solosater

Login, you should be ashamed of yourself putting carrots with goose!

Quite frankly I've never had goose so really wouldn't have a clue, however, I do like to put carrots in with anything I roast as that's really the only way I like them.

I'm not a fan of the raw carrot.

I like my broccoli pretty much anyway it comes, SORRY MARG.

Login

Ahem! There are no carrots in there, solosater, just apple. If you mean the orange half of the duck, that's my ham fisted attempt at shading.

marg

oh, fruit's OK ! and potatoes.. and mushrooms..

(and grated raw carrot with a touch of lemon juice, lightly sprinked with sugar) but broccoli..?? you'll be recommending courgettes next [what a shuddering thought]

solosater

Are we talking about a drawing?

marg, you don't eat the drawings or any of their components.

Mushrooms are fungus an as such really should be avoided (except for the occasional Portobello, yummy!).

What the #@!! are courgettes?

And really Login, apples? That’s just wrong.

At least I’ don’t have to eat it.

solosater

Also, broccoli is fabulous! Shame on you marg for disparaging broccoli.

Login

-duck +goose ... traditionally served with apples.

Login

I think 'duck' was a Freudian slip

solosater

I'm not a fan of fowl, I think it's foul ('sides Chicken breasts [skinned and boned]).

Login

Iv'e just read gwinnyb's comment at #9 ... it came from the heart.

solosater

Wow, I'd missed it as well, quite heart felt and I think she hit all the right notes too.

She's right too, I was bawling my eyes out the other night because my friend just didn't seem interested in my art, either here or ITRW, it is a vital part of us and we do use it to deal with life.

It hurts when we percive ourselves as rejected because someone rejected our art.

Login

Well said, solosater.

Baldur

Yankees tend to call courgettes 'zucchini'.
Another older name fir it was 'vegetable marrow' because of it's soft melting texture when cooked.

solosater

Marg is going to be soooo disappointed in me then, I like it fried (either battered or pan fried with onions and garlic), marinated & grilled (OMG), I slice it real thin and dry it out & use it in place of noodles in my lasagna (no really, and it’s fabulous!), and I’ll even eat it raw! Oh, oh, and soups!

marg

Baldur.. many thanks .. we call it both, but a quick fish in the ear translation always helps..

solo.. serious note.. you just hit the nail on the head.. because what we draw is a bit of us, even when it's just a throw-away quickie. Most of the pictures that I'm really proud of haven't rated anything much, but when people DO notice, comment, rate on those, it really means a lot.

'Art' is such a silly thing - there's technique (and hey, some of 'our' mob here have developed fantastic technique), and there's communication (and, LOL, again, some TDers have really mastered that).. and then there's the 'painting a bit of your soul' .. which I think a lot of us do.

Dunno.. I think this is where the rating system kicks in.. I tend to delete pics which no-one gets, or I get bored with because they no longer illustrate what I felt/saw/was thinking of at that moment in time.

I guess the point is that your art is only (sometimes) an expression of yourself.. being a master of the ancient and arcane art of zucchini whittling is probably of more use to you ITRW.

solosater

Umm, actually I use a cheese slicer; there's no whittling,

There may be a hernia, I can't seem to stop laughing.

6:40AM and no sleep for the whittler.

solosater

I don't know that I really put my soul into any of my TD pieces but since its all I've been able to do lately, I guess it seems more important than it should be.

My art ITRW is charcoal drawings, faces and nudes, and my beading & jewelry making; my hands have hurt to badly to do mush of that in the last year really.

solosater

I haven't even had the energy to cook zucchini lately let alone whittling!

marg

oh no. stop.. now I have images of people carving away at zucchini using a variety of implements..

I REALLY hope Rachel isn't still reading this thread..

marg

hold on.. my last comment was based on your one 3 ago..

solosater

For years I've wanted to do a squash garden in my yard, we used to grow them at school they do well here, and artichokes too but I hate dirt.

I know I wouldn't take care of it the way I should so for now no garden for me.