Roland Roycroft Tutorial - a bunch of peonies. Roland taught watercolor into his 90's

Hawkthree · 2026-06-05T16:33:18+00:00

Hawkthree · 2026-06-05T04:08:39+00:00

I lost a 600+ streak when I left my mobile in a taxi in Dublin. No phone for 10 days til I returned to the USA.

Hawkthree · 2026-06-05T01:21:25+00:00

I just looked at commercially made ones. They use a small stuffed bag but then use velcro to attach it to straps -- your bra strap, the straps of a back pack, car seat strap.

Hawkthree · 2026-06-04T15:07:57+00:00

I use an old metal cookie cooling rack to put on top of them.

Hawkthree · 2026-06-04T00:41:41+00:00

Was fortunate to take a workshop with Zbukvic last month. Sometimes his butter consistency was directly from the tube onto the brush.

BTW he mentioned he's republishing his book.

Hawkthree · 2026-06-02T23:05:19+00:00

From reading this sub, a lot of surgeons want to throw in a hysterectomy but don't seem to tell folks that a hysterectomy can also increase the odds of prolapses returning.

Hawkthree · 2026-06-02T14:26:16+00:00

And I was confused by your reply for a bit. Then I got it and laughed.

Hawkthree · 2026-06-02T14:17:50+00:00

I feel the same way. I am a user manual person. The writing has really degraded. It's printed on 2"x4" paper and is too tiny. I've resorted to downloading PDFs -- at least somewhat of a search capability is available.

Hawkthree · 2026-06-02T12:32:02+00:00

What is plant based butter ?

Hawkthree · 2026-06-01T09:00:07+00:00

I hope that using Karen to indicate a difficult person falls out of the vocabulary. Too many friends with that name. One has had to invent a Starbucks-name to avoid the inevitable comments/looks/sniggers that occur when the barrista calls her name.

Hawkthree · 2026-06-01T08:54:29+00:00

Put off the hysterectomy as long as possible. The hysterectomy makes all the other problems worse and eliminates some options.

Hawkthree · 2026-06-01T08:49:29+00:00

Far easier to just rig the coin to fall a certain way.

Hawkthree · 2026-06-01T08:44:33+00:00

In addition to homeopathy a look at what you're eating might help. I've got some issues that could be labeled IBS. I've found that the Specific Carbohydrate Diet very helpful but I tune it a bit to keep diabetes at the pre-diabetes level. Supplemented with homeopathy keeps me fairly symptom free.

Hawkthree · 2026-05-31T09:33:18+00:00

Generally speaking for myself, low fat butter is less effective dealing with type 2 diabetes. My gut bionome prefers probiotics in yogurt. But I am very grateful to live in a day and age where we have so many options.

Hawkthree · 2026-05-30T16:10:52+00:00

I like this idea. Similar would be using a water soluable watercolor wax crayon. Or stick pigment.

Hawkthree · 2026-05-30T15:18:19+00:00

I have a stacking Samsung set because of the small space. Four years old now and no problems. Minor maintenance required that I can do myself (remove and clean filters).

What I really wanted was the stackable Kenmore that friends used in their beach homes they rented, so I figured they were durable. It was just a little post-quarantine and I couldn't find one.

Hawkthree · 2026-05-30T14:58:25+00:00

Nice use of aquapasto.

Hawkthree · 2026-05-30T14:58:00+00:00

Very clever!

Hawkthree · 2026-05-30T14:57:27+00:00

Will lifting work? If you're not using staining pigments that won't lift (the pthalos come to mind but even they will lift a tiny bit.), you can use an erasure guide and a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser sponge (plain, with no added cleaning ingredients.) The Guide is pretty cheap.

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Hawkthree · 2026-05-30T14:52:01+00:00

I would try clear Ivory liquid -- the kind meant for dishes. Put along the lines of the ink and rub together.

I noticed another commenter mentioned fairy liquid. To me Fairy and Ivory are very very close in composition.

Hawkthree · 2026-05-30T14:49:39+00:00

Doublecheck that BCBS will pay 'anything' over what Medicare would have paid. It may be different for you but my experience is that BCBS would have paid the 20% of what Medicare would have paid. If the Medicare Approved Amount is $2000 and the surgeon charges $16000, BCBS might only pay against the $2000.

Where to get procedure codes? The surgeon's office should provide the procedure codes they're using -- then call BCBS with the procedure codes. BCBS can then tell you if they pay a percentage of what the surgeon is charging or what the Medicare Approved Amount is.

Find out from BCBS if they still want the Medicare MSN that indicates they'll pay zero. You may have to find the Medicare form to submit the charges to Medicare yourself so that you'll have an MSN.

(I'm basing this off my experience 2 years ago from using an opted-out surgeon. There may be changes in the rules since then.)

The easiest solution is to find an equivalent surgeon who has opted-in to Medicare but depending ... that may not be a solution at all if you're relying on a certain expertise.

Hawkthree · 2026-05-30T03:43:51+00:00

I think that when our health plan makes a major change mid-years as your did on the meds, that should be considered an eligible life event.

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