Almost the ides of March

It's a cloudy day here in the Northeast, but the air is warming up - even when it is cold out you can feel the difference. I keep looking to see if daffodils are poking their heads up, but not in my yard. But I am off to San Diego today so I can't complain - all will have changed when I get back next week.
Is writing about the weather as boring as talking about it? Probably.
I finally finished a piece that I have been working on for friends - I have struggled with this piece for months, working in a 12x12 format and finally ripped the whole thing apart and redid it with in an 11 x 16 format. I'm much happier with it and will post the photo soon.

Sunday

I went to a wonderful concert today - the Stow Festival Chorus and Orchesta, in Stow, MA. All volunteer SATB chorus with a great sound. I usually sing with this chorus, but couldn't this winter. It was great to sit in the audience and listen for a change. The amount of work that goes into these small town community affairs is just amazing, the volunteer work for set up and management, as well as all of the musical work that goes on is just fantastic. I'll post some pictures and here is a link to the Stow Chorus website: www.soundsofstow.com After the concert, we went to the Choral Directors house for a pot luck and it was great to see old friends, and meet new ones. Great day overall, and pretty warm too!

Saturday!

I love Saturday mornings - time to catch up, clean the bird cage, do some scanning (I'm still learning) and be pajama lazy. I have so much to learn about blogging and etsy - is there a "scanning for dummies" book?
I am going to try to add some of my new pieces here and am also going to do my best to try to set up an eBAY auction to sell a piece that I just bought from Claudine Hellmuth - I want to support the "Place to Bark" and this is a great way to do it. Claudines work is so happy and upbeat, I hate to part with it, but have two other pieces that I will keep.

I am learning that I am an impatient person and love to finish pieces, often before they are ready. I think I need a place in my "studio" where I can set aside work and NOT do the final glueing or finish coat before it is ready. This is going to be hard for me to do as I am so goal oriented and love to get things completed. Have to learn to slow down sometimes.

Julio the bird is singing away in his clean cage, enjoying the winter sunshine and living room fire. Cozy

Thursday

I am still working on the setup of this blog - learning how to add elements and make it look like something that I really like. This ain't easy.

I have started an Etsy store, go visit at www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5084973, I hope I did that right....

Tuesday

Well we did get a blast of super cold air here in the Northeast - ear freezing actually. "They" say that it should last thru the week and then get warm again - let's hope so.
Woke up at 3:30 this morning with a piece of work on my mind that had not been going well, realized that I hated the color and had to get up and redo the entire thing. It was actually very satifying to get it done before going off to my full time day job.

Cold weather coming

They are predicting cold weather here in the Northeast, but it will all be done soon and the daffodils will be poking their heads up soon. The fig tree will get planted outside this year, it is getting too heavy to bring in and out every year, so I plan to plant it by a south wall and wrap it in the winter as my Italian neighbors did in New York. Hopefully it will work. Two years ago I got 35 figs and then a killer frost and no figs last year at all.
I have just started an Etsy shop - what the heck! I still can't remember all of the passwords so will list the link here soon.

Spring is coming?

This is only my second post - so I am still in the learning mode. I have been reading other's posts using them as learning tools - so we'll see how it goes.
I have been working in my basement, self teaching myself art and crafts, having a blast doing so. I took one class at Worcester Art Museum and loved it, and also took a workshop with Claudine Hellmuth which I loved. But the basement get's to be a little dingy at this time of year, and I yearn for finished walls with a beautiful turquoise blue and lots of light. Instead I have grey cement walls - which are rather drab. I think that beautiful light walls would be inspiring. Well we'll see if I can get the energy to paint - which of course means moving everything out first - yikes. I love, love, love being creative and only found my muse last year. I haven't found my style yet and am having fun experimenting and playing with techniques and new toys.