This morning I sat down at my computer and received a message from my friend Ruth Buchanan. “Hey Tara. Hope you, Key, and the cats are OK. How the the art going in the new house? I have a favour to ask. I can’t get my favourite sketching pencils here at the moment. They are General Sketch and Wash (588).…
I had a pretty productive week on the painting front. Not because I was disciplined or anything like that. But I did get a little surge of inspiration. Inspiration 1 On Tuesday, a work friend (I work with awesome people) put on Facebook that she had to say good bye to her heart horse, Smoke, at 32 years old (this…
I have a theory about the human mind. A brain is a lot like a computer. It will only take so many facts, and then it will go on overload and blow up. ~ Erma Bombeck As you might infer from the title, I have a lot on my mind. Some of it is relevant, most is not. But I…
A few of you may have noticed that I didn’t post last week. My intentions were good, and it certainly wasn’t from any lack of inspiration. Time was the limiting factor. Today, I still have a lot to do, so this post will have a random flavor that’s necessary to recap that last two weeks. Thursday – April 8 After…
I have done many things this weekend, some productive, some less so. Early into the weekend, I figured out that creating a complicated painting was not going to be one of them. I just didn’t have it in me to tell a big story. Fortunately, I was able to use some of my Roaring 20’s challenges for April to get…
Foozle: [ foo-zuhl ] verb (used with or without object) – to bungle; play clumsily. Trying to come up with a way to start this blog post, I was looking at the various dictionary/thesaurus sites and came across this word in a prior “word of the day” entry. Not only is it a good word, fun to say, I think it’s…
After a long week where my main focus was overcoming the stomach malady reported in my last post, I entered the weekend happily, but with a full schedule. Key was entered in two “element” trails over the weekend and between the drive over (1 hour), trial, and drive back, my afternoons were shot. Thus, between food prep, house cleaning, and…
As I said in my last post, it was a busy and stressful week. As punishment, last night I came down with some unspecified stomach bug. I’m a little nauseous, light-headed, achy, and very cranky. I’ve forced down some chicken soup and taken it very easy today, but I can’t say I’m feeling too much better. I think at least…
Some weeks are long for no apparent reason. And then there are weeks like this. To the Beach Last Thursday after work I headed down to the Beach House, intending to stay there for about 10 days. I had a list of items to pack, including the dog and kittens. It all went in the car and off we went.…
This week was dominated by my mood, which was odious. I was at turns sad, cranky, lonely, swamped, sore, itchy, and generally irritable. For some unknown reason, that resulted in a need to get a slice of three-week-delayed birthday cake. Cake crisis solved, I can’t say my mood improved that much. Sleeping in, birdwatching, and catching up on chores around…