everything in it's place

 

good morning

There is nothing better than sitting outside each morning with a cup of coffee.

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Then a walk in the shady parts of the yard.

I cleaned up my table so I could paint this week. Also I set up an area to paint frames. They are stacking up in a corner.  Now I can work on them as I paint my girls. 

I just need to remember to put everything in its place and maybe it will stay tidy.

 

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watching: Never Have I Ever on Netflix

dreaming: of crocheting this cute neck cosy

wanting: to build things out of wood.

just one thing

 

                                                   

hello

I've started walking again! Which is surprising to me. Sitting around doing nothing had been my new thing. It wasn't fun and time was just rushing past.  It's 3 o'clock already! , was my new saying. But now i get up and walk first thing. It didn't just happen though. 

I realized i was getting depressed, didn't want to draw, didn't want to go outside, didn't want to read. Just play video games and nap. Get online for hours at a time. Eat. Go to bed.

So i was reading my emails and this thought from James Clear stood out to me.

This sounded like something i could do. So i thought about it and decided that drinking more water was one of the things i needed to do most. I gave up sodas. It was hard at first but after 2 weeks i started feeling better.  I started doing more.  After 4 weeks i started walking and next i began painting. It actually worked!

I'm getting back to painting every day.  Next i hope to quilt an hour a day, since i've got that started and really want it finished before winter.  I've started reading blogs again, i've really missed them. I love seeing what others are up to. The words, the photos, things made and the world around them. Also YouTube , i watch as others live and accomplish the things they dream of , which is so inspiring. 

what has inspired me this week:

 

this YouTube video  The Bee's Spell. A Painting Inspired by a Fragment of the Past - YouTube 

watching her paint is mesmerizing and the music is so pretty 💗

    

                                              

feeling free

 

hello

It truly feels like we all skipped a year. I remember very little of it, except for the feeling of concern for everyone. I did very little as a whole, living mostly in pajamas. Took an occasional drive on empty roads and came right back home. I escaped into the world of Animal Crossing and enjoyed it thoroughly, playing a full year. That's the longest i've ever stuck with a game!

Then gradually it started getting better. I got out a little wearing a mask. Began eating out some. And although i was afraid at first, i got completely vaccinated. Now i feel free. And i wonder why i didn't do more during the past year. No flowers were planted, no walks , no daisy picking, no blogging, no painting.

But this spring i've come alive again, doing all the things i missed. Picked daisies, planted flowers and even found a little grass snake to hold. I've also begun to paint regularly and walk.

These four girls I painted this week. They are small , 5x7, but i'm really happy with how they turned out and will be making more of them.

loving the unpredictability of black watercolor over collage

enjoying the warm sun with mr. darcy

drinking red wine in the afternoon

watching my flowers grow from seed

thinking of quilting this weekend

tiny house plans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hello again

 

this has been a really nice fourth of july week. i have been off work for four days in a row! not that i really mind going to work, my job is fun! but staying home is my favorite, and i've done a lot of it. i've spent long mornings outside reading and writing in my journals. listening to the birds and waiting for the sun to come over the trees.

 

 

i finished my journal painting at the first of the week, then moved onto building a tiny house for virginia. i want a doll house but not a huge heavy thing that i have to find a place for, so i had an idea to make one that was portable, foldable and light, easy to put away when needed. i'm always saving stuff that i might be able to use so i went through my stuff and decided on the cardboard backs of my drawing tablets. then i found my duck tape. i cut my longest piece of cardboard in half, one piece for the back wall and the other for the floor. then measured and cut out two side walls and duck taped them on each end. i was thrilled when it all folded up so nicely! and the floor tucks in perfectly! i had picked up some pretty papers last week for the floor covering and wallpaper so i tried it out and loved it. hopefully by next week i will have it all installed and a kitchen put together. then i have plans to build a fireplace, couch and kitchen table. I have always wanted to make a dollhouse and i am finally getting the courage to try no DO it.

 

okay I've made it into the second season of Outlander. and it was rough and it was confusing. claire was all of a sudden back to the future with frank, and after all that happened with that awful randall i couldn't stand to look at him. which isn't fair but it's the truth. the story of claire and jamie goes on. i had to start watching just one episode a day cause its a little overwhelming to me.

 

 

thinking: about how to put the tiny kitchen together

 

enjoying: this last day at home

 

hoping: to get my to do list checked off today

 

needing: to get back to walking

 

loving: all the ideas running through my head