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[cblj_backup]

Oh man, maybe I'm not actually a grownup. I had the total five-year-old experience today -- went to the museum, got all excited, had loads of fun and an iced lemonade, got cranky and tired on the ride home, BREATHLESSLY informed the internet of everything I did today, and then had a nap.

I have learned something in 32 years of life, however, and I put aloe burn gel on my face and shoulders before I went to bed. Which is good, because I woke up with a sunburn.

I own sunblock. I went out specifically and bought sunblock at the same time I bought the burn gel last month. I just need to make sure I actually wear it.

The dangers of Going Outside now include bears (theoretical), parades (actual), and sunburns (inevitable).

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[adina-atl.livejournal.com]

Today it was raining, so I mostly acted like an adult--a boring adult. But I did spend part of the day painting a Chinese dragon on silk. The outline is complete, in metallic gold paint, and about half the background has been dyed royal blue. The dragon's head is "poppy red" (a new-to-me dye which currently looks orange, I'll have to see how that comes out) and his tail is orange and yellow flames.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

It sounds awesome! Will you post pictures?

[adina-atl.livejournal.com]

Let's see if this works:

(http://pics.livejournal.com/adina_atl/pic/0000zyre/)

[beyondthesunset.livejournal.com]

Oooh, that's beautiful!

[adina-atl.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

That looks gorgeous! Lots of detail work, my goodness.

[adina-atl.livejournal.com]

The design is out of a Dover Coloring Book (aside: I love the Dover books for adapting as stained glass and silk painting designs!) and was apparently originally for an opera costume, an embroidered dragon robe. The gold paint is applied with a squeeze bottle with a very, very fine metal tip, so it's pretty much like tracing with a pen. I starch the silk to within an inch of its life, so it's relatively transparent.