Hello, Kitten & Dawgs! April is vanishing on us, isn’t it? Victory is nearly mine for this year’s challenge but I struggle to clearly vision what my next alpha-prompt subject yields. I attempted last year to sketch Victorian women and exhausting any fresh ideas then I felt compelled to try it again this time using my iPad, Apple pencil, and my drawing app Procreate to illustrate this lovely Victorian lady.

The biggest improvement I see is in facial expressions. I still struggle with drawing hands but even with this I am getting a tad better. It’s interesting to looking back at what I did and where I am now. Hopefully next year this time I’ll see more progression in my artistic ability.

Finally, I borrowed Joyce’s Wednesday Hodgepodge questions for a finishing touch to today’s fun. Feel free to join in the fun.

1 They say you learn something new every day. What did you learn yesterday? Generally, I do pick up something new every day but when asked it flies right out of my head. Why is that?

If I were a betting gal, then I’m 99% sure someone passed a bit a bit of mewsic trivia my way. I have a lot of blog pals who make mewsic a big part of their weekly posts. Do you like mewsic? Of course, you do. That’s such a silly question but if you don’t know I co-host Monday’s Music Moves Me and we’d love to have you step out on the dance floor with us! This coming Monday’s mewsic theme is ‘your choice’, so whatever tunes are movin’ you then share them with us!

2 Have you ever had a now or never moment? Elaborate. Actually yes, I think that was my way of thinking last April when I considered my A to Z theme. I knew I wanted to began sketching again but I kept putting it off for one reason or another until finally, I decided it’s now or never. I knew I had to force my hand to get started and I’m glad that I did because in the process I found a new passion for life.

3 April 25th is National Telephone Day. Do you still have a land line or have you gone mobile only? When you receive a text message do you respond immediately? Last time you turned your phone off? In two or three sentences share with us a story/memory/incident from your childhood (or something current if that’s too hard) where the telephone is featured. We moved to VoIP years ago which saves us a lot of money every month going from $100 to $3 is a pretty big deal. Generally, I respond to all texts immediately. I only turn my phone off to restart it on occasion but if I don’t want to receive any calls then I just put it on DO NOT DISTURB. I remember very well as a kid the Bell Telephone commercials.

4 Close call, at someone’s beck and call, call the shots, call a meeting, call it quits, call in sick, call on the carpet, wake up call…which call have you ‘heard’ recently? Explain. DH recently used the phrase ‘close call’ when taking about God keeping His hand on him when someone did something stupid on the road. Drivers today take too many chances and are not as skilled as they think they are plus they are usually doing something while trying to maneuver that 3000 pound machine in traffic.

5 What subject do you wish you’d paid more attention to in school? I wouldn’t say that I didn’t pay attention as much as I lacked confidence in mathematics. This just seemed to go straight over my head if it was anything beyond basic math.

6 Insert your own random thought here. On Saturday, we went to the mountains. We’re trying to take in all the day trips we can because after DH has his surgery next week then there’s the possibility we won’t be able to go to the mountains for a couple of months IF this Retina surgeon decides to put a gas bubble in at the time he takes out the oil bubble. Should that be needed then he can’t travel anywhere above 2000 feet in elevation. I’m not sure why unless there’s risk of expansion caused by increased elevation to the gas bubble. Anyhow, we went to Mt. Mitchell then later in the day, we were in Cherokee as we wanted to go through the Smoky’s on our way home when we came up on this little gal. I’m assuming its a girl since there’s no rake.

I often forget I can shoot video with my phone, quickly remembering, I began filming. I did a bit of editing in iMovie to add the description banner and the bird chirping. I did a little voice-over but the passing traffic was much louder muffling my voice. It’s always an amazing sight to see these animals in the wild and if that wasn’t the best, I did get a chance to see two bear cubs in the Smoky’s nearing Gatlinburg. I couldn’t get a picture because there were too many people blocking my view and there was no place to pull off. Poor DH didn’t get to see them.

You’re welcome to join my not-so Wordless Wednesday linky party. It’s open to everyone this month, so have fun! 😉

Thanks for making me apart of your day. Don’t forget to leave your footprints in comments with your signature (URL) so I can find my way back to you. Please let me know if you’re a new follower, so I can do the return favor. I realized the importance of building social networks. You might find me participating in my usual daily blog hops but right now I’m heading off to link up with other fellow AtoZers and you’re invited to come along. Join me tomorrow for more Creating iPad Art Sketches!