broken into a sweat (in spite of the air conditioning, and in spite of the fact that I wasn't really running but going very

Leg Swelling - 2

2010-08-13T23:39:00.003-05:00

That article (below) is from a newsletter called Leg Health News. I have been having this problem for about three years, and in spite of all the things tried, it hasn't gotten much better. It does vary, better at times, and worse at times. Some thoughts in this article caught my attention... the idea that it could be improved in 2 weeks by walking, (Of course, I am not a good walker... have

Epidemic of Leg Swelling

2010-08-13T23:18:00.003-05:00

The Epidemic of Leg Swelling In the last few years, life style changes such as increases in rapid transit, work hours, and family involvement has brought about the demise of going for nice walks. This has been detrimental to our leg health. Physicians 10 years ago saw 1 of 10 patients with pitting edema. Today

Taylor Mali on what teachers make

2010-07-15T07:30:00.000-05:00

Clarksville, TN Flood - 2010

2010-05-13T19:09:00.002-05:00

Poem by Ellen Bryant Voigt

2010-05-08T02:25:00.000-05:00

LessonWhenever my mother, who taughtsmall children forty years,asked a question, shealready knew the answer."Would you like to" meantyou would. "Shall we" wasanother, and "Don't you think."As in "Don't you thinkit's time you cut your hair."So when, in the bare room,in the strict bed, she said,"You want to see?" her handswere busy at her neckline,untying the robe, not lookingdown at it,

Opryland Hotel filling with water during Nashville Flood

2010-05-07T18:13:00.000-05:00

flood pictures

2010-05-06T16:25:00.001-05:00

http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=DN&Dato=20100503&Kategori=NEWS01&Lopenr=5030815&Ref=PH

The Great Tennessee Flood of 2010

2010-05-05T01:24:00.001-05:00

The rain stopped about two days ago, but there is still high water all over town and three main bridges are closed.Looks like the river just crested. 62.4 ft. at 10:30 am...(Tuesday May 4, 2010) -- 16.4 ft. above flood stage. Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service: Nashville: Cumberland River at Clarksville water.weather.gov National Weather Service Advanced Hydrologic Prediction

A General who reads Yeats

2010-02-16T07:59:00.003-06:00

in an article about General Stanley McChrystal-- a top US commander in Afghanistan --". . . at a particularly dreadful moment during the Iraq war, McChrystal sent his special operators copies of the Yeats poem "The Second Coming." He directed their attention to the lines "The best lack all conviction, while the worst/ are full of passionate intensity" and told them that their mission was to turn

HERE-COMES-THE-GUIDE@TARPY'S.mov

2010-02-13T07:45:00.001-06:00

and Heeeeeeere's Sharon!

World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale

2009-09-26T22:41:00.001-05:00

Patsy Cline - She's Got You (lip sync at high school reunion)

2009-09-25T16:35:00.001-05:00

more of my art cards

2009-08-11T16:54:00.002-05:00

This one is finishedand this one (but already traded)This one traded (but the clips had to stay on a bit longer, for the glue to dry)and this fellow makes an interesting card, I think. The leaves are real.

a favorite card by Sharon

2009-08-11T10:26:00.002-05:00

Art Trading Cards

2009-08-10T02:10:00.002-05:00

This is one of Sharon Carl's -- traded to me!

ART TRADING CARDS

2009-08-10T02:08:00.002-05:00

This one has already been traded away.

Reading - August

2009-08-10T01:58:00.001-05:00

Reading Charles McCarry books - several - the Paul Christopher novels. Had read The Last Supper (NOT a religious book but a spy book) several years ago but could NOT remember the name of it, OR the author's name. Finally asked Google and it gave me one called Christopher's Ghosts. It was definitely the same author! So I've read those two and Old Boys, so far. These books have memorable

Reading

2009-07-07T05:29:00.003-05:00

Just finished reading Hilary Mantel's A Place of Greater Safety. At first I didn't think I liked the book at all. But by the end, I know it is one that will stay with me for a long time. Subject is the French revolution. The book assumes you know something about it. It goes into many lives of the time, but particularly these three: Georges-Jacque Danton, Camille Desmoulins, and Maximilien

Art Trading Cards

2009-06-27T17:30:00.001-05:00

back in April, went to an ART TRADING CARDS group at the DAC. GReat fun.We planned to have a get-together every month ... but missed last month. This time, volunteered to have it coincide with my shift... In the three hours we worked on them, I made four. Then traded three of those away, and came home with only one of my own.I now have those three (trades) plus 3 or 4 of sharon's plus about 4

Bartlett Pear next door

2009-04-27T17:21:00.000-05:00

Her Morning Elegance / Oren Lavie

2009-01-27T22:40:00.001-06:00

Sand Dancer

2009-01-02T23:40:00.001-06:00

Nora: The Sequel - Better than the original!

2008-12-22T10:35:00.003-06:00

From U-Tube - A really talented cat!"Features all-new footage and more duets. Better than the original! This is not a trick taught to Nora. She began sitting at the piano at about one-year-old. She's almost four now. She plays only when the mood strikes her, which is usually several times a day for short periods. ......"

2008-12-17T01:08:00.001-06:00

Museum by dumpr.net

Autumn in Tennessee

2008-11-06T00:45:00.001-06:00

Setting up Variations

2008-10-06T07:02:00.000-05:00

Setting up

2008-10-06T05:06:00.000-05:00

Framing and set up for Oct 1 Show

2008-09-28T23:50:00.000-05:00

2008-09-28T23:33:00.000-05:00

Should've called this show "Chaos!"

2008-09-25T23:39:00.002-05:00

New Show - Variations

2008-09-23T00:24:00.002-05:00

Barbara and I have a show going up on October 1st - to October 30. Have been painting and painting and painting. Am on the last two and have changed from oil to acrylic, since oil won't have time now to get really dry. Then have to get them in frames and take them to the gallery. We call the show "Variations" and it's a good thing. Not only do Barbara and I paint different sorts of things,

2008-08-22T18:21:00.001-05:00

Edvard MunchThe ScreamI was surprised to learn that this famous painting was painted on ordinary cardboard and that is one reason it is so fragile. Even so, it has survived being stolen and eventually recovered. There are several versions of this painting.

Twisted German Cast On

2008-08-15T21:16:00.010-05:00

This is the cast-on used for "Six-Socks" last sock - The Handsome Devil. I'm still working on it and havent started the current one (Autumn Lace). I Like the Handsome Devil pattern. It goes really quickly. (I got a late start) -- and can't work on it very much now, as I working on paintings for a show.

Maybe a Cicada?

2008-08-14T23:37:00.002-05:00

He doesn't look exactly like the images I have found, but pretty close, and there are a lot of variations. (A friend emailed me and gave me this clue!)

Can you tell me this guy's name?

2008-08-08T00:19:00.002-05:00

He's not very pretty. Definitely not a June bug. A little bigger, I think. He posed for several pictures and then took off almost straight up into the trees.

Look what they've done to our street!

2008-07-26T09:10:00.001-05:00

This was once a natural woodsy area. When we bought houses here, on this one block long street, we were told that nothing would ever be built in the woodsy area at the end because of the sheer drop-off of the land. Then along came a developer who has packed in truckload after truckload of logs and dirt, tearing down all the trees there were there. They'll be putting in more than sixty

The Art of Racing in the Rain, a novel

2008-07-16T08:59:00.000-05:00

This is a good book - by Garth Stein. Especially good right now. It is about a dog. And his family. And the book is written as if by the dog -- Enzo. That may sound corny, but it really isn't. I'm so glad to have found the book and to share the thoughts of Enzo - a remarkable lab.It was MacTavish who taught me that dogs really do think, and often work hard to get their thoughts across. And

The Art of Racing in the Rain Video Book Trailer

2008-07-16T01:00:00.000-05:00

Enzo

Mystery Mushrooms? Toadstools?

2008-07-14T10:00:00.001-05:00

Best crop of toadstools ever!

Went to the Catfish House tonight

2008-07-13T21:58:00.002-05:00

From the top - Melissa and Austin - David and Lisa - Carol holding Samson

Farewell MacTavish

2008-07-01T12:16:00.002-05:00

MacTavish PugsOct. 31, 1993 - June 30, 200814 years, 8 months

Pug o' my Heart

2008-06-20T13:51:00.004-05:00

Such a shaky photo! My fault. MacTavish doesn't feel well at all. We've been to the vet three times this week. He's not snapping out of it so far. He just won't eat anything.Saturday, June 21 - MacTavish is in the hospital. I took him back to the vet yesterday afternoon, and they said to leave him for the weekend. After some tests, the vet called me and said MacT is in liver failure. They

Newest Turtle

2008-06-18T14:50:00.003-05:00

My newest turtle -- created by my Granddaughter Magda. She is a wizard with a crochet hook! Actually, this one is a hand puppet -- that's why you can't see the tail. The colors are gorgeous and he has wonderful texture. I'm so happy that she was willing to part with him! A Gift for my birthday!

The Ringwood Socks So Far

2008-06-17T14:55:00.001-05:00

The socks are growing slowly. Now past the heel.

Poem - The Source by Mark Doty

2008-06-14T09:36:00.002-05:00

Just looked at the Poem of the Week Blog and they have posted The Blessing, a poem by James Wright. It reminded me of a favorite one by Mark Doty. But now The Blessing is going on my list, too as a top favorite. Here is The Source:Source - by Mark DotyI'd been traveling all day, driving north—smaller and smaller roads, clapboard housesstartled awake by the new green around them—when I saw

Poem by James Wright - The Blessing

2008-06-13T22:20:00.000-05:00

The BlessingJust off the highway to Rochester, Minnesota,Twilight bounds softly forth on the grass.And the eyes of those two Indian poniesDarken with kindness.They have come gladly out of the willowsTo welcome my friend and me.We step over the barbed wire into the pastureWhere they have been grazing all day, alone.They ripple tensely, they can hardly contain their happinessThat we have come.They

Two socks on two circulars

2008-05-31T05:01:00.003-05:00

Yarn: "Essential" from Knit-Picks - color: AshNeedles: 2 size 1 circulars - 24"Pattern: Ringwood Pattern from Nancy Bush's Knitting Vintage Socks

Another lost piano poem (Justice)

2008-05-29T22:33:00.007-05:00

This is the poem that caused me to begin collecting piano poems in the first place -- and then I couldn't find it again. I couldn't remember the name of it! --- Imagine!I'll copy it here so it won't get lost again. It's by Donald Justice, and is called:VARIATIONS FOR TWO PIANOS(For Thomas Higgins, pianist)There is no music now in all Arkansas.Higgins is gone, taking both his pianos.Movers

Knitting Group Baby Shower

2008-05-28T10:37:00.001-05:00

California Girl and Opry Mills

2008-05-26T22:26:00.003-05:00

My sweet daughter came to visit this month and we had a wonderful time. We shopped at Opry Mills (and almost got lost in the place but this nice fellow gave us directions.Went to a luncheon the next day, and the next to my knitting group's luncheon and baby shower for Sarah. The next day, we met Aunt Nan, Carol and Melissa at Cracker Barrel for an early lunch and shopped again at the mall here -

Mother's Day 2008

2008-05-25T01:10:00.004-05:00

I loved these flowers from my son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter in Oregon . . .and my daughter sent this wonderful set of knit-picks dp needles!

Yeats' Long Legged Fly

2008-05-25T00:44:00.003-05:00

After swatting at these flying critters for weeks now, I wish they'd all go back to the stream. Remembered this poem -- by one of my most favorite poets... and though it is hard for me right now to see this flying guy as a genius, or symbol of peace... William Butler Yeats That civilisation may not sink,Its great battle lost,Quiet the dog, tether the ponyTo a distant post;Our

Long-legged flies (mosquitoes?)

2008-05-12T17:04:00.003-05:00

I was talking to Sharon on the phone and just mentioned that we have the biggest mosquitoes this year. Since MacTavish has gotten older (he's 14 now), he will ask to go out but when the door is opened, he just stands there, trying to decide why he ever asked. While I'm holding the door open, and MacT is deciding whether or not to go out, these HUGE mosquitoes fly in. They flip all around the room

More about Marvin Bell

2008-05-09T12:14:00.000-05:00

There's a good article about Marvin Bell athttp://www.counterbalancearts.org/speakers/bell_marvin.php

The Cactus Cuties sing The National Anthem

2008-05-09T02:10:00.001-05:00

They are between the ages of 6 and 8. "Texas Tech University Basketball game, Feb 9th, our National Anthem sung by 5 young ladies. I've never heard it performed better than this! An entire arena remains completely silent throughout the entire song. I mean you could hear a pin drop."

Finding lost poems (Marvin Bell)

2008-05-09T01:55:00.002-05:00

Some time ago -- maybe a year or two- -- I read a poem in a magazine. I'm sure it was in a magazine because I was reading a lot of poems in magazines. I was subscribing to the New Yorker and reading all the poems first. I also had a subscription to Poetry at the time.After the subscriptions ran out, I remembered one of the poems and looked for it again. But couldn't find it. I couldn't remember

April Window at DAC

2008-04-23T23:25:00.003-05:00

The paintings are mine and the photos are Marks, another member of the gallery. It's a new thing we are doing -- assigning two artists each month to have their work in one of the windows.

Baby Socks

2008-04-23T23:13:00.003-05:00

I love these little socks. Maybe they will stay on better than booties, -- or at least as well. They were fun to knit and very quick.

Mayonnaise and Coffeee

2008-04-19T04:18:00.000-05:00

Someone sent me this story a couple of years ago.When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in >a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar...and the coffee.A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front >of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls

Gallery Window

2008-04-05T00:47:00.002-05:00

Monday - 3/31 - to set up window at the gallery. Sharing it with Mark Griggs. He has photography and I have paintings. Mark has some antique cameras and equipment that we used just for interest. One thing is a Glass slide lantern projector... and he has lots of the old glass slides, as well as a camera that makes them. I'm planning to take a photo of our efforts, but the last two days, its

Back again!

2008-03-28T14:39:00.002-05:00

My computer has been down. Lost the hard disc, and all my email addresses. If I haven't answered your email, please send your address again.

Spice

2008-02-08T01:38:00.000-06:00

Pattern: Spice is the title of the pattern. It's from 2-at-a-time Socks, a new book by M. Morgan-Oakes. Even though the directions are for 2 at a time on one long circular needle, I'm just knitting them the way I always do, on dp needles.Yarn: Louet GemsNeedles: US 1Yarn colors:

Confetti

2008-02-03T01:12:00.001-06:00

Yarn: Confetti Needles: US1 Heel: round Pattern: used part of the Nancy Bush Traveler's stocking design. (just the back part, and used it on both back and front of this sock -- after a plain rolled cuff)

Zitron Trekking XXL

2008-02-03T01:01:00.001-06:00

Yarn: Zitron Trekking XXL Colorway: 108 Needles: US 1 Heel: round, honeycomb stitchThe color in this photo isn't good, -- the yarn colors are more beautiful. It is really

Winter Vacations and Movies

2008-02-03T00:47:00.000-06:00

The California Girl and her husband are off to Florida (from California!) Both are great vacation states. I'm envious because they are also going to visit my sister. I'd love to see them all, but will get that chance later in the year.My winter "vacation" is being spent watching old movies on TV. I just discovered that I have the "on demand" channel. Didn't even know I had it. don't know

Ravelry !

2008-01-22T00:52:00.000-06:00

Finally got on Ravelry and have loved looking at all the projects people are working on or have done. It took me a while to figure out how to access Flickr from Ravelry so that I could post. I had to write e-mails to the Flickr "help" people and then enlisted the California girl (my daughter) to help me understand the answers. Success at last!

Knitty Gritty

2008-01-20T01:14:00.000-06:00

Finally I'm back to knitting. Finishing Nora's socks and have started another pair with "confetti" yarn, and also starting the "spice" pattern from a new book by Cat Bordhi - New Pathways. It has SO many wonderful patterns, I wish I could do them all at once -- but have to take it one stitch at a time.For the "Spice" socks, I ordered the exact yarn described in the pattern and am going to

Friends Forever

2007-11-13T00:57:00.001-06:00

Today is actually December 21st. Posted this picture over a month ago, just after Mary and Bob were here visiting (from Cape Cod.) I had hurt my knee before they arrived and was hobbling around the whole time they were here, but enjoyed the visit anyway.Since then , the days before Christmas that are supposed to be spent singing carols and shopping and decorating with greenery and red ribbons,

Alpaca

2007-10-26T00:34:00.000-05:00

This photograph was taken by Sharon when she visited her friend's alpaca farm.I think this fellow should have a name.He seems to have stepped out of the pages of a Dr. Seuss book.He's just donated his wool (alpaca) to the cause of knitter's everywhere.Thanks, Sharon, for sharing the photo.

Samson

2007-10-25T02:24:00.000-05:00

Last Sunday, Will came to visit his mom (Carol) and brought his new puppy, Samson. I volunteered to puppy-sit while they all went to church. Actually, MacTavish helped, too. Samson is very curious, adventuresome, wants to explore everything. He loves to play tug-o-war with just about anything, a toy, the fringe on a rug, my nightgown. Another thing (this surprised me) - he is

And next?

2007-10-22T20:23:00.000-05:00

Whenever I get to this stage of a pair of socks, I begin getting anxious about what to start next. I know it will be another pair of socks. But what yarn? What pattern? It's true that I do have some UFOs as they call them, but they are hidden away. More fun to start something new.

2007-10-22T20:16:00.000-05:00

These are the Trekking XXL socks. The colors are soft . I used a pattern for the "lacy top" from one of the sock books, but then have just done a straight K2P2 ribbing all the way down. This picture was made before I turned the heel, but the heel is done now and most of the foot. If only I knew how long (or short) to make the foot!

Back Again

2007-10-22T20:08:00.000-05:00

The Red Socks are finally finished. So are the teal ones. (picture to follow) and a pair for Nora using Trekking XXL. I still don't know Nora's shoe size though. I think it is a 5. She is 9 1/2 years old. does that sound about right?The red ones are for me. My feet were cold the other day and I put them on for the first time. Was amazed at how good they felt and how they warmed my feet almost

Wednesday afternoon

2007-08-22T19:06:00.000-05:00

Another day of over 100 degrees. I know it is August, but this is a long stretch even for August.I have new glasses. first ones in four years. Those four-year glasses were great, never any problems, except they tended to slip down on my nose. The new ones don't do that, but I am just not used to them yet. The Dr. said I should give them a week, a fair trial, before saying they were not okay.

Monday morning

2007-08-20T06:56:00.000-05:00

Still working on the traveler socks. Got really fascinated with the heel turning. It is simply mysterious and when I see it actually working, turning, becoming an odd little protrusion that will certainly work for a heel, I get the Cheshire cat grins. Hey, look at that!Heel turning, for me, means following directions slavishly. So this time, I went even more slowly through them, trying to see if

Words that Keep

2007-08-04T03:22:00.000-05:00

Looking through Robert Fulghum's Words I Wish I Wrote - a notebook of quotations. If I were any good at memorizing, I'd memorize them all. Here's one: "The second principle of magic: . . . things which have once been in contact with each other continue to act on each other at a distance after the physical contact has been severed."

Shine

2007-08-04T03:08:00.000-05:00

Shine is an amazing movie. I'm beginning to think that the best movies are all Australian.Netflix describes the movie Shine as:"A riveting profile of Australian keyboard virtuoso David Helfgott (Geoffrey Rush) and his ultimate triumph over a domineering, abusive father (Armin Mueller-Stahl); schizophrenia; and an obsession with the all but unplayable Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3. Sir John

Library Thing

2007-08-03T03:56:00.000-05:00

I just heard about "Delicious Library" -- a program , very easy and amazing, for cataloging or just listing the books you have spilling out of bookcases and sitting around on top of tables, etc. I looked it up (on Google) and was disappointed to find that it is for the MAC. I don't have a MAC (but wish I did.)Still, while wandering around Google's list, I found a great program for PC - it's

Knitting on the Road

2007-07-30T06:09:00.001-05:00

That's the name of the book – the one by Nancy Bush, and these are called "Traveler's Stockings." I love the design even though I am struggling with it . . . following a chart like this one -- it is slow going for me, but I like the way it is turning out. This one is at the end of the chart. From now on, it is mostly stockinette, but the small clocks will run down each side. I'm stopping this one

Point Reyes Light

2007-07-14T23:19:00.000-05:00

Sharon took these pictures for me of Point Reyes when I was working on the Lighthouse show. I made several attempts to paint it but never got one that worked. Haven't given up on it though.It is in such an incredible location. They had to cut the cliff down and place the lighthouse lower. From its first location, at the top of the cliff, the light shone out over the fog and the boats could not

Seeking a cool place

2007-07-09T20:00:00.000-05:00

on a hot day. (It is 95 degrees today! and humid. Whew!)

Red Socks (Dalarna) Almost Done

2007-07-07T16:38:00.000-05:00

Yarn - Rowan 4 ply soft - Washable - minimum machine actionNeedles - size 1Pattern - Dalarna - p 26-29 Nancy Bush - Knitting on the RoadI love this pattern, even though the "clocks" seem irregular and bumpy, and I have quite a few other irregularities in the tension - but I read somewhere (in one of Elizabeth Zimmerman's books I think) that after a few washings, the tension tends to even out --

Qiviut Trap ?

2007-07-07T16:01:00.000-05:00

Qiviut - (KIV-ee-ut)Adult female musk ox - (Picture from page 9, Winter 2006 Interweave Knits) article by Linda Cortright describes something like a Qiviut Trap --"It's one thing to brush a goat or shear a sheep; it's quite another to hand-comb an 800 pound animal that bears a striking resemblance to a mastodon. . . . The musk ox is placed in a metal-framed "squeeze chute" that provides a

Canada socks (Estonian design) by Nancy Bush

2007-07-07T15:58:00.001-05:00

These are on page 14 of Knitting on the Road. I 'm trying to gather courage to try them.

a special visit

2007-06-10T15:16:00.000-05:00

Had a very special visit from daughter and son-in-law at the end of May. They were here for a weekend and it was so good to see them. We went to the Grand Ole Opry, too. If I could find a picture of it... maybe I can . .. .

Painting now at Rosemary Beach

2007-05-03T21:36:00.000-05:00

Some of the lighthouses

2007-05-03T14:21:00.000-05:00

Dancing up the Sun

2007-05-03T14:04:00.000-05:00

My daughter plays fiddle for Morris Dancers. I have only heard about them. One year they went to Santa Cruz to dance at sunrise. I am still astonished about that! I have great admiration for anyone who gets up at sunrise, and even more for someone who dances or makes music! I did these little pictures from her descriptions and my imagination. Then she told me that they don't wear skirts.

Endangered barns

2007-05-03T13:55:00.000-05:00

This barn is still standing, and still advertises Beautiful Rock City -- on Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga. Some say you can see seven states from Rock City.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_City