I'm BACK!!

Haven't written in a LONG time!! Need to begin tracing my thoughts here again...going to a new doctor tomorrow...going to tell the truth, whole truth, and what I know to be the real truth. Positive thinking is so important...but often so hard!!

What a DAY!!

It is SO beautiful today!!It is cool and clear...low humidity. Colors are sharp and vibrant...and I can see two humming birds playing and flirting with each other outside my office window...sweet!

My Running Program

Can't believe I started this a year ago, and just let it go! Now I want to use it as my "Running Journal!"

I just began my third week into the 12 week program outlined in the book published by "Runners World" magazine. The book is "Run Your Butt Off; No Experience Necessary."

Changes so far...lots more strength, especially in my legs and my back...sleeping really soundly...a heightened appreciation of being outside.

I am happily surprised that, at 63 (will be 64 in Sept.) I am doing this, and loving it!!

Cool mornings, (very) warm afternoons...

Its been so long since I wrote anything here!I have been busy, and happy, and am so in love with my new little kitten! I really just wanted to take a second to do a "Gratitude Rant"...I love my husband, my healthy cats, my dear group of friends, my house, the weather right now, and all of the things I am doing and learning in my life. I never would have believed that I would be this happy at this age!! I AM grateful for that!!

Last week of Summer School!! Beginning of some "free" time!!

Thursday I'll give one final, and then it will be the end of another chapter, but not the end of the book!! The next chapter is to complete the final touches to the Studio, and begin to do some serious art. I have about three weeks...need to get my fall classes in order, but doing some art will be important, too.

Finally got a little rain last night...a real blessing in the middle of this amazing heat wave we have been having. I will feel what the rain is like and attract some more.

Progress on my basement studio

After a long absence from my blog, here I am to say that I hung a swag over the French doors in my studio today...it looks marvy!! And, I started a painting on one of the doors in the studio.I am using a painting by Arthur Rankham as a model, but will be changing it a LOT from the original. But I have discovered the wonderful world of the artists who illustrateed childrens books early in the 20th century...Arthur Rankham,Edmund Dulac, and Warwick Goble. Their paintings are filled with princesses and faries and mysterious places. The lighting in these paintings is magical, and the detail is just amazing!! I hope someone finds this post and discovers these artists, and loves them as I do.

Monday! Summer is HERE!

It is like a sauna already this morning! But, the studio in the basement is finished and waiting for me to come to work/play this morning. I haven't done all of the things I wanted to do this summer, but I have done a LOT! Just having the studio is wonderful. It is so bright and welcoming now...I could stay down there for a long time...and it is so cool in the basement, ummmmmm. I have preped about 10 pages in my art Journal and will go down to work after a walk with a friend in the morning air before it gets too hot. I am grateful for my friend, great places to walk, and my new studio!!