Snart or Snuffy????

So this painting being finished is actually a miracle...

now I know it may not look like it,

but believe me this is right up there

with all sorts of family miracles

like the daughter unpacking the dishwasher

without a reminder

Sinus Man not snoring

or me smiling and speaking coherently at 5am....

My day started nice and early,

despite it being the last week of holidays and by rights 

this should mean lazy sleep ins,

and even given  that I was actually relatively cheery...

made my way down to the kitchen 

and was waylaid by the adorable sight of Mushu spreadeagled on the lounge

just waiting for his tummy to be rubbed...

now maybe I was moving in stealth mode and gave him a fright

or maybe he was just being a dog

but no sooner had I placed my hand on his adorable little tummy 

when he did what may be the world's biggest

most snot filled sneeze ever...

now I am no stranger to dog snot, 

but this one came with a not so wonderful doggy exclamation point

from his butt...

So is that a dog snart, or a snuffy, or what exactly would be the term????

How do you combine a dog sneeze with a fluffy

or fart

depending on your family terminology in these things....

because let me tell you this needs its own term to describe the eye watering

cringe inducing disgustingness of it...

I do know that it is actually one of the greatest grump inducing ways to start your day

of course not helped by uproarious laughter from the daughter figure 

she is truly starting to get on my nerves

school can't come quick enough...

as punishment for her distinct lack of appropriate sympathy

 I have nabbed the necklace that Lori Moon sent me as a present recently

back from the ungrateful little wench 

and it is now residing in the studio where I can enjoy it....

Heading into the studio after that to tackle butterflies was quite a stretch

Inspiration Avenue have set that as the theme this week

and it took quite a bit of muttering and mumbling to get my head in a space

that would do justice to the delicate beauty of those winged creatures...

of course it did get me wondering what a butterfly snuffy would be like

maybe Rose Petals

or maybe it is actually pretty nasty...

maybe it is one of the great secrets of the animal world and there are

moths and critters sitting in an insect bar someone talking 

about the whopper that Monach dropped the other day...

either way I abandoned pretty and went a bit earthier

I  read The John Fowles book The Collector

when we were up at the beach 

and it was about a pretty freaky

butterfly collector

so it seemed appropriate to the tone of the day

and so Inspiration Avenue 

and Paint Party Friday

are lucky enough to get to share the miracle with me

as much as I would have liked to share the snart with you all

I am just too nice to do that...

I am also sharing my palette with Tracey Grgic Potter over at Paint and Palette

and hope that many of you will do the same

and check out all these wonderful links

by people who probably didn't start their day the same way I did....