and the rain comes down down down........

but the beans and cucumbers grow UP UP UP.....
so do the lettuces
we have GARDEN!
well of a sorts
no tomato plants, as i didn't start them
one pepper which is a banana pepper that may or may not do anything

now for today, i am just finishing up my coffee and going to start work again.....
this painting won't paint itself no matter how often i dream that it does

meanwhile, i am still trying to photograph my work....uuuuuuuuuuuuuggggggggggghhhhhh this is a nightmare even with the new camera
and i am putting together a field kit for when i go to the bird farm
which also isn't easy..... i am not going to actually paint there, but take photographs and do color studies....
and i have to also get the rheumatologist appointments made- for the formal diagnosis of fibro
(and then the lyme doctor cause i am wondering if it could be all lyme? both of us need to go for lyme testing again)

i am still kicking around the next series
i still want to do a teacup series...but as the 'filler' series around the big paintings (big as in more involved not necessarily in size)

if i do the teacup series i really do need to pick up at least 4 different vintage cups/saucers that speak to me.-- and i really can't right now

i am also thinking i would like to do some work on fairy tales..... so i may do that
a series or two for a fairy tale

really while i sit and plan, there is so much that i would love to do, that even the thought of doing creates wings in my imagination and i get excited
sometimes it's hard to turn off the ideas, enough to settle on one...
like i would love to do the fairy tales.... and then hand bind them into a book!
float text (all the copyright in the public domain stuff) in the book like color plates USED to be tipped in.....
that sounds amazing to me

or do a series of illustration and make a slipcase/clam shell container that they fit in....
maybe even letter some pages to practice my atrocious lettering skills

i wouldn't mind hooking up with some etchers and doing a few series of etchings...it's been a while and i do so love to etch

oye.... see what i mean?

i am however leaning towards fairy tales i think...... or maybe folk lore from the northern hemisphere and the arctic circle again.....
i don't know why i am drawn there but i am

ok so that's my world on this rainy day....
bernie is sleeping as today is our monday...
i am about  to get to work

how about all you guys?
what all are you up to?