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Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Green Yard Grass / Hanging Basket Flowers - Photograph

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I took those photographs today, to show how green my yard grass is on the last day of September. Where I live in Connecticut US, August is typically a dry, hot month, and most of my grass turns brown. The flowering baskets are usually almost dead by the end of August. Instead, we had a lot of rain in August, so everything thrived. Only the first photo does justice to how beautifully green the yard is.

Monday, September 28, 2026

"Skeletons Danse Macabre ("wdl") Rev 3" - Shirt 8" x 8"

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That is the design I used for the shirt that I made, using inkjet dark fabric transfer paper.

Friday, September 25, 2026

Moon Before The Storm - Photograph

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I took that photograph last night. There was already a thin cloud cover from the Nor'Easter that is going to hit parts of southern New England starting this morning. The tri-state NY-NJ-CT area has a Wind Advisory and Coastal Flood Warning. The Full Harvest Moon occurs tomorrow, September 26, 2026.

Thursday, September 24, 2026

Skeletons Danse Macabre (Rev 3) - Shirt - Transfer Success - Photograph

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I took those photographs of the shirt transfer successful result I got when I used inkjet dark fabric transfer paper to iron my "Skeletons Danse Macabre" shirt design onto a 100% cotton black shirt. (Note: I changed the background color of my design to a dark blue, to make the skeletons in the foreground "pop" better.)

Because of the shirt's drape while on the hanger in the first photo, the image looks wavy, but it is actually flat, as can be seen in the second photo, which I took after completing the ironing transfer process. Also, the actual blue color is slightly darker than those photos show, and match the color used in my design.

About a month ago, I started seeing advertisements for the Halloween shirt with witches dancing on it, which had inspired me to make my own shirt design last year. My first attempt had resulted in failure, so I said I would not try again.

But when I saw the witch shirt again this year, I decided to try once more. I bought dark fabric transfer paper, because I needed that for the black shirt I was using.

Although the dark fabric transfer paper was not as easy to work with as the standard fabric transfer paper was, the end result worked. This time, I also decided to leave a narrow white margin around the image.

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

"Scribbles" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art theme was "Scribbles".

I created this using GIMP 2.10.38.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

Saturday, September 19, 2026

Fall Flowers and Berries - Photograph

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I took those photographs in my yard this past week.

I think the flowers in the first photo are Goldenrod. I'm unsure what the small, white, daisy type flowers are in the second photo. The berries in the third photo started as flowers in Spring / Early Summer. All three of those are some of the first signs of the color changes of Fall / Autumn where I live.

Flower Evening Primrose Yellow - Photograph

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I took that photograph in my yard this past week. I think it is an Evening Primrose.

Friday, September 18, 2026

"Dead On Their Hill" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.38

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

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Is that the hill you want to die on?

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Well tell me, we both matter, don't we?
I'd be running up that road
Be running up that hill
With no problems

Running Up That Hill - Meg Myers

Thursday, September 17, 2026

Halloween Skulls - Photograph

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I took those photographs this past week.

Occult Wood Boxes - Photograph

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I took those photographs this past week.

Normal Water Level Versus Sep 13, 2026 Flash Flooding Level - Photograph

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Sunday, September 13, 2026:
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I took the first two photographs this morning, to provide some perspective on how high the flood waters were on Sunday, September 13, 2026. I am fortunate that my house is on a rocky cliff ledge, so that when the brook that passes parallel behind my house breaches its banks due to flash flooding, it is below me. On the left side of the second photo, you can see the rock ledge that juts out and is several inches above the normal water level height. In the third photo, that rock ledge is below the height of the raging rapids. On the right side of the first photo, you can see that most of that land is dry. (A residual small stream of flowing water is also visible, but I am unsure of the source of that flow, although normally dry areas in there still have some ponded water.) In the third photo, that normally dry area is covered with water.

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

"Quirky Knight" - Postcard

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This week's Our Midweek Muse theme was "Something Quirky".

I created this using GIMP 2.10.38.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

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Everybody's got a secret to hide
I took a pill almost every night
In my mind I was waiting for change
While the world just stayed the same

Kill For Love - The Chromatics

Monday, September 14, 2026

"Spirit Guide Leopard" - Postcard

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This week's theme at My Soul's Dark Imagination was "Spirit Guides".

I created this using GIMP 2.10.38.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

Sunday, September 13, 2026

Heavy Rain Raging Rapids Flood Water - Photograph

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I took those photographs about one hour ago. For the sixth time since March of this year, my area of Connecticut has had a heavy rainfall storm that has caused flash flooding of roads and major highways, including Interstate 95. I am fortunate that my house is on a rocky cliff ledge, so that when the brook that passes parallel behind my house breaches its banks, it is below me. The right hand side of those photos is normally dry land. The third photo shows raging rapids where normally there is NO water flowing.

Friday, September 11, 2026

"Halloween Bats" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.38

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

Friday, September 4, 2026

"Quirky Victorian Animals" - Postcard

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This week's theme at My Soul's Dark Imagination was "Quirky Victorian Animals".

I took artistic license with this challenge. Those anthropomorphic animals pre-date the Victorian era by a few centuries.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.38.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

Thursday, September 3, 2026

"Blue 3" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.38

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

"Magic Swirls Dragon (Cigar Box)" - Wood Box

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I used my "Alchemy Dragon" - Postcard for the design idea for this decoupaged wood box, using a paper cigar box.

I painted over the edges of the cigar box and labels using Plaid Apple Barrel Outdoor Indoor Gloss Acrylic Black Paint (20662E), using one (or two?) coat of paint. But I left the bottom as is.

(Note: I intentionally left the cigar labels on the box, and fully or partially decoupaged over them. I also wanted a distressed, aged look, so I allowed the paint to get scratched away.)

The steps are similar to the ones here.