Turning a corner...
Out by the Mill, originally uploaded by graphicartepsi.
...things are calming, a bit, I think. I got to talk to my future mother in law last night, and though she sounded weak, she sounded GOOD. What a lovely woman she is...
No idea yet when she'll get to go home (or when J. will go back to work on the other side of the country), but at least ever so much better. One step at a time.
So since I'm here in the middle, and the weather finally got better, I headed out to paint. I feel more like myself when I can do that; I feel saner. The fresh breeze blows away my tension and worry...the beauty feeds my soul. Trying to capture a bit of it on paper helps me to focus.
This little painting ISN'T what I did the other day, though...it was in the watercolor block I keep in the Jeep, and I'd forgotten all about it. I had to move it before I could work on the tree up on Siloam Mountain.
Dealing with a lot of business stuff, orders, future class plans, present students and all, so I've been feeling very scattered. I need the time out in nature to pull myself back into my skin.
This is the one I did up on the mountain which is really a hill, but oh well...) day before yesterday; yesterday I made it out to Watkins again but haven't scanned the little sketch of the frozen lake and long afternoon shadows...