Faces—Blind Date!

Between winter snow flurries I've witnessed a flurry of a different sort. A short while back, a collector purchased The Friend Who Writes Letters Longhand. When Longhand found out she'd be moving to new digs at the end of February she was very excited!

Then a few weeks later, the same collector expressed interest in purchasing The Friend Who Uses an Enameled Spoon as a Postcard and inquired as to whether I thought Longhand and Enameled Spoon would "go together" well. 

Omg! Matchmaking!

We both agree they'll make an adorable couple. Plus, they have in common their inclination to correspond in ways other than standard social media. Really, what are the chances?

Well! Longhand got all in a dither when she found out Enamaled Spoon would also be moving to the same new digs at the end of February! She immediately pulled off the years-old,  insubstantial tired shirt she had on and spent much of Saturday ratting through her closet looking for something to wear on moving day—she tried on this, tried on that, tossed stuff on the bed, discarded items on the floor, preened in front of a mirror, and tested touches of makeup before she finally settled on a look that showed off her features to alluring advantage without being over the top. 

She's a little more relaxed now, but she is counting the days till moving day.

Spot the Differences, Part 2

In the images below, spot the differences between the right-hand side of the original painting as it appeared when first cut (on left) and that same piece once completed (on right):

     

Spot the Differences, Part 1

Spot the Differences is a type of puzzle where players must find differences between two otherwise similar images. These puzzles are commonly found in activity books for children.

I flash back to sitting in a dentist's waiting room as a youngster, searching for such differences between two images in a Highlights for Children magazine.

You remember that You Need Not and You Need Only were originally part of one larger painting that I cut in half.

work in progress before the cut
early August 2019

In the images below, spot the differences between the left-hand side of the original painting as it appeared when first cut (on left) and that same piece once completed (on right):