Good intentions

   

I really had such good intentions! I had made serious plans to be here much more frequently, at least 2 times a week. But you know what they say:  "The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry." I have been keeping quite busy, and when I have not been zipping about these past few weeks I have been trying to get my whirring brain in order. We have been living cross country, car trouble, wind storm and clean up, landscaping at the in-laws, a week of all-day headaches, absess in the mouth, ... Here is a big one I can't get used to: afternoon kindergarten. Good grief, how does one budget their time around that? Seriously, I am having a lot of trouble with that. I have also started working a bit more. For ten years I have worked for my friend, Miss Jacquie, who had a business running estate sales for famlies. That required working on a Saturday when there was a sale. Recently she and her new partner have changed the business to online auctions where the contents of a household are auctioned online. Wow! This has really taken off for them. I had been working just the previews and the pick-ups, but as of a few weeks ago I have taken on being more involved in the process. Over the course of two weeks I helped with picture taking and discription writing.  There is an evening preview that is involved with each auction, and then a pick-up day. Yesterday was the pick-up day for the sale I was involved in. They also ship so the out-of-towners can bid too, though the line is drawn at some of the big, unmanageable things. I enjoyed it, but it just ups the chaos around here. I am hoping with time the schedule will feel more settled and we will have worked the kinks out at home. I would really like to keep doing this. Here is the auction website http://www.ebth.org/  just in case you would like to take a peak.  My biggest problem is not bidding on all of the tantalizing goodies!

Since I have shared "the" painting as it has progressed, I wanted to share the end result as well. My lady is framed and settled for the time being on the family room mantle. When I look at her I see so many things: the deep-felt meaning and how it reflects my emotions and the journey our family was going through during the time I was working on her. I feel a twinge of saddness when I think about the huge time gap between the time when all I did was eat, sleep, and breathe art to being forced to stop abruptly during a rough time in my life 30 years ago, which continued until I picked up the brush again a year ago. So much wasted time...*sigh* I am so glad to be back at it!!

Comments

[miss chris]

You should not put the brush down again, ever. This is fantastic.

Missed you, but totally, completely, understand... xoxo

[Mad Max]

I like the painting. Very creative.

[Tracy]

The painting is fantastic...It really is a portrait of a journey...It has a mysterious, magic, healing quality...lots happening there! Yet it has a wholeness, completeness...full-circle sensation. Love it! Do keep those brushes going, when you can :o) What a lot happening...and very exciting with the changes at your work. So glad you able to give us an update here. Last weekend we had a very bad wind & rain storm, losing a big limb of an old tree...mess all over the yard of all sorts...We're still cleaning up! Happy weekend to you & yours ((HUGS))