Table Queen Bush Squash

The art of the day is here; the finished Table Queen Bush Squash:

So, I decided today that since I had no more fun facts about acorn squash specifically I would find out if the word squash, meaning to squeeze or crush, had the same origins as the word squash, as in the vegetable, and the word squash, as in the game. This is what I found: The game squash gets it's name from the squash-able soft ball used in the game. So, it is directly related to the verb. The verb squash comes from middle French "essquasser" which is from latin; "ex", meaning out, and "quassare" meaning to shatter. And, as I have mentioned before in a post, squash, the vegetable, comes from Narraganset (Algonquian) "askutasquash" meaning "the green things that may be eaten raw. " English is so strange. One word, three meanings, two completely different origins.
Bad idea = Playing squash with a squash

Table Queen Bush Squash

It's back to some veggies today. Here is the yet unfinished Table Queen Bush Squash:

These are really the same as Table Queen Vine Squash, but they take up less space. Kind of hard to show this in a picture of the fruit, but ah well.
Whenever I eat any squash or pumpkin I always roast the seeds as well, and acorn squash seeds are yummy. I think they are especially yummy the same way that I eat my popcorn, with a little oil and nutritional yeast. Mmmmm.

Contemplation?

Here is today's drawing:

I'm not entirely sure what it's about. Again, I just drew over the watercolor wash what I saw there and this is what came out. What it seems to be to me, maybe, is about trying to take in all the things that happen around someone and/or to someone, thinking them over. Laying on top of it? :) Eh, I suppose it can mean to you whatever you see in it.

Enjoying a Secluded Sunset

Here is a strange one from today:

I was sleepy when I started this one and it was the end of the day. I suppose that explains the sunset, but maybe it could explain the long neck too? As in when you are so tired it feels like your head is far away from your body? Ah, but it is a peaceful tired. And now I get to go to bed.

Get Along Little Doggies

Here is another whimsical from today:

Not sure why it was dogs today. That's just what I saw on the paper. But I won't tell the kitties I am living with what I was up to today.
I will probably do a few more of these drawings over watercolor washes for  the next three or four days and then get back to some veggies and chickens. FYI

Big Kitty Dreams Out the Window

I guess I had something fierce in me today:

Poor little dream birdies. But that is one tough flying dream kitty, and one fat cuddly cat on the window sill. Here is a fun fact that I know some of you already know, but I think it's neat and it's been a long time since I've written a fun fact on here; nobody knows how cats purr. What a wonderful thing to be a mystery.

Our House

This is what came out of the colors on the page today:

Wouldn't it be nice to really live there? I'm not sure why this one came about. Maybe because the colors on the page were green mostly and they just looked like mountains, or maybe because I was feeling sleepy and a cozy little cabin in the mountains sounded nice. Anyway, there it is. I made a house for me and Juneau to live in :)