we are up early- due to cat vomit

poor little thaddeaus, i think his sinus thing is breaking up. he lost a bunch of mucus all over the bedroom floor so i am hoping this is it

if not he goes to the vet tomorrow.
(even though the vet will give him more chinese herbs which we have, and tell me let it run it's course)
we took him upstairs into a steamy shower last night and i think that started to break it a bit
he's been (and is right now) sneezing like crazy
and swallowing so i think that he's draining, as that's what i do when i drain.

yesterday i spent a fair peice of time with the ducks, in the bath. (they were in the bath, i was on hawk lookout) it was really warm so i figured they could use a bath each
momma doesn't mind breaking ice to bath but lilli and phoebe do
so i filled their pond with warm water and momma got cool water
and off we went
i can tell you that lilli loved her warm water
and that my ducks are not spoiled.. they are just well loved. THAT is my last word (hahahaha) on that.
lilli splashed around until two hawks flew overhead....about 40 minutes.
phoebe piddled in the bucket (she also piddled in the pond with out washing so much as a wing....so she got her bucket and lilli the pond)

i am working on a big male polar bear right now..... who's giving me a hard time (and why would i expect any less from a MALE polar bear) i think it is going to end up another study so while i am trying to work it....i think i am going to have to stick with the black and whites for a bit...
until either i get something to stretch this paper on ( watercolor paper is better stretched)
or get a different subject i just wanted to see if maybe i needed to rethink everything about this project
(i do need to explore all area's of it)
which is what i am trying to do... i figure use the duck stories as the framework.
i have a friend that does tarot cards. she's never gone to art school but she's always painted.
she's on her 4th or 5th deck
that's 72 paintings per deck however i've known her for years, and she may do maybe 6 times that amount of paintings for each deck
it's just the way it is
i think it may be more about the process

i am going to start the seeds today. i'm late with some, early with others
i need a cold frame and i need help in the garden (think i am going to get either?)

bernie just left....it's a quarter to 5
i feel so bad for him. thaddeaus woke him up. i had to clean up thaddeaus' mess so i had to put the lamp on.
i came down and stoked the stove too
really now i am pretty tired and i can just go back to bed...as i didn't sleep much- thaddeaus kept climbing into my arms so i don't sleep when he does that.

good thing i made bernie,  steak, baked potatoes and spinach for supper- cause that's what he's got for lunch and also at least that made up for the whole early morning light thing i hope.

i uploaded a cropped photo of lillianna take from the studio window on sunday morning. bernie put the ducks out for me-- the white sort of line that is going up diagonally is actually a fence post that is holding down a tarp on the A frame pen (the blue tarp is over the a frame) lilli later made bernie carry her to the back pen.
so did momma duck
i tried to get pictures of that but they were too quick. he came in and told me that my ducks needed to 'stop that shit' hahahaha
yeah RIGHT...and WHO carried them?? it wasn't me....i was up in the studio taking the pictures!!! hahahahaha
yeah like i am the only one that loves those ducks... he really shouldn't lie like that......no one believes him- not me, not you, and certainly not the ducks!

so it's time to make the coffee and to put more wood on the fire.
the budgies are waking up and it's a bit too early for them. i can hear them softly talking to each other- she's on the wooden swing.....he's on a perch below that is going to get moved (it's not a perch he should sleep on, it's a nail trimming perch )

btw, has anyone seen 'alice in wonderland' the new tim burton? we're thinking of going with vicki and bob next week. i like most of burton's movies and this one looks as good as sleepy hollow.
but i wanted to know if anyone saw it yet?