a. t. whim

Outside it’s hailing.  My toes are very very cold walking around on the hardwood floors.  I think I need more rugs.

Chinese new year is coming up very soon, and my house is a complete disaster!  So as soon as I’m done here, I’m going to start cleaning from top to bottom.  But first I was looking through my studio and online in my shop and I started my new year’s cleaning there.  First I retired many older (and not so old) prints.  Sorry if you had your eye on one.  I can still make a special posting for you if there’s one you absolutely must have and I’ve gone and deleted the listing.  I don’t like having TOO many listings in my shop, it gets overwhelming.

I then went through my stacks of originals and marked some down for the SALE SALE SALE section of my shop, and deleted other listings to just give away to my peeps.  Purging feels good!

I don’t know if I’ll finish cleaning before the new year.  Really, this place is a pig sty, it’s so embarrassing!

Take care everyone, and HAPPY NEW YEAR!  (year of the rat, if you were wondering… not usually good for us horses)

YAY! Snow day!

Here’s my new ghostie painting for Halloween! It’s titled “Tale of Two Sisters”, named after the Japanese horror flick I saw not too long ago… {Oops! I made a mistake… it’s Korean!  I should have known that from the writing.  Sorry!}
it’s so subtly creepy and I don’t realize I’m terrified until it’s dark and everything is unusually silent.

Anyway, for Halloween I was thinking about spooking up my house. Maybe do a Tim Burton/ Edward Gorey kind of thing to my living room. It would be fun, if I could just get off my butt and start designing it. I’m a little burnt out with starting new projects. I wish my brain would just stop thinking of FUN NEW STUFF I can do. The last couple of days I decided to just take a break and do nothing artsy, but now I don’t know what to do with myself. I want to say I need a new hobby, but I think that’s where the trouble begins. So I’m going to sit here quietly and twiddle my thumbs, and maybe I’ll figure out what it is that people do when they’re not painting.

xoxo

Little somethings in the shop.

Yesterday one of my hens laid me a GIANT egg. It fills the palm of my hand, and I’m completely amazed that this little hen made such a big egg. She is so very proud.

And this is what happens when I don’t check my zucchinis regularly!!! I had to use my yard stick to measure this 19.5 inch baby. What are you suppose to do with a zucchini this size?

Now it’s off to the bookstore again where there’s a mountain of books waiting for me to shelve them (or buy them…)

Have a good weekend!

One of my girls laid an egg! YAY! My very first egg! It’s so small and a blueish green color. Ooooohhhh, how I love my chickens. I took some pictures of them the other day…

They’re so fluffy and pretty. Isn’t she beautiful? Her feathered legs make her look like she’s wearing bloomers. YAY, Happy first egg day!