Experimenting to find out how little I need to change to dramatically improve the useage of my home now that it is just for me. I considered making the shop a painting studio. It is big. I would have freedom of movement and no worries about moving the paint around and getting some on the floor or walls.
Saturday afternoon, October 24, Barbbara Levine and I did our second session painting a mandala.Saturday evening after a daughter's visit, October 24,
This is the seventeenth day of widowhood. I am beginning to reshape the house. I was thinking of making the shop an art studio until a daughter changed my mind. Looking at the shop, it would be nice to keep it a shop because with a little dusting and straightening it up it would be a delightful place as is. Here is part of Fisherman's legacy. Also great for storing oil paintings in the summer time! After airing it out, I do not smell heavy gasoline fumes. I might even become expert in framing my own paintings.
Sunday, October 28.
Quickly I write before the wind kicks up and the 22 degree freeze tonight, these wintry predictions had me anxious at 4:30 AM this morning. But feel much calmer at noon now that I filled the patio wood box with wood. Made sure I had help after my poor attempt to split kindeling. The hammer was heavy and of course I picked a piece with a knot that wouldn't buge. A neighbor just pulled it apart with his bare hands. The neighbor's kids came too and found pearl like seeds in the Nakid Lady flowers.
When I picked up and carried hoses to the shop I must have accidently hit the Medical Guardian alert buton. So I was surpised when two Fire Department EMTs paid me a visit. They were very nice about my false alarm.
After I cook up more food in case of a power failure, I will paint a little. The easel now in the living room waits to see if I like the livingroom's natural North light. I think I will stay in this old house.
Tuesday, October 27
Although my canvas is on the easel and my paints wait in a cart, I did not paint yet today. I went through the entry cabinet by the front door. I continued to move things like the childhood games to a shelf near the computer. Children's art stuff is still in the entry cabinet. The cabinet was used as a place to dump greeting cards. The ones from Fisherman brought tears to my eyes. Though not ofton spoken, he signed his name after writing "love".
5 comments:
Sounds like you are taking things in a positive way. You do have a place that is flexible. Glad your artist friend came to visit *hugs*
Rain,
Some how the mind dwells and easily focuses on negatives. We are all human and marriage is not perfect without rough spots. And in recent years as Don became less and less himself, it is easy to dwell on negatives. But it is also easy to think of possitives when he has been a good provider, so can hang paintings from the series I did when I turned 60. There is a painting of us with our pets including TG the sheep. and a painting of us holding hands walking over slippery ice. And the one eating with friends like you.
I don't know if you saw it, but I created a video of the times we'd been together-- precious memories for us. It's on the bottom of the blog about friendship
you are inspiring. We can learn from that.
Rain,
I had missed the video and very much appreciate it. Thanks, Thanks, Thanks.
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