Curious

I wanted to see if I could put up a scan of one of my pieces. Please bare with me as this is all so new.  It's getting late and I haven't eaten all day...be back later...

My Magazine Search

Right around the first of every month (& every day after) I start calling Barnes & Noble to see if the newest Somerset Studio "special publication" has arrived. "No"  they say "not yet". I waited well into the New Year for Art Journaling (due out 1/1/09). I even called Stampington & Co (on 1/7) to see if it had been shipped out. "Oh yes, it should be on the newsstands" customer service replied.  Well, I think I finally found it around 1/11.

So... now it's coming up on Feb. 1st and I cannot WAIT to get my hands on "Artful Blogging" and "Where Women Create".  Yesterday I drove down to my local B&N in hopes...no, it's too early. I'm thinking, "are they in back in a box waiting for 2/1? Dare I ask someone to go in back and look? No,  I decide I don't want to seem so anxious so I leave and drive a couple of miles to an Independent Art/Hobby Store.  I run in & check the shelves: nope! nothing! I walk around the corner to check another area and out of the corner of my eye where they're scanning in the days receiving I see, upside down no less, Artful Blogging!  My eyes widen as I step closer. The woman behind the counter sees me & asks if I want one - "Yes, oh yes and did you happen to get "Where Women Create?" She looks underneath the pile and pulls one out of two copies out and hands it to me. I am so full of excitement I can hardly wait to open these and step into my world of escape. I walk away knowing I am all set to snuggle in on an upcoming cold, bitter weekend. I have all I need: pages & pages of "WOW", "OHH", "OMG, it's so beautiful!", etc. 

And it's only January 23rd. (Lucky girl)

 

Autumn in the Midwest

It's November 3rd and got to 70 degrees or warmer.  The leaves were gently, softly, swinging down from the tree outside of my living room window and it scared the daylights out of Maddy, poor bird. It's so beautiful to me but I always try to remember what a small world he lives in.

I need to keep his window closed until the wind dies down.

Octobers Full Moon

This was taken through my living room window. Not bad......

My first post

So, i finally may have my blog up and running! This is so exciting!

This is one of my favorite pictures I took on an outing to the lake this summer when we stopped for ice cream.