2026 Monthly Goal Results - March and April
By Ali Canary
@AliCanary (4954)
August 8, 2026 10:04am CST
Continuing to play catch-up in reporting my monthly goal results, March saw a slight digression from the pattern of reading two books and finishing one art project. By the end of the month, I had finished reading only one book, Body of Evidence, a mystery/thriller by Patricia Cornwell (you will see a lot more from her this year as I read through her Scarpetta series), but I compensated by finishing two art projects, both of which were collaged cards.
I think I have already published pictures of the cards before because I wrote about them when I completed them...I think? I know I did the first one. Let me check...
Oh my goodness. I went back to look at my discussions to see if I had posted the second card and realized that I ALREADY made a post about my monthly goals back in March. Oops!
At the time, I posted January through March goals, which...I have done again, so sorry about that. D'oh! However, apparently I dropped the thread and forgot to make further posts, even though I have actually kept up with it. So let's go ahead and do April, then, since you've seen my art for March.
In April, I did read two books, Spine by Jud Fine and Harry Reese, and The Body Farm by Patricia Cornwell (see?). The art project I finished was the pastel picture of a flooded Miami in the future, after global warming causes sea levels to rise. I did post a picture of that at the time, and then another one when it was matted, but here is a picture of the project in a much earlier form than you've seen. At this point, the pencil sketch is finished, and I am laying in the base colors. You can still see the pencil.
Sorry about the redundant posts, guys. I'm getting pretty flaky in my old age, lol
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@DaddyEvil (179139)
• United States
8 Aug
If you hadn't volunteered the information about writing about the same subject again, nobody would have said anything. 
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@AliCanary (4954)
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8 Aug
I noticed nobody had, and I thought y'all were just being nice, lol
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@RasmaSandra (101358)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
8 Aug
I love that picture like a real painting,
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@AliCanary (4954)
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8 Aug
Pastel is pretty cool, isn't it? Just making a whole picture out of dust, basically.
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@AliCanary (4954)
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8 Aug
Thanks! It's a bit outside my usual work, but I like it.
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@JudyEv (389510)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Aug
@AliCanary That's about what this is too. Most bring something to work on but sometimes some will just sit and chat.
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@AliCanary (4954)
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9 Aug
Oh, I love working with other creative people! I belong to a drink-and-draw group that meets at various local pubs. I usually draw, but sometimes I bring my knitting. Some people come and just talk and hang out - there's no rule that you have to draw. It's just nice being there.
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I like to tease too much not to say something, though. 



