BEEN BUSY

Newest in my Barbie series...

'Trophy Wife'

Some recycle projects...

For the studio...

An old straw hat made smaller so it won't fall down over my glasses and spruced up with a new hatband...

A sleeveless dress turned into a blouse with sleeves to cover my floppy arms (age has it's challenges)...

An old white purse dressed up for summer...

 AT THE END OF THE DAY...getting back into the swing of things in my new space.

COMFY CORNER

I'm never so grateful for my husband than when he is gone for a week.  I look forward to each of his hunting trips every year almost as much as he does.  I look forward to the quiet.  I look forward to the uninterrupted days of finishing one thing before he pulls me off to another.  I look forward to doing the daily list of to do's in an order that suits my slower paced morning-person personality. 

What I am grateful for (and what I forget about until I get up the morning after he has left for a week long hunting trip) are all the daily have to do's that he does each day that I have to do when he is gone.  But for now I'm alone and the house is so quiet and I am grateful for the 'me' time.

I almost have the two rooms I was using for my art (I have actually been using the whole house but we won't go there quite yet) condensed into one.  I am running out of places to put things in the studio but now that I have been working out there for a couple of weeks I know where I need more shelves and where I need to do some rearranging so I can get the rest of my supplies out of the house soon.

In the meantime I have been finishing up (or throwing out) unfinished projects I am finding as I sort through boxes and boxes of stuff.

But all that can wait.  I have a week to myself so 

 

AT THE END OF THE DAY...I'm going to take my book out to

the studio sit down in my comfy new chair and enjoy my new space.

 

IT'S GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL WEEK

There is still a lot to move in and little things to finish...and sometimes I wonder if I should have built it bigger or...should get rid of more stuff but it doesn't  really matter and I can't seem to wipe the smile off my face.

My grand daughter reached her new duty station after a nail biting delay. 

My daughter Nyna and great grand daughter Adyson are slowly adjusting to the new routine that will be their next year until Kylie comes home.

My grand son Matthew is out of boot camp and settled in the next phase of his Navy training.

The water is hooked up in my studio and after a thorough cleaning I am ready to roll.  

Nyna and I are going shopping on Wednesday for a comfy chair for my reading/relaxing corner out there. 

The weather has turned from gloom and rain to beautiful sunshine and my hubby is leaving  on Thursday for a week long hunt out of state.  Time to kick back and just enjoy because...

AT THE END OF THE DAY...it's going to be a wonderful week. 

 

Moving Day

Today was moving day.  The windows are clean there's a rug by the door and the cubbies went in this afternoon (thank you to my son Dqniel and his friend Brian).

Today was moving day.  Chairs and tables and a bookcase all waiting for art supplies, my muse, and a head full of ideas.

Today was moving day.  There is still a lot to be done.  There is a lot to move from the house and garage and the big work table will have to wait a few weeks but the water should  be hooked up in a few days and then I can work out there.

Today was moving day.  I'll start moving in supplies tomorrow and temporary work tables by the end of the week.  

Today was moving day...AT THE END OF THE DAY...the best dreams don't have an expiration date so don't throw them out too soon.

CHANGES

Sweet Summer

 

These are the kind of days that keep me going...bright warm sun, long evenings, the smell of fresh cut grass.

We are painting the inside of the studio.  Hoping to start moving stuff into it before the end of the month.  I'm framing some new photos for a show in June and getting rid of a lot of old work making room for all the new stuff I hope to be doing soon. 

I'm closing my website in the next two months and moving the galleries of artwork to this blog.  I added a page but don't really know what I am doing yet so be patient with me as I decide which pictures to put on the main page with a post and which to put on the other pages.  It will be a learning experience but...

AT THE END OF THE DAY...that's what keeps me going the most...learning new things.

WORTH IT? YOU BET!

The rain has put us behind on the studio but I decided to take advantage of the sun today.  

I was afraid everything would be soggy but tulips don't last forever after all.

  Was it worth it?  I think so but you decide for yourself.

One day off from working on the studio won't be missed and the beauty of the colors in the tulip fields fed my soul.

AT THE END OF THE DAY...

 

  

even the spent flowers were worth the show.

 

SNAILS PACE

So close...so slow...snow, rain, hail, ice, thunder, and lightening have slowed things down but the ditch is nearly finished.  In the PNW spring is still spring so work when you can...rest when you can't because...

...AT THE END OF THE DAY...even a snail reaches it's destination as long as it just keeps moving in the right direction.