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For the past few weeks I’ve been working on a paper painting. It isn’t something I want to do for the rest of my life, but I did have fun doing it! On course, as always, it’s a never-ending project. The more paper you glue to the surface, the more it needs….Until the piece is […]
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Oh Yes, it has been completed for a while now! The problem is when we are on standard time, I’m hibernating. When we are on Daylight Savings Time, I crawl out of hibernation, and can get things done. Just because I said I could get things done, don’t expect a post every day. No, […]
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Well here we all are, the holidays are over, everyone is exhausted, and it’s time to get back to normal! Happy New Year! I wish for all of you, a year filled with abundant perfect health, wealth, joy, laughter, and lasting friendships! Could anyone wish for anything more? Not me! For many years I […]
Anyone who knows me, knows I haven’t been very productive in quite a while. I’ve tried, but somehow I just haven’t been able to find inspiration…until now!
A couple of months ago, I signed up to be part of the Sketchbook Project!
For the last few summers I have watched each year as this project unfolds, and in the back of my mind, thinking one year I would join in. This was that year! Of course, I needed another project, but what better time to start an art project than when you’re busy, right? My thinking was that it is only 32 pages, and certainly a little project like that would be a snap for me! The other thing is, we are all busy all the time anyway, so why wait?
After getting back into our home since having bamboo floors laid in the entire house (studio included), I think I’m ready to start thinking about putting pen to paper, and leaving my mark on whatever community it will be going to. That’s not to say that everything is perfect in our home. After all, some of the paintings still remain stacked in the corner waiting to find their rightful place on the wall. The livingroom looks new, and fresh. I’ve changed things around, replaced some things, and gotten rid of others. It feels like a new home to me, and now I’m ready to get back to sketching, and painting!
It’s interesting how something like this can give us an entire new outlook on just about everything, and I find myself energized, and inspired!
Who knows how long it will take me to complete this sketchbook. The project needs to be mailed back by January 15, 2014, so I really do have plenty of time. Anything goes this time, and that’s exactly what I’m going to do, anything, whatever feels right! Poetry, sketches, collage, ink, pen, you name it.
In the next few weeks, or maybe I should say, next couple of months, I’ll be posting the pages I work on, and you can tell me what you think. Make suggestions, I’m always open for comments, in fact I love getting comments, it keeps me motivated!
Sketchbook Project
This little Sketchbook will be going to the Central Part of the Mid-West!
So for now,….. Start a project, and share it with me! I’ll be back!
Certainly twenty, or thirty years ago my life was much busier, so what makes this time more hectic, or why do I seem to have less time? One reason could be, I don’t have as much energy as I ounce had, or maybe I’m trying to do too much, and not getting anything accomplished in the end! All that Bee Pollen makes me go in circles!
What ever it is, it’s time for a change!
I keep busy, and at the end of the day, I’m ready to slow down. The thing is, I haven’t made time, or felt like I had the time for my creativity! What I love to do the most, is something I haven’t done in quite a while. Quite a while could mean a week to me!
I’ve been working on my garden…
Spending time with three of my grand-kids…
Shopping…I had to buy new dishes…
AND, A couple of times one of my girlfriends, and myself signed up for an evening of painting while drinking wine! Oh yeah, it was fun! I can’t say any of my paintings will ever hand in La Louvre, but after drinking wine, who cares?
I’m still working on the Hacienda painting, and if I don’t start playing with it, I’m sure it will go into the stack of canvases that are all screaming at me to finish them!
All the time, I still have a dog, and a cat, and a husband that needs to be cared for, and get attention!
So what now?
Then it suddenly occurred to me…….at 4:30 this morning
Instead of laying awake until 7:30 in the morning so I don’t disturb my husband, I need to get up, have my tea, and paint! Or even write, anything would be an improvement! I use to do this a long time ago, but our home is small now, and any noise seems to disturb him. So for Fathers Day, I’ve decided to buy him – ear plugs! And, start getting up really early when my creative juices are flowing!
That should do it!
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I always thought life should be in reverse. You know, presently we are born helpless, and we have to grow up and learn to take care of ourselves, and get an education. By the time we are educated and have experienced enough life to have real knowledge, we are too tired, and old to do anything about it! If only we were born with that knowledge, and energy so we could really raise our children with patience, understanding, and energy.
Sage came with her dad on Wednesday of last week, and spent two nights with me. Since Papa was out-of-town on a band trip, it was perfect timing! We had three days of girl fun to share, and it was fun. But somewhere around Friday, I started hitting the proverbial wall, and by Friday night after Sage was picked up, I was burnt toast!
Don’t get me wrong, I loved it! Do any of you know or remember what it’s like to have a seven-year old girl to entertain, and occupy for three days? How did I raise three kids, work a full-time job, run a trucking business, schlep the kids back and forth to school, activities, shop, and clean house? Oh yeah, I had a housekeeper every other week! and,…..
I was younger then!
Sage and I managed to go into the spa every evening to relax, and have quiet time. We did have a relaxing time in the spa, all the while listening to her chatter about her important ideas, her friends, and showing me her swim moves. We played school, she gave me swim lessons, and pretended she was a physical therapist giving me aqua therapy! She rode her scooter off, and on during those days, painted a little painting, and looked for lizards.
We celebrated her seventh birthday by going to Target and picking out a favorite doll, and going for sushi at the Terri Cafe Thursday night. After dinner we came home, and watched animated movies all evening. It was fun, and I’d do it again, but it’s also exhausting.
On Friday before Sage left, she told me she wanted to go back to Target to see if she could get a Tea Set too! Of course, I told her we couldn’t go back!
What I had a difficult time not telling her was this…….
For weeks now I have been searching all over the place for a real china tea set for her, and I have found, ordered and received it. We are celebrating her seventh birthday next Saturday, because her real birthday fell in the middle of spring vacation. I have taken much time finding just the right china demitasse cups, and saucers with matching dessert plates. I even found gold-plated spoons with a heart-shaped at the top of the handle. I’m still looking for placemats, and napkins. Don’t you think she’ll be surprised? I do!
All I need to do now is wrap everything and put big bows on the presents, let the fun begin! Read the rest of this entry
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