The New Year
What is it about the end of the year that causes it to become so dang frantic?? Those last 6 weeks go by in an ever-increasing blur and bang! its the new year!
More and more consistently, I feel as though I am only hanging on by my fingernails. It’s rather disheartening. That is all the complaining that I am going to do though, lol.
For New Years, i decided to treat myslef to a little getaway. And really, to say that I am treating myslef is not really indicative of what I am doing. I am recharging my batteries. I am going someplace where my every waking second isn’t taken up by somebody needing something from me. I have no idea how people with lots of children, or heck, even one child, do it.
I have rented a little cabin on the coast, in Mendocino. Little town called Albion. Neat little cabin, in a neighborhood, but it is the woods too. the owners are gone, so i will have the whole place to myself. I am bringing only my art supplies, my computer, a couple books, food, and 7 bottles of wine. gonna reacquaint myself with wine. I will be gone for two whole days. cannot wait.
I have had these ideas for patterns spinning around in my head for some time; weeks. I will finally get them on paper. I want to do a humpback whale, jellyfish, and an octopus. I am excited about all of them, but particularly the octopus. I envision masses of long, curling tentacles with suckers on them… in dappled oranges with lavender undertones. maybe do some other sea life in the background. Some coral and fishes, maybe a tiny seahorse or two.
I ‘ve been thinking about a lion and lamb piece too, but that is for another day. I’ll be near the coast, so sea life it is. I’ll post the results soon.
love affair with stained glass 