Good morning, Thrillerati! How are you, darlings? Are you getting ready for a new year? Many people think 2016 was a disaster, but for me, it was a pretty good, even-keeled year. Even-keeled is rare and wonderful in my world, and I appreciate it.
It snowed a bit yesterday, and the evening light was just magnificent. I was picking up Sequoia and her friend from working on theater sets at school, and we decided to take a drive and take some pictures. I pulled off to my favorite country road, Sleepy Hollow Rd, stopped the car, and we all jumped out with our various camera phones, into a field of christmas trees, to snap. The girls ran down the hill in the snow, giggling, as I opened the trunk and stood in the back of the car to get a higher angle. I got just ONE shot, and then my phone shut down! I started the car and started to drive away real slow and the girls ran up the hill, laughing, and jumped in! When I got the phone charged, I got to see my one shot....and I think it is a nice one! What do you think? We had so much fun, I might make this a "Thing We Do". Hop in the car and go on A Photography Adventure!
Bob has gone up to my parent's camp in the Adirondacks this year without us, and making it into a rustic Artist's Retreat. He brought our dogs, Norman and Kay with him, but Ladybug stayed with me because she does not like the cold. He is working on his graphic novel in the uninterrupted silence. It is going to be amazing when it is finished, but Bob is in an angry labor...he has ideas, but life is always getting in the way of his actually getting his pencil to paper. He hates everything that gets in the way of his drawing. He ONLY wants to draw. His friends are irritated that he won't hang out, drink beer and play guitars anymore. I don't think there will be any more of that until the novel is done.
"Which is the best, cheese, plain, or the caramel popcorn? Well, we will have to do a fair and scientific study. One of those, one of those, one of those...now, wait,hold on, I'm not sure... start over. True science needs a wide sample!"
Even the blogging words are slow coming, and when I have an excellent stretch of time when I should be painting...nothing. Oh well, I allow myself to recharge. I pretty much ALWAYS feel creative, so this is an odd one.
Nevie got into the paint, yesterday, while watching a show about human anatomy. Her reentry into our world has not been an easy one. She isn't used to things not being perfect...the faucet drips, and there is mud in the yard. Something happened just before our Christmas party, and one electric zone in the house stopped working. Old house. Things happen. At school, there is a staff and a budget that allows for any imperfection to be immediately rectified. Meals magically appear. Bathrooms clean themselves. In our world, broken shit stays broken, dirty or messy until you put the work in to fix it. Also, dog hair does not happen at boarding school. I think Nevie will be very happy when vacation is over.
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Loving you into 2017!
Love and light,
Your friend,
Hil
Your daughter will survive being without "staff" to handle day-to-day realities, your husband will finish his graphic novel, and your muse will come back soon. I think she knew you needed a true break, popcorn included. (For the record, I'm partial to caramel corn even though the sugar is poison.)
ReplyDeleteYour impromptu photography trip is something hubby and I have done in the past and I hope we can do again soon. It's so worth it! Not only does it let you get some wonderful snaps in, but it can also be that extra bump of inspiration that drags your muse back into action. I've seen it many a time.