Hobonichi Journal Pages

 

It appears that we've had a

short Spring and moved directly

into Summer! Almost 80 degrees

Fahrenheit predicted for today

in Ohio!

A quick sketch of some of the 

violets in our yard, before 

mowing must commence.

My Hobonichi is my day planner,

documenting the small moments,

appointments, thoughts, and

life in general.

We were sick for most of the 

month of April, and into May.

Lots of journal pages document

how miserable I felt.

We are slowly on the mend,

but I broke down and went to the 

doctor.  My allergies just would

not let me kick the cough, so had

to get a prescription. I think it's

helping.

I am still being faithful to journal

in my little Hobonichi A6 (about 4" x 6")

Some days have quite a bit of writing, 

and some days it is mostly doodling.

Post Proof that I am alive and well,

even though I have neglected this

blog shamefully.  If you are on

Instagram, you can find me there:

www.instagram.com/dbcarey_2000

T is for Tiger and Toucan

For the month of August I'm doing the 

Hobonichi Challenge art prompts: 

"It's a Zoo Out There!"

What fun to draw animals, some that

I have never seen. Thank you Internet

for reference photos for art!

I think I may have used this same photo 

before to draw a sea otter.  I think he's so

adorable floating on his back, looking so

relaxed!

Sun Bear and Red Panda. Cute little

face on the red panda...

Yes, I work in more than one planner...

and multiple sketchbooks too. After all, 

it's not hoarding if it's sketchbooks! ha ha

The top planner (red) is the Hobonichi A6,

in which these little watercolors are 

created. 

Had to add a fun photo of one of my daughter's

flower beds.  It's beside their basement steps, 

hence the reason for the fence. I said her flowers

looked so much better than mine! She admitted

she's been putting on fertilizer every week. 

Maybe I need to take a page from her book!

The summer has flown by so quickly! Just 

thought I should add some pretty blooms

to the blog before they're gone. 

Linking up with Bleubeard and Elizabeth

for T Tuesday. Stop by for a beverage and

a chat. Can you find the coffee cups that

I doodle on my pages nearly every day? 

 Gotta have coffee before I do all the things.

Summer Groovin'

Hi there...

been gone awhile. Enjoying the

summer that has finally arrived.

Above, is a photo of the bumper crop of

milkweed that my In-laws have saved

for the Monarchs. Can you spot the butterfly?

Yes, I'm still journaling in my Hobonichi.

I confess, I've been wooed away from

my blog by Instagram.

It is super easy to post there.

I had to break down and buy a new 

printer/scanner, and I don't have a clue

how to edit my scans with the new

device. *sigh*

I will have to call in reinforcements. Hopefully, 

my daughter can figure it out and show me!

Fortunately I managed a work-around with

phone photos that I emailed to myself,

saved to my computer, and then

posted!  

I've discovered some fun drawing

challenges on Instagram, and for the month

of July I'm celebrating hippie doodles with 

#ohsocutedoodles ,

and the 50th anniversary of Woodstock.

At 15 years old in rural Ohio, I was completely clueless 

about free rock concerts in upstate New York.

But I remember the great art, design,

music and advertising of the late 60's

and early 70's.  Groovy man!

  

IG: dbcarey_2000

Planner Mash Up

It's a bit of a 'mash-up' today, of Planner

Pages that I've been decorating.  Above, is

the evidence of a more traditional style

planner that is dedicated to Harry Potter

style decorations.  I know, I know. You'd be

surprised how many adults out there are

obsessed. Anyway, I've had the bright

idea to have a 'Harry Potter feast' for our

grandkids this year, and fear I've bitten off

more than I can chew, as the saying goes!

A 'Hufflepuff' themed spread for the week of

Dec. 3-9. Hufflepuff is one of the Wizarding

Houses in the Harry Potter series of books.

Students in the imaginary wizarding school are

divided into Houses for living and educational

purposes. (There are some similarities to

 college fraternities or sororities, but the Houses

are co-ed with separate sleeping quarters.)

Sharing a few highlights today, since I've 

been so remiss in posting.

A few of the October drawings are

some of my favorites...

As we near the end of the year, it gets 

more difficult to write in my Hobonichi, as 

it has gotten quite chunky, and more difficult

to scan or photograph!  It's grown to 

about 2 1/4 inches in thickness.  Maybe

a few too many added layers of

collage?!

The December monthly pages in this mini

Happy Planner depict the impending Christmas

feast.  I even bought Christmas crackers this

year, which is a first.  Hope they have a nice

pop!  Click on the image, to see details of

the gold gnome in a tutu!

I don't make Christmas Cake myself, but my

son makes fruitcake, so we will have that for

Christmas Eve dinner. I also wanted to make

Treacle Tart, but the granddaughter wants

pecan pie, so we will see if it all gets done.

I made a treacle tart at Thanksgiving, (I just

used Karo syrup and the suggested lemon 

juice) as a kind of practice run, and

 thought that the cookie-like crust 

was a bit tough. Did I knead it too much?

Add too much flour?  Leave me your advise

please! 

Linking up for T Tuesday over at 

Altered Book Lover's blog, where we share

our beverage-related posts on Tuesdays.

Stop by to join in, or just visit!  My 

beverage drawings are hidden on some

of these pages. I think I counted six coffee

cups...did I miss any?

Thanks for stopping by...leave me a 

comment and give me your advice on 

making a more tender tart crust!

Tales of Camping

Just returned from a short

camping trip to visit

Son and Family...

(click on any image to enlarge)

we are getting to be physically

challenged by sleeping on

air mattresses in a tent!

A peaceful campsite by a river

makes all the effort worth it. Plus

good times with family!

I've been enjoying making Fall

doodles in my Hobonichi...

My daily pages do 'double duty'

as participation in iHanna's

"365 somethings 2018"

daily art project.

Linking up with the T party

over at Bleubeard and Elizabeth's.

P.S.  It ended up that our tent was relatively

dry when we packed up. There's usually

a bit of dampness from the dew, which is

fine. Sopping wet, not so good. This 

time we didn't have to set the

tent back up to dry when

we got home!

Hobonichi Techo Collage

Click on any image to enlarge

Hobonichi:  A Japanese company specializing in

planners and accessories, which encourages their

customers to "Make it your Life Book."

Techo:  Japanese for 'planner'.

Collage: A composition or design made by arranging

 and gluing materials to a background surface. 

My Techo is the A6 size English planner, so it's

roughly 4 inches by 6 inches, and the quotes on

each two-day spread are translated into

English. They are not necessarily 'motivational

quotes' but rather quotations from books, and

are often quirky or amusing.

I challenged myself for the month of August

to create a collage each day.

Scrapbook paper, envelope liners, doodles,

painted papers, scraps sent from blogging

buddies...they're all resources!

Our daughter asked us to volunteer at a Nascar

event, to benefit the Music Boosters at her school.

Hubby thought it sounded fun. Above, my pass for

the day. Our job was to help attendees on and off

of the Trams that went from the camping area to

the racetrack. We met lots of happy people from

many different places, including Canada, England,

Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ohio.

Since I dressed for sun protection and comfort,

my appearance that day was very odd, especially

with the addition of the red vest we were required

to wear!  (as my 'selfie' cartoon clearly shows)

The open-air Trams had chains or ropes

as 'guardrails' at the end of each row of seats,

fastened with caribiners.  I found that when you are

trying to be efficient and quick, that is when you

become the most clumsy at unfastening a

caribiner! (I don't think I will ever be a rock climber)

I had taken a backpack with drawing supplies,

but we were kept busy all day, so no chance

to sketch!

When someone comes up and stands beside you and blocks
your view, you might end up with 'half' a person. Can you
spot her?

Always interesting times when we visit the daughter

and son-in-law.  Daughter plays in a praise band

at her church, and they also are 4-H advisers.

So we went to a small-town parade and a barbecue

fund-raiser on Saturday, and got details about

the planning for the 4-H booth at the Fulton

county fair.  I expect we will go to the tractor pull,

and I will try to do some sketching of the 

animals again. Stay tuned...

I recently exchanged some Happy Mail with someone

in Washington state, and received a lovely package

stuffed with vintage ephemera from 

#forgottengems (on Instagram) The above collage

includes some of the goodies she sent. 

Linking up for T Tuesday, where we share a 

beverage related post with our hosts

Bleubeard and Elizabeth.  Last week there

were 10 coffee cups in my post (if you count the

one that was repeated a second time) but you

could actually have counted the magic potion 

as a beverage too, making 11! 

How many cups do you see this week?