TADD with Rain

 Hi Everyone!

Today I am joining Rain with TADD. I have been so lack in my blogging and I apologize. I am trying to forget the pain and show some art. 

Rain's theme today is Landscape and I went through some old art to share again. Oh and there is a bit of water and seascape too.

You can click on the photos to see it larger.

A photo on my way to Salem, OR on the back road	One of the first seascapes I painted.
It started like this....	and finished like this....
I remember having a lot of fun painting this one.	And this one too.
This is a piece of fabric that I started to bead on. I really should finish this.	This is one of my faves.

I have been wanting to get back to painting and as soon as my foot heals I will.

Please stop by Rain's to see what everyone is doing.

Nicole

 

T Day Party

 Hi Everyone!

I'm going to join in with 

Buebeard and Elizabeth for the T-Party. Although I might not be much fun. LOL I'm trying to get back to some sort of normal. Another new normal. uuhhggg..

I have been forgetting to take photos of some delicious meals Mr. M. has been making, just know I have been fed very well these last few months. 

It may not look very interesting but it is so good. Open fried egg sandwich on Dill Rye toast. 

And one of my favorites, Tostada.

This was so darn good, made with my homemade refried beans. You can get the recipe here This was too much food and I could not finish it, but it was so darn good. Oh I already said that. LOL

There is no art to share. The pain in my foot is extreme and as I have mentioned before hard to concentrate. However, I have been preforming my own wound care thanks to an old beading customer of mine. She recommended putting organic caster oil on a sterile felt pad at night to heal the wound and Calendula cream as the healing process begins during the day. I had to order everything off Amazon because our Rite Aid pharmacy got a 2 day notice to close. You don't want me to go into that. I did have some calendula gel on hand and started with that right away. The wound has gone down in size by half. I am also doing my own physical therapy, refashioned the show I was given after surgery so I can have support under my foot, my own aqua therapy, and ordered an NMES machine for massage and blood flow.

So for something to drink. It's all about hot cocoa for me these days. Mr. M. makes a cup for me every morning and with the colder days it hits the spot. This photo was taken from google.

Even though I am not a true chocolate lover I thought this was fitting. I'd rather have Skittles. LOL

 

Have a great day today.

Nicole

 

 

Friday Face OFF and Foot

 

Welcome to Friday Face OFF (FFO)

This is the place to show off your faces or your face. Post any type of face from any medium. You can create it, or find it in nature, or even that face in the design of woodwork in your house. Any kind of face.

 

Foot update.

A little improvement. I can limp walk. I have no feeling in my toes or the top of my foot. The blisters on the side of my foot are dry but it's like 3 moons on the side of my ankle. Yeah, I have leapord print PJs on. LOL

The blood blisters that were at the place where you foot flexes turned into an open wound. Dr. gave me some Iodosorb to help dry it up. This is very strange cream. I have also ordered some Calendula cream to help the healing. My foot is still so swollen when I walk that it just makes life crappie. I won't even go into the pain. It is very difficult to sit in front of my PC, with my foot down. So please forgive me for the short comments on your blogs.

It feels as bad as it looks.

 

So now you see why it is difficult to concentrate on art. 

My faces today are all AI.

This is really how I feel LOL

 

The feature artists today is

She Who Seeks

 

I will also be linking to Gillena 

That's it for me, now it's time to show me your face.

 

Nicole

Friday Face OFF Short Post

Welcome to Friday Face OFF (FFO)

This is the place to show off your faces or your face. Post any type of face from any medium. You can create it, or find it in nature, or even that face in the design of woodwork in your house. Any kind of face.

 

First, thank you all for the lovely get well comments, emails and snail mail cards.  To have all of this goodness coming in not only heals the soul but lightens the negative energy to heal the body. 💖

I'm still not walking, although I have been practicing at it. My doctor is so NOT happy with how this surgery has turned out. After our first post-op visit he contacted a mentor/friend in Co. (Let's call him A.) A asked, "Does she have lupus?" A told my doc that he had several cases over the years with knee and foot surgeries that lupus had attacked his patients as well. So, I am not a lone case with this. I will stay on low dose prednisone for the next month.  Nothing new for me. Walking is not fun at all but I take steps everyday to get back to it. The blisters are almost all drained but on the top of my ankle I got these wonderful blood blisters. (snarky) The doc did drain those. My foot still looks a mess and the pain is amazing. However, I was able to take a full blown shower. LOL

Enough! 

As I can I will get to all of your blogs to see what you have been creating. For me not much. I did get this drawn, not one of my best, I couldn't concentrate. The details need refining, but here she is. 

First I sketched her out then started on her nose.

 

Like I said I couldn't concentrate so this is where I left off.

Features from 2 weeks ago.

Iris

 

Christine

 

This is all I can do for now.

Need to elevate my foot.

Have a great day. 

Now it's time to show me your face.

 

Nicole

FFO

 Hi Everyone!

Just want to let you know FFO will resume this week. Opens Thursday at 7pm PST.

Come show me your face!

Nicole

Friday Face OFF SO SORRY

 Hi Everyone!

I'm so sorry that there will be no FFO today. My foot surgery has gone sideways and I can only be up for a few minutes a day. The surgery itself was a success, however, the doctor and I believe that lupus has attracted the foot and new bone marrow. My foot is so full of water, (edema) that I can't move my toes or flex it. I have surgery blisters, and my foot looks pretty bad. The doctor has changed my antibiotics and put me on steroids. Thank the gods for steroids. 

This just seems typical for all that I have been through this year. Please, pray, spell, wish, and send healing energy to me.

The photos are pretty gross.

 

 

 P.S. My most wonderful landlord brought over a wheelchair and a walker. I feel blessed for that.

If nothing else goes wrong I will see you next week.

Nicole

Friday Face OFF 10/27/23

 Welcome to Friday Face OFF (FFO)

This is the place to show off your faces or your face. Post any type of face from any medium. You can create it, or find it in nature, or even that face in the design of woodwork in your house. Any kind of face.

If you are reading this on Friday I am in surgery for my foot. Yes, I know one flippen thing after another with me. LOL

To get ready for surgery I have spent the last week cleaning and getting things organized for Mr. M. so he can take care of me. No one cleans my house like I do.

Part of that is an empty wall in my first living room.  So I decided to hang faces.

This photo makes the area look small but in reality this wall surface is quite large.

These are all old drawings and most of the frames came from the thrift store. It's a great place to find good frames for little money. 

My oldest grandson flew from CA to FL for a day to learn how to make homemade tamales from my DIL

I so wish I could be closer to my family. They had a wonderful time together.

My granddaughter Koral and 

grandson Troy Drake.

Dad with the boys. Isaac, Troy Sr. 

and Troy Drake.

Here is the whole gang. Yes my youngest grandson is a big boy.

Well that's it for me today. I will spend the weekend recovering and watching The Conjuring movies with Mr. M. 

The newest addition to the saga premiers  Saturday on HBO The Nun 2. Perfect for me.

 

The features for today are.....

Kwarkito

Carola bARTz

LinsArt

 

I will also be linking up with Gillena 

 

Everyone that joins in has incredible faces to share. I appreciate each and every one.

Thank you for joining FFO.

Now show me your face.

You know the rules but just in case you are new to FFO.

 This is where you can show any kind of face in any medium. Let your imagination go wild. Then link your blog to this one, link up with MR. Linky and start leaving comments. You will not be disappointed.

 

 Nicole