Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Dish of Milk

A frequent dessert when I was a young child was chocolate pudding prepared in individual bowls and served with milk poured on top. My dad would often carry my bowl from counter to table, saying, "Here's your dish of milk, Dotty!" I'd laugh and laugh, dip my spoon below the layer of milk, and prove him wrong by lifting a scoop of pudding.

Except for the time when he actually did give me a dish of milk.

Cruel, I tell ya!

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When prepping for my recent West Virginia vacation, one item I packed was the hand-painted anniversary card I'd made for Dave—another card made from a painting started on Monhegan Island in August.

On the 11th, I pulled it out to perch at his place on the table.

Turns out that, although I carefully wrote his name on the envelope and carefully placed the envelope in a protective folder for safe travel, I left the card itself under the cover of our scanner at home.

Dish of milk!

anniversary card
4 x 5.5"; watercolor, acrylic pen, and water-soluble pastels on canvas paper,
mounted on card stock
abstract
2018
[gift]

12 comments:

Joany Kendra said...

Loved reliving the dish of milk story, and loved the forgotten anniversary card story (so easy to see how that happened). All’s well that ends well, as this card certainly did. ❤️

carol edan said...

Loved pudding as a child! Butterscotch! That must have been quite a surprise! Love all the hidden figures in this piece! Probably lots of hidden secrets!

dotty seiter: now playing said...

Joje, I knew the dish-of-milk story would catch your attention : )

I LOL when I discovered the empty envelope in our little cabin in the WV wilderness!

Thanks for your sweet closing comment : )

dotty seiter: now playing said...

Back in the same years as the dish-of-milk event, my family once took part in some product testing over the course of several weeks—lots of red jello, as I recall!

Who knows what secrets might be hidden in this painting? I myself can't identify them.

Lola (Jen Jovan) said...

ha! OMG! Poor Dave! Well I am sure he was DELIGHTED to receive it when you returned home. What a great story!

dotty seiter: now playing said...

Dave's side of the story is that he ran out last minute in Mathias WV to a little one-off convenience store in the middle of nowhere and made do with the card selection there—which, in the end, trumped what I had to offer in the moment! Fun story, yes?

Simone said...

I can totally imagine your face with that bowl of milk in front of you! I love your little poetic anecdotes!

dotty seiter: now playing said...

Simone, so glad you enjoyed my childhood story! I was devastated when my dad pulled his prank—we laugh about it to this day, and he's apologized!

Janet Bradish said...

Great story and lovely card!

dotty seiter: now playing said...

The dish of milk and the envelope of air both make me laugh! Glad you enjoyed the story and the card, Janet.

Sheila said...

Oh, funny. The second story. The first is heartbreaking. LOL ;)

dotty seiter: now playing said...

The dish of milk was a bit heartbreaking—you can imagine my innocent trust going in and my feeling of betrayal! The empty envelope just made me laugh!

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