Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Contentment Lovers…
One word…
One picture…
As you can see I tried my paw at drawing a picture of the word. That was a challenge but I am very content with it! 😉
It will sit with my other word rocks…
And be a reminder to hug a hound!
More contentment later…
Love, Cat, Daisy Lynn, (Chaps and Emma ATB on contentment rainbow clouds…)
Howllow Fellow Basset Hound and New Word for 2019 lovers. I love my new words and my rock collection is growing and inspiring.
This year the word is something I have no trouble with.
CONTENTMENT
If you have or have had a basset hound I am pretty sure you know the feeling of contentment. I came up with this word because I was eavesdropping on New Years Eve. I heard a person say that their resolution for 2019 was to be more content. It made me think. Can you make yourself content or is it a state of being? Baffled and now on a mission to find out I did what one does…Google it!
I liked what someone named Siddharta said,
“Health is the most precious gain and contentment the greatest wealth”.
I would agree with that!
Can you capture contentment in a picture?
I think you can…
Just find your basset and add salt and sand. CONTENTMENT...got it!!!
Now, let me go look for the perfect rock to add to my word collection…
Stay tuned…
More loving contentment later…Cat, Daisy Lynn, (Chaps and Emma ATB, aka beach laying on rainbow waves…)
PS – wonder if that person found contentment???
Howllow fellow basset hound and conscientiousness lovers…Wow – the new word is a mouth full for sure. For some reason I think about this word a fair amount. It’s a bountiful word that has a lot on it’s plate. It’s a word that has a lot of layers so I had to find the perfect rock.
Just look at these layers…
What a cool rock. I just love it…
I looked at it for long time. I got all of my pens out so I could decide howl to write the word.
But what does it mean?
“Many studies have shown that high levels of conscientiousness accounted for better health, well-being and higher productivity. Which is why it’s being used as a way to gauge a person’s tendency to succeed, not just in their careers, but in life in general.”…
Wow! That is big and it gets even bigger…
Lots and lots of layers…I think I picked the perfect rock…
The word on the other hand not so much so. Howl can anyone be all of that? Who would want to? I must say… I am a very cautious person. My BFF calls me cautious Cat. hahaha
So, let’s put the word at the bottom of the rock so the layers can build…
After I penciled it in I decided…the word needs no color. It looks amazing just like this…
What do you think about the word? Chaps is wondering…
Daisy Lynn thinks…”Get some Dutifulness and Orderliness and let my conscientiousnessly freezing butt in!!!
More loving complex words later…Cat, Daisy Lynn, (Chaps and Emma ATB with absolutely no Self-Discipline!!!;)
PS – I love rocks…
Howllow Fellow Basset Hound and 2018 lovers…YES!!! We are already in love with the new year and want to make it the best ever. 2017, was great but went way too fast. The best part was turning 60 in Florida and enjoying every second of it. I guess I can say I lived up to my word of the year…Do you recall? I looked at every day sitting on my mantel…
#Profound
I have narrowed down my word for 2018. I have to put it on a rock before I reveal it!!!
More loving new words and new years later…Cat, Daisy Lynn (Chaps and Emma ATB waddling into 2018 with all of us…)
Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and totally obsessed lovers…OMD!!! I cannot believe howl much this shell look like the Mayor’s ear!!!
Grandma and I are working on our next sculpture project. I picked up this shell on Atlantic Beach, North Carolina and like I said, I am obsessed with it!
It is the inspiration for a basset hound sculpture…
Close up…
Another shot…
I really need to find another shell that has a similar look and feel to it…
I hear the sea calling our names…
More loving when the sea speaks (I am all ears) later…Cat, Grandma, Daisy Lynn, (Chaps and Emma ATB listening with long rainbow ears…)
Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and twenty years ago today lovers…Yes, dear fellow residents, twenty years ago today I closed on our home that is fondly referred to as bassethoundtown! Wow – what a difference 2 decades make and oh howl things stay the same…Twenty years ago Mom, Dad and I had tuna fish sandwiches and champagne to celebrate the biggest and best purchase of my life (also one of the biggest and best days of my life)! So, Grandma and I recreated the day and we are going to do this every year from here on out…
The table is set so…
Let’s POP that cork…
The Mayor Daisy Lynn gets the first sip of the bubblee…
Now a toast to our home and our life!
Grandma made the tuna fish sandwiches. Twenty years ago we sat at a card table in the living room – so excited we could not stand it!!! Oh the projects that were waiting!!!
We are just as excited twenty years later and discover many more fun projects.
Today, to christen our twenty year anniversary we are designing a rock detail to my fire place mantel. To start the project off we had to find the perfect center stone in our collection. It jumped right out at us almost immediately…
A heart shaped rock that we found on one of our journeys. I LOVE IT!!!
Just a perfect way to start off the next twenty years…
We worked on it for a few hours and had a bit more champagne. I am so in love with this piece of artwork!!!
I better get used to this piece of paper towel super glued to my finger for awhile. One must suffer for their art!!!
Happy Twenty Year anniversary Vernon Lane, AKA bassethoundtown.
Love, Grandma, Cat, Daisy Lynn in the window (Chaps and Emma ATB – Chloe and Lily ATB and Grandpaw ATB – all having rainbow champagne…)
Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and winning ribbons lovers!!! Well, we did just that at the fair. First off, Chaps and Emma did not win a ribbon. Sigh…but better luck next year is our motto! We will try again with even more entries!!!
But get this!!! Grandma and I won 1st place and a blue ribbon for “Rock Solid Love”!!! We were so happy!!! Wow, this is amazing – our first piece of rock art gets a blue ribbon! NICE…
Another ribbon!!!
I won 2nd place for computer art featuring Disco Lily!!! That really meant a lot to me! Love, love, love my Disco Lily.
Then to top off the winning ribbons fun – Grandma and I won for our Chocolate Hot Nutty Balls! OMDog – we were over the moon!!! 2nd place out of A LOT of candy!!!
This is the first time we entered in the fair but it will not be the last. Here is a look at the exhibit hall…
Another shot of the flower area…
We met this little girl with her pony, “Mr. Tickle Butt”!
We really had a great time and there is nothing like a Kentucky County Fair!
Hope you enjoyed our day…
More loving and dreaming of ribbons later…Cat, Daisy Lynn (Chaps and Emma ATB not worried one bit they did not win. “Next year Mamma”…)
Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and County Fair Lovers! Today is the day we go to the Alexandria County Fair and see if we won any ribbons for our various entries! This is our first time entering at the exhibit hall and we are super excited. So let’s have share time!
Our first entry in the color photographic domestic animal, (Taken by me)! (Lawd knows he was one hell of a domestic animal!) we have..
Burger Boy Extraordinary Handsome and Beautiful – AKA Chaps Wayne Rudert…
Our second entry – color photographic domestic animal (taken by Grandma) we have…
Shimlette – Early Morning Misty Air – aka Emma Wanda Rudert…
Our third entry, color photographic floral, (taken by Grandma)…we have…
Our fourth entry…Art 3 dimensional adult done by Cat and Grandma…
Rock Solid Love…
Last but NOT LEAST!!! Entry number 5 – Baking and Candy – other category – 6 pieces…Chocolate Hot Nutty Balls!
Grandma and I will be reporting back on the outcome of our entries later today. But for now…time to eat some extra fried food and walk the fairgrounds!
Today the Steers are being judged and later today cutest baby! A 97 year old man who won cutest baby award 96 years ago is going to award the prize!
More loving a huge slice of Americana later…Cat, Daisy Lynn, (Chaps and Emma ATB judging all of the rainbow baked goods…)
Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Art That Rocks Lovers! Grandma and I have started a new adventure and it is all about Rocks!!! Yes, you heard me right, Rocks…
If you recall I posted about the rock art we were doing in the Ladies Room. Well, we have been collecting more rocks for more projects…
This is just a fraction of our efforts…
We bought that nifty little drawer thing yesterday. The Mayor was with us on our last rock hunting treasure trip and she likes watching us organize…
I just had to share our latest Art That Rocks project. It is called…
Rock Solid Love…
More loving Love later…Cat, Daisy Lynn (Chaps and Emma ATB collecting rainbow rocks…)
