Sunsets are hard to see from my little home and even harder to capture on film, too many buildings.
But sometimes, the sky just lights up with an extra dose of beauty.
I stood outside for a long time just watching the sky change and taking loads of photos. These were my favorites, though.
I woke extra early this morning to pouring rain and decided I would skip my daily walk. I piddled around the house, reading, painting and playing words with friends with my mum. Shortly after lunch I realized that it had stopped raining for a while and decided I needed to get outside. I ended up walking 2.26 miles. I think that is my longest so far.
I never understand why it hurts more each time I go. I would think the more I do it and the stronger I get, the easier it would be. It's funny though, the pain I get when I walk, is an enjoyable kind of pain. Does that make sense? It's like I hurt, but I know that it is for a good reason. Unfortunately, it doesn't take away the head pain and in fact makes them worse. Somehow, I'm okay with that.
After I returned home and rested a little (to try to let that extra head pain subside) I went back into the studio. I'd been working on the painting from yesterday and have started another. I took your words to heart, but I just couldn't get past that peach snow. So, I took it in another direction.
I'll be honest, I'm not happy with it. That is supposed to be a black bear snuggling a pillow in his cave. Since I couldn't get the winter theme to work I decided to go with spring, and it would be time for him to wake. I've already decided to move it to the "to be covered" pile. :-)
I don't mind. Each painting helps me to learn and grow. So, I'll keep making art (even if it is bad) and hopefully one day the good art will come more easily.
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love & blessings
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I'll apologize in advance for the craziness of this post. I have brain babble today. Everything I see, think, and hear is confusing to me. It happens sometimes when the headaches are at their worst.
Words get jumbled, sounds get muddled. It can last minutes or hours. Once or twice it has lasted for a couple of days. I'm hoping this bout will pass soon. I just have to sit or go to sleep for a while.
I blame the medications I had to take when I first started seeking treatment back in 2010. I was on so many medications and they were changed so often that I developed more problems. One of the worst is tremors in my hands. Sometimes they shake so badly that I can't hold anything. Even at the best, there is a fine tremor in them that makes it hard when I'm painting or drawing small details. I get very frustrated, but I'm learning to keep trying.
For AEDM, I spent some time painting these clay pieces I made a few weeks ago. I've still a little ways to go, but it was all I could do today.
On this mornings walk, I followed the path I took yesterday. There are two bridges on this route. The first goes over the Deep River and the second over a swampy area that leaks off the river. Yesterday when I crossed that first bridge, I felt a bit nauseous and jittery. I turned back around and headed back at the end of that bridge and felt the same feelings as I crossed it. I chalked it up to having not walked in a day or two and my footing being slick from the rain and fallen leaves.
Today I went back the same route and when I hit that first step on the bridge, the nausea and jittery feelings returned. As soon as I stepped off the other end, the feelings went away. I kept going and went on across the second bridge.
Everything felt fine. No jitters, no nausea. I turned back to head home and as soon as my foot hit that first bridge, the feelings returned. Once again, as soon as I stepped off the bridge, the feelings went away. My intuition is telling me that someone drowned at that spot in the river. I feel it was from a very long time ago. Just to be sure, I did a cursory online search for drownings in Deep River, but found nothing. I've learned over many years that I have to listen when my intuition speaks like that. Oh my, that one bridge is going to give me trouble. I may have to change my route again.
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love & blessings
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ps...the photo is of the second bridge, not the trouble bridge.
Last November, after my second Red Thread Retreat, our group decided to do a project to share in the Facebook group about Gratitude. I wasn't happy with my finished project, a mix of spray inks, soft gel medium, paint and TAP image transfer.
A few weeks ago I pulled it out to re-work. I put on a couple of very light layers of gesso, and glued pages to the canvas.
I dabbed on more spray inks and then used another very light layer of gesso. The tree came next, forming around the heart shaped words that the gesso skipped. I wasn't sure where to go with the piece, so I started to add one of my anyone girls. (I like calling them that instead of the old term blank faced, as they can represent anyone at all.)
After getting her on the page, I really wasn't sure if I liked it, so I let it sit for several days. This morning I went back to it and started enhancing her and adding another element. Her hair was too big, so I gave her a hat. Then I thought, leaves!
I finished it just a little bit ago. I'm quite happy with how it turned out.
I remembered to photograph the rest of my inktober drawings. Here they are...
Day 25
Day 26
Day 27
Day 28
Day 29
Day 30
Day 31.
It's another rainy day today. I did get in my walk this morning, 2 miles. Now I'm off to work on either my Scoreboard or my shrug. I hope you are having a wonderful day. How are you spending the day?
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love & blessings
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Hello, November. I hope you all had a wonderful Halloween/Samhain yesterday. Mine was quite productive and enjoyable. I only had two small groups of trick or treaters. I think there was a total of 8 kids. Now I have all this leftover candy. Oh my. But...
I made supper for the ancestors, did my reading for the new year and reviewed last years reading. Looking back it was really quite spot on.
I really enjoyed inktober. (I still need to photograph and share my last few days here.) In fact, I enjoyed doing it so much that I've signed up to participate in Art Everyday Month (AEDM) and National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo). So, you should see me here every day during the month of November, and I'm hoping that it will create a habit of writing here on a regular basis. I've really not planned out any posts or prompts, I'm just going to go with the flow for now. I figure having the AEDM to share will help with my posts.
It was chilly and rainy here this morning. After a few hours of putting away Halloween decorations and getting the house (mostly) back in shape, I sat and did a page spread in the art journal I started last year. It didn't turn out as I'd first expected(somehow things never do), and the photo isn't very good, but it is something. Then I moved into the living room and lit the fireplace. There is just something about a wood burning fire. The smell, the popping and crackling of the wood. I just love it.
Do you have anything special planned for this month? I'd love to hear about it.
thanks for stopping by!
love & blessings
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