New Year’s Day. Really the only day we have any kind of ritual. Mimosas wherein we consume a whole bottle of champagne with brunch. And then take naps.
I’m glad to see this year end even though it means come April I will be another year older. My sister’s sudden death at the end of the year before had a profound effect on me in ’24 which manifested in a summer of medical procedures, some necessary, some unnecessary as it turns out. So yeah, not bemoaning ’24. And while the country is going to be immersed in a shitstorm politically, I don’t think it will affect me much personally, being an old white woman, unless they succeed in cutting social security which I don’t think they will be able to do.
I decided yesterday that I was done with my painting after working on the green background following several suggestions from commenters. I could continue to dick around with it but I don’t think I could really make any significant improvements and I think I’m as satisfied as I’m going to be. So this morning I removed all the blue tape securing it to the canvas board, looked at the photo I was working from, and then decided I would do one more thing, very minor and subtle, but now, yes, It’s done. I also played around with the exposure function on my camera which my granddaughter Autumn alerted me to to see if I could get a photo that more accurately depicted the values and then played around with it in preview but don’t seem able to get an accurate depiction of the actual intensity of the colors in the green and yellow background which are ‘softer’ and less defined in the actual painting, although this is fairly close. And thanks for all the suggestions for rescuing the green and yellow. 5 3/4" x 8".
Also, here’s the photo I was working from.
I’ve been checking the weather predictions every day for the arctic vortex. Yesterday the two nights in the 20s were one night at 29˚ and today one night at 32˚. If this keeps up I won’t have to bring anything in.
No SHARE tomorrow so I’m thinking my regular routine won’t asset itself until next Monday. And I’ll have to decide if I want to start another painting and if so what, though I have an idea or two, while the paints are out or a new drawing or put it all away in favor of the sewing machine.
I just filled the bird feeder this morning and it’s already more than half empty.