Somehow I managed to delete 10 000+ emails (of varying importance) this morning. Yes, I know I need to sort out my inbox. Just not like this.
I did get them back, but the whole of last year’s email list didn’t go back into their folders. My morning/midday(ish) was spent trying to get things where they should be. I think it’s as good as I can get it. And I know that today didn’t happen at all the way I thought it would.
Another week of pottering about, getting stuff done, interspersed with slightly faster pottering… I have another couple of paintings to do, and I know I will probably enjoy doing them once I’ve started (properly). The trick is getting to the starting point. At times like these, I just have to plod on, next step forward. I divide things up into doable steps…then read a bit. Make a cup of coffee. Rearrange some knick-knacks π Still – the preliminary sketches are done, and transferred to the canvases.
It’s fun to create, and something I could do more of. In an upside down world, where the craven castigate the brave, it helps to still have the bright spots and the ability to at least make things in my small sphere better. Also – cartoon cats smiling down on me.
Or if you prefer sound – the music of a heartbeat β€
Or raindrops in a storm…
Rain or shine. Up or down. May you always see (and be) the beauty. β€
It’s so good to be able to enjoy a day without overheating! I’ve still had the fan on, but today has felt like a taste of…not quite winter. Maybe autumn? My toes are a little bit chilly at the moment π This week coming, I start my course for the year. I’ve been writing out notes from the last year I was on the course (2021), and trying to keep my hand from cramping up. Although I wrote up the majority of my notes at the time, there are still a lot to go. It’s easy to feel a bit guilty for leaving them for so long, but I’m also finding that I’m getting more out of them with the gap than I might have got at the time. It’s at least been quite interesting, and ignited my curiosity for what’s to come in the year ahead.
The weather has made my garden a bit straggly. I’ve left the flowers where they are, for the most part, but still get the nice ones inside where I can appreciate them.
It won’t be long before they’re too bedraggled to display, I think.
As for that angel in the title… My Babe found a little angel in a vintage shop that he thought I might like. It wasn’t even a birthday present – just a “me” present β€ Here she is!
Not exactly on my side table – more my chest of drawers π She’ll eventually go to the glass display case downstairs, but I’ll enjoy her up here for a while. She’s the Angel of Freedom. Something to look forward to this year!
a bit of creativity, a bit of eco consciousness, a bit of inspiration.... hopefully not a lot of pompousness and blathering :D
i'm not entirely sure what's going on here... let's travel along and see...
1000 Fields of Roses 