The perfect Saturday on a Wednesday

'I think today would be the perfect Saturday. It's cold. Its raining. It's gray. This morning before I left, my husband, who will be home today had a roaring fire in our fireplace. Perfect for robes and slippers, pancakes and good hot coffee. A good book or movie, our sweet dog and a quilt on the sofa. Ahhhh...but its a work day. I made my way into downtown to the office and it feels good inside. I am glad to be sheltered from the cold rain. The building is decorated with lots of greenery and big red, velvety bows. Outside, in the dim morning, the trees that line the driveway to our building are strung with hundreds of white lights. They look festive. Somewhere in the office a radio plays faintly. The eggs and bacon are cooking in the bistro and the aroma weaves its way through the lobby. I grabbed a couple of oranges for breakfast. A few pecans and a cup of Chai. Today is unfolding.Even gray days can be warm and welcoming.

fox smitten

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Sleepy Head Sadie

Aaaawwww, she's a sweet little sleepy head.

All words and no picture

I have been absent from blogging this week so far. I have been in the middle of painting my bathroom. Whoa what a mess! I will show you a picture of it when its done!
For such a little room, there is a whole lot to do in there. All week, I have felt like I've been living in a hotel. Every morning collecting all my stuff and going in my bath and then taking it all back out again. For a couple days, getting ready for work with a shop light! Even though there is another bath, I am attached to mine. All my stuff is in the cabinet there. I am on a quest for the perfect shower curtain. Its an old fashioned, smallish bath that was covered originally from head to toe with dark, forest green. (Yes, we thought we would be good fixer-uppers when we bought our house. Turns out we are really good procrastinators!) Not that I don't like forest green, but the room was just too small for such a bold color. It kind of felt like a cave. Now it looks like a completely different room! It's a buttery yellow all over now, and looks like a sunny day. Just my style. I ragged the walls and now I would like to add accent colors. I am thinking of a rusty red, or a brick red, sage green, yellowy gold. So, no time to do any art this week, but still having fun painting! Next week, I will be back at painting again.

IF: Pattern

This is an etching that I did when I was in college. I didn't really have time to make a drawing this week, but I thought this one really goes with pattern. There are so many beautiful patterns in nature. Nature is the master of art.

Okay, you can call me weird

I really have to live it up for dinner when Bill is out of town you know. Okay, you can call me weird, but I actually love Ramen noodles. (not many people admit to that!) The perfect dinner when I am busy. Here I am cooking dinner for tonight. hehe. I like how you can still tell what flavor it is even when you can't see the words. I will be reading blogs at dinner tonight. Hope you all are having a good night.

Rainy Sunday

Its been raining here for 2 weeks. We've had a lot of road flooding. Nothing really to do. I like rainy days. What better to do than paint or draw? Sleep in late and bake cookies. The dark swirling leaf in this photo is actually a graphite pencil my mother brought to me last year from her travels. It was done by an amazing San Francisco artist. I never want to use it because its so beautiful. You can go here to see others. Happy Rainy Sunday.