here is something i seldom, if ever, do. show work-in-progress.

but i just cannot show more floofyGreen summery pictures or whine about the heat and lack of wandering. i have no current drama to allude to. (whew. i don't want any.) no travels (although they are upcoming!). although i mention the artTable constantly, it must seem from the contents of this journal that i never do things there. yet i spend time there daily. most stuff i just can't show. *i* don't even want to look at it. but finally, i have been inspired to make some more small pieces and now they want to fly out of me, so i am letting them.

these new pieces are peaceful and fun to work on. i didn't realize how much the destruction of the Gulf had invaded my consciousness, until i realized the sea colors and creatures were appearing. there will also be waterBirds. last night i thought they might be finished, until i scanned them and looked at the images and they are a bit too sterile just yet. i don't seem to want to make work as fussy and distressed as in the past, but i still like more ... texture ... so a little more work today, then. they will go to Etsy and a few to ArtFire - which i am already quite disenchanted with and they better not try to pull another 3 months fees from my payPal before i can figure how to cancel it.

now that my hands have been busy with these, my mind saw the light on some other pieces that have been put aside for a couple of months and i am working with those, too. once in a while i squeeze out some paint and wrestle a bit with that, but ... still ... not pleased!

i am up so early this morning that there is no excuse for not taking a long walk. i have barely had a step of exercise in the past two weeks, not even walking to work, since moving to the new offices. but next week i will start walking up to campus and riding the express bus. that will feel better. i don't want my butt to blossom one more inch. i think the heat is finally breaking a little. wait. no whining about the heat!!! onward. coffee. hike. artStuff.