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I seem, suddenly, very busy but it's a hurry up and wait kind of busy I think. Between working on this little job we have and doing the drawings for the new proposal and still trying to put some time in on the wax models every day (which I didn't do yesterday) and heading into the city every Thursday lately, well, I'm reading folks, just not commenting much.
I have a list of four work related errands in the city today which mostly justify the long drive and gasoline consumed and disguise my real reason for going which is yoga with the girls!
The sketch is for one of three proposed panels that will be wall mounted for a community room at John Wesley United Methodist Church (our new patron it seems since we have already done their chapel). The room is referred to as the 'garden room' so the theme of the panels is plants of the bible. This one will be the right hand panel and represents what I think of as 'useful' plants...food (melons, leeks, beans, garlic), drink (grapes), clothing (cotton) and ointments (aloe). They will be fabricated in fused glass and be very colorful so I will be collaborating with a friend of mine. I'm doing the art work and will assist him in the fabrication. The other two panels will represent flowers and trees. They have a possible donor but I don't think he has committed yet.
Updates in my small country world...the ground is still literally hopping with small toads with every step. The pecan drop seems to have stopped mostly so I'm hoping the trees will hold onto the ones that are left til they are mature which shouldn't be all that much longer. I haven't checked on the voles yet. I read that they mature in about 4 weeks so I'm waiting til I think they are grown before I pick up the piece of sheet metal. The best news though is that when I got up this morning, it was 67˚ outside!
Yeah, I know, boring but it was the best I could do today.
You are such a great shaman, Ellen. I don't find anything boring here. You dance in all the worlds. Bravo.
ReplyDeleteDr. M stepped on a (not very small) toad the other day. He said it hopped away, but he's hoping for no internal injuries :) We saw another smaller toad last night so we don't think he scared them away.
ReplyDeleteI like it when your creatively busy - I think it makes you happier which makes me happier :)
"you're" not "your" - ooh I was cringing when I hit publish!
ReplyDeleteI guess it's a good kind of busy, lots of interesting things percolating there :)
ReplyDeleteOh you're never boring, Ellen. I love that panel.. I hope the donor comes though soon. I'm looking forward to seeing the finished piece.
ReplyDeleteYou boring? Never. Ever. Now Tuna Casserole? That's boring.
ReplyDeleteWait. I posted about that. shoot. :D
The panel is so great - the way you incorporated it all. Wonderful
That is great that you have a new project!! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteAs for the toads...ewwwwwwwwwwww!!!
Hugs
SueAnn
The Garden Room, sounds wonderful. What a fabulous idea. It sounds like the perfect place to meditate. Love the sketch.
ReplyDeleteThe panel looks awesome!Looking forward to seeing it finished. The toads would freak me out! lol
ReplyDeleteGreat sketch, will be a beautiful glass art piece.
ReplyDeleteYour life doesn't sound boring, Ellen, on the contrary, busy and full of life.
ReplyDeleteHope your yoga went well - love the panel!
ReplyDeleteWhat, boring? I don't think so, I'm too busy staring at that sketch and wondering, "Did she draw that? By hand? Holy crow!"
ReplyDeleteI hope enjoy Yoga, and being busy, and contemplating life as you hurry up and wait :-)
excellent boring. A glimpse into another person's real world is never boring, certainly not when they do the work you do.
ReplyDeleteHope the voles will do well too.
Have a good time.
Nothing boring here. The panel looks like it's going to be great and can't wait to see the finished version. Enjoy the toads!
ReplyDeleteI don't think Oregon has a single toad. At least, I've never seen or heard of any. They're just one of the things I miss--pecan trees being another. Here in town, there are a lot of black walnuts, and Oregon leads the nations in filberts, but there are no pecan trees and no hickories either. Most Southern trees do well here though--at least in town. For example, there are numerous Southern Magnolias, although they don't get so big as in the South.
ReplyDeleteI hope it's cooling down some for you. By the way, Peggy and I had two good friends in our college days who have lived in Pearland since the mid-seventies, but we've only seen them once in all that time.