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    People are crazy!!

    February 27, 2014 - By 

    Okay, this has absolutely nothing to do with art so if you don’t aren’t interested…you may go now…I won’t feel bad at all.

    So today I was heading over to my moms after dropping Little J early at school for choir.  The windchill was -30 something °F…really, does it even matter at that point. My mini van displayed this for a temp….

    2014-02-27 07.59.46Yikes! I can assure you…it was cold!!!

    Anyway…the reason for my photo and my rant was this….

    2014-02-27 07.59There was someone on a bicycle…in rush hour traffic…on icy roads…crazy…just crazy.

    Seriously…my version of exercise doesn’t involve risking my life on icy roads in sub zero temps. Ok..I’m stepping down off my soapbox now and going back to creating art.

     

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    Abstract inspired by snow

    February 22, 2014 - By 

    abstractI know it doesn’t look very “snowy”. The reason I say I was inspired by the snow was that this canvas had a painting that used very dark colors. I’d been leaving it for a few days trying to decide if I was done. Turns out…I wasn’t. It needed to light and bright like snow. I thought I was going to save a bit of the original inside the circle but in the end I covered the whole works. I really like it now. So glad I let myself sit and stew on the original.

    So where does the snow come in??

    Well, where do I start? We got over 9 inches on Thursday night into Friday. Another snow day for the kiddos. They’ll never get out of school at this rate.  This storm followed one that dumped around 6 inches on Monday.

    tall pile

    See this pile…I used it to stand on to pull snow off the roof. Little J got a real nice shot of the avalanche.

    snow from the roof

    You may recall my garden box along the deck…summer gardenThis is the current view from the garage…. snowy garden boxThis storm created the most treacherous driving conditions that the state patrol has seen in 25 years according to news reports. I was worried about Mr. G driving but he made it safe and sound….just late.

    snow doodle

    The snow is pretty and the kids enjoy playing in it…and it makes a pretty good canvas for snow doodles curtsey Little J.

    winter gear Me…I’m ready to hang up the Sorrels and Carhartts for the season.

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    Calendar Challenge…and I’m late already.

    February 3, 2014 - By 

    JanuraryHere we are with the first check in and I’m 2 days late. Nice. Oh well…I made it and that’s all that matters.

    I managed to get something in each day.  Just a brief note about my day…or a picture…or whatever came to mind. I noticed that Sunday I don’t really have much to talk about.

    FeburaryMy February calendar is ready to go… I’ll likely add more embellishment along the way but for now I’m thinking that I’m going to leave my calendar pages somewhat unadorned then if/when the mood strikes during the month I can add whatever I want.

    I like that I only have an inch and a half to fill…well likely more like 1.25 inches. Short and sweet, no pressure journalling. Just my speed. I’ve got to get dinner going but I’ll be back later to check out the linky gadget over at thekathrynwheel.