Follow your bliss...: and the sky was blue as can be...

Sunday, September 20, 2009

and the sky was blue as can be...

The best blue ever...I lay flat on my back and stared at that fantastic blue and treasured it...treasured that it is there...I'm seeing it when I need it most...

I spent the day on the porch working on various bits of this and that, taking advantage of the gorgeous September day...it was in the seventies...

...and while lying on my back on the porch floor soaking up some sunshine (and popping my spine back in place, oh, yeah, that felt much better!) I saw these fantastic spirea shadows on one of the pillars...

Work in progress...progressing...yup, this is the one last week that I only wanted to show you the center because the ends were displeasing me so badly...nope, it's not done yet, but almost there...

I'm thinking about working in pastels again...ought oh...I smell new colors coming my way...

I'm still fooling around with my manuscript...yeah, the one I said I'd finish by Labor Day...well, I did...but not quite...I'm on vacation this week so I can take another tour through it again...and I think I will...

4 comments:

The Artist Within Us said...: The sky you are describing I have always called a 'Manganese Blue Sky' and this type of blue sky is always as a result of dry hot temperatures, at least here in Northern California.

In regards for not having something finished by the time it was planned to be so, well relax. Good writing or art can never be rushed, it must be allowed to evolve.

I hope that at some point in the future when your triptych is complete, that you might share your process.

Wishing you a wonderful week.
Egmont; 7:58 PM
Blue Sky Dreaming said...: I have the same blue sky and it is in the 70's as well. I just got back from the neighborhood pool where I have been floating and looking at this blue blue sky.
I wish you as much time as you need and as much time as the art needs...may we all have time enough!; 5:48 PM
layers said...: I am also trying to sit on my back deck for the last few sunny days left, warm but not too hot is my favorite-- overlooking the sparkling water-- fall is coming and then our rainy winters-- so for now-- it is the last few days of sunshine.; 8:35 PM
Caterina Giglio said...: love your blue sky and really enjoyed your comments at cinnamon Studio!; 3:40 PM

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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.