Hello 2011

Someone pulled the trigger on the starter gun January 1st and I haven't quit running sense...this first month has been really busy for me so I am sorry I have waited so long to journal.  Just everyday living has kept me running.   I think I am ready now to get back to my creative list.  I have begun to sort through boxes of paper and other things to start my first Etsy Shop.  I hope to have an announcement for all of you soon.  I hope to have a great shop loaded with old papers, old pictures, old studio photographs, and other goodies for collages.  I have found old jewelry, watches, old lace collars, and other sewing notions.  I have gathered for years and need to clean it out.  Watch for my opening in February.  I will give notice on my Facebook and Twitter account too.

This month I have started out taking Mati McDonough and Lisa Congdon "Get Your Paint On" ecourse.  Just the first week's assignment has set me on my heels, made me think about painting with a whole new light, and I am so looking forward to what is next...if I do something I like I will post a picture.

I love winter, the snow, coats, scarfs and gloves, warm fires, hot cup of tea, a blanket on my lap, a dog laying next to me and another one at my feet, time to read, snooze, plan, and dream.   The change of the seasons, changes our way of life, our moods, our appetites, our wants and needs, and too even our dreams.  We seem to slow down during the winter months just as nature seems to slow down, regroup, and recoup.  Here is to another month of wishing and dreaming and rest.