Well hello! Remember me? Betcha didn't know I was being held hostage by freaky + totally unusual wind storms? I have had my power off about 6 times (for several hours at a time) in the last few days.
The lack of said power has left me to resort to the most complex delving into, of the most seemingly simple gifts of the earth...
Of course, I have been doing my duties of finishing deadlines, and house-keeping the country pad. But with the huge gaplets of technological time missing, there have been spoonfuls of warm drippy syrup infusions of sweet nature...
I tip-toe through the petals asking myself questions like...
Isn't a rose beyond words? The twists and turns of petals reaching for the light, as they slowly spin to life...
At the country house we are blessed with 4 astounding rose bushes. Two with tree trunk like bases. Blood red roses, coral roses, and light pink frosting roses. At the city house I grow yellow roses and lavender roses that are so outrageously fragrant it is hard to believe that the scent is natural...
Roses. Unreal gifts of nature. I share some with different areas of my studio...
They bring dream waves with them... Truly.
I spent so many years living a crazy fast paced life, that I think there was a bit too much of taking all the gifts of the earth for granted. I am making up for it in spades, and reveling in every last petal and grain of dirt I can get my eyeballs on...
There are sooo many babies roaming around, of course, the quail eggs have not hatched yet or you would be seeing them. But there are beautiful bouncing baby rabbits everywhere.
This one is so teeny tiny, but it is hard to tell in a photo...
I have been spending so much time with the birds, they are in constant party mode. I took a couple of videos of them, I will share them soon...
The big guys migrated in from the East a couple of days ago...
I am trying to get used to my new camera (upgrade to my last Sony DSLR). I had a little glitch, and accidentally & sadly never recorded 500 photos of a tea party I had early this week with friends and a day with Joyce where she made me a sublime dinner + cardinals flying all around me. My new camera notifies full cards differently than the last. Sooooo, you live and learn ;)
When I figured out the issue and fixed it, I was able to put myself in the thick of a three male, 1 female cardinal love triangle, and catch some fun photos. Alas, not as exciting as the first lost batch. But fun nonetheless...
Oh, and did I mention, our warm spring like weather had a visitor? In the form of ice water and snow? So you see, my insanity is simply a product of my climatic environment ;)
Today it is in the 60's F with an ice cold breeze, but guess what? It is supposed to be 94' on Monday, WHAT????? Wait am I talking about the weather? How boring is that to you? hahaha!
Of course, I have been humming a song that goes something like, Color of the sky, as far as I can see...
Soooo, what is a girl to do while waiting for her power to be restored?
I went on thriftventures and found nada. I went to the drug store, in search of a nail color I longed for in my mind. I bought 6, and liked two okay. Alas, neither being the color I longed for, I resorted to mixing and layering colors until I got the color my soul needed ;)
I play a ton of piano, and did so even more while waiting. I have two songs that are haunting my mind, so I am working on them. One is almost done the other is still deciding whether it wants to bounce off fairy lights, or come fully to life...
Yesterday I almost fainted from fear. I was reading, and dozed off. Did I mention I am NOT a nap lover? I wake up head-achey and sad and confused and irritated :)
So, there I am in my bed, yuckily napping, when I hear voices outside my window, and this gal is barking like a banshee...
So, I wake up freaked out, the wind whipping around so outrageously (not common here) that it is breaking huge things. Now what you must know is that, we are wildly private. The gates are always closed and latched, and chained shut. For someone to be by my bedroom window, means, they removed the chain from the gate (which is not easy because it is latched from the inside), came in and walked all the way to the back of the property, YIKES!!!
I jump out of bed, find a shirt and shoes, my head throbbing, I run outside. 2 boys. The Power Company, literally. But why didn't they call my cell? They have our numbers. Alas, they were trying to figure out why our power keeps going out. But then they started snooping around (or so my paranoid self thinks) and I got aggressive. "EXCUSE ME? Is there a problem?!?"
Oh no no, nothing they say, and they leave. Realizing you do not access the power from our property.
Then 8 men 3 giant trucks and machinery arrives right next door at 11 p.m. to install a spacer on some wires that may have been hitting. Now, why I ask, did they need so many men and so many trucks? But then again, why should I care as long as I get my power turned back on? They hung around, laughed and chatted A LOT, and then left garbage outside my front gate. Starbucks etc.
But, I forgave them because really, they had the POWER to give me back power ;)
Anyhow, after that bit of excitement earlier yesterday, I delved into the talent of others... Anytime you need a pick me up, all you have to do is grab a package from your incredibly talented friend in South Africa, Gina Vee, and read her hilariously wonderful comics...
Or, have the mice from Lavender Dreamer Land sing you a song or two...
And while the mice were serenading us, I lost myself in my friend Maria-Thérèse beautiful work...
I love this image tucked into my blue mirror...
So there you have it. Bits of where I have been in my powerless hours. I can't believe you didn't try to rescue me ;)
Anyhow, now you know why I have not responded to e-mails etc. But I will!! I am a tad behind as you can imagine...
But I brought you this. Does that count?
As for the Cascaron drawing. Random number 99, from the proverbial hat, is the Cascaron winner! Nicole Merkens, Yippeee, one happy cascaron for you! I will try to make more cascarones to gift, they are so much fun!!
I best be off. Must get back on track. If you are interested, Grey Gardens the movie, will be on HBO this Saturday. Drew Barrymore was on Fresh Air the other day talking about the movie a bit. If you have not seen Grey Gardens the cult Documentary from the 70's, it isn't ever too late ;) I have loved those two since I was 18 years old, and can't wait for Saturday. Will I love it or hate it?? Eeeps!!
I saw the Reader and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. One part of this little household is Jewish, so these movies bring certain feelings etc. that make them not very sit down and enjoy kind of flicks. But they were both very sad & compelling and had some tremendous acting to say the least. This afternoon I am going to watch Hasta el Viento Tiene Miedo (the remake of the 1968 horror flick) - although it does have rotten reviews, as compared to the original, so we will see.
I am longing for more Jane Austen movies & Little Women like movies. Movies like Practical Magic and Nannie Mcphee & Marie Antoinette (with the sets and costumes and color) and Fairytale and Legend ;) :) I think I will watch my VHS copy of The Little Princess for the 900th time...
See you soooooon!!
♥,V
