Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Decor of the outside world. Balloon Juice: On The Road – ema – NYC Christmas Lights. I am told by a regular reader of Balloon Juice that ema is mostly likely a commenter who has been invited to post. To me, those letters mean Emergency Management Agency. For years, I took an annual trip to NYCContinue reading “Wreath, Photography”

Awareness of the outside world. Cuteness! Raincoast Rider: WW: Tales from the Backyard 5*. Be sure to scroll down for the final close-up. ~~~ The end [Academy Represent! Playing With The Big Kids, Show Report AWTA 2023-2024 #1] The beginning [Show Prep Part One, The Horse Who Didn’t Show, AWTA 2013-2024 #1] The middle … Optimus atContinue reading “Show Prep Part Two, The Rider Who Did Show, AWTA 2023-2024 #1”

Awareness of the outside world. Disco Santa. Yes, really. Press release with video, GSD&M: JOHN TRAVOLTA IS A DISCO-DANCING SANTA IN CAPITAL ONE’S HOLIDAY NOD TO ‘SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER’ by Nudd, Ad Age, October 31, 2023. Making of, “Holiday Night Fever” Commercial Behind The Scenes | Capital One ~~~ [Milton at Work] repost This wasContinue reading “Show Prep Part One, The Horse Who Didn’t Show, AWTA 2013-2024 #1”

Awareness of the outside world. Life in Norway: Pepperkakebyen: The Stunning Gingerbread Town Of Bergen, Norway, by Nikel, November 22, 2022, with video. Appears in ““The Case of The Disappearing Gingerbread City” by R.W. Wallace”, which disappears in A Weird Holiday Season: A Holiday Anthology Edited by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Website, WMG Holiday Spectacular. ~~~Continue reading “Academy Represent! Playing With The Big Kids, Show Report AWTA 2023-2024 #1”

Awareness of the outside world. Annual reminder for people with breasts to get a mammogram. Annual chortle when the mammogram tech tells me to ‘relax my shoulder.’ Lady, people have been trying to get me to do that for years. ~~~ The horses get lunchtime hay. [Lunch Is Served. Again.] The dogs get put out atContinue reading “The Logistics of Lunch”

Art of the outside world. Paintings by Mary Lingen. Though sheer coincidence, the art has a cubic, quilty vibe. Or least, it does to me. “People see all sorts of things in my paintings, some of which isn’t intentional on my part. It reminds some of stained glass, mosaic, quilts, maps of city streets, orContinue reading “Christmas Quilt Blocks, Graphic Art”

First Sunday, lighting of the Hope candle O Come, O Come Emmanuel Pets in Santa hats [pony] Christmas Cornucopia by Mark Forsyth [Christmas Gift] You know Christmas is not the only holiday in December, right? A Charlie Brown Christmas Lebkuchen-Schmidt gingerbread cookies Second Sunday, lighting of the Peace candle Adeste Fideles, sung by Luciano PavarottiContinue reading “Advent, A Prose Poem in 22 Memories”