what i am doing on my summer vacation

as you can see i am still working on this, in between the illness, floods, plagues of locust, frogs and assorted other trials......it's got a long way to go.....i have some areas of dark shadowing that am going to have to balance out and the ducklings aren't 'real' yet
yes,- why yes, i am still working.... plugging away ( or should i say 'dotting'?)
i think i need to rearrange not only the studio but my schedule and spend at least 4 solid hours at the drafting table and easel every day.
i am still trying to pull my drawing corner of the studio back together, the cats are still peeing where the liquid mask fell.
CATS!
anyway i spent a good part of yesterday drawing as i figured that the electric was going to go out anyway (it didn't ) so why bother doing anything like cooking or cleaning.
although we had a salad supper with shrimp on top for supper, but remember i had already cut the greens off our crop on the deck and they had been crisping up in the fridge
btw, normally i just cut the lettuce, wash it and plate it..... if the day is warm the leaves are very soft.
what i started to do is crisp it up by putting it in icy cold well water and soaking it then draining it and putting it loosely in the fridge in a covered glass bowl

i checked the garden yesterday with all this rain, and i have a few carrots sprouted (vicki, these are the 240 day carrots that i hope to mulch over for the winter)
 i have a few more kohlrabi up too but the beets .......nothing
no parsley or dill either...however ONE spaghetti squash poked up........ just the one
and i pulled the transylvanian garlic out
i should have braided it but i just hung it under the deck

i have volunteer tomatoes out there .........................i've left them but really i should move them
next up i am going to do the multiplier onions and manure the empty beds from the garlic

i am also plotting how to get a hoop house up on one of the beds...(the one with the 240 day carrots)
it would make me very happy to have fresh greens all winter.....and some root veggies to dig
anyway
today is errand day so i have to run take my shower and get ready

ttyl
have a wonderful weekend