So much for slowing down in February

A Foggy February Morning
7:45 AM EDT

Here’s the thing, posting every day in January set me up so that every morning I feel that I should be blogging something. 

So, here I am almost every day posting in February. It is a way of talking to folks. That’s weird considering an entire day can go by without me hearing my own voice unless I make a comment  about what’s on the television. 😎

Early this morning it was very foggy out. Warmer, sunny and windy, today also has a thick Spring vibe. After my yearly medical check in I made a few stops feeling good to be out and about. Most of my errands’ making is a drudge with me arriving home exhausted. Not today. If my bad knee was better, then I might go for a walk just to look at mud and windy trees.

Weather is a mood maker. Of course being told I’m not diabetic lifts my spirits. The weather, however, puts me at a hang gliding elevation only achievable on a thermal of Spring.

How is your day going? 

Inquiry, Waiting Birds & the Next Thing I Know

 Searching brings up the blogger I’ve been looking for. The problem is the blog is deleted from Blogger. If a name changes, then Blogger posts a page it has been removed without a link to the new blog address. Does anyone know where Kathy of the Hummingbird Woodland  Studio is? Email or comment, please. 

I feel so very old missing favorite blogs. 🥴🥺

Pushing back the sheers is often accompanied by the swoosh of birds I scare away. As I put out the bird seed, I hear more of them than I see waiting to fly back in. 

Waiting

As the day goes on, one project turns into another. Taking up rugs and stuff to vacuum, makes me want to escape out the door to do errands instead.  So, here I am blogging. 😂

To start, I was going to take out a sealed storage container to use for acrylic paint. Thinking which one will be good, I see the rug needs attention. Next thing I know, rug rolled up, another lifted away and things are covering the sofa. The vacuuming will be next. After that is done, I will get the container and paint. 

Watching versus Reading

After last night’s sleep out, I made sure to be awake tonight. As I type, it is 10:20 PM EDT, 16 February 2026. There is nothing on television I care to watch until after the eleven o’clock news. I do like to view some of the Olympics.  

Watching. 

 YouTube and Instagram has been interesting in two aspects. Daydreaming, hinging on things I see that interests me, varies more when watching Instagram than YouTube. The other is observing, how passing from one interest to another flows as I view both.   

A big picture emerges that I watch too much television. 

Reading. I never feel that way when I read books. I don’t recall ever in my life thinking or saying that I do too much reading. 

Yay for books!

My Bookshelf

 

Art on a Monday

With the TV off, I fell asleep for the entire evening. Waking after 11 PM, I was surprised it isn’t morning. I missed all the Sunday night PBS shows. What to do!?

Putter? Watch YouTube? Snack? All three are good. Near 2 AM, I want to change up and do the sketch on this week’s new painting from an old photograph. The funny thing is, I don’t remember where the photo is. 

Back tracking, ( a few times), I find the hard copy folder of printed out photographs it was with. I went through them 2 or 3 times making sure it isn’t stuck to another paper. I give up. 

Sitting there clearing my frustration out, I see a white piece of paper sticking out of my catchall basket on the bottom shelf of a side table. I pull it out.

TaDaaaah! It is the photo I’ve been looking for!

🥳😂

Lake Champlain

Photographs of people. I do not take or post identifying photos of individuals without their permission unless the person is a public figure or celebrity. Even then, if they are on their free time, it is highly likely I will not take a photo. 

I will post pictures of people when the subject is a crowd, a gathering, an event. Even then, I will edit features, change colors, blur numbers and such. 

My people photos are figure studies like the one posted above. 

Note, I also ask owners for permission to take pictures of their dog. 

About the scene. Space is the celebrity in the landscape. An 11 x 14 inch canvas is not the ideal size suited for the painting’s story. I have images of the area to use. The canvas will be the study for a larger artwork. 

18 February update
in progress

Missing Bloggers

Strange. There are bloggers over the years that disappear, slow down or just stop blogging. Years ago, I stopped cleaning out the dormant blogs I follow because of mishaps losing a blog or two. Some of the blogs I read moved to places that require a sign in to leave a comment. Add that to Gmail doesn’t save my emails anymore, a few favorite blogs are very difficult to find once lost. 

Senior years living on the lake, is one such blogger that despite many tries, search engines won’t give up showing me senior living facilities search results. 

So, if I read your blog and haven’t commented in a long time, say hello, please.

Thank you