Second on the Second and Some New Art Too

 Hi everyone.  Happy weekend to you.

I almost didn't post today, but luckily I had this post basically finished in advance and I figured it would be worth posting to keep my mind busy. Yesterday my hubby took the day off. We went out in the boat and took the dogs with us. The current was really strong  when we returned  to the dock to pull out the boat at the end of the day. Miss Maddie started to jump out of the boat when she thought we were up against the dock. Her front paws landed on the dock, but just then the boat jerked away from the dock, and she went down into the water.

In this process her belly slammed into the dock. She's a tough cookie, and she swam to shore. But she wasn't quite right. We took her to the emergency vet and discovered  she had received a slight tear in her bladder and some water went into her lungs.

Luckily the tear is small and should heal without surgery, but she is being sedated and will be in the emergency room "doggy" hospital for several days. If you could keep your fingers crossed that everything continues to heal as expected, that  would be much appreciated. 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

We spent the whole evening and until almost midnight at the emergency vet and left waiting for more information. The middle of the night phone call luckily came with good news, as did this first thing this morning phone call, and I am relieved. But I will be happier after a couple of more positive phone calls.

OK, onto the post I had already written.

It's the second of the month, and that means it's time for Second on the Second   over at Bleubeard's and Elizabeth's blog

This month Elle' challenge at Art Journal Journey is Books, Cats and Tea.  For my second look let me share a couple of book themed pages I made in January of 2017 when the theme at AJJ was Every Journal Page Tells a Story.

And here's my favorite type of novel to read.

I'm still particularly proud of those footprints I hand drew and made for this mystery page

This month (right now, September of 2023) our AJJ host Elle has said we can make a page about a particular book, and that's what I did for today. My page is actually about a series of 7 books that you might be familiar with, the adventures of Harry Potter and his friends (along with others he's not so fond of) at Hogwarts. 

The Harry Potter books are long enough that if you read them and own a cat, the cat might get bored while you read. (Especially if you go through all 7 which will take you at the minimum several days.)  I added these cats in various cat positions to represent what your cat might be up to while you enjoy the story. Plus these kitties also work as part of the latest Art Journal Journey challenge.

My page started with lots of bits of leftover paint. The stickers were a set I had picked up during a visit to Universal Studios back in 2021 when the hubby and I went to California. If you're not familiar with Harry Potter, these are the 4 houses where students live and also compete as a team at Hogwarts, the school for wizards.

Sorry for the glare on the top part of the page  but those stickers have a shine to them and are hard to photograph with any kind of light on them. 

The cats are part of a great cat set of rubber stamps I have, and I fussy cut them after stamping them. After I attached the cats and stickers, I used a writing stencil and some black paint to add the writing along the  edges of my page.  And just an FYI, my grey marker was quickly drying out when I went to color the cats which is why some of the images look streaky or  colored differently from others. 

And along with my journal pages, before the latest OWL challenge ends over at Tag Tuesday, let me share the second tag I made. Thanks Wendy for this fun tag theme.

There you have it. Some old art and some new art.

I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend.