Ends/Starts

So it begins.

The last day

 of another lived year.

Breakfast?

One half 

 a carrot.

And too much crunchy peanut butter.

Nice

It's nice to 

have a bunch of scissors

in

The Scissors Drawer

It's nice to 

receive

a surprise gift

of four hand-painted eggs

in the mail

It's nice to

have an outing with good friends

planned on a 

morning

of a 

Work Day

It's nice to

go outdoors

and not be socked 

in the head

by 

Serious Winter

It's nice to

hear

birds songs

sounding

"spring"

It's nice 

Heart Project Again

This morning found me driving away from morning news shows on TV and down to The Daily Grind for real people talking about real things and working on crossword puzzles and eating freshly-prepared breakfasts.

I celebrated finishing a "21 Day No Junk Food Challenge" by scarfing down half a delicious chocolate-pistashio biscotti - but not until I'd worked for about an hour on some new Heart things. The large cardstock-weight tags have been sitting here for a couple years. They said they would not mind being part of the 2018 Heart Project - and here are a few. More will happen. 

The laptop played Miles Davis and Stan Getz jazz, I had headphones on so others who might not appreciate jazz were spared, and a sort of meditation set in. Cut out a heart, "crazy-quilt" some scrap papers together (Yay for "Yes!" glue!), cut out another heart. And on and on.

No, I don't know what will happen to these. Yes, I very much enjoyed making them. No, I don't know if these are "finished" yet.

I'd drawn the drawn portions while riding in the van recently. Always carry SOME art supplies. Always. LOL.

Now - back to "real" work. Two small paintings with dancing bears are due for gallery delivery way too soon.

So it ever goes.

Yes, I appreciate this odd life I get to live.
Back to it!

Fare-thee-well,
Sue

Accomplishing in the Whirlwind...

Some days, weeks, and/or months are more whirl-windy than others. This is one of those months.

Today I am VERY thankful for our Stillwater (MN) Public Library and it's helpful staff. Very. 

So I got some things DONE I could not have finished today at home - internet connection problems.... - and now have about 9:33, 9:15, 9:09 .... minutes left of time left to type a something.

This might be about it. 

The little boxes are being checked off the column of numbers/boxes/tasks. Two down - 43 to go. Yes, I broke down this morning started a new MASTER LIST. So intently that I forgot to drink my de-caf at The Daily Grind.

Life is a wee tad better now. 6:37.....6:30....

Maybe tomorrow there will be time to make art. 
Or tonight - during Tax Time. 
ALWAYS BRING YOUR SKETCHBOOK and ART SUPPLIES!!

A Wonderment

Does stress make tinnitus appear "louder"?
Or does "loud" tinnitus make one feel more stress?

Not "asking for a friend."

Breathe in. Breathe out. Tomorrow will be a different day.

Banjo Personal Challenge

It is past mid-March in my Person Challenge to practice playing banjo.
I am not good, but I am "ugly better."
I don't know many chords, but I know some chords.
I still only know "Tom Dooley."

But this morning I wrote a tiny four-chord song.
It is not a happy song.
But it is about the few "happy" things one might see on TV news.
It is a real song.

No, I am not going to share the words.
Not yet, anyway.

"Ring! Ring!" - the phone.

Time to quit typing about banjo stuff.
I've just committed to sending two new paintings to a gallery.

The stress of getting to do what you love for a living is oddly real.

Back to work.
Patience, banjo. I'll be back.

Keep Going

A Couple Things That Keep

Us Going -

The Force, Good Mugs, and Lots of Hugs.

(And I'm not from a Hugging Family - LOL!)

Mug was created by good friend and potter 

Ingrid Rogers-Bjerstedt.

Yoda is our Traveling Companion

We try to have fun with The Force at most Art Fairs.

And hugs seem to be happening more often -

which is mostly for the better!

On to a day of medium adventure!

And then back to work on greeting cards and bears.