IT'S BEEN HOW LONG?

IN THE BEGINNING

My 1st year BLOG Anniversary Date (October 21) is rapidly approaching.  It's hard to believe it's been a whole year.  I'm still working on finding the time (and the words) to post more often.

My self imposed year of staying close to home is also drawing to an end and I am looking forward to becoming more involved in the art community again after the first of the year although there is still the rest of this year to get through and  the holidays are coming up much too fast. 

Once the weather turns cold and rainy and we can't work outside (which should be any day now) we will begin the inside finish work on the studio.  I'm already looking at colors and lighting and layout and I started a notebook with pictures and lists of what I need and things I want.

LISTEN TO THE WIND

My art is changing just like my life is changing and having this new studio is a good time to make a transition so I am also sorting my art supplies and my old artwork deciding what I am going to keep and what I am going to get rid of.   

I'm thinking about putting some of my older art on my blog to sell...like these three...if anyone might be interested let me know.  Time to test the waters.

AT THE END OF THE DAY...out with the old and in with the new.

BEACH FEET

CHANGE OF VIEW

The weather is looking more and more like fall each day in spite of the hot afternoons.  Nyna bought apples on the way back from her honeymoon so we spent a rare day together putting them in the freezer for applesauce and pies. 

The painter is nearly finished with the house, the garage and the studio and as soon as that is done, we will have the new gutters installed.  The new garage doors went in today. 

My most wonderful great-granddaughter is almost crawling already and started her first day at daycare this week.  Time sure flies doesn't it.

I love the warm days and cool evenings, in fact, I think it's almost time to put on the flannel sheets and take out the crock-pot.  Fall is my favorite season.

Yet... AT THE END OF THE DAY...considering the view from my new studio's window...I'm also looking forward to winter this year.  

THIS ONE'S A KEEPER

The weather was perfect.  The ceremony was lovely.  My daughter and her new husband are on their honeymoon.

I think she would agree that the best things in life sometimes sneak in when you are not looking.  

Congratulations...may your new life be long and blessed.

AT THE END OF THE DAY..."What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life."

DREAMS DO COME TRUE

 Tomorrow is September 1st and my daughter is getting married. 

 I started out this year knowing it would be a year of changes. 

 

  Some I knew were coming and some have taken me by surprise...and the year isn't over yet.   

My intention this year of releasing my expectations for perfection has helped me accept each day with calm and i hope with grace.

 

 I have learned that even setbacks should be looked on as challenges rather than roadblocks and that all things are possible if I believe they are possible and I will never be too old to dream. 

  

AT THE END OF THE DAY...don't die wondering...ACT AS IF...

WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN

i was young once

and pretty too in an understated plain sort of  way

and smart

well maybe street wise and sassy

all right all right mouthy was more my style

but i was young and i had my dreams

i was going places

to Europe

to the Oscars

to the moon

straight to hell some said

somehow i got lost along  the way

and when i got found i was old

with life's lessons etched across my face

and written in silver through my hair

my foot no longer so quick to enter my mouth

then i found my dreams

not lost not forgotten

just stained and tarnished

stuffed deep in my pocket

so i took them out

and dusted them off

and started again

and never looked  back

    ~FK~

PROGRESS

The list seems endless and the trash pile keeps getting bigger and bigger but I see progress each day.  New siding up...old gutters down...garage repaired...house almost ready to paint.

The weather has cooled a bit but still sunny most days.  Seven more days till my studio goes up.  Nine more days till Nyna's wedding.

AT THE END OF THE DAY...summer isn't over yet...the best is yet to come...

LITTLE STEPS

When I started this blog almost a year ago, I intended to post more often.  Funny how while life is happening I don't have as much time to write about it as I thought I would.

I love to write and I have lots of things I want to say but writing everyday is an acquired habit I haven't mastered yet...so I am going back to the beginning.

Before I started this blog I did a trial run on facebook by posting a small paragraph each day with a picture or two, just small everyday things that were going on in my life, things I observed or was thinking about.

I probably still won't post every day but I'll try to write more often because maybe with enough practice I can get all the words and stories out of my head and

AT THE END OF THE DAY...I am an..."Optimist:  someone who figures that taking a step backward after taking a step forward is not a disaster, it's a cha-cha." ~Robert Brault~

NOT RETIRED FROM LIFE

Summer weather has set in and we are settling into retirement.  We have no huge plans this year...just getting some things done around the house and yard that have been put off for too long and a trip to the beach later in the year.

That doesn't mean nothing has been happening.  Our days are full to overflowing.

Dave is busy catching up with repairs in preparation for painting  the house and garage and putting in new gutters before winter.  I have been taking care of some neglected health problems before they turn into major events.  Of course watching the beautiful Alyson Rae grow more wonderful each day has become my favorite retirement pastime.

And last but not least...one of the most exciting things going on this summer is clearing a spot in the backyard to have my art studio built. 

AT THE END OF THE DAY...dreams really do come true...