5 large moths replaced 5 preying mantises

2021.9.8: news.apt`wildlife/
5 large moths replaced 5 preying mantises:

. with the heavy amount of rain this year,

the night light is attracting a lot of small moths.

. 5 preying mantises were seen yesterday

apparently attracted by the moths;

and tonight (Sept 8) they were replaced by

5 huge moths, and only one mantis remains.

Merry Mother's day!

2021.5.9: relig/christian/Merry Mother's day!:

. my mother's name is Mary,

and she often writes a smiley face

in the M of her name.

. she gave out this picture of sunflowers,

so I turned it into a mother's day card for her.

ipad.art set 4/erasing a layer

 21.2.1: proj.cyb/ipad.art set 4/erasing a layer:

. after a base layer, I filled a 2nd layer

and then activated both erase and linedraw.

. the color fill didn't include the paper's texture

but painting on it brought the texture back.

(brush/wash/damp) made it look like a water color.

. used (blend/sponge blender) 

to make the erasure lines less crisp.

. added some more erasure shaped with (marker pen round)

happy birthday, mom!

2020.4.24:
first the god made the world
to hold our feelings,
then the god made humans
to appreciate our world;
and when I became fully human
I came to appreciate my mom
and the way she worked the garden of my life:
planting the seeds and pulling the weeds,
opening the light, and asking our god
for the attention a struggling life needs.
I'm thanking the god for this world,
these feelings, and my mom;
happy birthday 2020, mom!

Pima Air & Space and Titan Missile Museums

10.18:
Pima Air & Space museum:
adjacent to DM Air Force Base
Titan Missile Museum:
This preserved Titan II missile site,
officially known as complex 571-7,
is all that remains of the 54 Titan II missile sites
that were on alert across the United States from 1963 to 1987.
the Titan II was capable of delivering a 9-megaton nuclear warhead
to targets more than 6300 miles (10,000 km) away in about 30 minutes.

graphics 2015

. these are the drawings I did during 2015;
done in colored pencils or pens.
. also a collage.