Daily Thoughts 11/1/2009

Quote from Henry David Thoreau on Library Way in New York City. Taken on February 28, 2007. By Kathleen COnklin. From Wikimedia. Creative Commons Attribution 2.5

Daily Thoughts November 1, 2009

I am finding reading Small Unit Leadership A Common Sense Approach to be quite enlightening. It explains the difference between civilian leadership and military leadership. In a military situation the objective is to win without exception. There are also descriptions of the difference between leadership and management. The concept of chain of command in the military is also given a detailed explanation. It is quite interesting.

I have been watching the concert Pulse by Pink Floyd also. I watched it while I was doing my floor exercises. It reminds me of when I was younger. I really do like the lighting effect that is part of the concert.

On Tuesday it is election day so I have to remember to vote. I always go vote. Sometimes, I wish I had better choices.

Watercolour, flower, and portrait

I have decided that I'm not a watercolourist. I love the medium and will probably persevere simply because I'm stubborn (and have a lot of watercolour paint!) but my attempts will surely remain just that - attempts.

I look at artists like Fabio Cembranelli who paints flowers in watercolour like an absolute angel and then I dare to post my couple of flowers in a pot! Cheek of it, but I thought, it's one of very few watercolours that I will be putting up. I need to practice!



Whilst on the watercolour theme, I tried a portrait as well! (Pushing my luck here). Not too bad, but still on the overworked side.

Eudith is a lovely lady with a beautiful smile who works as a housekeeper/cleaner for a number of people. She works like a demon and when I asked to take her picture, she didn't want to smile. She did eventually, but I did the one she liked first.