Lacking in mine too, Lyn!! 🙄😂 Hi Shwshw! 😎

And yet I visualize quite well as the plumber who installed my new sink yesterday found out and ran into a couple problems 🤦‍♀️. Perhaps I should have gotten a discount for the help I gave😂

Lisa, I must have missed the debunking or refinement of the right brain left brain theory…any chance you have a source as I am interested!

Have you seen the video of the woman who draws with both hands and feet AT THE SAME TIME?!? Let me see if I can find a link

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ambidextrous-artist-can-draw-hyper-realistic-portraits-with-both-hands-and-feet-at-the-same-time-watch/

DD , where to begin!?! Debunking was an off-handed remark and my reference point is educational theory/practice. I don’t have a single source because in education right brain/left brain was the hot topic of the 80s and has been replaced numerous times since. By the 90s we were talking “multiple intelligences", an improvement since we were now pigeon-holing the human brain into seven categories instead of two. When I left education we were talking "whole brain" theory. What tends to happen is that some very lucky researcher manages to get published in the popular rather than academic press and the work is promoted by the publisher on Oprah or today's version. A theory that explains a small fraction of the workings of the human brain takes off, becomes a permanent part of our lexicon, and half the superintendents in the country buy the book as a "welcome back to school" gift for staff. Another decade, another theory…rinse and repeat. Educators are on laudable quest for the Holy Grail, but the human mind is far more complicated — and miraculous — than to be explained by a single theory.

Ladma! I can’t imagine how that woman’s brain works😳. Astonishing!

Thanks to all to share this information.

Truly remarkable. I’m ashamed I can’t even draw with my dominant hand! But now I’m off on a tangent wanting to watch "My Left Foot". I like Daniel Day-Lewis;-)

I believe you are right Lisa. How else can one explain the genius of a Leonardo Di Vinci or Michael Angelo when it’s obvious they were able to use both sides of their brains! I think the theory right/left brain is over simplified and science may have no real explanation how some people excel at certain tasks while others cannot!

Somethings are meant to be admired and are best left unexplained! When used in the vernacular — as I obviously do — left/right brain provides a simple framework to understand our different wirings. Ah, but how boring if we actually managed to unlock the working of the brain. I want to remain awed by those Renaissance (wo)men.

Hi shwshw! I am just watching…and your pears are a lovely piece of art!

Ohhhh… look what I missed. My husband and I took one of those left/right brain tests. And then went to a free seminar sponsored by Polaroid. It was very fun. It was based on your thinking preferences. Nothing scientific. Thanks for reminding me.

Linda, thank you for the compliment.

Yeah, as long as there aren’t harmful consequences junk science can be fun! Dating myself, but I remember the right/left brain quizzes in Cosmo!

I wonder what science would say about my granddaughter who watches tv like this😂

Scientists would have nothing to say, but pop psychologists would offer plenty.

Btw, I was once a master at head standing. I was going to give it a try but realized after several decades and a couple of glasses of wine that might not be a smart move.

😂today was her 5th birthday! Since she was able to read her birthday cards I guess I shouldn’t worry too much😂‼️

Happy birthday sweet girl!!! Some pictures dont capture how beautiful those granddaughters are

Happy birthday, sweetheart‼️

Lyn, give her a pen and paper with some math problems and see if she can solve them. 😂🤣

You know, I'm a divergent thinker who has developed strong mathematical and analytical skills. I wont need the pen and paper and will stand on my feet.

Pen&paper Seajay? She has an I-pad😂

She and her sister help me with the tv! They know how to get all the premium channels 🤦‍♀️. Me? Not so much!

And a brain! When Chef was interviewing for her new job they told her that much of curating was administrative and mundane "No problem," she told them. "I inherited my parents' love of Excel."

Thanks for the good wishes ladies ♥️ I hope I can keep up with them🤦‍♀️‼️

I was joking about doing math problems while standing on one’s head. So, yeah, she can do them on her iPad while she’s watching TV. 🤣😎

I know you were joking but it reminds me of texts I received this week. Should Whisp advise her student to take inorganic chemistry or calculus? Oops mom…wrong thread.

😂I was thinking more along the lines of drawing with the right side of her brain Seajay but I may be getting ahead of myself!!!

I’m lost but that won’t prevent me from adding trivia. Right/left brain in part traces back to Victorian literature — Stevenson's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Very Scientific. Yeah, I should go to bed.

Lol Ladies! Glad you are having fun. We started painting our deck today….

Now that sounds like fun!

Hi shwshw, how did the deck turn out? Is your DH back to 100%?

Hi Molly. I just saw this. The deck is done we made it just in time to get to hang out on it before the weather changes. My bionic husband is doing well. So nice of you to ask. Here’s a pic of part of the deck. I decided to paint a Mandal from a stencil. My first time using a stencil. It’s a learning curve, but still happy with the results. Hope you are well

and one more showing the other side.

Looks wonderful TICL. Hope you’re well.

That looks like a lot of added living space TICL. Miss you, hope we will be hearing more from you. Glad Bionic man is doing well!😳

That is beautiful! So happy to hear your hubby is doing well. Hope you are too! Is that wrist doing OK? How are your horses doing?

Hi Seajay, Nora, and Flo. Happy retirees here, sound and healthy. Ready to enjoy our retirement. Hugs to all

Looks good & love the rug!

Looks great shwshw! Hope you get to enjoy it a bit longer. 🙂

Shwshw, This is the first picture I have seen of the outside of your house and it is just beautiful!! I LOVE the shingles with color!! Quite the fancy Chicken coup 😁😉 And your stencil - so fun and creative! 👏💕 So glad to hear you are both “sound and healthy” and enjoying life - well deserved after those crazy hard years ❤️😎🥂

It is beautiful Shwshw!!! We miss natural lawns out here in So Cal! 😭

Shwshw!! Beautiful! I know how much work it takes to get a lawn looking that pretty. So good to see you back here. Any other projects you have completed without our input?!? Lol. Thanks for posting. Been missing you! Hope all your injuries are long healed!

Hi Flo! All the house projects are done. Now I am working on my yard. i am trying to grow a wildflower field in the rest of my side yard. Most of the seeds I have planted (admittedly not exactly following instructions) for the last 3 years have not come up. This year I started seedlings. Time will tell. planting for butterflies, humming birds, and bees . i have succeeded in making it look wild. Still working on the flower part Lol.

Wildflower gardens are hard, because you have to get rid of the weeds first.

Or, my theory, embrace them. 😂

Hi shwshw! miss you! Your yard is looking great. Hope you and Mr are doing good.

Hi Nora. 😍