Standing Into Danger: Walk the Moon

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Friday, November 28, 2025

My Self Portrait 😂

Have you drawn your self portrait for Nicole's FFO challenge tomorrow?

I just finished mine.

I haven't drawn a face in a long, long time, but it was fun.

I didn't capture my sparkle, but at least it's a face.

Of course, Last Minute Louise, started her self portrait

for Nicole's challenge on Thanksgiving Day,

and she worked on it between cooking dinner and watching football!

What can I say? I've been busy! 😂

Since I'm a geologist and not an artist,

I decided to map my face like it was a geological feature.

I printed off a recent photo of me, and I drew a half-inch grid on it.

My father taught me this technique for copying maps when I was eleven or twelve.

Sparkly Me at the Carousel Bar with Terry

The Plaza, Las Vegas, ⁨Nevada, ⁨United States⁩

July 1, 2025

Half-Inch Grid

Aurora, ⁨Colorado ⁨United States⁩

November 27, 2025

Next I drew a half inch grid on another piece of paper,

using my trusty third grade classroom ruler and my Twist Erase 0.7 pencil.

That was the easy part.

My Second Half-Inch Grid

Ready! Set! Go!

Then I began carefully drawing my ~~geological formation~~ face.

An Ear's a Start

Starting on My Glasses

Eyes and Nose

It took me a nanosecond to realize that rocks are way easier to draw,

but I was not going to back down and not participate in Nicole's FFO challenge.

Meanwhile I had to push aside my art work to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner with Terry.

He was really happy that I made his favorites, roasted chicken breasts,

sweet potatoes, dressing, cranberry jelly, and a blueberry and spring greens salad.

No china or silverware or serving dishes ~ They're still packed.

But we did have a delicious chilled chardonnay.

We having pumpkin pie and homemade whipped cream when I finish this post.

Roasted Chicken Breasts

Enough for Leftovers

Thanksgiving Dinner ~ For Rain's Dinner Date #1

Thanksgiving Dinner ~ For Rain's Dinner Date #2

Meanwhile, a coyote ran down the golf course in the middle of dinner.

I haven't see one in ages, so both of us ran out with our iPhones to capture it.

I hate the zoom lens on my iPhone! 😂

A Coyote Looking for Dinner

Once I got going, I began to sketch more than map.

A one-inch grid would have been better.

I erased more than I drew, I swear, and I draw dinosaur teeth way better than human.

But it was fun, especially with a glass of chardonnay,

and the Cowboys beating the Chiefs 31 to 28.

😂🥂

Overall I was quite happy with the results.

Maybe I'll try so more faces down the road.

VOILÀ !

I'm linking to Nicole's Friday Face Off, Rain's Kitchen and Garden, Tom's Aloha Friday, and Gillena's Lunch Break.

For Rain: Crescent Moon ~ Rain shared some beautiful photos of crescent moons. As I hunted through my photos, I realize I really like full moons. A crescent moon was hard to find.

Crescent Moon Over Aurora

March 4, 2022

For Tom: Full Moon Over Waikiki! ~ I am so missing Hawaii!

Full Moon Over Waikiki

March 14, 2025

For Gillena: Walk the Moon! ~ You literally cannot stand still listening to Walk the Moon sing "Shut Up and Dance with Me."

Walk the Moon Performing on Fremont Street

Downtown Vegas, Nevada, USA

June 3, 2023

Walk the Moon ~ Shut Up and Dance with Me!

YouTube

Have a great weekend!

Terry and I are looking forward to yummy Thanksgiving leftovers.

Till next time ~

Fundy Blue

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Wednesday, December 3, 2025 🤞

On the Bay of Fundy
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Friday, June 9, 2023

On Fremont Street in Downtown Las Vegas

You can have The Strip in Las Vegas.

Me, I'll take Fremont Street in Downtown Vegas, hands down!

It is fascinating, compact, and retains the feel of Old Vegas.

I especially love Fremont Street at night because it is full of vibrant color

constantly shifting and changing, often to the throb of overhead music.

The Viva Vision Light Show in the Canopy of Fremont Street

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

June 4, 2023

When you walk up and down the length of Fremont from the Plaza to the Container Park

You will meet people from all walks of life, good and bad.

I won't deny it. You can see some very sad and unsettling sights.

But what brings me joy is seeing so many people laughing, dancing, and singing.

I often think people are remembering the happiest times in their youth

when they were carefree, growing into themselves, falling in love.

An Impromptu Conga Line in Front of the 3rd St. Stage

June 5, 2023

You will see lots of families enjoying the light shows and live entertainment.

Visitors of All Ages

June 4, 2023

I love the live bands!

It's not unusual for me to stay through all three sets of their performances,

dancing, singing, and taking hundreds of photos.

If I take enough action shots, I will get some great pictures with my iPhone.

The Talented Jeff St. Germain

Lead Singer and Frontman for My Favorite Band Stays in Vegas LV

June 4, 2023

Sara, Dancing DJ, Computer Operator, and Singer with Stays in Vegas

Chats with Fans Before the Show Begins

June 4, 2023

Often I'll just wander taking in the sights and people.

Terry worries about me when I'm off on my own,

because I can be oblivious to things going on,

like a drug deal going down in a dark corner.

I am under orders to text him frequently,

and he'll show up periodically to make sure I'm okay.

He'll often watch two or three songs with me, but that's his max,

especially as I'm always pressed up against the stage barrier right in front of the big amps.

(I love to feel the sound beating against me!)

Then he'll head off to join friends or play poker.

My Favorite Spot in Front of the Big Amps

June 5, 2023

I Never Tire of the Vibrant Lights

June 3, 2023

Vegas Vic ~ A 40-foot Neon Cowboy

Vic is the second most iconic image in Las Vegas

(the first is the “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign)

June 2, 2023

A Stranded Super-Hero Zoom Flyer Is Rescued

June 2, 2023

Mischa and Sara Belt Out a Song

Stays in Vegas

June 4, 2023

View from the Plaza at the Western End of Fremont Street

June 3, 2023

Street Fashion

June 3, 2023

Dancing with Walk the Moon

June 3, 2023

Remembering His Steps from Earlier Days

June 5, 2023

A Carousel Horse at the New Carousel Bar at the Plaza

June 4, 2023

Love This Guy! A Street Cleaner Who Makes People Smile and Laugh

June 5, 2023

PJ and Sara

Stays in Vegas

June 4, 2023

These Guys Were So Much Fun!

June 4, 2023

Terry Takes in the Sights (beige shirt)

June 5, 2023

PJ Brown Gets Ready to Rock after The Viva Vision Light Show

Stays in Vegas

June 4, 2023

Taking a Break

June 5, 2023

Street Buskers Offers Roses Made from Palm Tree Fronds for Tips

June 5, 2023

Mind Bending Canopy Lights

June 4, 2023

Tina Dancing

June 5, 2023

I'm linking to Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date and Nicole's Friday Face Off.

And for Nicole's FFO I have interesting Fremont Street Faces:

Rich Embry ~ Lead Singer for Alter Ego

June 2, 2023

Girl Talk Before the Show

June 4, 2023

Photographers at Work

June 4, 2023

Kenneth A. Woloson of Alter Ego

(Fingers-crossed I have the right name!)

June 2, 2023

Illya Strakhov Pours Himself a Drink

June 4, 2023

A Family Enjoying Walk the Moon

June 3, 2023

I hope you enjoyed these pictures from a street like nowhere else!

Till next time ~
Fundy Blue

My next post will be soon! 🤞

Books Read in 2026

"18 Days in Heaven" by Gale Poirot
"A Serial Killer's Daughter: My Story of Hope, Love, and Overcoming" by Kerrie Rawson
"Eat Your Ice Cream: Six Simple Rules for a Long and Healthy Life" by Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD.
"Is Math Real? How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics Deepest Truths" by Eugenia Cheng
"Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir
"Tell Me Everything" by Elizabeth Strout
"The Covenant of Water" by Abraham Verghese
"The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity" by David Graeber and David Wengrow
"The Life Impossible" by Matthew Haig
"The Lord go the Rings" by JRR Tolkien
"The Match" by Harlan Corben
"The Night the Path Disappeared" by Terri Bergen
"The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper" by Roland Allen
"Theo of Golden" by Allen Levi
"Think Twice" by Harlan Corben
"Why Christianity Must Change Or Die" by John Shelby Spong

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Friday, November 28, 2025

My Self Portrait 😂

Friday, June 9, 2023

On Fremont Street in Downtown Las Vegas

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