Dawn Blair's Blog, page 76

House repairs to continue

The short break of the week is done and I’m back for more repairs to the house. Finished a Nora Roberts audiobook and I started another by Mercedes Lackey. Right now, I am beneath a large swath of black sky filled with brilliant stars. I do love this opportunity to see so many. Paintings are … Continue reading House repairs to continue

Third painting close enough

The picture for the blog post is a closeup of the second painting I spoke about last night. Tonight, I was going into the third painting with no idea of what to do and a mess on the canvas. I really had no idea of where to go, except to start to play around with … Continue reading Third painting close enough

Second painting close

I worked on the second painting tonight and while it’s not completely done, it is very close. I might be able to use it for a warmup/jump-start tomorrow night, but the third painting I need to get done is so just a mess on canvas with no solid idea yet that I might just have … Continue reading Second painting close

Keeping priorities

I have taken a few days to break from helping with house repairs so that I can rest and focus on some of the other things I have going. I’ve left my brother to his tasks while I go and get financial statements done, wash some laundry, and work on my classes. One of the … Continue reading Keeping priorities

Vultures

The vultures sat in the tree, looking down, wondering what we were doing. That was when they weren’t following us. Were they waiting for us to stumble, fall? In the picture below, those aren’t black dots but rather vultures circling around and around. I’m used to seeing the pelicans making “cyclones” above the Snake River … Continue reading Vultures

Diminishing returns

I think I’ve got the point of diminishing returns with the house repairs. I’m so sore and tired that I’m just not functioning right. I’m ready to be done. But now, I still have homework to be done and this blog to get posted, so I’m off to do that. Cheers.

Racing

We finished flooring the two large rooms today, so that’s done. Woo hoo! As a reward, we headed out to the raceway. I’m writing this in-between car races. Or, I started to. Lightning surrounded the valley (the clouds at the top of the post would become thunderheads soon- though I never heard on peep of … Continue reading Racing

Wall to wall

Worked later, but two rooms are painted and the flooring in the large room is done. Most of the first wall edging is cut, so a bit more needed before we can really get going on that room. That means I’m tired. But the progress is good. Cheers.

Signs on the roadway

Some days, there are clear signs on the roadway telling you which way to go. Other times, those signs are as ephemeral as rainbows. I’m dealing with emotions today. Working hard, juggling tasks, and not getting as much sleep as normal is beginning to weaken my resolve. I feel it going. At the back of … Continue reading Signs on the roadway

7 rows

Painting, washing, mopping, flooring. Been a full day. I can’t wait until we start rounding projects around. My brother wants to finish up the room tonight, but we have 7 more rows to go and we’re both getting tired. So, I’m going to finish up here and post this before getting back to work. Cheers!