Piggie Tuesday!!!! August 3 '10

Greetings all..Piggie Tuesday features one of my newer faves, a lovely large porcelain pig I bought, new, at a nursery in Downtown Vancouver..
I was there for practical things, peat and soil and plants, but the minute I saw this darlin' I squealed like a piggie myself, grabbed her up and set her on the counter, next to the actual garden stuff...
Don't know how well you can see the detail of this sweetie..she has a lovely crazed glaze that makes her look very old, but she isn't..and, she was made in Vietnam!
I actually kept her out in my garden for a couple of years, bringing her inside for the Winter.. when I still had a garden- but she's been inside ever since..
The shot with my hand is to show you her size...

Piggie Tuesday..a Stained Glass Pair O' Porkers

Today, for Piggie Tuesday, I'm showing off a stained glass assemblage made for me by my stepfather, Jim. I guess he was in his mid-80's when he made this, and he sent it from California, and, like all the pieces of stained glass he made for me, it arrived perfectly intact..astounding, really..
That curved line you can see running through it is actually a clear fishing line, when I used to hang it up..but I like it low in the windowsill of my little dining area, so that I can appreciate it as I'm having breakfast.

Bacon, a Love Story, or..If You Can't Beat 'Em, Fire Up the Fryin' Pan...

Yesterday afternoon, I got a little bit depressed about the fact that my Piggie Tuesday entry engendered not one comment, and very few views, so as a protest (well...not really..just for the sheer fun of it) I decided, for once in my life, to do what the 'cool kids' are doing, or at least my own geeky version of cool kids, and add to that fabulous panoply of smoky goodness that seems to be reproducing itself daily..that's right, bacon!

So herewith is my so-far one and only, unique contribution to that genre, a hat that is the very vision of one of my favourite sandwiches, served open faced and warm, just for your delectation...look up!!

Flight of The Corn Godess..Yep, Piggie Tuesday!!!

This is a little acrylic painting I did about 20 years ago...I think..it's just lost in the mists of time, folks; been so long since I've done any drawing or painting, that to be honest, just can't remember..
It's very small, acrylic on canvas board, about 5"X7"..and a dollar store frame, back in the day when dollar stores sold actual carved wood and gilt frames..
I have a 'thing' about flying pigs..made my first one back in 1974, a papier-mache statue I wish I still had, with monarch butterfly wings.
This one has a pretentious title, because I was trying, a little bit, to spoof the overwrought vapours of art critics and the artists who fall prey to the nonsense spewed these days..art is for everyone, and should sometimes be playful, as well as serious..hence the "Godess" of corn...

Hope you enjoy her...