As another sign of my early onset dementia, I almost screen printed an invitation that had the wrong middle name for my beloved.... unbelievable. I was AT the art store, ready to copy my design so that I could come back home and shoot the screen when it hit me - I had the wrong name on there. Whew... could've been a real nightmare. So, no gocco printing yet - not even close. I may take it all down south with me and enlist some help from family.
Got the dogs out for a nice walk yesterday morning - one of our regular spots up the hill from the saddle club - and it was gorgeous. Chilly, sunny, a little breezy and colorful. Colorful in a limited palette way. Golds, browns, a little green, a lot of blue.
There are some wild roses up here that I fell in love with this past spring and now would be the time to cut and try to root some branches. I tried last spring but I think there was too much going on with the plant - it was blooming and putting out new leaves and what plant can think about rooting when all that is going on? This time of year might be much more successful.
Taking the time to get the dogs out for a walk pays off in so many ways and it is good for me too - otherwise I end up hunched over the work bench or computer all day and don't get out. Unless we ride. Even though I have to endure the excited yipping and anticipation of the walk during the drive there the joy of them running around and the resulting peace and quiet when we get home pays off tenfold.
Even though I never touched the gocco, yesterday was really productive. And I got out to have lunch and a movie with a friend. That never happens.
The evening was mine as well, as JC was on the road home from the resort, and I spent it well. KUNR has good music on Saturday nights and I really enjoyed the cowboy music on "American Roots". There were some ideas I wanted to work out on my bench and I spent the evening soldering. I feel like I've got to get those 10,000 hours in so that my work really starts going somewhere special.
I like what I'm doing but it is still heavily influenced by other people and I want it to really go in my own direction. It is interesting to see how each batch of charms is slightly different from that last, and that is the moving part - trying out ideas, trying new things, new combinations. And it is so fun to have things that were really a challenge at first (like not toasting the metal) become distant memories... once that sort of thing isn't holding you back you can really start to play.
This morning it is looking like it might rain, surprisingly, and if so I'll be back at it. My list is still long. There is paper to tear to size, the screen to shoot, and printing to be done. And JC is home to help! Lucky him... he doesn't even know what is in store for him yet.
I can't even think about the fact that Thanksgiving is next week. Except that I DO have to make pumpkin pies and yam casserole for Thanksgiving dinner. Which means a trip to the market today too.... arg, I do NOT like that! What a disruption!
Comments