Follow your bliss...: What did I do for Mother's Day?

Sunday, May 10, 2009

What did I do for Mother's Day?

I made art...and enjoyed every bit of it! But I haven't taken the time to download the photos...some are still 'unfinished'...so, I thought I'd post this little Symphony from April 19, 2009, pencil wanderings on paper, about 5 x 8 or so...I just go with the flow...this little drawing makes me very happy...it makes me think of cello's...

It's a mighty cold day out there, feels like it could snow...the sky is very dark and threatening...there's a frost warning tonight. There's a fire in the woodstove again after many days 'off'...

I've enjoyed my back to back "Day's"...my birthday was yesterday, and my Fred bought me a nifty sketchbox easel (which I filled with tubes of paint and brushes, and I have a tiny canvas drying on it...it's a ridiculously tiny canvas (6 x 6), but I love painting small...

1 comment:

Leslie Avon Miller said...: We are still having some wood fires too. Cool spring it is.; 9:08 PM

Me and Fibromyalgia...the good news is, it's not going to kill me.

I was finally diagnosed with Fibromyalgia in 2007 after years of being told my illness was all in my head. My Fibro is everyday fatigue with body aches, mostly tolerable, but when I have a flare-up, which can be triggered by stress, hormones, or being over tired from over-doing it, I get the full body pain, including chest pains (yes, these are scary, like an elephant standing on my chest.) Thankfully, it doesn't hurt to take a breath, but I feel breathless, I just do yoga and breathing exercises to stretch and breathe to ease through the worst of it, NSAIDs help to cut the pain, and naps are always a necessary thing when needed (but hard to do while at the day job!) It's a balancing act to manage, I take advantage of the good days, lay low on the bad ones, and very often, push through in spite of the bad days...some mornings I wish I could stay in bed, but I'm glad that I get up and about, very often 'the kinks' work themselves out. I refuse to take the recommended pharmaceutical band-aids on the market, I tried one once, and I don't like feeling like a zombie. I keep active with my creativity, I think that's the key to my overcoming this obstacle every day...and I have my Fred and our son, five cats, and one dog named Max.