Dawn Blair's Blog, page 120

Shoshone Art in The Park

I am all set up for Shoshone Art in the Park tomorrow and Sunday. Because it ended up being the longest show set up ever, and I keep this one short I’m probably pretty much at that tonight. I’m hot and tired. The next two days are going to be very hot. It’s July. It’s … Continue reading Shoshone Art in The Park

Sketching in the garden

Instead of writing while I watered the garden tonight, I did some sketching. No, the picture above is not it. That’s one I did a few years ago for Inktober. I’m not ready to show the one I did tonight. It always scares me a little when a sketch turns out decently. Drawing, painting, and … Continue reading Sketching in the garden

New story becoming real

The story wouldn’t wait. I was outside watering the garden and my front yard today (since we have people laying fiber optic (?) cable down the street and I currently have several open holes in my yard so I can’t irrigate. Aren’t we 20 years too late for fiber optic?), when suddenly I had the … Continue reading New story becoming real

Gate

The gate for my writing office came in today. I spent part of the evening getting that in place. I have been wanting to get a door, well, a half door really. Something the cats couldn’t jump over, but that would let the daylight from my office windows through. For years, I’ve had a piece … Continue reading Gate

Early garden pictures

Ha! I got to eat the huge strawberry on the vine before the squirrels got to it. And you know what? It was delicious. Yes, so it was a little misshaped, but it was perfect. Yes, that’s Temmy’s nose. She just had to get a good scent on it and didn’t care that I was … Continue reading Early garden pictures

Suffocating exercises

I wrote today because my mind was definitely self-sabotaging me from painting. Although, I couldn’t even write today until I took a 2 hour nap. As typical for this time of year, I’m not sleeping well. Add to that the sinus infection and I really am not getting good rest. So, while all the pets … Continue reading Suffocating exercises

Getting things together

I went to paint today and ran into a problem. My tabletop easel was not going to cut the size of painting I wanted to work on, and my big easel needed parts. So, I went to town, took Merlin with me, and joined up with my son and his girlfriend, Erin, for some shopping. … Continue reading Getting things together

Story inklings

As if I needed anything else, I “downloaded” another story idea today. And it’s a good one. Or at least I think so. I’ve spent the day doing personal errands, taking care of business, running around, shopping, more bookkeeping, etc. Oh, and I finished weeding the garden. And watered my lawn since cabling is being … Continue reading Story inklings

The train moves a little faster

Today was the first day I didn’t have to take cold medicine to get through the day. Woo hoo! I’m hoping that means I’m recovering. It feels like I’ve been fighting this cold for a long time. I wasn’t sleeping well and I was waking up feeling like I’d hardly gotten any sleep even when … Continue reading The train moves a little faster

Clearing the garden

I got up early this morning and went out to the garden to weed while it was still cool. It’s hard to tell in the picture above, but the top half of the picture is the weeded portion and the bottom is still to be done. Here’s the portion I’ve done: This is the side … Continue reading Clearing the garden