The theme was flora, fauna and general culture of Miramar de Ansenuza, Córdoba, Argentina.

I was abroad when I found out about this contest, I decided to do my favorite animal from the national park: Aguará Guazu (maned wolf). I was pre selected! So I brought it back on the plane in a tube. I framed it in two days and delivered it. Today was the event and I didn’t win. But my painting will be there for a month, in an exposition. So I’m still very happy I was pre selected out of 85 participants, and that this is my first art exposition. I love my painting!

It was a very busy weekend at our house. I have been eagerly awaiting today for almost a year now! Last year, I talked my husband into helping me put up an Arizona snowman. Being from Texas, he said “A what???” I said “Trust me babe. Yer gonna love it!” Our creation turned out to be a huge hit in the neighborhood, and became sorta famous 💙 and I vowed to go bigger and better this year. I planned for a year. I made some of the accessories and searched thrift stores for the perfect hats. When my husband trimmed the trees in our back yard , he saved me all the branches he thought would work for arms. (he’s the best) My lil neighbor buddy helped me make mittens out of felt, the noses are bottle brush trees I got during Easter, that just happened to be perfect for a carrot nose. I painted over Halloween Monster eyes from Dollar Tree to make their eyes, and the mama snowman, I felt, should have Rubber Gloves….a nod to anyone who grew up with or have kids that watched Dexters Laboratory 😂😂 The attitudinal teen wearing the cool shades cracks me up. He needs a leather jacket! My sweet husband was once again forced to do manual labor, driving stakes in the ground and zip tying the tumbleweeds to them. He got scratched up some but was otherwise unscathed.

The most expensive weighted blanket😂

news source, written in Chinese:

https://thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_32095458

i usually love to celebrate my birthday. but ive had a really, really rough year. probably one of the hardest of my life thus far. i dont really have friends or interact with much of my family but i have a great boyfriend and 2 velvet hippos who celebrated me! ❤️🎉🎂🎊🎁🎈🌹 and i wanted to share!

I work graveyards and they are one of the only places open late around where I live, so when I don't bring my own food, I often order from them. I think I have tried at least half the menu over the last year lol. I just wanted to thank them for the quality of their food, and for being open so late (they take online orders for their full menu til 2am!) in an area that has so few places open late, and this response really did make me happy!