It snowed today. Big fat phony looking Hollywood flakes. They didn’t stay but still….

I bought new paint brushes for the watercolour course. Last years brushes tried to shed all their bristles when I used them this year.
This course is totally different from last years. She has a totally different focus which is far more to my liking. Far more artistic. and much more challenging.

Yesterday I finally went to see a therapist about the hole I am stuck in.
We talked a lot about my art. The stuff I am not doing. About the fact that the skin laying on my craft desk is covered with papers that need to be filed in the filing cabinet but I need ONE new folder for them….. My home work is to do that and to do something anything arts related with no special goal. My watercolours don’t count because I paid for that course. Not knitting because it can be used.

That mermaid is not getting done because it is a very angry piece that I, as caregiver, don’t want to acknowledge.

I filed the tax stuff. I found the folders I had bought in May….

I cleaned to dust of the work surface.

I also spent the day in a really foul mood.

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No No I can’t believe it is October!!!:eek:

Yes, Debby I share those memories of getting the kids to decide what to be for Halloween. And the made dash to sew what they wanted. oh my. Debby, I hear of your health with sadness. You just keep facing challenges, don’t you? But good to hear of your feeling better and some critters completed.

Lena, snow and brushes. Both, in their own way, in bits, so to speak. Good to hear that this teacher’s approach holds more inspiration for you. Watercolor is a demanding art form, which is why the lack of value historically has always puzzled me. Though I do understand that the paper is not as long last etc as canvas, etc. But the skill and nuance involved is tremendous. And there are so many ways of doing watercolor “right.”

A bit of the spinning I am currently doing.

Jen

Welcome back Jen.

Debbie sorry about your mother. Health crises as a distance are difficult. Especially as you are not doing well either.

Yesterday’ class was a disaster. My hands were shaking so that it was hard to do the sketching. So I left after an hour. I may try the work later but right now I am majorly pissed at my self. The shaking hands are part of the BPPV – sometimes instead of dizzy it feels like you just had 6 jumbo cups of coffee.

But I did go and work out this morning.

I also looked at my skins laying there.

No I need to do the project. I am a stubborn bitch. Besides the project represents a lot of what I am feeling. I have put it “aside” and knitted stuff for too long. I need to face the angry bitch that project represents.

That dinner sounds like exactly what you two needed. I am making broth today. I made turkey earlier this week and today I ripped it apart, made little bags of turkey that I froze and tossed half the bones into my Instant Pot. Later today I will do the rest of the bones and freeze some of the broth and make the rest into soup. Monday I plan to make turkey pie for Thanksgiving.

You might want to look at getting an instant pot. It took about an hour and a half to make each pot’s worth. That included the heating up time and cooling down. I made beef stew last week and it cooked in 45 minutes and tasted like an all day slow cooker stew.
It is a pressure cooker, a slow cooker, a rice cooker and it has a browning feature. A lot less pots to store and make dirty. My youngest daughter loves hers. She can make dinner from frozen meat to table in an hour after she gets home from work. She also has a kitchen smaller then most bathrooms.

I learned about it from the GF crowd. Some take the smallest version with them when traveling so they can easily make safe food away from home.