Suicide Birds

As I drive to work and around town these days, I feel like all the birds have gone crazy!  They seem to nose dive in front of me as I'm driving down the road. It really alarms me!  I always try to slow down to give them time to fly by, but goodness, sometimes it is really a close call. I've taken to calling them suicide birds. Last Wednesday as I was scrolling through Pinterest, I came across several whimsical bird doodles and drawings, and of course, I thought about the suicide birds. So, on Thursday while I was waiting between parent appointments during CAPS conferences, I created a little whimsical drawing of some birds.  Here are some pics of the progress. 

I love the colors I used in this drawing. I used some basic prismacolored pencils. I've never really used prismacolors before. The last six years of my seven year teaching career has been with middle level children. So, I never spent money on expensive colored pencils. I must say I'm hooked!  I'm looking forward to getting a larger selection of them to work with! 😍

Accidental Pasta!!

I made the best veggie pasta tonight completely by accident. The hubs and I had kabobs last night with sausage, peppers, onions, and zucchini. As usual I had way more veggies left over than meat. So, tonight, after a day of heavy, greasy fried chicken for lunch, I wanted something light. I searched through my fridge and found a partial bottle of pasta sauce leftover from lasagna last week. With pasta sauce and veggies, I knew I wanted some kind of pasta. I was all ready to sauté my veggies in a bit of olive oil when I noticed a can of garbanzo beans in the pantry as I got out my pasta. So, I thought to myself, "how about replacing the beef or chicken I normally use in pasta with those beans?" And, oh my goodness, it turned out awesome!!!  The garbanzos were VERY tasty in the pasta!  Needless to say, this accidental recipe is a keeper. Here is my method, if you're interested:

1/2 yellow bell pepper chopped

1/2 green bell pepper chopped

1 zucchini chopped

1/2 onion chopped

1 can garbanzo beans drained

1 jar spaghetti pasta sauce

1 cup pasta, I used the cork screw kind

2 tbs olive oil 

Italian seasoning

Salt

Pepper

Sauté the first five ingredients in the olive oil. Add the salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning for taste. Boil pasta until soft. Add pasta sauce and pasta to veggies and beans in sauté skillet. Let sauce warm. Serve with fresh grated Parmesan on top!  Yummy!

Baby Hat

This is a little baby boy hat I made for one of my students who is expecting a baby boy in March. 

First Sketch

This is the beginning stage of my first sketch in my new sketchbook. I haven't decided what to do in the background, yet. 

A Hat for Softball Season

I just finished up this little blue hat for my nephew to wear in the beginning weeks of softball season. His daddy is a softball coach. Hopefully this little hat will keep him warm and free of ear infections. 😊⚾️🌀

Motivation

I bought this new sketchbook and set of prismacolor drawing pencils today. My goal is to draw more. I was in michael's and figured I could use the motivation of new stuff!!

Learning to Loom Knit

My mother-in-law bought me several knit looms for Christmas,and I love them!  I've been knitting on them non-stop for the last two and half weeks!  Here is a picture of my first knitted hat. I made it for Sadie, my friend's new baby.