It's
been pretty busy around here the last few days. Friday, I got my
spinach, lettuce, and beet seeds planted, finished cleaning and
drying the last of the few bottles of frit that got damp, and worked
on organizing the shop, cleaned and moved stuff and made some space
so we can work in there.
Saturday
Grandgirl Autumn was spending the weekend at home and she and her
boyfriend came out to visit. I moved more stuff around in the shop,
made a new template and cut out more forms for the color samples, and
finally hosed down and brushed and wet vac-ed up the dirty water from
the floor of the room that has been my in-house studio. I had hosed
it down before the tiles were scraped up but not since. It looks so
much better and no longer has the ick factor when I walk on it
barefoot. I've set up a small table in there so I can get some work
done and it's where I'm working on the color samples for the drowned
feathers but it's too small. I think I'm going to set my desk up
this week.
you
can see the path I made to the door with the mats
Sunday,
I dug up all the wild blackberry vines that had sprouted since the
last time I dug them all up, repotted a pot bound plant into a bigger
but not big enough pot, worked on cleaning and putting away the
things still left on the driveway...the paddles, a baseball bat, a
small cooler, a pair of swim fins, the thing that holds my 3' wide
paper, a couple of plant stands, a box of seashells and assorted
other items, a couple of plastic bins, a mop, an extension cord,
stuff like that and I finished setting up my samples and they are
ready to fire which probably won't get done til late today.
Maybe.
Today
we have to drive to the city. And Tuesday I'll be back at the Civic
Center to find out if I've been 'verified' yet.
Aye yay yay Ellen. You are making progress. What an ordeal. Probably get the best fall veggies in a long time.
ReplyDeleteWhoa, Ellen! I haven't even bought my seeds yet! That's on the agenda for today.
ReplyDeleteYou are a bright, burning flame of accomplishment!
Never mind ordinary household possessions - the flotsam and jetsam of an artist's inventory must be a monumental task to set right again.
ReplyDeleteIt takes a lot of effort to get your life back on track after all you've been through. Take care.
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ReplyDeleteslow can be good unless it is a bureaucratic log jam. LOL
Just hard work.
ReplyDeleteI don't know how it's been for you, but I've heard a lot of people say that getting started was the worst part. Once some of the first steps had been taken -- removing the sheetrock, finding a place to stay, getting the FEMA process started -- each succeeding step seemed easier. Energy seems to beget energy. Every little thing accomplished helps with the next.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you got rid of the ick factor on your floors - I can't stand to walk barefoot on a dirty floor. Reminds me that my kitchen could stand to be cleaned :)
ReplyDeleteWhen I read this article about the Lucy Stone League, I couldn't help but think of your problems with your name while dealing with the bureaucracy. I think you'll get a kick out of it.
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