Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Images Spider webs are fun to draw. You can put a line anywhere & it’s a spider web. Process notes. Object -> Pattern. Inkscape/GIMP. Stay safe. Stay sane.Katherine

1000 Words ~~~ Update [Magic Spells, Fiction Sketch] Stay safe. Stay sane.Katherine

Riding, Pasture Life Awareness of the outside world. World Postcard Day. Of related interest, Smithsonian: National Postal Museum Is Sharing Secrets from Around the World! Emery, 2015.~~~ Whenever I ride or walk around the field, I have to spend the first lap with my hand in the air. That way the spiderwebs glom onto myContinue reading “Spider Web”

Pasture Life Awareness of the outside world. UN: International Translation Day. Translators have one of those thankless jobs. The better they are at the job, the less they are noticed. Kudos to them.~~~ This one was sturdier than the last batch. Still there a day later. [Mini Mushrooms] Down The Rabbit Hole “Only eight speciesContinue reading “More Mushroom”

Horsekeeping Awareness of the outside world. Fat Bear Week starts today. Check out the contenders and cast your vote.~~~ Just when we thought Rodney’s footwear could not get any more absurd, I give you … … socks. When I took his boots off the day before, he had rubs on his right front heels. IContinue reading “Rodney’s Ridiculous Feet”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. CNN: Race and ethnicity across the nation, Keefe, Wolfe and Hernandez, Aug. 12, 2021. Yes, Virginia, segregation is still a thing, de facto if no longer de jure. I think of NYC as multi-cultural rather than segregated, yet data shows that Manhattan is sliced in two right at theContinue reading “Milton Reaches The Imaginary Finish Line, 100 Miles and 91 Miles, 66 Days”

Horsekeeping Awareness of the outside world. A data point. “The Trump administration added about $7.8 trillion of today’s $28 trillion debt, and during his term, Congress voted to raise the debt ceiling three times.” Letters From An American: September 22, 2021. Richardson, Sep 23.~~~ Have I blanketed an unclipped horse? Yes, I have. Is itContinue reading “Blanket Defense”