CATCHING UP

Working in the studio every day I have a chance in spite of the too hot weather earlier in the month.

Little Leather Button Books

 The 4th of July was loud...the 5th was proud...my youngest grandchild, Navy Corpsman Matthew Henderson, turned 20.

Write Soon...Love Mom

 

Oh Say Can You See

 First Art Show at the Air Fair...my first time at an Air Fair...three days of extreme heat and new experiences.

 

I drove through the Oso slide zone for the first time just days before the last missing person was found...gratitude.

 Found a humming bird in my sun room a couple of mornings ago.  Must have gotten in the day before when the door was open and spent the night.

  

We put him in my hanging flower basket but one half of his tail feathers were missing and I think he had a broken wing.  

 

He didn't make it...

Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow...AT THE END OF THE DAY... there is only now...

WHERE'S BOTTOM?

...the place where you bounce back from being

PARCHED

...with lack of creative time and energy...

 

SUMMER SHOWERS

...bring relief and new ideas...

...a week to myself at home brings time to reach the top again...

  ...studio here I come...

BAMBUDDHA

AT THE END OF THE DAY...who could ask for more...

ONLY AN HOUR AWAY

I just got back from a mini vacation...just two nights...in one of the most beautiful places you will ever see...just an hour away from home.

Saltwater

Seaweed

Driftwood & Stones

Oregon Grape Salal Blossoms

Wildlife

Trees in the Mist

 AT THE END OF THE DAY...a lot to reflect on...

HOW DO I DECIDE

How do I decide which things to do and which things not to do when I don't have the energy I used to have...and it takes longer just to get up and get ready for the day than it did even 5 years ago.

How do I decide which things to do and which things not to do when my uninterrupted time has virtually disappeared since DK retired...and if I don't get some time alone I am either going to bonk him in the head or leave him...

...AT THE END OF THE DAY...I've decided...I'm leaving...I made reservations and in less than two weeks I'm running away from home...for awhile...

ME...WORRY?

As I get older, little things that change in my body send my mind on a rant about how I am going blind or deaf or I am going to live out my remaining years in ill health or die tomorrow from some exotic disorder...or...or...or...you get the picture.  A trip to the doctor usually lays all my worries to rest...

AT THE END OF THE DAY...I'm not going blind...my eyes are perfectly healthy...I just have dry eyes...I've always said getting old is not for wimps.

FLOWERS...SUNSHINE...SMILES

I don't like to garden...I let mother nature take care of that at my house. 

But I love flowers...big baskets of flowers...

  

 happy flowers

and best of all...AT THE END OF THE DAY...

hand picked with love from my favorite 2 year old...thank you Ady...

 

MOTHER'S DAY TIMES THREE

Unlike most little girls I didn't want to be a wife and mother when I grew up...I wanted to be a photo journalist and travel the world. 

Life had other plans for me.  I have never for one day had any regrets for how things turned out...

AT THE END OF THE DAY...this...

...was worth the entire journey.