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

last mornings of spring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I've spent the last mornings of spring sitting outside. We've had the most wonderful spring this year, the temp staying in the eighties and below. Even had nights that were cool enough for a fire in the yard. My favorite thing is building a fire, tending it, watching the lightning bugs come up out of the grass, listening to the insects chirping, then waiting for the coyotes to start howling across the road.

 

Also...

We have a stray cat in the barn behind the house and recently discovered she has four kittens. We are trying to get them used to us, then hopefully get them all fixed and just let them stay there. Of course we would feed them. I've been reading about trap, neuter, release programs which sounds like the perfect solution. Fingers crossed that we are able to find one in our area.

Three white kittens just like their mother and one grey and white tabby. So sweet.

 

I'm still making stuff every morning. I work at least and hour every day. Paintings, doll house stuff, working in journals, my art room is getting full. 

 

watching: Outlander on Netflix

reading: The Two Towers by Tolkien (again)

and

The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron

eating: cookie dough blasts from Sonic

wanting: to be skinny

needing: to eat healthy and move more

loving: making doll house stuff 

wishing: I was at the happy bird work shop in St. Louis

 

 

 

 

 



 

 



december journaling



 





















 

 

i've been working in

several different art journals

this year

 

big and small

 thin and thick paper

and I just make do

whatever works

best

that's what I use

watercolors

color pencils

pens

acrylics

I love them all

music blasting

 

my days all begin the same

coffee

art

 

work every other day

and i stay home whenever i can

my husband shares pictures

of the deer in the area

this one is huge

 

i found pretty frost designs

on my car last night

we could have snow

this weekend

(fingers crossed)

 

loving:

crocheting

working on my quilt

marvel movies

reading

and long dark evenings at home

 

not loving:

how the spacing on this blog gets messed up and i don't know how to fix it. >:(