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glam is me

Wow, sat down here when it was gloomy outside. I looked up many an hour later and the sun is shining and inviting me to be outside.

Seriously wish there was a way for me not to have to do work on Sundays.

Quack Kills

Always wanted to take a pic of this sign. Stopped in the middle of the highway today on the way home from meeting.

BTW meeting went well, we should be able to get something going :0)

Art Group

This afternoon we have our first get together for a possible Southeast Kansas Art Group. It could be me just sitting there alone, or fifty people. No way to really prepare for specifics.

I am not great in new environments, think Alex Rover from "Nim's Island". So here goes, hoping it all goes smooth.

Multitasking Myth

Multitasking is not natural. We were not designed as human beings to do many things at once.

Walk and chew gum?

Yes.

Drive our cars and text? Raise our children and work at home? Clean the house and write the great American novel?

No.

It is time we all realized that as wonderful as we are as human beings, we are not designed to do two things at once and do them both spectacular! Instead, what usually happens is both task end up being done half as well, with less attention, and enjoyment.

Are we capable of having many talents? Of course! It is just we can not do them all in the same moment, as well as when we focus on each task at hand and stick with it until it is completed. Only then can we move onto the next task and give it our undivided attention.

Back From Conference

I spent the last two days at a Writer's Conference. Good info, good people, good times had by all. But, wondering if I should move on next year.

I have gone to this particular conference for 4 years (I think). And although my time there is accurately described above, it is not really aimed at my target market. When I first started going it was to get my feet wet in the world of conferences. Now, I fear, it is time to spread my horizons a bit wider.

Not that I have outgrown them in any way, many of these folks put what I do to shame! I just need a different challenge than what I get there each year.

So, now I am looking for one to go to that;
1. Fits my needs (Target Market)
2. Is relatively close
3. I can afford.

Sonic Java Chiller

For the next couple of days I will be at a conference, so today I am trying to tie up loose ends on a few projects around here. Finish balancing books for March, backing up files, working on some watercolors etc...To break up the time, I ran to an area Sonic and used a coupon for a .99 Java Chiller. I swear they are addictive! Hubby threatened to run around town and get everyone else's coupons from mail boxes.

AwwwWWwwwwWWw Spring

Well, looks like I made it through Winter without a cold or flu. (knocks on wood) Now allergies, that is another thing! Gorgeous outside today, it is supposed to get up to 72! AWwwwwwWWw I likey!

Still working on researching for Passion for Profit update. A great deal has changed since the first edition came out.

Well time to go enjoy the sunshine and do some creating :0)

No Whining Allowed

No one has respect for anyone that finds a need to cut down others in an attempt to make themselves feel better. No matter how much "work" they produce, it will not make the work better quality. It is better to just focus on improving your own craft, and keep moving forward.

Just an observation from yours truly...

Hello,

I haven't posted much since last Fall and I cleaned the garden up. I am looking to change that, on this blog in particular. The other blog http://artist-how-to.com/blog will be used for business purposes only. Of course on it I have been posting regularly.

BTW I really don't like blogs that whine and moan, about this or that, so I want to keep the information posted her on a positive note. Although, being human I am sure some whining and moaning will sneak in :0)

The last few weeks have been spent creating pieces for the "Polymer People Torso". If I were to guesstimate I would say It would be ready in about a month. So I am shooting for a March 1st release.

It is just SOOOOO nice to be working again with the human form. I love doing mixed media, but there is just something about creating a piece based on such an amazing thing as the human body that gets my creative juices flowing.

That reminds me, I saw a wonderful episode of L.A. Ink that included the work of Shawn Barber
OMG You HAVE to see this man's work. Love it!

Will Art With Food Update

Yes, the title was intentional. :0) Below are updates on the various gains in the garden.



Above is the first 'regular tomato'. There are a few others on the lone plant, but this is the largest. Cute little sucker isn't he.



Cherry Tomato coming to life and before long I will be able pick a few. (Fingers crossed)



Cotton plants - It is the first part of July in Kansas. Honestly I had hoped they would be larger plants by now.



Speaking of larger plants. These are melons. I say melons and not a specific type because I had so few seeds of each I mixed them together. I suspect that the larger ones are Pumpkin.



To give you an idea of the size of the blooms, that is a U.S. penny on one of the petals.



The same plants Thursday, this Sunday.



Peppers are a blooming. "Ehhh a Blooming pepper". maybe I have watched too many Pirate movies?

I had hoped to see carrots coming up from seeds I planted a while back, but so far nothing. The cucumbers, and gourds are coming along steady. No sign of actual gourds or cucumbers yet, but I am sure there will be. (Is it a bad sign if I hear someone singing 'Gotta Have Faith' in my head?)



Which leads us to the next, and last pic, an empty hole in the ground.

This is where I buried some garbage scraps, next to the garden area. Obviously I did not bury them deep enough as some critter discovered his lunch. How he could have eaten that gross glob garbage is beyond me. Shudders* like the girl she truly is.

Those with gardening experience probably noticed the weeds in my garden. Well, I have come to the decision to embrace them. I have mulched with hay and obviously did not get it thick enough in certain areas, and of course I did not want to mulch right next to a plants stalk. (BTW Thank you Scott for the bale!) I am looking to get more hay to cover up the open areas....as soon as I find some. Again, I live in Kansas, so it can't be THAT difficult to find some hay.

Cotton Seeds Back Home

Yeah, I know the song says "...Cotton Fields Back Home", but so far I don't have a fields. I do have a few fluffy, funky-looking seeds though!



A few short rows have gone into the ground. Needless to say my parents, and I am sure others, think I am crazy for even trying them here in Kansas.

I came across an old episode of "Sunflower Journeys" (PBS show on Kansas) of a man that runs one of the two cotton gins in Kansas. So I know it is possible!

I did not plant enough to do much with, even if they do grow as they should. At least not enough to make anything of substance...perhaps in a few months a Minny Mouse sweater will be in order?

Snow in April

Unbelievable... In Kansas....With lilacs in bloom. Notice the white streaks folks, that is SNOW!~

April 5, 2007 Garden Update

It is April...correct? I mean I live in Kansas, and it is safe to say that there will be no Snow in April in Kansas, one would think. But, that is what they are calling for at some point in the next 48 hours. As I write this the radar shows snow in Central Kansas, whether it gets here (SE Kansas) is something else.

Instead of knitting little green sweaters for my potato plants, so they can shiver in the cold blast, I covered them with what I had on hand. Recycled convenient store cups and mulch from the compost pile is not a cute as little green sweaters, but keeps me from possibly loosing the little suckers.



The plan is to change out the cups this evening to cut-down 2-liter bottles so what little daylight there is will get through to them in the coming days.

Took another pic of the blossoms (apple?) in case this cold blast is their demise.