monday
Yesterday Dave and I took the dogs to the Henry's Run Sawmill waterfall. I went there a while ago with Candy and took a bunch of IR pictures that day. I just had my cell phone yesterday. Six pictures:
Arrival at the waterfall. Andy is already down in the water swimming. He's one of those dark shapes to the right of Dave. Rainy was on the leash still. She roams so far sometimes (a real explorer) that I worry we could lose her - plus you are supposed to have your dogs on a leash - that's the rules. She was wearing a sweater yesterday. I really think it looks silly to wear clothes on your dog but the day before when we were out she was shivering.
When I was looking at the former picture I noticed that it looked like there were some rainbows in the water so I zoomed in on it. I thought it was cool that for once the camera picked up those little sparkles of color.
I sat on this nice bench for a while with Rainy while Dave and Andy explored the river behind me.
One last picture of the falls on our way out.
*****
I've been productive today (in my own little way as a retired housewife who likes to do artsy stuff). Keeping busy. I got a larger puzzle (1000 pieces) out this morning and started to sort the pieces into piles. The back of each piece has a letter, A through F. While I was doing that I happened to notice how cute Skye looked with her paw stretched out while she was sleeping. So now here I am processing pictures and writing something...
Before I started sorting puzzle pieces I needed something to work the puzzle on. That table cloth is too distracting. So I took some time to do measurements and tape 4 pieces of white paper together to make a rectangle big enough to work the puzzle on. Good for me - I saved money and used something I already had. (For a while there I was tempted to drive out to Walmart and buy a big whiteboard but I let the thriftiest part of my mind take over.)
But I'm not always so thrifty. A new easel box I ordered to house my acrylic paints arrived this morning and I got it ready to use. Figuring out where everything would go. I've been really liking the pochade painting box that I got years ago for the oil paints and thought I'd get one for acrylics. I don't know - I dream and plan to paint more than I actually paint but I want to be ready if I do decide to get fancy with the art. I also put a first coat of gesso on 8 pieces of chipboard to get them ready to be future canvasses.
Plans for the rest of my day: get dressed, figure out what I'm going to eat for lunch, finish sorting puzzle pieces, paint a second coat of gesso on the chipboards and fill out a form for the doctor appointment I'm going to tomorrow. Not looking forward to that. Going to the doctor makes me nervous. It's like I have to perform some kind of act. Do I want her to leave me alone, or do I want her help with certain things? Will the certain things go away without her medical help? I have to figure out where I will navigate myself through the appointment. The form I'm supposed to fill out is called Patient Self Assessment. Four pages. I guess it will help them figure out if I'm old yet. I want to prove to them that I'm not. Maybe prove to myself too. Also planning to take Rainy for a walk somewhere this afternoon. Dave has already left with Andy to meet his friend Chris in the woods and I need to get outside too. It's another beautiful (above freezing), sunny day in Pennsylvania.
Arrival at the waterfall. Andy is already down in the water swimming. He's one of those dark shapes to the right of Dave. Rainy was on the leash still. She roams so far sometimes (a real explorer) that I worry we could lose her - plus you are supposed to have your dogs on a leash - that's the rules. She was wearing a sweater yesterday. I really think it looks silly to wear clothes on your dog but the day before when we were out she was shivering.
When I was looking at the former picture I noticed that it looked like there were some rainbows in the water so I zoomed in on it. I thought it was cool that for once the camera picked up those little sparkles of color.
I sat on this nice bench for a while with Rainy while Dave and Andy explored the river behind me.
One last picture of the falls on our way out.
*****
I've been productive today (in my own little way as a retired housewife who likes to do artsy stuff). Keeping busy. I got a larger puzzle (1000 pieces) out this morning and started to sort the pieces into piles. The back of each piece has a letter, A through F. While I was doing that I happened to notice how cute Skye looked with her paw stretched out while she was sleeping. So now here I am processing pictures and writing something...
Before I started sorting puzzle pieces I needed something to work the puzzle on. That table cloth is too distracting. So I took some time to do measurements and tape 4 pieces of white paper together to make a rectangle big enough to work the puzzle on. Good for me - I saved money and used something I already had. (For a while there I was tempted to drive out to Walmart and buy a big whiteboard but I let the thriftiest part of my mind take over.)
But I'm not always so thrifty. A new easel box I ordered to house my acrylic paints arrived this morning and I got it ready to use. Figuring out where everything would go. I've been really liking the pochade painting box that I got years ago for the oil paints and thought I'd get one for acrylics. I don't know - I dream and plan to paint more than I actually paint but I want to be ready if I do decide to get fancy with the art. I also put a first coat of gesso on 8 pieces of chipboard to get them ready to be future canvasses.
Plans for the rest of my day: get dressed, figure out what I'm going to eat for lunch, finish sorting puzzle pieces, paint a second coat of gesso on the chipboards and fill out a form for the doctor appointment I'm going to tomorrow. Not looking forward to that. Going to the doctor makes me nervous. It's like I have to perform some kind of act. Do I want her to leave me alone, or do I want her help with certain things? Will the certain things go away without her medical help? I have to figure out where I will navigate myself through the appointment. The form I'm supposed to fill out is called Patient Self Assessment. Four pages. I guess it will help them figure out if I'm old yet. I want to prove to them that I'm not. Maybe prove to myself too. Also planning to take Rainy for a walk somewhere this afternoon. Dave has already left with Andy to meet his friend Chris in the woods and I need to get outside too. It's another beautiful (above freezing), sunny day in Pennsylvania.