tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18204321275184900582024-03-05T18:46:43.134-06:00MATERIAL PLEASURESMY messy wonderful world IMonicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05077645270052587033noreply@blogger.comBlogger476125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820432127518490058.post-39806041438313054672020-07-29T10:09:00.003-05:002020-08-15T14:52:46.529-05:00What's On Your Workspace Wednesday 582<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It was so nice to be able to enter WOYWW and read your posts. It is about 2 years since my last post. Not sure what the reason for not posting except we traveled in the RV for 2 to 3 weeks at a time and finally sold the RV as it became too stressful, an aging response. It seems fortuitous as I thought quarantine would make posting so difficult if not impossible. Trying to fit into life at home resuming art. Think that in many ways "I lost it".<br />
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Monicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05077645270052587033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820432127518490058.post-24788396904491440082019-02-19T16:16:00.000-06:002019-02-19T16:16:12.757-06:00507 WOYWW I am still alive<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Joggles reintroduced a product from some years ago. Head arms and legs were in my stash. Here it is. This is about 4 months late!</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the last 6 months of 2018, my life was thrown into a tailspin when I was diagnosed with a second rare disease, Myasthenia Gravis, a neuromuscular disease. Now on prednisone to try and put it in remission. </span></div>
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Monicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05077645270052587033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820432127518490058.post-35685195328743677492018-12-18T17:08:00.001-06:002020-07-29T09:03:45.419-05:00WOYWW 498 Week of Dec. 19<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sorry to have missed so many posts this year. I have been diagnosed with Myasthenia gravis , a rare debilitating neuromuscular disease with some awful sounding treatments. jan 23 I will visit a specialist to hear the bad and ugly. In today's world diseases spring from our inner core and fill the labs of the world with researchers and possibilities. Now found a group on Facebook of positive women who are surviving and supporting each other. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">have done nothing Christmassy but have ordered mince meat for New Years. Otherwise I discovered that M&S ships here faster than any store in Texas and sells their clothes for a great price. With a cold winter I needed some winter woolies! otherwise searching for my creativity!</span></div>
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Merry Christmas everyone. Hoping all your cards adorn mantle pieces around the world, the plum pudding is well soaked in brandy and the Christmas cake a work of art. </div>
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Hello everyone. This is not a good year for me and i am beginning to feel like a collector of hard to diagnose ailments/diseases. All this has hindered my writing on this blog and in creating anything. The incentive is there now and again but the red itchy eyes and general sense of YUK has not been conducive to anything. Yesterday I went to the emergency room as the neurologist is out of town.<br />
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Small town hospitals is not too busy on Monday morning!!!!<br />
A lovely young woman doctor re-did the medication and finally I have confronted my diagnosis. I have early stage Myasthenia Gravis. I have gone from a drooping eyelid to problems swallowing etc etc. As the doctor said to me you sure seem to be collecting hard to diagnose medical conditions! ( on hearing of Meniere's Disease in my portfolio)<br />
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Reading everyone's post was truly uplifting. So though I have not commented I read them, eyes permitting. The eyes are red, dry from the horrendous mold count resulting in all kinds of problems. When eyelids droop, vision is OK if you are looking down. Not good for artsy endeavors.<br />
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Since Friday June 13 I have had a hell of a time, from cat hair wrapped around eyeball to eye allergies, ear popping patch on eardrum and inviting infections in to a multitude of tests that showed I have Myasthenia gravis, whatever they are called in my blood (but not in my muscles) and this means reactions to all kind of drugs and finally to ear surgery to replace my ear drum. This is 4-6 weeks before they know if it works or not and then here we go again. Of all this by far the worst are th eye allergies as my eye itch and leak ( this was the worst year ever for mold about 15,000, usually high is 1000) and until last week so did my nose. It was like the Fountain of Doom. Doom is now controlled and hopefully by friday my eyes. Not much creativity in all of this. </div>
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My one "time filler" was ancestry.com Setting up a family tree after getting the name of my father from family. As soon as eyes clear up, the tree can be cleaned up. </div>
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It is several weeks since I posted. Since mid July I have had constant hearing problems related to a hole in my right ear drum. next Monday I undergo surgery to fix the hole and hopefully restore my hearing to a level that with hearing aids i will hear. In between I picked up another disease that only becomes a problem if I take certain drugs. Most of which are the ones that would really have helped my ear problems. Life is never simple. In between i sort solace in creating in my Life Documented art journals and wanderlust. All the creations are crappy but at least I escaped.<br />
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In between I had a birthday and this is what a friend sent me Harbor Maine Chocolates</div>
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Lots of summer themes and mine was so dismal I found women, old women who were enjoying life.<br />
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I was inspired by a class with Marieke!<br />
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We had a week on the bay but it was SO hot day and night it was miserable and the cats would go berserk at night. Ms Kitty was overjoyed to be heading home.</div>
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There really is nothing on my desk. I have had a hell of a month starting with cat hair wrapped around eyeball and now ear drum erupting. SO instead of a day with fiber and paint it is back to doctor <br />
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Well yesterday was not good and with drops for 7 days and then a shot to the ear it is wait and hear?<br />
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Busy day and achieving nothing . Working on Life Documented and Wanderlust. Catching up with icad but as soon as I do it's the next day!!!!<br />
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As fast as i clear up I start another project. It is so hot that the acrylic paint is drying as I put it down. Cats are clapped out in hallway I hope. Xochitl was given a new collar today and Chris just found it, outside.<br />
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After 5 weeks in the shop and them doing nothing Chris had his usual repair shop take it from the dealership. A friend lent him a truck when he went on vacation. When he uses my car I have to remember to change the seat, the mirrors, the radio, the AC and so on. The repair shop it is in will not be able to look at it until after July 4.<br />
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Time for a cider wish it would rain. NO CHANCE<br />
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Well I am so sorry I missed the past few weeks but Tuesday medical appointments in San Antonio wipe me out. In doctors waiting rooms reread Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan and now on book 3 of his hilariously funny trilogy. Last week I presented CRA to my book club . The best laugh in a long time and not just because the wine flowed very freely.<br />
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My time is spent with the icad 2018(#xmk211) project that lead to finally conquering Google Photos posting. Wanderlust has seen me create more messes than ever and as Jack of all trades nothing is done very well. The sad part is that my enjoyment of these activities is a definite hindrance to learning to paint in any mode correctly as course like Wanderlust have many luring classes. <br />
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The watercolor is for Wanderlust and is the Texas version of a meadow! Most of it is Big Sky one of the best features of summer in Texas is at the end of a blistering day (in high 90s F for 10 days) is spectacular sunsets and clouds. Oh yes these clouds never rain just look fabulous.<br />
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WOW had to check calendar for date! I have just stopped laughing after reading julie's blog post about her river frolics. Know I have been missing but last week had appointment with audiologist to hook my hearing aid to my phone by bluetooth. The phone now rings into my hearing aids. Now I have to alert everyone about how to reach me as i stuck with using landline as the speaker worked better than holding phone to ear. It really works very well.<br />
Now to my work table. I have spent the weekend on Wonderlust 2018 and gone nowhere. The artist was an Aussie, Tracy Verdugo and she used photo images that were double exposed (in an app called Diana) and then painted a picture with inks and some other supplies i have and have never used. After several hours I abandoned the image does not use photos stored in Google photos. Nevertheless, undeterred I marched on, well until I knocked the black ink all over the table. Tried again after cleanup and then the ink dried were shouldn't and would not bleed where it was meant to.<br />
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Trying to get this week going. Problems all round. Last week I was in San Antonio getting new hearing aids. The cost is enough to give you a stroke and learning all the accessories and the way to use them requires reading , downloading and trying to remember up down , left right , hold 2 secs etc.. It is a Phonak Audeo B90 -312 that has all kind of built in microphones and noise control but to hear properly requires accessories. I have a ComPilot 2 9 has around 10 functions and a Roger (acronym for something) and this cuts out noise in conversations where there are several people as in a restaurant or meeting also directs TV sound to hearing aids. It does work though too much noise can drown it out. It can also work with a TV . There is a learning curve and it is frustrating. There has not been much time for art or computers etc. Today we are off out to lunch at the noisiest restaurant we know (Chili's) to try it.</div>
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We chose this restaurant to eat as it is usually crowded, noisy and it has TV's everywhere and music on sound system. it was not crowded but the noise level was high. I could hear and understand Chris, SO system works. With old hearing aids no possibility of hearing. </div>
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I am trying to work on Wanderlust this week as they had a fabulous teacher, Maireke Borkland from Holland and her class was incredible. Actually all their artists are so very good. This class was exceptional and she gave notes that make it possible to learn her technique. She is online and so now I follow her. This is from her free workshop. I kinda went nuts and used them for my daily calendar in Life Documented. Her free workshop is worth every minute. </div>
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Monicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05077645270052587033noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820432127518490058.post-89451789044542803242018-05-01T16:06:00.000-05:002018-05-01T16:06:42.708-05:00week 465 WOYWW<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Thank you everyone for your kindness and understanding when I wrote last week of my trials and tribulations with Menieres. Life is a lot calmer now the symptoms have abated. Not quite gone, I feel them lurking like I felt as a kid that goblins and bears lurked on the stairs, round that bend at the top.</div>
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Now trying to catch up with journals and life in general. </div>
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My work space that I cleaned up 2 days ago and decided it looked sad, yesterday made backgrounds and today, two for my Wanderlust journal. Workspace is looking happier.</div>
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The large journal to the rear is my Wanderlust schedule. Painted the kraft cover as I hate that color. It always blows my lid off when visiting sites and people make wonderful things with kraft paper. Please note cheap paints. I have some Dick Blick artists acrylics but they are so stiff and if I mix acrylic glazing mix with them they take hours to dry. I need to explore some of the more fluid acrylics. </div>
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Below is my desk area. I do some journaling here and the occasionally paint using watercolors /markers or what ever I have just watched a video about! The orange patterned thing to the right is a holder for glasses. Now I require reading glasses I have 7 pairs scattered around the house. Containers too, usually empty. Searching for reading glasses is becoming a routine activity. Guess what ! Amazon, Google Apple etc NOT one of them has an assistant that if you ask "where are my glasses" can help. They can tell you the population of outer Mongolia, the latest top selling car in Yalta but not where you left your glasses.</div>
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So life goes on and tonight darling hubby will suffer through a home made nourish bowl, filled with leftovers, forgotten veggies and fruits and the remains of the chicken from last night. He is very noble and never complains about my food experimentation. </div>
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Monicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05077645270052587033noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820432127518490058.post-8498801097179032952018-04-24T16:32:00.002-05:002018-04-24T16:32:39.968-05:00week 464 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Not a good week as I remain under the evil spell of Menieres disease that eases off a round 4 pm. I had a few days of art activity but my enthusiasm wanes despite several interesting prompts from my art journaling groups. Combine that with malware that took over Google (Amazon Rewards)and was then synced to iPad and mobile. After days of trying to remove it a young friend Carol removed it enabling a modicum of serenity ti touch my world. We might say this was not the best of times. To add to the craziness each cat brought in a lizard, Ms Kitty a small one and Xochitl a larger one. Neither cat is happy that daddy returned them to the great outdoors.</div>
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Monicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05077645270052587033noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820432127518490058.post-15195195423019500522018-04-17T16:35:00.000-05:002018-04-17T16:35:23.992-05:00week 463 I think? YES it is<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Very confused today and have been since Sunday when for the second time in 8 days I woke with Menieres symptoms. It is several years since vertigo, Menierers worst symptom, paid a visit. and it brought along his miserable friends tinnitus and hearing loss ( i have to wear hearing aids but it was worse) and the horrible feeling of fullness in the ears. It subsided a little so I took a Zolpidem to sleep. Woke up feeling off balance but vertigo was gone. This past Sunday there was no vertigo possibly as I have doubled the medication Serc but the rest were present. I attempted my Wanderlust weekly class and you will see I am all over the place(hubby said listless, more like listing) . Called my Otologist and she prescribed Prednisone. This recovered some hearing, to its usual poor spot, lulled the tinnitus and the sense of fullness (like a sloshing balloon in my head to a Noddy head). I have tried to work on journals </div>
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This was the Wanderlust page for a class by Galia Alena. She is a "mystic '". I thought her class would fly over my head but is was great. And I wanted to try and express feeling etc in the method she described. It fell apart on Sunday or maybe it didn't.</div>
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This is my art journal calendar for Life Documented as i tried to incorporate the prompt "<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">To create a butterfly to represent yourself, using paint and fold technique."</span></div>
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Good morning what's on your workspace today? After a week of removing rubber stamps from woodblocks my hands are sore and fingers stiff and there still remains 5 to be cleaned of glue! Enough! for a week or two. Yesterday I planned working in my journals. Immediately spilled pink paint on the journal. Too, too much so spread it around and then had to leave to dry.<br />
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Below, is were the "pinked" journals are drying I added a few other acrylics, orange and yellow. Pink is a color I never choose to use, since my Dylusions Bubble Gum Pink dried up. Reviewing my stash of cheap paints revealed a lot of pinks, unused. So why do I have so many pinks? The time has come to use them up.</div>
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This is the south side where my sewing stuff used to reside. Now donated to a group o women who meet to sew I have attempted to turn this into an area for new stuff awaiting a permanent home. Thus, it has become a dumping ground. </div>
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Now why this photo moved I do not know. Today is the first morning that there is no fog. Today is expected to be cold and rainy and then 4 days of sun. Friday I have friends over for a fun evening. </div>
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Have a great week visit <a href="http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Julie</a> and see what is happening around the world with crafters.</div>
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Impatiently try to solve why Google is not picking up desk photos and why Spectrum music is playing such crap on the jazz channel.<br />
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This week my desk was used not for art, well a little of the time, but for the odious task of removing rubber stamps from wood block due to the (impulse) purchase of a stamping platform. I was so impressed, after watching a gazillion videos on how to use it that I could actually stamp and produce a complete ink covered stamp. Mine is a VERY modest stamp collection with many rubber wood blocked ones. In a frenzy of excitement I began tearing them off only to experience fingers and stiff joints were not sharing my enthusiasm. Nor did these newly emancipated stamps produce like the newer padded ones (specifically the Azoline lovelies). Finally the solution, to buy E-Z backing stuff. Amazon Prime is as I write, tearing through their warehouse to get it to me soon!<br />
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today is overcast and rainy it looks like England. really but warm So I made a cuppa and plunged into the Cadbury caramel creme eggs that become an obsession at this time of the year. This year there is a bountiful supply. Rotten weather has such wonderful ways to soothe and aide the psyche.<br />
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My art was catching up and seeking inspiration. This week one theme was abstract art. and others to do self portraits, neither inspiring.<br />
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and here is my abstract art. I had set out to add a cityscape but when i saw this I new that here was truly intuitive art and a calling from the sisterhood of the wine bottle.<br />
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Now back to the kitchen to slice up cookie dough roll for a future party with the wine sisterhood. below is a WIP, a wall hanging by my friend Deanie. She makes up such imaginative fabric art. Deanie is 84 so you see life is full of promise.<br />
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So for this week I leave you and tomorrow will try to visit as many as possible in WOYWW.<br />
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Monicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05077645270052587033noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820432127518490058.post-87899636273990746212018-03-20T15:36:00.001-05:002018-03-20T15:36:57.569-05:00Whats 0n Your Workspace Wednesday week 459<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Good day everyone. Busy week. managed to catch-up with Wanderlust 2018, and life Documented. The sun is shining, the cats are molting,and even the trees are leafing out. </div>
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I had to make space for the new stamp platform, a whim buy after watching Kate Crane video. She was using it with Gelli plate and with my diminishing finger and hand strength I was sold on it. I also found several things I had searched for over the last few months.</div>
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Found scraps, that I know where vital to a creation and now a lost creation. My paint brushes have been cleaned and separated into watercolor and acrylic brushes. This week's teacher on Wanderlust is Dutch and has a very long name Marlene Meijer...... she is on Instagram and Facebook but she stirred my desire to conquer, well maybe not conquer but create a few journal pages in water color. </div>
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Imagine<a href="http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> woyww </a>is almost at 500 posts. Lots of work Julie. This group has a long and friendly reach.</div>
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Monicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05077645270052587033noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820432127518490058.post-44846125384282969692018-03-13T13:29:00.000-05:002018-03-13T13:29:05.292-05:00Week 458<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello everyone; The days between Wednesday are sure getting shorter and here I am sitting at my desk waiting impatiently for the sync from mobile camera to Google Drive to happen and wondering what I do each week, day and minute!</div>
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Here is my desk . The glasses are supposed to be in the orange holder when not on face. Slowly sorting all the papers out on my desk. Throwing out paper, even to recycle is a major hangup. I tear up so much to use for lists and notes I think I have a lifetime supply. </div>
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Below is my work table. The white gessoed binders are to be used for journals, the big one is for Wanderlust Notes. As an 'Old School' type, I need to have printed copies of the schedule and class notes. The covers were Kraft color, a color that is depressing to me. Today the covers were given a coat of gesso. the smaller is Life Documented Journal binder for next 3 months. And now the fun starts.</div>
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And here are my helpers! They are actually clapped out. They were on the bed all night. Now they are resting? It will be 68 F by 5 pm and then they will go and harass the lizard population that is finally getting "basking weather"<br />
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This is for Life Documented where the theme is to copy the style of Elizabeth Murray an abstract expressionist who used symbols rather than people in her work. The work on the right is the simplest of her many works and is about male and female relationships</div>
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Monicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05077645270052587033noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820432127518490058.post-4525010885048791412018-03-06T14:57:00.002-06:002018-03-06T14:57:55.010-06:00457 WEEK woyww<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Last week tried to visit everyone but too soon after eye surgery to see well so I managed about half.</div>
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This was a busy weekend. We made marmalade on Sunday with the grapefruit our friends, Carol and Larry grew in Houston.They went to great lengths to protect the grapefruit from frost and cold. There was a lot of fruit and juice. They all weighed about 1 lb each, unpeeled. They require a lot of prep before cooking. </div>
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Today, my workspace. just finished journal pages using envelopes made into a book for March. Happened upon a saved scrap with a grapefruit on it. This is my Documented Life Journal<br />
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Today the sun is shining and it is heating up. So happy. The view fro my studio window. The birds are all beginning to return and Chris is on humming bird watch, so I bough 10lbs of sugar as he will start making their food soon.</div>
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Last week came to a decision that I need to change my workout. I decided to admit i am old and decrepit and join the Quicksilver class that is like Silver Sneakers ( a program for Seniors) and to try a Stretch and Balance class for Seniors. Good decision. Ached after them but next day I was OK. It happens to be where a couple of friend from the morning class also absconded, so that makes for good social interaction. </div>
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My eyes are now fixed and I may need readers, so rushed out and bought a pair in a sort of purple color that is very much NOT me. I bought two pairs on line in my colors (orange/ yellow), due Friday. The way I am going I will need a pair for every room and the car. After years of transition lens I will have to come to terms with the readers and with sunglasses. </div>
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At the weekend Carol helped me and found the photo bomb Google added to select photos for an April Fools joke in 2010. It was a jiggling David Hasseloff; heard the name but I did not know who he was or is. Very annoying. But Carol found how to delete it. Previously I cleaned up my Mobile so now it does not loose charge every 3 hours. </div>
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Monicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05077645270052587033noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820432127518490058.post-92136398988661093042018-02-27T17:27:00.001-06:002018-02-27T17:27:13.882-06:00456 woyww<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Left eye cataract removed today. Not seeing well.( selfie reverses image.). For surgery you need button down clothes all I have is what I am wearing. Patch removed tomorrow morning.<br />
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Monicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05077645270052587033noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820432127518490058.post-88733220388874543472018-02-20T14:16:00.001-06:002018-02-20T14:16:19.419-06:00week 455 woyww<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a very hard week as I am playing nurse for my husband, Chris, who had cryoablation on his prostate. He has no pain but a lot of discomfort. it is improving and Thursday he will have the catheter removed and the improvement can move along faster. So whenever, I come to my desk to try and escape the real world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">so, there we are for today. I do not know when I will visit as there are doctors appointments(they are never timely) and it is hair restoration day. Cannot miss that. It is also book-club night and my book Pachinko by Mi Jin Lee is being discussed. Thursday at the crack of dawn we head to the doctors office, well I might have hours to post from there!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you to everyone who visits with such special words and thoughts. They mean so much especially at times like this.</span></div>
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trying to catch up on this year that started in the fast lane and I was back in the hills in the winding lane. It is not helped by the weather. We have seen more grey than sunshine and cold, very cold for here and more frequently. So I am really ready for spring and keep telling myself that it is only February. My artsy endeavors seem to have gone into the dark and I am itching to get out but feeling trapped in doing ditsy biddy things.<br />
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I even made 2 cards, not the beautiful cards you all make but accordion, painted with multi layers. Then I screwed up and mailed one that is due next month. My head is bubble wrap!<br />
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Originally it was a folded flyer from Hyundai. i covered it in black gesso a while ago and went back and added some white gesso than blobs of paint. I should have done this before cutting the original flyer into 3 sections. </div>
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here is my desk today ready for me to add to my journals. I love working in the Art jar. Alas my great ideas evaporate if I don't start immediately or get interrupted. The journal next to the Art Jar journal is My Artist Study. My dilemma here is will the collaged page ripple if i paint on top. The next journal is is my Life Documented. While perusing Pinterest i discovered many art calendar pages from a number of participants in 2014 DLP. They were full of happy colors and inspirational. Just what is needed to dispel the doldrums and activate my muse.</div>
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The next 2 to 3 weeks are going to be difficult as on Friday Chris has Cryosurgery for the cancer tumor(7MM) in his prostrate. At 80, he has never really had a dreaded disease and it is usually me who is in need of care. Ms Kitty and Xochitl have made get well cards. Ms K revealing her exhaustion here.</div>
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Monicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05077645270052587033noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820432127518490058.post-52342407471319163972018-02-06T17:24:00.000-06:002018-02-06T17:24:02.696-06:00week 453 of WOYWW<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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today, i feel was very productive. I organized Wanderlust as they have so much going on and I hate to fall behind and miss what goes on in discussions. This week my vision is a lot better though it remains hard cutting out and seeing margins and lines in what I am creating. I have 3 weeks to my next surgery, the left eye. <br />
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My desk with assistant moving into position. I have 5 Wanderlust journals. All have slightly different functions.<br />
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Ms Kitty stationed in the helping mode and ready to add :Treats for Ms Kitty "to my To Do List<br />
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My other project is to attempt to work some more in my journal for Kelly Kilmer's class. This was hard work as it required some cutting and color work. The addition of paint (color) will be on another day as I used black and white as my collaged background choice . My work area where I spent a lot of time sorting, then cutting and pasting.<br />
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Here is a watercolor painting for Wanderlust. It was all about using watercolors. It is not a medium of choice. That is the purpose of taking classes so I learn to use the multitude of supplies that sit in the comfort of their drawer. Here is a watercolor for my Wanderlust Book entitled Castles in the Clouds<br />
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Today it has been drizzle and misty. Quite a change from the sunny 80 Sunday we had when we went to a wine tasting and sat out on the deck. tomorrow night it is a wine dinner in Fredricksberg. We have had snow at this event in previous years so just hoping tomorrow is warmer. <br />
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Meanwhile i have to make dinner, leftover shrimp and a savory bread and butter pudding. <br />
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hope I remember to post early tomorrow and get to visit some of you.<br />
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