Photo taken by Craig.

I’m a fairy here…too bad you can’t see the skirt!

I don’t know where to start, not really sure why I didn’t share this sooner than today, which I just realized is Wednesday! I am now the proud owner of Canon Digital Rebel xt. The camera I have dreamt about for years is finally mine, to take pictures with. I just want to squeal with joy, but I will spare all of you that I am sure you can find videos on youtube of it. I am still working on getting a battery charger for it, since it was bought used. So have been limiting my picture taking as the battery is just about dead.

I did manage to get one though of me with the camera. Yay me. It has been so long since I actually used an slr period that I need to get myself back into the groove of taking pictures with so much depth of field again. Will need to take myself a day trip somewhere pretty as soon as I get that charger!

His nose has been repaired many times…

Today is not off to a great start, but I am hoping it will still manage to be a great day. My mouse will not work, and I am so ready to trade this computer in for a new one. Soon. I know. I have a ton of backing up of files to do today so hopefully my mouse will be cooperating with me in the very near future. I am off to go test out my printer and how this whole printing on dvds thing will work.

I realized just now as I went through all my old photos that I have never taken a picture of what my studio looks like. I guess it could be that there wasn’t much of a studio to speak of, it was a table and a shelf in the corner of my basement. Today I spent the entire day rearranging and junking and organizing my space so that I now actually have a space. Not just a corner, but what feels like a room. It is still not as big as what I dream of having one day, and it is in the basement which really limits the amount of natural lighting seeing as there are no windows. So with that I present to you my new studio space… wheee!

After looking at these photos I realize that I have very busy studio visually! Good thing it doesn’t cause nausea in person.

“Collecting Fall Leaves”
Maybe it’s the shorter days, the cooler weather, the trees slowly shedding their leaves that is making me feel like I am in a funk. I didn’t paint today at all, had every intention to spend the whole afternoon in my studio. I hit a wall, and ended up finding emotions I had buried for awhile. A good cry works wonders some days though, funny how often the weather matches our moods. The dark days of Winter are on their way, but it’s the thoughts of Spring that get me through all that muck and cold.

My thoughts always seem so disconnected, I read such wonderfully written blogs everyday and yet my words just don’t come out so eloquently. I wish they did, very rarely do I have that moment of clarity where every word that I am thinking in my head is somehow conveyed here to you internet folks so clearly. I hope this fog lifts and that black cloud that seems to be following me around lately breaks for some sunshine. We could all use a little brightness in our lives.

It has been an interesting week so far, especially on the art front. I started the Artist’s Way program a month ago, and am now going into my fifth week. It hasn’t been until this week that I really want to bail ship. I thought it would be a breeze as I was having no real issues with the tasks. That is a sign of changes, we always resist things when we don’t want change. I am constantly struggling with overcoming my fear of change, it has been something I have dealt with since I was very little.

So today, I decided when I was working in my studio (trying to figure things out) that I should make some positive affirmation pieces. Something fun to make but also with a message. So I pulled out my sketchbook and really quickly wrote down all the positive sayings I could think of. Three stuck out…