Welcome Aboards and Why I Need Custodial Care.......

First off, Welcome to new followers that I have neglected to post a happy and heart Hello to! Forgive me....age and cabin fever are taking their toll.

This is, for the most part, an artless post, other than the photos, taken at approximately 11:00 a.m. yesterday. The snow was coming down very heavily, and I, in my infinite wisdom, found it too hard to resist just walking on the porch to snag a few images. Up by the house it was clear; how could this hurt? What trouble could I get into?

My favorite vista, across the road....quickly becoming obscured from the snow swirling in from the East. Beautiful, but I know those Nor'Easters bring lots of the white stuff.....

My glass hummingbird feeder, that should be in the house, wearing a lovely white topknot and a bit of a white kiss on the feeding flower. This, this bright bit of red, was what drew me out. It must have been my inner-magpie responding to the shiny tid-bit......

Then I got brave and decided to walk on around the porch (large, L shaped) where there was snow, but hey.....I have a cane and I am being careful, right? No harm.....just take my time. The pines really showed off the weather continuing to roll in at an alarming pace.

And not to be forgotten, my favorite tulip tree, covering with snow. I was at the very end of the porch, having naughty thoughts about stepping off and going out in the yard. As the title says, I need custodial care. I need a leash that only lets me go so far and then reels me back in.

Quickly.

Before more stupid ideas come, and they always do......

What stopped me from further *adventures* was the fact that the bottom of my shoes were so caked with snow, I was having trouble balancing, even with the cane. So it was back indoors for me.

And now the fun part. Why, you may ask, do I want to see a photo of your shoes?

Because, gentle readers, I stepped in and my feet immediately FROZE TO THE DOORMAT. Yep, couldn't move. Couldn't get the shoes off, couldn't get the snow off, did NOT have the phone (all thebraincells were obviously not working)---I stood there, stuck, in every sense of the word! And I knew if DH got wind of this, I would be in deep something-or-other, because I'm not---repeat NOT---supposed to be out when he isn't here, or someone semi-competent.

There I stood, cussing, and working up enough hot air that something must have loosened the shoes from the grabby doormat. I immediately stepped over to my good, wool, hall runner and did a backwards scoot that looked much like a pooch when it has a nether region that needs scratching. It was ugly. It was funny. It was on my BEST RUG!!!!

So the lesson is, maybe I should listen to DH.

Or get the leash with the choke collar.

I am thinking he, if he reads this---and sometimes he does, would vote for the second....  :-)

Have a day with all options open to you, and no *getting stuck* in any way!!! LOL!!!

I bid you, from my humble, warm casa/prison.....

Pax.

Not up to par.......

Well, after a surprise trip to visit my Doctor yesterday, I have discovered I do indeed have a sinus infection, which could be part of the reason for my extreme lethargy and pains in the head. When I start dressing like the woman pictured above, I would recommend someone have me committed for observation! (actually, it is a pretty good depiction of how I feel....way out in left field, slightly off in another land, and yes, I'd like those ear covers to filter out any complaints/bad news!)

So I spent the day sleeping and reading, out from allergy meds and getting myself up enough to head to Wabash this afternoon for a show opening at Honeywell that I want to see, then back home and the same routine today. And the killer is it is a beautiful sunny day; I want to be outside working but I know better. There again, those ear-things the woman is wearing could come in handy as it is quite breezy.....

My book of choice yesterday, since I physically could not hold my Einstein tome and did not think I had enough active grey matter to grasp what I was reading, was the Sweet Potato Queens. You don't have to be Southern; just bawdy-sassy to enjoy it! I blitzed through half of it, dozing and laughing. Wild women on the loose.......what a hoot!

That's it for today kiddies; no art content, no intellectual content, I'm not even sure what I have written counts as content but the photo, ahhhhh, that should count for something! (Tristan, do you approve???)

Have a good weekend!

A Very Early Day.....

This is one of those days that I will be on the road before the sun is up, thus a quick hello and wishes for a fun day for everyone reading. I'm off for the CT of my leg, to see what is going on in the soft tissue, then have to pick up meds, then back here for a meeting. Have a feeling I will be pretty much like the drawing by the end of the afternoon!! LOL!!!

I look forward to a few quiet minutes to either:

A. Keel over in a heap

--or--

B. Go to the studio and work on some background texture I am building up on a canvas.

I guess it all depends on if I can see or not. Maybe I just need a hyper-dose of caffeine and some chocolate, you think?

Anyway, hoping this is the last test for a while and that I am doing okay. And by the way, yesterday was the first full day I walked without my cane, so it has officially moved from a *tool* to a *weapon*!!!! ;)

Hope everyone is having a good creative day---I have a rather long post I want to do in the next couple of days and will probably ask for your comments. Yes, it's art related.

And maybe there will be some art to post by then too.

Today Anne Starts.......

....no, not life in the circus silly! Her Physical Therapy! I am excited. I may not be able to walk, sit or move later in the day, but I am soooooo ready to get on the move and feel like a semi-normal human being again. (notice the *semi-normal*......uh huh....) I don't think any amount of therapy would make me be able to do this, nor do I want to, but getting my shoes and socks on without sounding like a grunting hog would be really nice. ;) I do appreciate the small things.....
So if I am unable to post, you'll know I am sort of *tied up* at the moment, trying to get a *leg up* on my current situation, and *gazing off* into the great beyond contemplating life!!!! Or how to get my leg back into a natural position......HA!
Good gosh. Tristan (Enchanted Revelry) has rubbed off on me. I'm still not nearly as funny as he is, nor can I figure where he finds those fab vintage, sassy pics, but I'm TRYING.
HARD.
Now go get all worked up about your own creative day and do something marvelous and mind bending!!!!
P.S. I did actually get a canvas out, some pieces printed from the computer and other items ready to go for a collage yesterday, so there was a small amout of art-related activity here. DH took half a day off and we walked around the yard, had ice cream---a nice kick back type day. We both needed it and have had so little time to spend together. For him, I will let the Art wait.
Occasionally. :)