Hellooooo there!
Boy, I have so much to say and share, and yet I have to run...
I am delivering basil and zinnias from my garden for a bridal shower.
And I have been running around with this and that, and working on a special commercial illustration project.
In an 11 hour different time zone. So it has been really fun and exciting. I am enjoying it oodles.
My camera is still at the doctor.
It needs a major operation, and might not make it.
I have tons of recipes to share and things I want to take pics of.
I am using a camera that only works on manual right now, and in camera years (based on usage/photos taken), is about to kick the bucket.
He's Charlie, the 92 year old camera.
Oh Charlie, please live until Deidre returns from heart surgery.
(it's a motherboard of a surgery, literally, needs a new motherboard)
She's a fancy elegant, too expensive to take out on dates but we try, kinda gal camera.
(you can't help who you fall in love with in such tales, you see)
It's like, a camera movie thriller mystery suspense film in my land.
It's kinda fun, and kinda hard, to use a manual camera.
Sometimes I am not sure if my eyeball is seeing clearly.
But when I do get things focused well, the shots are lovely.
Just lovely.
So, Charlie ole guy, hang on!
I think the basil, with it's tender flowering, is going to make great arrangements for the shower, don't you?
I just recently let my basil start going to flower.
I have had so much basil, it's a crime really.
It's a basil forest.
And I didn't even dent the 4 huge areas of basil with the cuttings above.
I tried to gift some to the chef/owners at a local Italian restaurant in my tiny village.
They were appallingly rude.
I am like, it's a gift.
Please.
From me.
And, they said no.
No no no.
We don't want it.
We can't use it in our restaurant.
We can only use ordered things.
And I said, yes I know, but this is a gift just for you to use personally, the chef/owners.
Not to serve.
And they said, nonononononooo!
Like I was an evil witch with a poison apple.
Dang.
(I have never said dang in real life)
But dang.
:)
It's kinda funny now, looking back, since my heart isn't crushed anymore.
Haha!
But honestly, I get it.
They don't know if I water my plants with space monger water.
So, I get it.
It's a funny tale now, looking back.
Anyhow, I hope the basil and flowers are a hit at the bridal shower...
The butterflies are still here, now going on 6+ days.
And multiplying.
It's a phenomenon really.
Not sure if it is migration.
Or if they are from the gobs and gobs of caterpillars we had.
But, it's awesome either way.
And I am sooo happy they are here.
They fill a massive tree and 4 huge bushes now.
They are like confetti when they swirl around you.
So nice.
Okay, I must run, but I plan to be back super soon, because I have fun things to share, and I got behind with my busy week of drawings. I love getting back to the pencil! Love it!
See you soooon.
Love, V
