Who would have ever thought that my life would be so busy? I simply pass through my art room these days, looking longingly at my work bench and collage table wondering when I am going to have a chance to get down there and get into a project? Part of my big life plan is to start up an etsy shop and start selling this stuff, but in order to sell you have to have some inventory and in order to have that inventory I've got to make things. It is a vicious circle!
Maybe that is why I was attracted to this painting at the thrift store. I walked by it several times and then turned back to buy it. It was in an awful frame, which I ripped off immediately, but the simplicity and the peacefulness really appealed to me. I just love it. I have to find a new frame and find a good place in our house to hang it but even right now, leaning against the wall on the floor, I just love it.
And maybe that is why I had to buy a big bunch of flowers last time I was at Trader Joes. They always have a good deal on fresh flowers and sometimes potted ones too. These were so cheery and bright and even though daffodils don't last very long in the vase they are good for a week and such a pop of color.
The rannaculus were a beautiful color too and kinda spiced up the daffodils. We've had some gray days and wind this past week so these were a good shot of spring for the dining room.
I've got a huge list of to-dos.... my closet needs to be purged and I can't seem to find the time to get in there and do it. Cause you can't just purge a closet in 10 minutes. No, you have to be able to try a few things on and stand in front of the mirror and deliberate - maybe mix up a couple of ensembles - check the fit on a few things. It isn't a thing that can be done quickly.
But things are spilling out of the closet and into the bedroom since it hasn't been purged in awhile. New things are coming in, like these beautiful Dansko clogs, and nothing has been going out. I don't have a closet like Sara Jessica Parker had in that fantasy apartment in 'Sex and the City' - no I share a closet with a man and if my stuff starts to infringe on his stuff he lets me know.
Yep, got some rearranging to do in life - but it isn't ever as easy as thinking that it has to happen. In my youth I was much more rash, now in my maturity I think about things like health insurance and savings accounts.
I took this photo of the stamp we got last week heading into the Dive Bar in Sacramento to remind me to DIVE in. To find a few minutes to put the patina on the last batch of charms I made and finish them up for photographing. To steal time to cut out the brass for the next batch. To just keep pecking away at what I want to have happen. And it will. As a yoga teacher I once has always used to say:
"All things are coming".
