friday later
Dave got a shot in his "good" eye this morning. Though now it has become his "bad eye". While I waited for him in the car I talked on the phone to an old friend whose husband is getting chemotherapy for cancer of the pancreas. And getting eye shots too for some other kind of problem caused by having diabetes. Made me think again about "stay in the present moment". That's all we have. Be kind in the present moment. Everyone we meet is probably going through some kind of serious worrying issue.
Trying to paint realistically today. About 30 years ago I said, I'm done with realism. But maybe I've gotten a little too far out there in the years since. It was interesting today to try and match what I was seeing. That is like a game in itself that can be played. But I had the most fun when I was done with the birds and could splotch colors of paint on for the background. I just don't have the patience I used to have to work on something for 2 hours without a finish to it.
Cold day today. Dave took Andy for a walk to the lake in the afternoon while I took a nap. I dreamed that I was in our old childhood bedroom and I had a lot of stuff in the room. Hard to walk around it all. Dad came in. He was an old man in the dream and I wanted him to sit down and be comfortable. There was a love seat near the door and he sat in the middle of it. It was dark in that corner and he wanted to read. I was carrying a floor lamp over when it started to shock me. I said to Dad - I can't let go! I was like a statue. He didn't get up to help me. Didn't seem that concerned. Finally I moved my foot so it wasn't touching the lamp anymore and I could let go of it. I was still going to use the lamp but knew I had to be careful. I put on a double pair of work gloves and moved it again closer to him. I wanted him to have his feet up. I looked around and saw the new suitcase I got to take on my upcoming trip to Florida and put that under his feet. I was satisfied that everything was good then. End of dream. I'm glad I'm dreaming and remembering my dreams again. I love dreams, even weird ones like this.
Snowing at the moment. It's getting time to make dinner. We are eating "big salads" again. That's one of the meals that I make. Prepackaged lettuce with carrots, radishes and purple cabbage, a hard boiled egg, cucumbers, tomato, mushrooms, shredded mozzarella cheese, roasted salted sunflower seeds, honey French dressing. Very easy and no big deal, but for some reason Dave always makes a point of thanking me when I make it.
Trying to paint realistically today. About 30 years ago I said, I'm done with realism. But maybe I've gotten a little too far out there in the years since. It was interesting today to try and match what I was seeing. That is like a game in itself that can be played. But I had the most fun when I was done with the birds and could splotch colors of paint on for the background. I just don't have the patience I used to have to work on something for 2 hours without a finish to it.
Cold day today. Dave took Andy for a walk to the lake in the afternoon while I took a nap. I dreamed that I was in our old childhood bedroom and I had a lot of stuff in the room. Hard to walk around it all. Dad came in. He was an old man in the dream and I wanted him to sit down and be comfortable. There was a love seat near the door and he sat in the middle of it. It was dark in that corner and he wanted to read. I was carrying a floor lamp over when it started to shock me. I said to Dad - I can't let go! I was like a statue. He didn't get up to help me. Didn't seem that concerned. Finally I moved my foot so it wasn't touching the lamp anymore and I could let go of it. I was still going to use the lamp but knew I had to be careful. I put on a double pair of work gloves and moved it again closer to him. I wanted him to have his feet up. I looked around and saw the new suitcase I got to take on my upcoming trip to Florida and put that under his feet. I was satisfied that everything was good then. End of dream. I'm glad I'm dreaming and remembering my dreams again. I love dreams, even weird ones like this.
Snowing at the moment. It's getting time to make dinner. We are eating "big salads" again. That's one of the meals that I make. Prepackaged lettuce with carrots, radishes and purple cabbage, a hard boiled egg, cucumbers, tomato, mushrooms, shredded mozzarella cheese, roasted salted sunflower seeds, honey French dressing. Very easy and no big deal, but for some reason Dave always makes a point of thanking me when I make it.