Playing with Envelope Embellishments (Day11/14 Images...Working on #15)

Am having a fun time playing with drawings with which to decorate envelopes. Started playing around with folk kitty cat drawing. Will post soon. This departure is most enjoyable. Getting away from the computer is refreshing. Who would have thunk it?

Feeling Fantastic----Day 10/14 Images so Far

Wow...just got off my new/used Airdyne Exercise Bike and I feel great. Exercise is an important part of creativity and I hate to admit how negligent I have been. A new plan is in effect now. Every day I will ride and increase time and speed on the bike slowly.

Hope you all are enjoying the weekend. Please stay safe.

Miracles Do Happen--Day 9/14 Images To Date

Yesterday I found a used Airdyne Exercise Bike for $30. Now over twenty years ago, I sat on an Airdyne and fell in love with it. It was too rich for my blood and I had to pass. However, I made a mental note: If I ever would see a used Airdyne at a reasonable price, I would get it. Now, twenty years later, I found it! Ask and receive. How simple is that?

Sitting near the bike was an IBM electric typewriter with ribbons. I have missed typing on an electric typewriter. Don't ask me why because I don't know. With all the things computers do, why would anyone in their right mind want a typewriter. Well, perhaps I am old school. I love to hear clicking of typewriter keys and the ding at the end of each line. So...work on the book will begin on the typewriter, then be transferred to the computer. I cannot tell you how thrilled I am to be physically cutting and pasting while adding lots of handwritten notes--a true, real authentic first draft!

We also found a General Electric Waffle Grill. The reverse side of the waffle panels is for pancakes. We have an earlier model and it is on its last legs. So...now we have backup. Yea! There is nothing like a grilled cheese sandwich done on a waffle grill! No plain buttered and toasted bread here...we have checkerboard squares.

After reading other journals...successful ones, I am in a quandary. Is it really necessary to swear a lot in a blog? I don't get it. I know the words, yet wonder how crucial they are to content. Something I need to think about. My take on this is: If a person doesn't have to swear, then...why do it?

Day 8/14 -- SkyWatch

Today is Day 8 and these three SkyWatch images bring the image total to 14...am well on my way to 365 images in 365 days.

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The week we had several storms complete with lightning and thunder. After the storms, these skies appeared. The first one is another "blue eye." I love looking for those holes in the clouds. The next two are majestic accumulations of light and air and water.

Lesson Learned (Day 7/11) Yesterday--Day 6

One needs to set realistic goals. Doing a perfected image every day may be too much. One has to take a time out. Yesterday I crashed...couldn't do a thing. Today am feeling better, but not sure if I will shoot, or not. Have completed 11 images in less than a week...so...we shall see. Eleven images completed. That's a lot. My original thought was to do 365 images in 365 days. That may still be possible. Time will tell...

Another question I have to ask myself is: Have you created another diversion? Is this a way to skirt around working on the book? These questions need to be addressed.

So Much for Planning--Forget It! (Day 5/11)

After writing and posting today's previous blog entry, I looked over and saw the peonies with pewter sitting there waiting for me to take the shot. So I did.

Then (and I can't believe I did this) when I decided to move the files from my camera to my computer, I accidentally deleted all images in the camera (including the Peonies with Cherries taken yesterday). OMG!

Thank goodness for a file retrieval program which by the way, I don't really know how to use. After playing around with the retrieval program, the creativity gods must have been on my side and I was actually able to save all lost images.

Found today's Peonies and Pewter and was able to create a JPEG for posting. Yea!!!

PEONIES WITH PEWTER

Next I went into yesterday's images and found Peonies with Pewter and Cherries.

I love this shot.

PEONIES WITH PEWTER AND CHERRIES

What a morning! Perhaps now I will clean and sort? We'll see...nothing is written in stone.

Daily Challenges (Day 5/9)

Creativity has a rhythm to it and each person has to find his or her own beat. I used to think up photographs, paintings, drawings, or articles each evening, then implement those ideas the next day. Somehow I got out of the habit and now I am working to find a workable creative process again.

The Challenge: There are other things to do during the day in addition to being creative.

Today I want to sort and clean out. And, I may want to do this for more than one day. Sorting and cleaning is important to my creative energy. If bills need to be paid, or clutter remains, I am not a happy camper. First things first. Clean up the clutter (whatever it is), then create.

Mornings are best for attacking any project here. This morning I will choose one chore and complete it.