Zentangle® – December 2020
/It was a big month for Zentangle tiles. I was creating quite a few and then adding layers (color and highlighting) to old ones. The average was 3 tiles per day! That made it hard to choose 31 to represent the month.
My favorite place to make the tiles is in the rocker recliner in my bedroom – using the back of my iPad for the surface; the texture and color (red) of its cover appeals to me and the size is right. And then I can do some reading before or after I create a tile.
My favorite time to make tiles is in the evening although in December I used Zentangle tile creation as a break throughout the day. I like to open the blind next to the rocker recliner in the mornings…let the sunshine stream in….view the little bit of activity in the street (people walking – sometimes with their dogs…cars going by).
After I scanned the 93 tiles for December, I arranged most of them under a plastic tablecloth on the kitchen table. My husband and I enjoy the mosaic while we eat…and any time we are in the area (which is frequently since it is the center of the house).
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Noting the date – one of my grandfathers was born 120 years ago on January 3, 1901. His family worked on a farm they did not own and both parents were immigrants from eastern Europe. He got elementary level schooling and owned his own land by the time he married. The family didn’t speak much English until his son started school and it became important for them to be fluent. His son graduated from college and so did all his grandchildren although the college degrees for his grandchildren happened after he was gone. I was the oldest and I was studying for an undergraduate chemistry final on the day he died. His first present to me (I still have pieces of it) was a small wagon with blocks. These are some highlights of my memories of him….
