February 1, 716am - I love the colors of our sunrises!

Having these kinds of colors to go to work with makes getting up early worth it. The job has taken over my life right now, so I apologize for so little content on the blog. I'm doing well to get pictures up. Hang in there though I have plenty of ideas and chicken stories when time prevails. Enjoy

1/26/12 7:21am

WIPs for December

These little birds will be part of a bigger piece eventually. 'Birdies' are my default creative project, if I don't know what to do I make a bird, I love making them. No two are ever alike, little wings, big beaks, fanciful tails or funky 'hair', there is a 'family' resemblance, but they each have their own personality and they make me laugh.

'Gear Head' side

'Gear Head' front

'Honker' front

'Honker' side

'Lockes' front

'Lockes' side

'Springy' side

'Springy' front

It's starting to feel like Winter

 

712am Fireworks

The sky is deceptive and beautiful. It was 31 degrees this morning with a cold NW wind.

Fall

Well, it's been a trying late Summer/early Fall. First Fern went broody (wanted only to sit on eggs all day) and then, sad to say, in early October Miss Ivy passed away. I still don't know what from, but she went down hill very quickly and Fern was fine. So, there I was with one lonely broody chicken and I couldn't have that. My wonderful neighbor Robert (who has a flock of Silkies) knew a lady out of town who was selling pullets at a very reasonable rate. I now have a beautiful Rhode Island Red named Miss Iris. She's a little smaller than Fern and is quick to follow Fern's bossy lead. I'm also happy to report that Miss Iris was just the competition Fern needed to get off the nest and back to laying properly! I have been collecting between 9-12 eggs per week since Miss Iris arrived, it's wonderful! The next plan of action is to set up winter quarters for the girls. My garage is too small for my truck, but would make a wonderful coop/garden shed, so that's the plan for now. Hope you are having a wonderful Fall!

Miss Iris

Miss Fern eats soup

9 days harvest

possible winter quarters

Art Everyday for a Month

Once again Leah Piken Kolidas - Creative Every Day - is challenging people to make 'art' everyday in November. 

As Leah says in her blog: 

"Your daily creations can be anything you desire (from painting to drawing to photography to writing, etc...) You can work with a theme or do something different every day. It's entirely up to you! Make it doable.

I'm a low-pressure type person, so I encourage everyone to join in, even if you don't complete something every day. Even just giving yourself the challenge and creating more than you usually would is a beautiful thing. But if you can create something every day for 30 days, I highly recommend it! I've learned and grown so much through doing it each year. And the community that develops is always amazing."

I tried to do this last year and while I didn't manage everyday I did create more that month than I had all year. This year for me has been somewhat sparse in creative endeavors (if you don't count the chickens) so, I'm jumping in again with the hope that it will re-start my creative juices and get me rockin' and rollin' and 'making stuff' again. 

So what do you say? Are you willing to take the plunge and spend 30 days working on...writing, painting, sculpting, gardening (if you're in a warm place) photography, sketching, anything, something? If so, then click the pic and read about a fun filled month of creativity, learning and making art every day!

We can do so much better than 'Eh'!

A friend of mine sent me this quote and it just said "YES!" to my soul. I did a Google search to try to find the author, but I really couldn't determine where it originated from, but if anyone knows please let me know so I can credit the author. I have linked it to an Etsy site - The Ink Society - that sells it as a beautiful poster in many color choices. In the meantime, keep making art because I don't want to live in a world that is just 'Eh', do you?!