🎨😋 Thursday Art and Dinner Date: Complimentary Colours!

Welcome my Friends, to Thursday's Art and Dinner Date! 😊😊

BIG POST TODAY! I HAVE LOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU!!!

🎨For our 🎨 Art Date 🎨, today's optional prompt is Complimentary Colours! Please feel free to share any art you've created, we would love to see it! Tweety Bird is ready for bedtime in his purple pj's. I chose yellow and purple for my complimentary colours today! 

Life Update: I would like to just get this out in the open and never talk about it again! After 10 years, I have ended my relationship. He will be moving out by the end of May. There has been a lot of conflict and it became intolerable for me. I decided it was time for me to be the brave one and ask him to move out. It's been tough, but trust me friends...I'M OKAY. It's really for the best. I have no regrets because I know I tried everything I could to nurture and keep the relationship healthy. Please don't worry about me, I'm excited about this new chapter of my life that is about to begin!! That was hard for me to say publicly, but I know a lot of you have followed my blog for many years and I wanted to be transparent about it so I can feel free to use "I" instead of "We" from now on!! 💛💜

⬆️⬆️ I painted a flower field with acrylic paints too. This was much easier than it looks, I used the Bob Ross method for painting as well as a few little tricks for the flowers!

Jack and Baby Oscar in Jack's New Bed

⬆️⬆️ Well Friends, here is the news about Jack. He has an inoperable tumour in his nasal cavity. This explains the nose bleeds, the sniffles and his sudden onset of trying to clear his throat; it explains the sudden droopy eye as well. The vet said that his wheeziness has doubled since she saw him in February which means the tumour is growing. She gave me a list of things to watch for that will let me know "when it's time". For now though, his breath rate is normal though he has some congestion. He's on codeine nightly for two reasons: so he can sleep (me too), and to suppress the cough reflex. He needs to sleep in his crate now so that he's safe while I'm sleeping. Baby Oscar is keeping him company!

Jack and Raven - Bed Buddies!

⬆️⬆️ I'd like to share this with my pet friends out there. While your dog is sleeping, set your timer for a minute. Count his/her breath. Under 30 breaths in a minute is normal breathing for dogs. Anything over 30 is a concern that there could be a breathing issue. Jack is at 21 breaths per minute right now. I check him 2-3 times a day. I'm holding on to the hope that the tumour will just stop growing. One can hope right?

⬆️⬆️ 😋For our 😋 Dinner Date 😋, I've been chowing down on comfort food. Homemade pizza with my Pizzaghetti Pizza Dough; an egg white scramble with my Pizza Sauce, fresh spinach and some Cheddar; and of course, my usual spaghetti!

⬆️⬆️ I DID IT! I built my "basement garden"! I purchased 12 shop lights on Amazon and built 12 stands from 2x4's. Now I can start my seeds indoors and hopefully grow lettuces, herbs and tomatoes (fingers crossed) year round! It only cost me about $200 CAD for the entire thing. I filmed the whole thing. If you'd like to watch, I have 3 versions to share:

⬆️⬆️ Version 1: The full 28 minute video where I talk about gardening challenges and show you the build itself; and I go into detail about the supplies needed for the build. In the video notes, I have my plans that you can download as well as a written description on how to build this system: Frugal Grow Light System - Basement Grow Light Garden - 12 Stands - $200 CAD - DYI!

⬆️⬆️ Version 2: The 13 minute video where I show you the footage of the build only: Footage Of The Build Only - Frugal Grow Light System - Basement Grow Light Garden - $200 CAD - DYI!

⬆️⬆️ Version 3: The 1 minute sped up short video where I show you the build: DIY Frugal Grow Light System ($200)

⬆️⬆️ For Rain Frances Art, I'm sharing my video How To Paint A Flower Field! Acrylic Painting! Bob Ross Style! (Real-Time Art Lesson!)

⬆️⬆️ For Rain Frances Art For Kids, I have How To Draw A Ladybug ! (Art For Kids!) - Easy Step By Step Beginner Art/Drawing Lesson!

That's all for now folks! Please check out the link widget below for more 🎨 artistic 🎨 and 😋 delicious 😋 creations! See you soon!!! 💗 

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Upcoming Art Prompts For Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date: click on the links below for a description of the prompt and inspiring images! (Prompts are optional!)

March 30th: Primary Colours

April 6th: Folklore

April 13th: Brushes

April 20th: Library

April 27th: Twisted

This art and dinner date date is all about creating. For the art date, you can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, poetry...whatever you like! You can follow the weekly themes or post any art you like! 🎨

And for the dinner date, please feel free to link up your foodie post! 😋

Don't forget to add the URL link to your post (not your blog) to the link gadget below to share your wonderful creations! Please revisit to make sure you don't miss those who join in a little late! All spam and non-related links will be removed! The link gadget will be available until the following Sunday at midnight!

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🎨😋 Thursday Art and Dinner Date: Grayscale

 

Welcome my Friends, to Thursday's Art and Dinner Date! 😊😊

🎨For our 🎨 Art Date 🎨, today's optional prompt is Grayscale! Please feel free to share any art you've created, we would love to see it!  This is one of the original versions of Porky The Pig from 1936-1939 that I drew with ink and graphite. The cartoon shorts were black and white so he fits in quite well with my prompt this week! 

Isn't it interesting how these cartoon characters evolve over the years?

⬆️⬆️ Well, here is my private road, which I dub my half a kilometer driveway. I don't have county services so I have to clear it myself. We've had some big snow storms lately and this is my snow blower handiwork after a storm last week. We are getting a lot of snow this week, but spring snow is melty snow, so I might wait it out instead of doing the snow removal!

⬆️⬆️ Jack's energy is declining...he had a very worrisome nose bleed over the weekend that lasted nearly 24 hours. It's from the cold dry air...but he's always the clown for me. Here's a video of him chewing on his ears and scratching his butt up against the wall lol!

⬆️⬆️ 😋For our 😋 Dinner Date 😋, I'm all Irished out! I made Irish Coffee and Shamrock Sugar Cookies!

On the video front:

⬆️⬆️ For Rain Frances Art, I'm sharing a quick video where I paint Abstract Flowers with acrylic paints.

⬆️⬆️ For Rain Frances Art For Kids, I have How To Draw A Mushroom House!

⬆️⬆️ For Rain's Kitchen and Garden, I'm sharing How To Make Irish Coffee!

⬆️⬆️ I'm also showing How To Make Shamrock Sugar Cookies!

That's all for now folks! Please check out the link widget below for more 🎨 artistic 🎨 and 😋 delicious 😋 creations! See you soon!!! 💗 

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Upcoming Art Prompts For Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date: click on the links below for a description of the prompt and inspiring images! (Prompts are optional!)

March 23rd: Complimentary Colours

March 30th: Primary Colours

This art and dinner date date is all about creating. For the art date, you can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, poetry...whatever you like! You can follow the weekly themes or post any art you like! 🎨

And for the dinner date, please feel free to link up your foodie post! 😋

Don't forget to add the URL link to your post (not your blog) to the link gadget below to share your wonderful creations! Please revisit to make sure you don't miss those who join in a little late! All spam and non-related links will be removed! The link gadget will be available until the following Sunday at midnight!

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🎨😋 Thursday Art and Dinner Date: Cool Colours (Blues, Purples, Greens)

 

Welcome my Friends, to Thursday's Art and Dinner Date! 😊😊

🎨For our 🎨 Art Date 🎨, today's optional prompt is Cool Colours (Blues, Purples, Greens)! Please feel free to share any art you've created, we would love to see it! Daffy Duck is living a frugal life and crushing his own grapes for his wine! Lucky Duck! 😁

⬆️⬆️ Erika asked about the dog boots last week. These are the ones I buy Erika! They remind me of balloons a little bit. They are the best little boots I've ever had for my dogs because yes, they STAY ON. Jack is used to them but Raven tries to shake them off....futile lol. They are easily washable and I'd say I only have to replace the entire pack once every few years when their nails go through them. I rub them with baby powder because they tend to get all sticky and it's hard to put them on the dog's paws otherwise. I buy them at Pet Smart in Canada and a 12-pack of the large boots cost me $27. 

⬆️⬆️ When my Marlene was still alive and had trouble walking, these were great because they kept her from slipping on the wood/tile floors too.

⬆️⬆️ I wanted to show you this gorgeous crystal point that a friend gave me. It's a green Fluorite healing crystal. I just adore it!

⬆️⬆️ 😋For our 😋 Dinner Date 😋, I made a delicious goat cheese pizza! Yum!

⬆️⬆️ For anyone interested, I'm doing a little self-promotion! Every day on my YouTube channel Spiritual Rain, I do a daily card reading. The video above is a sample of what I have to offer!

More on the video front:

⬆️⬆️ For Rain Frances Art, I'm sharing my Watercolor Tulips video!

⬆️⬆️ For Rain Frances Art For Kids, I have How To Draw A Baby Chick!

⬆️⬆️ For Rain's Kitchen and Garden, I'm sharing How To Make Grissini (Italian Breadsticks)!

That's all for now folks! Please check out the link widget below for more 🎨 artistic 🎨 and 😋 delicious 😋 creations! See you soon!!! 💗 

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Upcoming Art Prompts For Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date: click on the links below for a description of the prompt and inspiring images! (Prompts are optional!)

March 9th: Cool Colours (Blues, Purples, Greens)

March 16th: Grayscale

March 23rd: Complimentary Colours

March 30th: Primary Colours

This art and dinner date date is all about creating. For the art date, you can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, poetry...whatever you like! You can follow the weekly themes or post any art you like! 🎨

And for the dinner date, please feel free to link up your foodie post! 😋

Don't forget to add the URL link to your post (not your blog) to the link gadget below to share your wonderful creations! Please revisit to make sure you don't miss those who join in a little late! All spam and non-related links will be removed! The link gadget will be available until the following Sunday at midnight!

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🎨😋 Thursday Art and Dinner Date: Warm Colours (Reds, Oranges, Yellows)

 

Welcome my Friends, to Thursday's Art and Dinner Date! 😊😊

🎨For our 🎨 Art Date 🎨, today's optional prompt is Warm Colours (Reds, Oranges and Yellows)! Please feel free to share any art you've created, we would love to see it!  Ain't that the life for Bugs Bunny? Snoozing on the hammock on a warm afternoon - I can't wait for the warmer weather!

I painted some warm watercolour tulips for the prompt this week!

😋For our 😋 Dinner Date 😋, I made some Italian breadsticks, they're called Grissini. VERY nice! I'll have the video and recipe up on next week's blog post!

A while back I mentioned that I was experimenting with vegan food. I made some Vegan Cheese - it tastes like a combination of Cheez Whiz and maybe what you'd find as a chip dip in the chip aisle of the grocery store. One of the ingredients in the vegan cheese is a Vegan "Chicken" Seasoning. It tastes just like non-vegan chicken seasoning! I think I figured out why...it's the onion powder. That gives it the Lipton Chicken Noodle Soup flavour! ☺ I still prefer milk-cheeses though!

Here are Raven and Jack on a very cold winter morning! It was so cold they had to wear their little booties! They were sitting and admiring the birds at the feeder! Jack is doing a lot better Friends, thanks so much for last week's comments! 

On the video front:

⬆️⬆️ For Rain Frances Art, I'm sharing my watercolour lesson How To Paint A Glass Of Sangria!

⬆️⬆️ For Rain Frances Art For Kids, I have How To Draw A Strawberry!

⬆️⬆️ For Rain's Kitchen and Garden, I'm sharing How To Make Vegan Cheese!

⬆️⬆️ I'm also sharing How To Make Vegan "Chicken" Seasoning!

That's all for now folks! Please check out the link widget below for more 🎨 artistic 🎨 and 😋 delicious 😋 creations! See you soon!!! 💗 

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Upcoming Art Prompts For Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date: click on the links below for a description of the prompt and inspiring images! (Prompts are optional!)

March Colours!

March 9th: Cool Colours (Blues, Purples, Greens)

March 16th: Grayscale

March 23rd: Complimentary Colours

March 30th: Primary Colours

This art and dinner date date is all about creating. For the art date, you can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, poetry...whatever you like! You can follow the weekly themes or post any art you like! 🎨

And for the dinner date, please feel free to link up your foodie post! 😋

Don't forget to add the URL link to your post (not your blog) to the link gadget below to share your wonderful creations! Please revisit to make sure you don't miss those who join in a little late! All spam and non-related links will be removed! The link gadget will be available until the following Sunday at midnight!

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🎨😋 Thursday Art and Dinner Date: Foodie February - Drinks!

 

Welcome my Friends, to Thursday's Art and Dinner Date! 😊😊

🎨For our 🎨 Art Date 🎨, today's optional prompt is Drinks! Please feel free to share any art you've created, we would love to see it! Tweety Bird has his hands full at the coffee house with his café latté! Btw...March's prompts are all about COLOUR!!! Check out the bottom of the post for the March prompts!!!

⬆️⬆️ I did another watercolor study this week, this time of a glass of sangria. I would have liked it to be a bit darker, but I love how the ice cubes, lime and orange turned out! The video will be up on Rain Frances Art's YouTube Channel next blog post! 

⬆️⬆️ I also did a painting of water droplets.

😋For our 😋 Dinner Date 😋, I made more Chocolate Chip Cookies!

⬆️⬆️ I also tried a nice Zinfandel. I love the taste of Zinfandel wine. This wine has a smooth palate and a mild smoky finish. I paired it with a cheese plate! For those who don't know, the Zinfandel grape was exported from the Puglia region of Italy to California. The Italians call this grape Primitivo. The Primitivo grape was brought to Italy from the Croatians, and I can't spell or pronounce what they called the grape! I love Puglia wines too! This is a Rain Recommendation! 😍

⬆️⬆️ Prayers and well wish are WELCOME friends! My 17-year old Jack is slowing down, sigh. He's been sleeping a lot, moving slower and now has developed droopy eyes. He had a sinus infection that lasted 3 weeks...he's still a bit sniffly. I'm hoping it doesn't get worse again. He's my little angel and I know a lot of you have a tender spot in your heart for him! ♥

On the video front:

⬆️⬆️ For Rain Frances Art, I'm sharing How To Paint Water Droplets!

⬆️⬆️ For Rain Frances Art For Kids, I have How To Draw A Penguin!

⬆️⬆️ For Rain's Kitchen and Garden, I'm sharing How To Make Rain's Chocolate Chip Cookies!

That's all for now folks! Please check out the link widget below for more 🎨 artistic 🎨 and 😋 delicious 😋 creations! See you soon!!! 💗 

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Upcoming Art Prompts For Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date: click on the links below for a description of the prompt and inspiring images! (Prompts are optional!)

March 2nd: Warm Colours (Reds, Oranges, Yellows)

March 9th: Cool Colours (Blues, Purples, Greens)

March 16th: Grayscale

March 23rd: Complimentary Colours

March 30th: Primary Colours

This art and dinner date date is all about creating. For the art date, you can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, poetry...whatever you like! You can follow the weekly themes or post any art you like! 🎨

And for the dinner date, please feel free to link up your foodie post! 😋

Don't forget to add the URL link to your post (not your blog) to the link gadget below to share your wonderful creations! Please revisit to make sure you don't miss those who join in a little late! All spam and non-related links will be removed! The link gadget will be available until the following Sunday at midnight!

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🎨😋 Thursday Art and Dinner Date: Foodie February - Bread!

 

Welcome my Friends, to Thursday's Art and Dinner Date! 😊😊 (Let's hope I got the linky right this week!! 😵)

🎨For our 🎨 Art Date 🎨, today's optional prompt is Bread! Please feel free to share any art you've created, we would love to see it!  Bugs Bunny is rivaling me with his bread making!

⬆️⬆️ Continuing my watercolour classes, I did a toast study. I'm loving the glazing technique!

⬆️⬆️ 😋For our 😋 Dinner Date 😋, I made delicious Homemade Croissants!

On the video front:

⬆️⬆️ For Rain Frances Art, I'm sharing my tutorial How To Paint Buttery Toast with Watercolors!

⬆️⬆️ For Rain Frances Art For Kids, I have How To Draw Monsters!

⬆️⬆️ For Rain's Kitchen and Garden, I'm sharing How To Make Croissants!

That's all for now folks! Please check out the link widget below for more 🎨 artistic 🎨 and 😋 delicious 😋 creations! See you soon!!! 💗 

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Upcoming Art Prompts For Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date: click on the links below for a description of the prompt and inspiring images! (Prompts are optional!)

Foodie February!!

February 23rd: Drinks

March 2nd: Warm Colours (Reds, Oranges, Yellows)

March 9th: Cool Colours (Blues, Purples, Greens)

March 16th: Grayscale

March 23rd: Complimentary Colours

March 30th: Primary Colours

This art and dinner date date is all about creating. For the art date, you can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, poetry...whatever you like! You can follow the weekly themes or post any art you like! 🎨

And for the dinner date, please feel free to link up your foodie post! 😋

Don't forget to add the URL link to your post (not your blog) to the link gadget below to share your wonderful creations! Please revisit to make sure you don't miss those who join in a little late! All spam and non-related links will be removed! The link gadget will be available until the following Sunday at midnight!

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🎨😋 Thursday Art and Dinner Date: Foodie February - Veggies!

Welcome my Friends, to Thursday's Art and Dinner Date! 😊😊

🎨For our 🎨 Art Date 🎨, today's optional prompt is Veggies! Please feel free to share any art you've created, we would love to see it!  Bugs Bunny has had a great carrot harvest (I'm jealous!). Now he has to figure out how to preserve and cook them all!

⬆️⬆️ I'm continuing my art classes and I love them, mainly watercolour lessons. Here is a watercolour carrot study!

⬆️⬆️ Just over one year ago, we lost our husky girl Charlie. I've been wanting to make a Tribute Video for my dogs for a long time now, and I figured the time has come! 🐶💖 (It's mostly about the dogs, but I did mention the cats in there too!)

😋For our 😋 Dinner Date 😋, I made a fun meal! I took tortillas and smooshed them into little baking tins and baked them for 10 minutes at 350 F and they turned into little burrito bowls! I made vegan cheese - the orange stuff, (I will be sharing this recipe soon, it's fantastic); and added a bean/salsa mix and some fresh lettuce on top. 

⬆️⬆️ I made my Overnight No Knead White Bread this week. This is SO easy my friends!

⬆️⬆️ I had a yen for some garlic bread too, so I put my no knead bread to good use! I made some garlic bread to go with a pasta dish using my Homemade Garlic Butter!

On the video front:

⬆️⬆️ For Rain Frances Art, I'm sharing How To Paint Carrots With Watercolour!

⬆️⬆️ For Rain Frances Art For Kids, I have How To Draw A Teapot! (Louise, I know this is KILLING YOU LOL!!!)

⬆️⬆️ For Rain's Kitchen and Garden, I'm sharing How To Make Overnight No Knead White Bread!

⬆️⬆️ I'm also showing How To Make Garlic Bread With Homemade Garlic Butter!

That's all for now folks! Please check out the link widget below for more 🎨 artistic 🎨 and 😋 delicious 😋 creations! See you soon!!! 💗 

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Upcoming Art Prompts For Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date: click on the links below for a description of the prompt and inspiring images! (Prompts are optional!)

Foodie February!!

February 16th: Bread

February 23rd: Drinks

March 2nd: Warm Colours (Reds, Oranges, Yellows)

March 9th: Cool Colours (Blues, Purples, Greens)

March 16th: Grayscale

March 23rd: Complimentary Colours

March 30th: Primary Colours

This art and dinner date date is all about creating. For the art date, you can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, poetry...whatever you like! You can follow the weekly themes or post any art you like! 🎨

And for the dinner date, please feel free to link up your foodie post! 😋

Don't forget to add the URL link to your post (not your blog) to the link gadget below to share your wonderful creations! Please revisit to make sure you don't miss those who join in a little late! All spam and non-related links will be removed! The link gadget will be available until the following Sunday at midnight!

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🎨😋 Thursday Art and Dinner Date: Foodie February - Fruit!

 

Welcome my Friends, to Thursday's Art and Dinner Date! 😊😊

💛A note to those who link to TADD: As you may have noticed, sometimes it takes me a wee little while to visit you! If you link your blog's url, I can't always find the post that you intended for the TADD entry! Please link the post, not your blog URL - THANK YOU!!! 💛

🎨For our 🎨 Art Date 🎨, today's optional prompt is Fruit! Please feel free to share any art you've created, we would love to see it! Does a Cherry Blossom chocolate bar count as a fruit? Tweety Bird thinks so! I used to LOVE that candy bar! Do you remember the commercial?

⬆️⬆️ This was the commercial I remember from when I was a kid in the 1970's! Does this bring back memories for anyone?

⬆️⬆️ I've been deep into art courses and I used some of the glazing techniques I learned in my studies for this watercolor pear study.

😋For our 😋 Dinner Date 😋, I made some Zucchini Bread! I replaced the eggs with some applesauce to make this a vegan treat.

I used my Homemade Unsweetened Applesauce and it was delicious!

⬆️⬆️ Many of you know Nicole from DVArtist, Art, Food, Gardening blog. She is a sweet and very talented friend. She sent me one of her faces. I adore it!

On the video front:

⬆️⬆️ For Rain Frances Art, I'm sharing How To Paint A Pear Using Watercolor Glazing Technique! 

⬆️⬆️ For Rain Frances Art For Kids, I have How To Draw A Polar Bear!

⬆️⬆️ For Rain's Kitchen and Garden, I'm sharing How To Make Zucchini Bread (with vegan/eggless alternative)!

⬆️⬆️ I'm also showing How To Make Unsweetened Applesauce!

That's all for now folks! Please check out the link widget below for more 🎨 artistic 🎨 and 😋 delicious 😋 creations! See you soon!!! 💗 

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Upcoming Art Prompts For Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date: click on the links below for a description of the prompt and inspiring images! (Prompts are optional!)

Foodie February!!

February 9th: Veggies

February 16th: Bread

February 23rd: Drinks

This art and dinner date date is all about creating. For the art date, you can showcase your paintings, drawings, photography, sculpting, poetry...whatever you like! You can follow the weekly themes or post any art you like! 🎨

And for the dinner date, please feel free to link up your foodie post! 😋

Don't forget to add the URL link to your post (not your blog) to the link gadget below to share your wonderful creations! Please revisit to make sure you don't miss those who join in a little late! All spam and non-related links will be removed! The link gadget will be available until the following Sunday at midnight!

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