On June 22nd, 1996, John and I formally saved two other people from having to tolerate our aberrations and punning. I intended to write one of those sappy and charming, “it’s been a great ten years” posts a couple of months ago, but life got in the way. Actually, that’s not strictly true. I put…
Author: VickyTH
athlete * powerlifter * photographer * gardener *
Theological conversations with kids
John took Katherine (3.5), Sam (7) and Katie (9) to the Botanical Gardens today and overheard this conversation: Sam: There aren’t any unicorns anymore. Katherine: Where did they go? Sam: Jesus came and flooded the world and they were all killed. Katie: Sam! Don’t be ridiculous! Jesus wasn’t there. God did it. When John told…
Two feet and a heartbeat
Finding extra time in our lives these days is difficult on a good day. What with John’s job, my work (and the extra stress of the upcoming show and Christmas season), Katherine, three dogs, two tanks full of fish and a half an acre of weeds, not to mention family and household stuff, time is…
Cool Flickr toy
FD has a page full of cool Flickr toys, amongst which can this neat little Flickr toy called the “Profile Widget”. You can see what it does below. Photos can be most recent, most interesting or random selections from interesting or recent shots. The resultant badge can be vertical, compact or horizontal. Note to WordPress…
The value of a sketch
While working on pieces, I’ve often found that starting with a smaller exploration of an idea or technique helps to solidify the tone or manipulation of the medium before embarking on a larger work. Take, for example, this smaller sketch of stones: Playing with the idea of stones crafted in this way in a night-time…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 