Getting Photo Ready

Well today I signed up for flickr and will be loading my pics onto it and then onto my blog. I am learning so much and enjoying it and at the same time feel overwhelmed with everything. But this is the way it is at first. I am having fun experimenting with different layouts, fonts and am really enjoying watching the tutorial videos so I can learn even more!
In the meantime, I am busy painting rocks - I will post a sample tomorrow - and creating in my art journal - I will post a couple of pages of this also.

I went to the bookstore the other night with my husband and we sat in the cafe and he was working on some of his stuff and I was creating a page in my art journal of a giant sun flower with my face in the center of it. My husband looked at it and asked "Did you just make that now?" And I replied "yes" And he responded - "Wow - it's beautiful - just like you" Ahh he is such a sweetie!

I bring my art bag with me now all the time and depending on where I am at when I am out and about I will stop at a bookstore and go to the cafe and draw while I have a cappuccino or frappachino (depends on the temperature outside). I am finding this practice to be very fulfilling and very peaceful and centering. Then I will jot down any inspirational ideas in my ideas notebook to follow through on later. It feels so good because this is time that is just for me.

And I am worth it!
More tomorrow....