Adster {5/52 MCP}

For week five on the MCP group's P52, the theme is ''Muse."  I wasn't sure how to go about this one (I never seem to) I found some decent subject matter.  A number of people went with their pets and their kids. some even played with different definitions of the term 'to muse.'  I really wanted to do something really artistic and brilliant.  But when my girlie came walking up to me wearing her daddy's glasses that she had just taken off of his sleeping self, she was just too adorable and mischievous looking.  I grabbed the camera and snapped a few shots of her.  She makes me want to take pics of her ALL THE TIME!  I guess that truly does make her my muse.  So, here is my muse, my Adster!

Old Paint {2/52 MCP}

This week's MCP theme has been challenging for me. I have been wracking my brain on how to creatively "illustrate a song" for the theme. I see other people's submissions for this one and am amazed at all the neat ideas they have and end up feeling very uncreative.

Last night, however, I had a bit of an accidental breakthrough. Adster wanted to use one of the project kits that she got for Christmas. This kit was a horse painting set. They included 3 little horse statues, paints and a brush. The brush was kinda crappy, so I graciously allowed her to use my good paintbrushes that got me through college. Boy, that was brave on my part!! She painted that horse in such a painstaking and methodical manner. It was super cool to watch her. I was asked to help for a bit, which I did in between moments cooking dinner. When she was done painting (aka, when Mommy told her to stop b/c dinner was ready) she had quite the creation. I loved the way she seemed to have a definitive idea of how she wanted the horse to turn out. What started off as her wanting to copy the horse on the packaging ended up as a brilliant patchwork of equine colors. So her lovely little horse, which I'm sure will get more color this evening and will have a name by bedtime ended up inspiring me for one of this week's pictures.

There's a song called Old Paint by Chris LeDoux about a cowboy riding his faithful and intelligent horse home. Well, the fact that it is a horse and painted caused me to feel a play on words there. I thought about a background for the horse and decided a picture of a pasture or something would be neat. Unfortunately, the art books that I have didn't quite have what I wanted. However, I went with it. I think I really like the way the photo turned out. Old Paint, the horse, in front of an old painting... Well, hope you enjoy!

{2/52} Old Paint, originally uploaded by Yellowwick.