©Virginia Spencer, thepurpledogpaintingblog.com, 2015
Time Warp
©Virginia Spencer, thepurpledogpaintingblog.com, 2015
The Ghoul
Slowly, drifting
Moaning, wailing
The ghoul
Appeared in the sky.
With his face corroding
Decomposing
The beast
It would not die
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In the garden waiting
Anticipating
Dummy
Flashed his knife
With his courage fading
His wooden limbs
Shaking
He would fight for his life
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The ghoul it crept
To our hero inept
As a skeleton
Cried from the ground
A gargoyle leered
The pumpkins they feared
That the beast would win this round
But as the ghoul soared
Dummy jumped on the gourd
And sank his knife deep into its chest
The ghoul cried “Boo Hoo!”
‘Cause he knew he was through.
Though he had given it his very best
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The beast
It went to his grave so green
Shouting to all who could hear
You’re all so mean!
But Happy Hallowe’en.
I’ll see you again next year!
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©Virginia Spencer, thepurpledogpaintingblog.com, 2015
Keep Clam!
Zeus is itchy.
It’s his yearly Autumn Itch.
So I bought him some itch relief stuff.
Let’s read the bottle..let me see..we have
Deep skin cleansing….splendid, that’s much better than shallow skin cleansing.
Complete body cleanser..even better, not much point only cleaning part of it.
Soothes ….great stuff, nothing better than a soothing soothe.
Clams.. sure a good clam is..What?…I mean..Pardon?
Hmmm..Yup that’s what it says..
Soothes and clams…
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I’ve never had my dog clammed before.
Shellfish of me I know.
I wonder if it’s good for his mussels?
Sorry I’ll scale back.
I know it’s getting ruff.
It’s load of carp really.
Llama get back to the point.
It’s not like this happens aviary day.
It’s dragon on…
No use hanging around.
Or lion..
I’m just kitten..
Sea ya!
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©Virginia Spencer, thepurpledogpaintingblog.com, 2015
Public Service Announcement
This is a public service announcement.
Do not run with apples in your mouth!
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Stop it!
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Put that down!
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It looks ridiculous.
Much as I appreciate the art of meditation that doesn’t look much better.
“Thpbfft!”
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How rude!’
Now everyone..
Jump!
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©Virginia Spencer, thepurpledogpaintingblog.com, 2015
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Wandering
Recently I was at Fort Erie, across from Buffalo, New York. It sits on the shores of Lake Erie, near the mouth of the Niagara River.
From it you can see the gorgeous Art Deco building that is Buffalo City Hall. The City Hall was designed by architect John Wade and finished in 1932. There are triumphant arches and columns and reliefs and sculptures and mosaics and a bat signal on the roof.
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Fort Erie was originally built in 1764 during Pontiac’s Rebellion. Pontiac of course had been overtaking the cart market which the British did not appreciate. Soon after, the Brits sold Jaguar to Ford who sold it to the Tatas, a group of entrepreneurial strippers and a couple hundred years after the Fort was built, Pontiac ceased productions.
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Okay, that may not be quite what happened.
However at one point during the War of 1812, the Fort did blow up..
What happened was that the British were led by a general so inept, his subordinate officers including his own nephew settled their affairs and gave away valued property before following his battle plans. They knew they were doomed.
They were right. It turned out that firing a cannon over top of a large powder magazine was not a great idea. The explosion threw the two tonne cannon over one hundred yards. Hundreds died or were wounded and more than 500 soldiers simply disappeared in the initial blast and the ensuing fires.
Brutal stuff.
General Drummond, the man responsible for the whole mess had a road named after him in Niagara Falls.
It’s still there if you’d like to go stomp on it.
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The tour was quite interesting.
We found out that some people during the 1800’s used old suits of armor as a sort of tactical vest. Pretty clever, not comfortable but clever.
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They shot off some muskets which was fun to watch.
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They did not however let me use the cannon.
*Sigh*
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This is an acrylic of the monument marking the grave site of 153 soldiers. 150 British and 3 Americans. 8×10 inches.
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Running amok!
Between wandering and procrastination, I have not been keeping up with this blog. I fool myself into thinking I am keeping up because I write long posts in my head. I then, of course promptly forget them when I sit at the computer.
I also forgot how to paint again so I did this lesson in acrylic from a book by Mark Daniel Nelson. The book is called “Learn to paint in Acrylics with.. 50 Small paintings”. Good book, was a nice refresher.
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Here’s a photo from one of the places I’ve wandered to.
Niagara Falls.
I have some stories to tell so I’ll be back soon!
Thanks for sticking around.
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Butterflies and Bees
“Hail the Monarch
King of the Flowers!”
He says to himself… Himself, that is.
“Bzz!” says the bee
“Buzz Off!
You Are Ruining My Photo Shoot!”
(Monarchs always enunciate and capitalize Their Words)
“Bzzz, the nerve!”
“I Beg Your Pardon!”
“Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!”
(Oooo, the mouth on that bee!)
“Hmph!
Now Where Were We?
Hmph! I Say Again.”
“Ah Yes, I Remember”
*whistles Mr Williams’ “Imperial March”*
“Hail the Monarch!
King of the Flowers”
He says to Himself.
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Thistles and ink
Thistles.
Old schoolhouse, ink, 4×6 inches
Solid door on a dilapidated barn, ink, 4×6 inches.
Old silo with climbing tunnel, ink, 4×6 inches.
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Congratulations!
It’s a good day to put up a colorful photo.
I don’t have a rainbow so here’s a butterfly.
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Congratulations to all on the Supreme Court’s decision on gay marriage today.
🙂
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