"Communing" With Nature

Since my move...and probably needing to take Skittles out so often to go potty...

I've 'experienced' a lot more of nature than I've done in years.

Sitting on the front step, a couple weeks ago, I looked over

and noticed a spider weaving it's web on the outside

of my front porch.

I watched it...quite fascinated at it's speed and precision as it

did what nature meant for it to do.

And...I left it alone.

As long as things don't 'bother' me...I don't bother them.

And..this was located in a place that I wasn't 'bothered'.

Then...a few days ago...I was standing outside my front porch
and a gorgeous dragonfly...with black wings..
landed on a bloom just inches from where I stood.
She seemed non-vexed by me...and I appreciated
being able to 'study' it at such close proximity.

But, when a bat came flying through my dining room at 2:30 this morning...

just as I was fixing to head through to go get my pajamas on...

I was OVER my 'commune with nature'.

It flew through my dining room....I flew into my bedroom..

with Skittles close behind...

and then realized I'd left my phone in the living room beside my chair.

So I 'braved' the LONG journey to my chair...grabbed the phone

and called 911.

"I don't know if you consider this an emergency..."

I responded to the question 'What is your emergency'...

"but, there is a bat in my house."

They sent animal control...who weren't as prompt as I hoped they would be...

or maybe it just 'seemed' like a long time...

they couldn't find it anywhere.

Jaime and I and the grandbabies checked the house the whole time they were here..

John, my son-in-law, came by to see if he could find it...

NO LUCK!!

So...I'm sitting here, nervously looking around every few minutes...

wondering where in the devil that bat is at...

and how I'm going to get it out of my house!

A couple of "LOST" paintings.

"Annalea and the Raven"

"Cicely"

I was going through a book today and ran acrossed a couple

of

"Original Small Works of Art"

paintings that I did a while back.

I did them on art paper...so I'm sure I put them there

to flatten them...and got busy with something else.

Anyway...I went ahead and listed them

so they are in the

shop.

Addition====It took me overnight to remember...

I actually did these two pieces

when I decided to get a site on Artfire...

they were intended to be Artfire exclusive...

yikes!!

I'm going to do a couple of digital pieces

and replace them on Etsy...

this is why I've started my 'Making It Work' blog...

I've got so darned much going on

that I'm losing track of what it is I'm actually doing!

So Much To Do...

I really have so much to do

with another show coming up this week-end...

you'd think I wouldn't have time to

work on new pieces...

but, I'm finding I'd rather

'experiment'

with new pieces like the one here.

(She's in the shop.)

I feel I fell into sort of a 'rut'...with all of the

'gold backgrounds' ... similar characters...etc...

so..I'm attempting to 'break out' of the norm...

at least, the 'norm for me',

and experiment with some new pieces.

We'll just have to wait and see how they do...

in the meantime..

I do suppose I'd better start getting ready for the

week-end.