…blasted trees…
…blasted lack of skills at painting trees…
…not done…
<sigh>
one. more. week.
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nearly done nearly done nearly done (I keep chanting this in order to believe it). Tonight I go to painting class. Provided my daily frustration at work doesn’t deflate me so much by the time I can go that I just don’t have it in me to make it. (Ever notice how the very things [...] ink and pencil on watercolor paper This one I share without description – just a warning that it might mesmerize you. http://images.4channel.org/f/src/589217_scale_of_universe_enhanced.swf
I’d offer you a seat in my favorite chair. A perfect chair, kind of like the perfect dinner guest, easily slipping in with any crowd. So perfect that when it and its twin arrived in my living room last summer I wondered if anyone would be able to tell I’d gotten new additions. And I [...] from thisiscolossal.com quilt…complete
I try. I really really try. I try to focus on the process rather than the completion. Sometimes that works. But finishing! That feels awesomely good.
Thanks to lots of help from Kate and from sister number one. I finally finished the quilt I started last March.
[...] …volunteers… The unsung heroes of so many organizations. The organizers and planners and back-breaking workers. The people who put in many many hours behind the scenes for every hour publicly noticed. Who don’t get paid and whose efforts are seldom quite good enough for those unwilling to pitch in (talk about a sense of entitlement!). [...] Well written. Some of it reflects my own reality, some of it makes me sad. Some of it reflects my reality and makes me sad. But it’s definitely worth reading.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/some-people-never-find-the-love-of-their-lives-and-live-to-tell-about-it/2012/01/13/gIQAB0S43Q_story.html
A little late getting this posted. The scan looks better than the original. The paper buckled with the moisture. This sketch was done with inktense.
This blog is not about my faith per se, though since it’s about my personal journey my faith often comes up. And I don’t really want to spend any time talking about the so-called Mormon Moment. Because I kind of hate the Mormon Moment (with of course the exception of whatever advantage it offers talented [...] |
 
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